Happy Things
Yesterday was a major cleaning day and today is going to be one as well. Right after I update my resume and send it out to a job prospect. Looking for a job requires a surprising amount of time. I'm not waiting to hear back from the job I really super duper want because:a) I know there's a tremendous amount of competition for the job
b) They may need to hire the wrong person before they hire me
and c) A watched phone never rings
Some things that are making me really happy right now:
- Even though all the algae in the pond has died and turned the pond water black, the tadpoles are thriving! I am so excited to see them getting large. Now I'm really afraid of the pond being toxic and killing my little army of frogs-to-be. I need to read up on how to clean a pond without killing the wildlife in it. I love frogs. Seeing tadpoles reminds me of running around Diamond Lake trying to catch frogs and running into a snake under a bush by the lakeside mid-breakfast with a frog inching into it's jaws. It reminds me of taking tadpoles home to watch them develop legs.
- The bouquet of roses my friend Ericka brought me from her garden.
- My living room which doesn't look like a trash heap anymore.
- The fabulous thirties reproduction prints I found in the boxes of fabric. I haven't even finished going through half of them and already I have found some amazing treasures. I'm hoping to uncover the perfect fabric for slip covering my couch and my armchair. I did find some floral upholstery fabric which reminded me of classic English sitting rooms doused in floral homage.
- The strong rainfall I woke up to. It means I don't have to water my yard today. I don't have much planted but my roses were thirsty and I need them to grow strong and bloom for me. My "Crested Moss" is developing buds which makes me want to shriek with excitement! I've been wanting a moss rose for a few years. The rain smelled so refreshing.
- Having my chickens home with us. We love the sounds they make and missed them so much when they were still at the old house. Philip built in a little door into the the porch that opens up into the run so I can walk out the kitchen door and dump kitchen scraps down to my girls without having to leave the porch. I used it yesterday and it was BRILLIANT.
- That everyone loved my fake cover letter so much! If only you were all employers around here I'd be off to work right now. My real one wasn't so very different than the fake one in tone, but I did include more concrete reasons why I'm the perfect candidate for the job.
- Pippa, who sits in my lap purring every morning while I answer e-mails and write my posts. She is very keen to show us her hunting chops by bringing down one of those queer caged bird-beasts she discovered in the yard. She and Penny were so entertaining stalking the hens.
Well, it's time to get dressed, clean the kitchen, and make some farmer's cheese.
Hope you all have a fabulous Tuesday!