I have already broken my rule of posting every single day about depression fighting foods until the book is available. There was Easter, but the bigger talk of the household is that right here *in this house* in August, a friend of ours will be getting married. A few weeks ago I commented that we surely cannot get a milk goat until we clean up the leaf piles. Being behind on moving leaves is one of about seven hundred and ninety tasks that haven’t been done for a while. The fact is that had anyone else called to ask if we would have a wedding in our house, the answer would have been pretty definitive in the other direction. But there are some things you just cannot say “no” to and this is one of them. I also know that the father of the bride is our secret weapon in getting things in shape around here.
One of the first comments out of my mouth was “How in the world are we going to clean the place up in the next five months?” After my mom’s first response of “Absolutely,” she asked “How in the world are we going to clean the place up in the next five months?”
Geez, I just realized that it's actually four months.
As if this blog is not evidence enough, I really must be crazy because not only are we going to move the leaf piles, we are doing some major cleaning and repair projects on the landscape and we are actually going to paint the exterior of the house. The house is a giant craftsman. It is so spacious that it once served as a bordello. It also spent many years as a religious retreat house, but that’s not nearly as colorful as a bordello. The spaciousness of the house is great when you’ve got a big party, but it can bite when it needs to be painted and otherwise maintained.
This is probably all reason to revive my house blog. I just do not have enough opportunity to blog these days. I should also try to figure out how to turn this blog post into a post about depression-fighting foods so that it will meet my daily commitment. I do expect the wedding will serve something like tri-tip, a cut of beef. Beef is high in depression-fighting vitamins and minerals.
Mmm. Tri-tip.
This weekend’s cleaning party will involve Costco pizza. That’s not a depression-fighter, though I’ve posted about a depression buster pizza here before. It probably tastes very good. We’ll see. I’ll do my part and give it a try.
For friends and family, this will be the wedding of Chris and Cathy's daughter Jessica. Also for freinds and family: "No, we don't do events here because *that* would be crazy." :)
