I think it was last October when I decided it was time to clean out closets, declutter, and have a yard sale. I can't recall if that decision was made prior to finding out my son would be getting married November 5th of last year or not. Regardless, I cleaned out closets, declutterd and ended up with several plastic storage containers of things I no longer wanted to store. These would go in the yard sale.
With the wedding, Thanksgiving and then Christmas, I knew the yard sale would have to wait until spring. Surely by then things would have calmed down a bit, the weather would be nicer and I might even re-declutter and have more things to sell. Yeah right.
Since I put those things in the containers to sell, I've reclaimed:
Some saucers and plates purchased from an antique store that used to hang on my walls. (I want to rehang them.)
My RB sunglasses (I got contacts so I can wear them again.)
A candle holder (I really did like it on top of my china cabinet.)
I thinks that's all I dragged back to use again. Is that funny or what? I guess some of the things I thought of as clutter when I went on my "spree" weren't actually clutter because I really did like them and after not having them where I could see them for awhile, I realized I missed them so back in the house they came. Well, the sunglasses don't fall into that category, but I NEED them since I no longer wear glasses having lens that darken when out in the sun.
Hopefully I'll be having that yard sale the first weekend of April if I can stop bringing the stuff back in.
How often do we decide we need to declutter our lives? Not houses and things, but lives. Do we let go of friends we think we don't need any longer only to find out later that we really did need them afterall? Do we turn off the TV, the computers, the cell phones only to suffer withdrawals? I've found that I get sick and tired of noise. Hubby goes out to his office to work and many days, I cut the TV off just so I can have quiet. It helps me declutter my life because then I can focus on whatever I'm doing or what I need to do. Or, I can just let my brain rest and declutter. Sometimes the noise of a TV or radio just drive me bonkers. Turning it off and just sitting in my chair gazing outside allows me to think clearly about something, to daydream, have an idea, and clear out the cobwebs in my head.
Speaking of cobwebs, it's amazing how many I've been able to see with the new contacts. Have mercy. I saw one this past weekend and yanked my curtains down, washed them, got the cobwebs down and that's where it ended. I got sick and haven't felt like putting them back up. I also noticed that my windows need to be cleaned. No point in putting the curtains up until that is done. Oh and the walls are dusty too. Gotta get them clean too and since I'm gonna paint, it would have to be done anyway. And, it's time to clean the lampshades again. I'll put all that on a list of things I have to do. For now, I'm gonna sit in my chair and gaze out the window for a few minutes. Then, I'm going to go crawl back into bed and read some more of The Help. No TV will be blaring either. I'll deal with the stuff to do tomorrow, or maybe the next day. Today, I'm gonna enjoy my book and quietness. My body won't let me do otherwise, so I won't feel guilty!
Hope you find time to enjoy some quiet time and allow your brain to rest!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Rambling Monday Morning
The crud chose me as its next victim and it slapped me in the face yesterday. The coughing drives me crazy. I decided to take some 'quill before I went to bed. It helped the cough, but the sleeping was miserable. I dozed, woke up, dreamed crazy dreams and feel like I worked all night. I woke up at 5am and decided to get up and make coffee, let the dogs out watch the morning news.
February 19th marked two years since my sweet MIL passed away. I still have her chest of drawers and dresser in what is now my grandson's bedroom and her collection of photos have been stored in one of those drawers. Since Andrew is almost three, I decided it was time to get those photos out of there, so Saturday while "he was helping me clean his room" I put all the photos in a plastic tub so I could put them in albums and/or photo boxes. Some I will scan and send to a cousin so he can put them in the Granville, TN Museum. He'd asked for some after Mom died and I've just never gotten around to getting them scanned.
While Mom was living with us and had nothing to do other than sit or lie down, I asked her to go through her photos and write the names of the subject on the back. I'm so glad she did that. My boys probably won't have a clue as to who some of them are, but maybe down the road someone will do a family tree and find the boys who may be able to look through the photos and provide some info that's needed.
Rambling along..I'm having fun waiting for Hubby and my son to notice something different about me. I've worn glasses for years. This past Wednesday I went to see my eye doctor due to a problem with my eyelid. I had not scheduled an appointment and didn't tell family I was going. While there, doc checked my eyes and said they had gotten worse in the past year. (I never got the prescription filled last year.) I knew I had to get new ones because I was having a hard time seeing with the old ones, even though they were bifocals. I decided to get contacts. Yes. So, since Wednesday, I have not worn my glasses at all and guess what!!! The ONLY person who has noticed is my 2 year old grandson. He said, "Nana put your glasses on." Hubby was in the room, but had us tuned out while watching TV. I'm going to see just how long it takes for Hubby to notice. I think it's hilarious that it's been nearly a week and he hasn't realized I'm not wearing glasses. It doesn't hurt my feelings at all, although when I was younger, I would have probably gotten upset that he didn't notice. It's funny how things change as one gets older. I think in my case, Hubby's lucky that I've changed in that respect. HA
That's enough rambling for now. This coffee is good and I'm going to go have another cup.
