“Every analysis must necessarily start from the premise that—although each person lives in a particular concrete social and historical context—every human being is endowed with a dignity that must never be lessened, impaired or destroyed but must instead be respected and safeguarded, if peace is really to be built up.”
– Pope John Paul II, Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations Oct. 2, 1979
– Pope John Paul II, Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations Oct. 2, 1979
INTENTIONS FOR THE BEGINNING OF JUNE
- get dressed in “real” clothes every day (I’ve been living in workout clothes…minus the workout)
- stay strong with our new “no screens from 9 to 3” weekday policy
- go through my recipe printouts and make at least four things
- paint my toes
- fertilize the tomatoes
- research natural/frugal ways to deal with garden pests
- paint the inside of the fence
- pull out the branches and shrubs in the spot where we want to hang the hammock
- edge the new flower beds around the garden
- chat with Mark under the twinkling lights on our deck (after the kids go to bed)
- get back to my self-defense course and complete one lesson
- support a small business
PREVIOUS INTENTIONS
If you’re reading in a reader, be sure to click over to see what I checked off the list!
- order and hang a hammock (put on hold until we tear down a few shrubs and things in the way)
plant lemongrass for the back porchplant tomatoes and peppers- finish clearing away the fallen trees and branches in the yard (this is the task that never ends! we just keep adding more work for ourselves)
- finish painting the fence (super close to being done with the outside)
powerwash the siding (100LT #6)- read another ARC due for Netgalley (I’m about 25% finished)
- read 25+ pages in The Last Art of Reading Nature’s Signs
read the library books I have and then take a break from borrowing new oneshave the big boys break ground around the garden perimeter for flower bedscollect eggshells for a natural fertilizerwork on revamping our emergency closet to fit a new space- finish up my DIY chalkboard and “season” the paint (this turned into a huge fiasco, so I’m back to square one)