Health & Fitness
Screen Porch Woes ...
My Chicago screen porch was looking a bit sad. It held great potential but really needed some TLC ... and design. And then a wrench was thrown into my decorating mix ...
Are you a go with the flow kind of person?
You know. When life gives you lemons do you make some lemonade?
When life throws you a curve ball do you fall apart? Crumble at the seams? Or do you regroup … and make a new plan? Set new goals? Strengthen your character?
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I’d like to think I was a low key flow ‘er’ type of person …
But the truth is, I like to plan. I need to plan. I live to plan. And when a wrench is thrown in that plan … no matter the size the plan …
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No matter the size of the wrench …
It throws me off my game. It messes with my mojo.
So when I was greeted with the sight of my twisted and broken starburst mirror* first thing this morning, I should have realized right then and there my day would not be running according to my plan …
A plan that included early morning errands to pick up some herbs to plant in little pots for the screen porch …
Little potted herbs labeled with chalkboard stars. And not just any old stars. Rock star stars …
... I’m trying to boost their confidence in themselves … and me too.
Instead I found myself spending the morning – and into the early afternoon -- at the emergency room getting my daughter’s ankle x-rayed (no bones broken; just a sprain).
A plan that included a trip to the grocery store for some fun and flirty flowers to complement the birch tree artwork my daughter and I made for the screen porch …
And some flowers to adorn the table …
Well, that plan had to be waylaid until the teen son arrived home after school.
A plan that did not include my beloved city living up to it’s windy city moniker …
… which kept blowing my screen porch drapes and hanging drum shade lights to and fro.
A plan that included a mid-morning photo shoot and edit. And putting this post to bed in the early afternoon …
But instead I found myself in the wee hours of the night fixing exposure and saturation and sharpening and watermarking …
Good thing I don’t have any plans for tomorrow. Well, that’s not quite true. I plan to park myself on my finally finished screen porch …
… and read.