Merry Monday, y'all.
February 19th marked two years since my sweet MIL passed away. I still have her chest of drawers and dresser in what is now my grandson's bedroom and her collection of photos have been stored in one of those drawers. Since Andrew is almost three, I decided it was time to get those photos out of there, so Saturday while "he was helping me clean his room" I put all the photos in a plastic tub so I could put them in albums and/or photo boxes. Some I will scan and send to a cousin so he can put them in the Granville, TN Museum. He'd asked for some after Mom died and I've just never gotten around to getting them scanned.
While Mom was living with us and had nothing to do other than sit or lie down, I asked her to go through her photos and write the names of the subject on the back. I'm so glad she did that. My boys probably won't have a clue as to who some of them are, but maybe down the road someone will do a family tree and find the boys who may be able to look through the photos and provide some info that's needed.
Rambling along..I'm having fun waiting for Hubby and my son to notice something different about me. I've worn glasses for years. This past Wednesday I went to see my eye doctor due to a problem with my eyelid. I had not scheduled an appointment and didn't tell family I was going. While there, doc checked my eyes and said they had gotten worse in the past year. (I never got the prescription filled last year.) I knew I had to get new ones because I was having a hard time seeing with the old ones, even though they were bifocals. I decided to get contacts. Yes. So, since Wednesday, I have not worn my glasses at all and guess what!!! The ONLY person who has noticed is my 2 year old grandson. He said, "Nana put your glasses on." Hubby was in the room, but had us tuned out while watching TV. I'm going to see just how long it takes for Hubby to notice. I think it's hilarious that it's been nearly a week and he hasn't realized I'm not wearing glasses. It doesn't hurt my feelings at all, although when I was younger, I would have probably gotten upset that he didn't notice. It's funny how things change as one gets older. I think in my case, Hubby's lucky that I've changed in that respect. HA
That's enough rambling for now. This coffee is good and I'm going to go have another cup.
Merry Monday, y'all.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
A Winner...
Cathy B. is the winner of my cookbook giveway. She gets to choose 3 of the 6 cookbooks I showed. Congrats, Cathy and I hope you enjoy them.
Stay tuned! You never know when I'll have another giveaway!!!
Stay tuned! You never know when I'll have another giveaway!!!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Saturday Sunshine
We have nothing planned for the weekend. Dale is in a 12 hour class today. Jon and Brenda plan to come over today and Greg will be playing with Andrew. There's always something to pick up or clean up around here, so I'll be doing that.
Hope you all have a great weekend. I'm going to enjoy my family.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
We Are Losing Our Freedom
The text below was forwarded to me today. Somehow, someway, we have to stop sitting idly by and letting this type thing happen.
Ft. Bragg connection!!
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Obama stops soldier from speaking
Something you'll want to be aware of: Obama stops soldier from speaking ..Sent by Retired Vice Admiral Bob Scarborough, of Arlington , Va. "I wanted to give you all some disturbing information on our wonderful president. I work with the Catch-A-Dream Foundation, which provides hunting and fishing trips to children with life-threatening illnesses.
This past weekend we had our annual banquet/fundraiser event in Starkville . As a part of our program, we had scheduled Sgt. 1st Class Greg Stube to come; he's a highly decorated U.S. Army Green Beret and inspirational speaker who was severely injured while deployed overseas and didn't have much of a chance for survival. Greg is stationed at Ft. Bragg , NC and received permission from his commanding officer to come speak at our function.
Everything was on go until Obama made a policy that NO U.S. SERVICEMAN CAN SPEAK AT ANY FAITH-BASED PUBLIC EVENTS ANYMORE. Needless to say, Greg had to cancel his speaking event with us. Didn't know if anyone else was aware of this new policy. You're just starting to see the Obamanation. This is just how the Nazis did it in the 1930s -- slowly, one step at a time.
This should be forwarded to everyone regardless of party affiliation! We have lost 50% of our freedom of speech in the last 2 years. The news media is not allowed to print anything negative about this evil Obama.
ARE YOU STILL GOING TO REELECT HIM???????????
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Robert D. Sinacola
COL (Ret), AVN, USAR
Gotta Post This or Explode...
The United States Constitution was written and guaranteed everyone their rights as citizens of this country. Our founding fathers had the guts to base these laws on Christian principals so obviously they had common sense, a relationship with God and read The Bible. Thank God they did.
I am so sick, tired, disgusted, angry and downright fed up with all the different groups of people who keep demanding equal rights. The idiots already have equal rights. They have the same rights afforded everyone by The Constitution.
Want to know why the world is in the mess it is today? Look at the laws of today that are directly opposite of what The Constitution says and you will see why. Thousands of years ago, The Bible foretold of how this world would be and what do you know! It was right and things foretold have happened and continue to happen. They will keep happening until The Bible is fulfilled.
Our founding fathers would roll over in their graves if they knew how evil our world is today and all the things that have been passed into law.
