A great many things

After several weeks of not connecting, I finally got my handyman over for a full day of random jobs today. Between 10-3 he:

Straightened a crooked ceiling light fixture

Switched out my shower head

Adjusted the screen door so it doesn't loudly slam shut

Hung a baby swing from my avocado tree

Brought the leftover building materials from my attic down to the garbage

Rewired an Edwardian lamp that's sat unused for 19 years

While he did this, I:

Took B's octagon play yard thing out of the box and set it up for use

Assembled his pack 'n play for use as a crib

Disassembled the old Port-A-Crib

Repaired and packed away the old bumper system for the Port-A-Crib my sister made

Blew up his super creepy Rody rocking horse I bought him for his 1st birthday (he was scared of it at first until I held him close while he sat on it, then he got into it)

Assembled a wooden walker my sister's step mother bought him

Recovered two chairs with cute oilcloth

Moved tons of broken old crap from the back yard to the garbage

Attempted to take down rickety bamboo privacy fence but gave up when I discovered how many weeds had grown into it

Assembled new hose and liberally watered tomatoes, peppers & herbs

Fixed and re-hung broken barometer

Fixed & re-hung movie poster that shattered to the ground during my whole sewer debacle

Finally defrosted and threw out the gross hot pepper tomato sauce I froze but will never eat

Put all strollers and other random shit in the closet where the giant carseat box used to be

Stacked boxes ready to be stored in the playroom whenever the contractor gets over here with the cabinet doors (only been waiting four months for this to happen)

Went grocery shopping

Piled cabbage leaves into bra

Collected egg from surviving chicken

Cooked goat cheese polenta with chick pea ratatouille and baked apples with cinnamon whipped cream

Traded many, many texts trying to get my June babysitting dates filled

Paid my ever-increasing pool maintenance bill - wondered again if I should try to find someone cheaper

Tried to change battery in stopped yard clock only to discover the motor is broken

Brought many broken down shipping boxes down to garbage 

Made a green leaf lettuce, butter lettuce, cucumber and radish salad for the week

Pinned a recipe for dill pickles

Changed two poo poo didies

Shook out the nursery rug

Cleaned the kitchen floor three times

Emptied the dishwasher

Filled the dishwasher

Fielded emails about how to improve our failing meet up group

Fielded emails about upcoming gigs

Fielded emails about the next SMC meeting

Wondered where that moldy smell was coming from

Unintentionally soaked shoes when new hose went haywire

Watched that episode of Married to Medicine for like the bajillionth time

Checked Facebook 87 times to see how many people "liked" the video I posted of B walking

Got a good preschool recommendation from the handyman

Blogged

...and that's it. Whew! Good night!