w18: sunday review

hard to pick out which item of global relevance to feature. the cucumber seedlings are doing well. i didn't review in w16 or w17, so this is three weeks of accomplishments. brace yourselves.

things i intended to do and did:

• tidied and cleaned the conservatory, turning it from 'think about this later' central dumping ground to an actual work space with potting bench and a clear desk;
• brushed ophelia against her will, discovered more matting than we had realised, gave her her summer haircut early, gave her pity peanut butter;
• brushed priscilla with rather less drama because of straight hair privilege, gave her a summer trim too, gave her participation peanut butter;
• got a garden shredder and happily turned three wheelbarrowfuls of branches into woodchips for mulching the south border, only 198 more wheelbarrowfuls to go;
• took plant photos with the good camera: look!

• took nails out of about two thirds of the reclaimed boards before i started getting clumsy (I have learned to stop doing rusty-metal-related tasks after the first mistake, and switch to something else for the rest of the day);
• posted brain-dump about finances & narrative titled early onset plot holes;
• posted one of my pre-pandemic short stories four stories not about fruit: lime;
• posted the april reading roundup;
• actually been off youtube completely on my phone, only putting lofi girl on the playstation when the primary playstation user is washing up;

things i intended to do but did not:

• stop looking at reddit (i even deleted my account, this isn't even custom reddit, this is straight up typing in the subreddit names i remember like some sort of grub);
• notes on the arctic for my course (this one is really bad, there's an assignment due in four days and i've only outlined it);

things i enjoyed:

• the dogs choosing different perfect lounging places around the house as the sun moves round.
• making cardboard box storage all matchy matchy with sticky-backed plastic (has been remarketed as 'peel and stick wallpaper' at some point).
• watching the stock lines wiggle. (i'm up 6.7% in a month.) look at the state of it.
• the neighbour cat's awe and delight at a very small amount of kitten food. (an elderly friend advised me that if anyone with a garden ought to keep kitten food in stock for emergencies. she didn't specify which emergencies, but i think 'neighbour cat is pretty' counts.)

intent for w19:

• seriously find some way of blocking reddit. the time locks aren't working. some sort of dns level sledgehammer??
• take more plant photos with the good camera;