It’s 10:01 a.m. and high time I started writing.
I should write about our vacation. I keep procrastinating… Tomorrow it will be two weeks since we got back. It's starting to feel like ancient history.
We stayed at four state parks which is the most we have ever stayed at in one vacation.
We took hundreds of pictures. It feels overwhelming.
Here are a couple of them:
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| I'll try to write more about our vacation soon so you can find out where the photos were taken :-) |
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I also need to write about landscaping. Though there isn’t much to tell, yet. We met with Val. She is working on a design. I am a little nervous about it. She was not impressed when she found out I am not much of a gardener. I also think the shade tree she recommends, Shantung Maple, needs too much babying for us and our situation. My friend Susan recommends: Chinese Pistache. Another friend: Red Oak. I was interested in Gingko, but Val said we won’t be able to find it.
Decluttering is also sort of up in the air. I want to give a backpack and a down-sleeping bag to a friend who’s wife thought he would be interested in them. I emailed him but have not heard back yet. I know he has had a lot going on right now so I will give him until after Thanksgiving and if he has not responded by then I will email him again and then donate them to another place.
I made lists of several other things I plan to donate too, now I just need to find the lists…
Several weeks ago I bought a photo album with plans to create a scrapbook as a way to downsize more photos and memorabilia. This time I plan to focus on my years at university (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in California). First though I need to find the photos and such.
There are any number of other decluttering projects that need doing. One example is a collection of my Mom’s old letters that I want to go through. I put them next to my office recliner, where I am writing from right now, more than a year ago with plans to read and blog about them. I still hope to do that some time. But maybe they should go back into my cedar chest to keep them from gathering more dust.
I also have several sewing projects…
And cooking projects…
And my health issues...
Caring for my mom and her health issues also continues …
There seems to be too many balls in the air to name them all.
In an attempt to get a better handle on my life and to do's I am trying to learn to "bullet journal" (look it up) (No I am not planning to get fancy with it.). It is supposed to help me get organized so I don’t need to have so many sticky notes everywhere and so I can remember where I put lists and to do's and what I did when…
I’m also, still, trying to get a better handle on house work. Maybe at my age I should have that nailed, but I don’t.
And the motor home needs more cleaning from our vacation. And I have a pile of things to put back in it: clean sheets and towels and misc.
And Thanksgiving and my Mom’s birthday is next week…
A couple more photos from our vacation. I am thankful for the time away!
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May you have a blessed Thanksgiving!
