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The freezer is fine for plain jars where the frozen wax can just slide right out, but if you have anything funky going on with your jar, you’re going to have to go all archaeologist on it.. Here’s what I do now instead:.

If we really had to rake all of our leaves, we’d be doomed.I was worried about this last year, but we soon discovered that they all blow out into the fields, so we just enjoy them while they’re here..

So what I’ve really been doing are just little things, but often things that I would just not get to until Spring because they didn’t seem big enough to warrant a whole trip outside on their own.-Cutting back dying perennials (just 15 minutes worth at a time!).-Putting away some of the stuff off the back deck.

Side tables, chairs, plant pots.. -Rounding up a few balls or sandbox toys that are still outside.. -Bringing in the tomato cages.. -Sweeping down spider webs around doorways.. -Sweeping the front steps.. -Planting a handful of Spring bulbs.. -Putting down a few sheets of newspaper and some mulch to prevent weeds in flower beds (just a little at a time again!).Individually, all these little jobs are pretty insignificant, but if I pick seven of them to do in a week, then I find I’ve actually made some pretty good progress!.

Getting outside a bit more is helping me enjoy my surroundings more too.

Can you spot the tiny purple flowers whose name I forget, but who I planted this Spring and who decided to bloom again in the Fall for some reason?.All opinions are 100% mine..

So, it’s the middle of the Christmas Season and things are getting crazy.Presents, wrapping, decorating, running around, and somehow trying to find joy within all the madness can really turn us all into a bunch of little grinches.

You know you want to find some time to have friends and family over, you just don’t really, you know, actually want to have to do anymore.You’re already maxed out!