Housekeeping

This post is a routine housekeeping, or in other words cleaning bits of this and that to make everything look tidy and clean. Here is my life all tidy and clean.

I am going to the hospital on Wednesday for a long awaited surgery. I have been suffering with a rather large kidney stone for over a year now. It is not 'long awaited' because of lack of medical care available but rather my own stubbornness for not looking into the source of my pain. I pushed passed it, moved on and ignored the symptoms for many months. I wanted to see a doctor in the fall but so much of our time was taken up in house hunting, packing and other home related matters. It was shortly after we moved that I realized I could not postpone it any longer.

Since I found out surgery was eminent, I went to great pains to get the garden beds in and planted. I may be out of commission for a week or so, depending on recovery so I don't need to worry about the gardens and planting schedules. This week I am also focusing on house chores, and some of the tasks I don't get to often (like vacuuming the couch) so that I can leave them for weeks until I feel energetic enough to take them on.

Things might be rather quiet here on the blog front as well. I have joined an online writer's critique group where all five of us are actively writing and posting an critiquing each other's work-in-progress. This is a huge undertaking which require a lot of commitment on my part but it is something I see as worth while. I have been working on this recent novel (a mystery) since August and consider myself about half way through. Too often I push my writing to the side for the sake of home stuff that need tending to. I am hoping that this critique group will keep me on track, focused and goal oriented.

I still plan to blog and do my other homesteading stuff but for the next bit I am focusing on my recovery and my book.