Recording my activities.

I am recording my activities regularly these days.  I'm trying to make a sound scape of a day in my life.  It is proving more challenging than I originally thought it would be.  I tried to record myself pouring boiling water into my tea pot.  You can hear the sound of the water as it fills the pot.  The sound gets higher.  I used to use these liquid level indicators that beep but I hate them.  I use funnels and measure the water I put into the kettle so not too much goes into the pot.  But, when I recorded that sound it first sounded like nothing.  I was too far away or my mike was.  Then I put it really close and it sounded like a waterfall.  Not like pouring tea at all.  And when I have interesting encounters, I'm not recording.  If I get some interesting things, I will share it here.