I Did It

Where on earth has today gone?  I can't believe it's this late already, and I don't have anything to show for my Saturday. 

I was watching my friend Marcy's latest flosstube, and I am just amazed at how much she gets accomplished.  She works a full time job, then comes home and knits, crochets, cross stitches, sews, gardens, and takes care of chickens, plus her home, husband, and son.  Not to mention she also films flosstubes and garden vlogs.  

I come home from work and sit like a lump.  It's almost depressing how little I get done.  I feel so useless sometimes.  

Some of my friends said they got rid of their blahs by getting outside into the sun, so I went and sat out by the fire pit -- but didn't start a fire-- and read a bit in my book.  I'm still reading In The Hurricane's Eye, by Nathaniel Philbrick.  Yes, still.  It's such a tedious book, but at least I've gotten to the part -- spoiler alert-- where Lord Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown.  I've got one chapter left, then the epilogue and I'll be done.  Then the book will go back into the Little Free Library on the square next time I go into town.

I don't know why I'm finding this book so hard to read.  It's got good information, but as I said, it's very tedious reading.  I read one of the author's other books, and it was very readable.  I still have In The Heart Of The Sea in my kindle.  Maybe I'll read it next, after I finish As You Like It, by William Shakespeare. 

One thing I did get done today was that most noxious of chores:  I got my taxes done.  My return this year is almost double what I got last year, but my state tax return is only $13.  Hardly even worth filing for.  Except for that whole going to prison if you don't thing.  Our governor is trying to eliminate the state income tax, but of course, the Democrats are fighting him tooth and nail over it.   They wouldn't cut a tax to save their souls.  

I also finally cancelled my Netflix again.  I'd only picked it up last March to watch the documentary on the Joplin Tornado, but then decided to re-watch Call The Midwife, so I kept it for a while.  They asked me to check which reason I cancelled, and I checked "Other", then in the comment box, I said, "There are too many free streaming sites out there to keep paying for one that I have to watch ads on anyway."  I have one more week to watch, then I'll be down to just Hulu Live, and Prime Video.  And the tons of free streaming sites out there...

In plant news, see that tiny little seedling right there in the middle?

It was really struggling, so this morning I moved it to a cell right under the grow light, and it has really picked up in just that short amount of time.   By the way, they're planted in hydroponic sponges, so I didn't really have to disturb the plants to move them.   I've got a couple more that I'll probably move soon, too.  They're just a wee bit smaller than the others, and might benefit from being closer to the light. 

I though briefly about putting together one of my 4 X 4 raised beds and seeing how it would fit in my garden spot, but decided to wait until after the severe weather tomorrow night.  What is it about the Ides of March and tornadoes?  

Let's just hope and pray it's not as bad as they're saying it will be.