Delurking as requested. Glad to see all the progress people are making this summer. I've been 'up to my ass in alligators' as they say, one small calamity seems to follow the next. Just trying to make progress on various renovation projects, too many cans of worms got opened in June and now I am trying to close one at a time, and it's 95 plus for a few weeks now and no relief in sight.

The Texas drought seems to have moved east, so every other day I am administering water to my pots and plants and bushes and parts of the yard that normally never need it.

However, I have made some progress on the whole routines and to-dos front, using the Getting Things Done book, and it's helping me see where I go wrong and keep track of what I need to do on any given day. Which is good, it's nice to have the house not looking too awful, because the visits from various plumbers and contractors are pretty frequent these days! Let us carry on and don't forget to stop and smell the peaches.