I can't convince anyone of anything and I know that all too well. Just because my opinion differs from what some believe doesn't mean I don't love them. It doesn't mean I agree with things they do either. I answer to God for what I do and what I believe. That's what matters. I don't judge people either. That right belongs to God. People who judge others have no idea what others may be going through, have been through and obviously don't care.
Enough about that.
I have to take Hubby to neurologist shortly so I will shut up for now.
Don't know where this came from...
I am so sick, tired, disgusted, angry and downright fed up with all the different groups of people who keep demanding equal rights. The idiots already have equal rights. They have the same rights afforded everyone by The Constitution.
Want to know why the world is in the mess it is today? Look at the laws of today that are directly opposite of what The Constitution says and you will see why. Thousands of years ago, The Bible foretold of how this world would be and what do you know! It was right and things foretold have happened and continue to happen. They will keep happening until The Bible is fulfilled.
Our founding fathers would roll over in their graves if they knew how evil our world is today and all the things that have been passed into law.
I can't convince anyone of anything and I know that all too well. Just because my opinion differs from what some believe doesn't mean I don't love them. It doesn't mean I agree with things they do either. I answer to God for what I do and what I believe. That's what matters. I don't judge people either. That right belongs to God. People who judge others have no idea what others may be going through, have been through and obviously don't care.
Enough about that.
I have to take Hubby to neurologist shortly so I will shut up for now.
Don't know where this came from...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Decisions
It's nothing major by any means, but I finally decided what to do with this blog. Let's face it. I'm not going to make money with a blog; I'm not a writer. I re-read my previous posts and realized that I don't know anything to blog about except what's going on in my life and occasionally an opinion I have about something. Now why was that so hard to figure out? Because by reading other blogs, I thought maybe no one would read mine. I have nothing profound to say. It's more of a journal for me and it doesn't matter if no one reads it. Sure, it would be nice to have a "following". In fact, I had hoped to make some new friends here, but if that doesn't happen it's okay.
I think from time to time I will have a giveaway, but I'm not going to drive myself bonkers trying to get followers who only come here for giveaways. I'd rather people read because they relate to what I may write about. I'm not eloquent with words, I'm just a simple, down-to-earth person. I suffer from depression and other ailments and when I'm feeling depressed, hurting or whatever, that's what I will write. By making this decision, I feel a sort of freedom. It's because I've never worried about impressing anyone and there's no reason to start now!
Moving on...Hubby has a doctor's appointment shortly for another checkup on the broken arm. It's healing, but there's a problem with nerve damage which affects his thumb, index and middle finger. The hand still swells and he still has pain. The surgeon has referred him to a neurologist to find out what's up with the nerves. He has an appointment tomorrow for that. I'm praying no more surgery is necessary. We have no health insurance and another surgery would just pile on even more medical bills that we don't need. However, if surgery is necessary, surgery it will be.
Update on the doggie peeing situation: Giz' diapers have done the trick for him. The culprit now is Tiffi, so I put her in diapers too. Being the little prissy dog she is, she's figured out how to wiggle out of her diaper and twice I've caught her going into my dining room to pee. She'll require a large doggie diaper for her fat little rear. Just when I'm thinking my grandson will stop wearing diapers and I'll get rid of that expense, I'm having to spend money on doggie diapers. Go figure.
I have to get dressed now. If story weather is expected in your area, stay safe and make sure your weather radio has fresh batteries! If you're going through stormy weather in your personal life, find solace in prayers and The Bible.
Happy Wednesday.
I think from time to time I will have a giveaway, but I'm not going to drive myself bonkers trying to get followers who only come here for giveaways. I'd rather people read because they relate to what I may write about. I'm not eloquent with words, I'm just a simple, down-to-earth person. I suffer from depression and other ailments and when I'm feeling depressed, hurting or whatever, that's what I will write. By making this decision, I feel a sort of freedom. It's because I've never worried about impressing anyone and there's no reason to start now!
Moving on...Hubby has a doctor's appointment shortly for another checkup on the broken arm. It's healing, but there's a problem with nerve damage which affects his thumb, index and middle finger. The hand still swells and he still has pain. The surgeon has referred him to a neurologist to find out what's up with the nerves. He has an appointment tomorrow for that. I'm praying no more surgery is necessary. We have no health insurance and another surgery would just pile on even more medical bills that we don't need. However, if surgery is necessary, surgery it will be.
Update on the doggie peeing situation: Giz' diapers have done the trick for him. The culprit now is Tiffi, so I put her in diapers too. Being the little prissy dog she is, she's figured out how to wiggle out of her diaper and twice I've caught her going into my dining room to pee. She'll require a large doggie diaper for her fat little rear. Just when I'm thinking my grandson will stop wearing diapers and I'll get rid of that expense, I'm having to spend money on doggie diapers. Go figure.
I have to get dressed now. If story weather is expected in your area, stay safe and make sure your weather radio has fresh batteries! If you're going through stormy weather in your personal life, find solace in prayers and The Bible.
Happy Wednesday.
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