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The weather outside is //
As I look outside my window // With the start of the school year, I’ve barely been in the garden. Thankfully, the weed pressure isn’t too terrible and the crops are finishing up. (Still up to our eyeballs in cherry tomatoes, though!) We still have quite a few projects to complete before winter, so I’m going to need to figure out how to tuck some work into my weekdays. There’s just too much to cram into a Saturday!
As I look around the house // One of the last pieces of the homeschooling puzzle is always my cleaning chores. After a summer off, I’m dipping my toes back into the Weekly Cleaning Routine I created last fall. I’m starting with really simple tasks because I need some easy wins!
Baby Steps from Burnout Update // While researching elevated cortisol levels, I came across this helpful video which led me to her website and her quick (and free!) Stress Better Starter Kit class. You never know what “real” information you’re going to get in these freebies (which are always trying to lead you toward the more comprehensive, paid version) but I really did learn a few things! So last week was all about implementing some small changes: eating a lot more protein in my diet, doing a very gentle stretching routine, starting the process of weaning myself off my second (sometimes third!) cup of coffee, and upping my supplement game.
Laughing // at myself with my early morning stretching routine. Overtraining can be a cortisol stressor, so I needed to find something that was super easy and gentle…no fast pumping of the heart allowed. I ended up finding a few Youtube videos directed toward senior citizens that fit the bill; I love them! (I always say that my “spirit age” is 75, so I fit right in.) They really make me miss my grandmother – she would have made a great workout partner.
On this week’s to-do list //
– make a batch of chicken salad for lunches
– tidy the linen closet
– pull everything off the kitchen counters and put away unnecessary items
– unclog the shower drain
– work on the Fred the pig’s permanent paddock construction
– research for a chimney cleaning service
– make pop tart cookie bars with the kids
– list a few things on ebay/Poshmark/Pango
Currently reading //
- Fiction: Blackout by Marc Elsberg
- Nonfiction: We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman, Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story by Wilfred M. McClay, Pioneer Priests and Makeshift Altars: A History of Catholicism in the Thirteen Colonies by Fr. Charles Connor and Psychodietetics: Food As the Key to Emotional Health by E. Cheraskin, MD DMD & W.M. Ringsdorf, DMD MS
- Religious: The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur
On the menu this week //
Monday: philly cheese steak sandwiches
Tuesday: chili and cornbread
Wednesday: sheet pan sausage and veggies
Thursday: spatchcock chicken with a side dish TBD
Friday: shrimp fried rice and eggrolls
Is that the puppy who wakes you up? cant be with that angel face :). The stretching routine made me laugh, sounds right up my alley.
YES! Good thing he’s so gosh darn cute!!
I am going to add the books on Catholicism in the colonies and the psychodietetics to my to-read list if you end up recommending them. I also have a book about Elizabeth Leseur on my bookshelf that I picked up at a tag sale. I think it is called Salt and Light (?) about the relationship with her husband.
I just finished Stolen Focus by Johann Hari. I would recommend it overall. It points to several valid reasons why no one can focus much on anything at this point in our culture.
Adding Stolen Focus to my list, thanks!