I've been thinking about hygge. From my (probably limited) understanding, you have all the cosy in the winter, but summer needs to be outside and energetic. I haven't got energetic. But I really, really love snuggling down in autum and winter, and if I do that then I need to get the house fit for snuggles during the summer.
I'm going to have to tackle the clothes heap in the dining room. There's a load of ironing but also a load of stuff to donate or possibly sell. It's sadly a big job that needs a lot of standing. There's all sorts of stuff that needs to be dealt with. I have some old towels that I plan to cut up. I bought one of those mops where you put a cleaning wipe over the head of the mop, but the refill wipes are £3.50 for 12! I plan to cut up the old, scratchy towels and use those dunked in soapy water and wrung out. That means that I have to cut up the towels to the correct size and then run a zigzag stitch around the edges to stop fraying. There is a lot of stuff like that - small tasks that will make things easier and won't take up much energy if I just start them. Then come winter, I can snuggle down and be comfortable. And I need to do the movement, so it's a win-win.
Writing stuff - I'm still lagging behind the writing prompts, but I'm up to Number 21 and you can find today's story here.
Hugs and good health to all.
I like your plans to get the house ready in the summer to be all cosy and comfortable in the autumn and winter. :)
ReplyDeleteI'll keep everything updated - it may be enough to galvanise me into action!
DeleteI must admit that I spend far too much time in the summer time outside mostly doing a whole lot of nothing. I'm really trying to be more productive
ReplyDeleteProductive is one thing, but you're storing up good memories and sunshine for the winter. That has to be a productive activity.
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