This time of year I rinse my dishes in a big tub of water, then I scoop it into buckets and go out several times a day to pour the water on the plants that need them. It really is astonishing how much water we let run down the drain simply to rinse off our fingers or brush our teeth. So I have a bucket in the sink to catch that barely used water, and it goes to the garden. One of these days I'll rig a line through the window out to a cistern of some sort, to save a few steps.
I sent gnu information about the food strainer/grinder I use (borrow) for canning my tomatoes and making juice and sauce. It's getting to be that time of year again. I need to declutter the sun room so I have room to work for food storage activity. (I had some peaches for breakfast this morning that I canned last summer. Mmmm!)
I need to make a list again of things to do, and I need to start addressing the work/play yes/no dialog I find going on, now that I've been reading this procrastination book. "It feels good to be on time" vs "I can take just one more look at facebook before I leave." Etc. I need to lose weight, so I need to manage my evening meal better so it's earlier in the day. I'm good at putting it off until after the sun sets, and having that second glass of wine that means I'm layering on calories instead of burning them when I go to bed.
To this end, I'm going to clear the kitchen counter and pull out my prettiest tea making cups, equipment, pots, and find some herbal teas to substitute for evening wine sipping. Perhaps the reward of using a pretty cup and little pot will distract me from the anticipated enjoyment aspects of a glass of wine. I'm pretty sure it is the calories, the sugars, not the alcohol that is my habit. So I need to switch from calories to no calories, and still have something to sip in the evening. I'm also going to have to find a way to make myself stop what I'm doing and come in and eat earlier.