I am an organized person or I should say I try to be. When I am involved with something all organization is tossed out the window. Right now I am involved with carving 3 ducks and needless to say everything around me shows that fact. A trail of wood chips are probably found in each room in the house. I will be relieved when they are finished. (I am wood burning the feathers on them right now and 1 duck is completely finished) Hubby is helping daughter with tiling her floors and putting down wood floor laminate so this has helped me a lot in keeping focused on just the Ducks. I have been asked how long it takes to carve 1 Duck and I finally can give an answer to that question. (approx 1 1/2 weeks to 2 weeks) I carve 3 ducks to give 2 to the kids and keep 1 for myself. The ones that I keep for myself will eventually go to the grandchildren. I have carved 16 ducks total. The instructor Red S has carved 57. I plan on attending the local carving class this Spring and Summer to keep on carving. Last year I did not pick up a knife until January 10th of this year and that is not going to happen again.
Anyway as I said I am organized but looking around you wouldn't think so. Everything is a shambles. My computer room has papers piled up on top of each other and my sewing room/ironing room is a mess. I usually assign so many rooms per day to be cleaned and clean for 1 to 2 hours per day for 5 days. Can I let you know that hasn't happened since January 10th. I have to get back on the band wagon and start my familiar routines again in order for me to be content and feel good. I don't feel as rushed when I am in my routine and feel that I can contribute to other things that aren't so time consuming. Spring cleaning is looking at me square in the face. I would like to tackle Dean's garage too, as he does not want to seem to do it either. (I have let the garage go for 2 years and this is the year of the take downs.)
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Time Has Flown By (As Usual)
I started this with the idea to journal at least once a day and again, time has flown by and before I know it a month has come and gone. It is frustrating to not accomplish what I have started out to do but then again it is by my own choice that I have wondered off in so many other directions.
I would love to give up sleep and fixing meals and then I would have more time available to do what I really would like to do but alas that is not going to happen. Hubby is so used to me doing the meals that any change there is obsolete. Again, I did that to myself. My children have done the opposite and they help one another. I am my hubby's not slave but close to it as far as meals go. He used to come home and read the paper and wait for me to come home and fix supper. I would ask him on occasion what he had started for me but his answer was always the same " I didn't know what you had planned". Now if I really don't feel like cooking we just have egg sandwiches for supper. He knows now finally that Kathy is tired of cooking after 45 years.
I don't think I need to say anything about sleep ~ I seem to get by in the little I get, but it is a waste of time!
Where did 2011 go?
I would love to give up sleep and fixing meals and then I would have more time available to do what I really would like to do but alas that is not going to happen. Hubby is so used to me doing the meals that any change there is obsolete. Again, I did that to myself. My children have done the opposite and they help one another. I am my hubby's not slave but close to it as far as meals go. He used to come home and read the paper and wait for me to come home and fix supper. I would ask him on occasion what he had started for me but his answer was always the same " I didn't know what you had planned". Now if I really don't feel like cooking we just have egg sandwiches for supper. He knows now finally that Kathy is tired of cooking after 45 years.
I don't think I need to say anything about sleep ~ I seem to get by in the little I get, but it is a waste of time!
Where did 2011 go?
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Learning New Things!
I am going to give it my best and try to journal at least once a Week. (My initial thought was once a day, but I know myself too well ~ I get busy with other things and run out of time or just plain do not take the time to journal. Hopefully I will stay focused. Especially on those evenings when no matter what, my eyes do not close!)
Any way this is something new in as far as others may see what I am thinking or doing. There are things that I would just assume others try and not figure out about me. I am a complex person with so many diverse thoughts that even I have a hard time understanding ME!
My key verses in church today that I am going to ponder on are:
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.
Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.
Any way this is something new in as far as others may see what I am thinking or doing. There are things that I would just assume others try and not figure out about me. I am a complex person with so many diverse thoughts that even I have a hard time understanding ME!
My key verses in church today that I am going to ponder on are:
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.
Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.
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