ramblings on what i think is a monday...

happy monday, lovelies!  

wait? can mondays BE happy?  i've never really thought about that before.  back when i was a working woman i never liked mondays (start of the work week, blech) and since disability, honestly, all the days sort of merge into one.  i never seem to know what day it is.

did you have a good weekend? mine was meh.  i came down with a case of the migraorbs (migraine + morbs/what i call the sads) so i didn't really do much but watch tv and try to rest.  i ended up staying awake until just before 6am this morning and then getting up just before 9.  not my plan, but by the time i was tired enough and settled enough to go to bed, i knew if i did i wouldn't wake until noon or after.

anyhoo...today is a rain day, so no garden time.  i've been in the bedroom trying to get things in order.  i've completed the cleanup/out + organization of the mystical cabinet and managed to find storage for things that i would normally store there but there is no room. now i'm bringing out books and pictures and statues, that sort of thing and getting an idea of where to put things.  speaking of...

i acquired this mirror at a yard sale/thrift shop type thing (i think) many, many moons ago (at least 10 years) and have never hung it.  i know now where i want it to go and am almost ready to hang.  the question is... to paint or not to paint. the color is very close but not quite to my sea serpent walls. so, my thoughts were i could just give it some distressing with the snowbound (trim color) and make it lighter. or do i paint it snowbound then distress to let the dark underneath show or do i gilt it or paint it gold? (and no, i did not make my bed this morning and yes that is the corner of a card table that i'm using so i don't have to bend over or up and down so much emptying boxes, etc.)

here's something kind of funny and kind of not...it took me 10 minutes and having to call my neighbor to ask her what kind of table it was.  i knew it was ___ table.  but i could not thing of card to save my life.  the joys of a brain beset by chronic pain.

anyhoo, again. what do you think? how should it be painted? should it be?

on another note, in my efforts to shop in all the right places, i gave up using my mum's sam's account to shop and took myself to costco.  i'd been hearing that there will soon be shortages on citrus fruits and while there i picked up a bag of limes and a bag of mandarins.  i ended up juicing the limes and freezing in ice cube trays.

i had 19 small limes and was able to get almost 2 cups of juice.  i've still to do something with the mandarins other than eat them.  i'm thinking i will peel, separate and freeze individually.  then bag them all up.  i'd like to do some oranges and lemons, as well as another bag of limes.  i've read where you can slice them in rounds and freeze on a baking tray.  you can just take out a slice to add to a cup of tea or water, or whathaveyou.

yes, i'm becoming extremely paranoid and worried about what is to come.  i was thinking about one of my favorite people who sells wool she dyes.  i'm sure i've mentioned her before - Sirena from Wild_inthe_Woods.  now that i'm off insta and fb, i'm not able to keep up with some of my favorite creators very well. every year she has a yarn club, like practical magic or fleetwood or moon magic. really cool wool box and with things the way they are, i'm wondering if she'll still be able to sell to the US without it raising prices too much.  like how will these insane trifs (i'm not spelling the word - you know what i'm talking about) effect people like her and the people who like to purchase from small sellers. ugh!

ok...enough of that for right now.  i'm sure i'll be back on it another day this week as it just won't go away!

my last photo for this post is of the lovely sky on my last gardening day (i think it was friday?). i spent about an hour finishing up getting the veg bed ready. so now i just have to wait until it is a good planting day (soon i hope!), then i can get my veg seeds in the ground.  

it was definitely a beautiful day and i love to see what shapes i can see in the clouds. but good goddess! it was 83 fricken degrees! and the humidity was near 90.  too much for this early in april.

well...i think that is it for my monday ramblings.  is it still monday? 😊

i hope to be back soon with some other goings on around here that might or might not bore you to tears. haha

thanks for reading...

love & kisses & magical wishes, 

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