Another year is about to go in the history book that is my life. Kind of sad. Gives new meaning to that saying I have always had, "When you are over the hill you pick up speed." I used to make a list of all I wanted to accomplish during the coming year, but I have now decided to settle for making a list of all the things I did not get done.
#1. I fully intended to have the world's largest rummage sale and empty my house of all the hobbies I have accumulated over the years. I did get a lot of the stuff moved out to the garage, but that just makes it mouse food.
#2. I intended to take down the bore infested Apricot tree behind the house and prune the Choke Cherry bush so I could walk through the yard. I also intended to remove all the Elm trees that are embedded in the fence line. None of these thing happened.
#3. I wanted to list the house this fall and be moved into a little place in town by the first of the year. It is now the first of the year and here I set.
#4. When I saw none of the above was happening, I settled for making candles for the homeless, which is also not happening. I did make a quilt, but that is about all I got done. And I did pile a bunch of stuff in the dining room to move out to the pile of crap in the garage to put on top of the other pile of crap.
Maybe I need a trainer. You know someone with a whip to come in and crack it over my head and see how high I can jump. Sadly, even that would not move me. I do occasionally think that the perfect solution is to just set here and do nothing. Some day, with a little luck, I will quietly pass away in my sleep and surely someone will think to check on me and there I will be. It is at that point that all this crap will become someone else's problem. So I have words of advice for whoever gets stuck with that job.
Put a big sign on the front door, "Worlds biggest junk sale. Make an offer." What ever they offer, accept it. Throw all the money in a box and divide it up with each other. What doesn't sell, send to the dump. I do have a will. That is one thing I did do.
So, now I am starting another day of futile attempts at getting something done. Wish me luck.
#1. I fully intended to have the world's largest rummage sale and empty my house of all the hobbies I have accumulated over the years. I did get a lot of the stuff moved out to the garage, but that just makes it mouse food.
#2. I intended to take down the bore infested Apricot tree behind the house and prune the Choke Cherry bush so I could walk through the yard. I also intended to remove all the Elm trees that are embedded in the fence line. None of these thing happened.
#3. I wanted to list the house this fall and be moved into a little place in town by the first of the year. It is now the first of the year and here I set.
#4. When I saw none of the above was happening, I settled for making candles for the homeless, which is also not happening. I did make a quilt, but that is about all I got done. And I did pile a bunch of stuff in the dining room to move out to the pile of crap in the garage to put on top of the other pile of crap.
Maybe I need a trainer. You know someone with a whip to come in and crack it over my head and see how high I can jump. Sadly, even that would not move me. I do occasionally think that the perfect solution is to just set here and do nothing. Some day, with a little luck, I will quietly pass away in my sleep and surely someone will think to check on me and there I will be. It is at that point that all this crap will become someone else's problem. So I have words of advice for whoever gets stuck with that job.
Put a big sign on the front door, "Worlds biggest junk sale. Make an offer." What ever they offer, accept it. Throw all the money in a box and divide it up with each other. What doesn't sell, send to the dump. I do have a will. That is one thing I did do.
So, now I am starting another day of futile attempts at getting something done. Wish me luck.
