New Day New Week

It is a new day and a new week. I got some of the morning stuff done working on my routines. Weekly stuff is under way now. I've gotten trash ready for trash pick up day this week. The yard is looking better. I do better when I get out and do some yard work a couple of times a day. The small market had coins when I was there earlier.

I made good progress on my current scrap yarn project of odds and ends yarn a granny square that keeps growing. My shoulder is sore so I had to rest it today. I've been trying out my new knitting
needles on my continuing dish cloths of cotton yarn. They help me relax when I knit on them.

I bottom of the basket I painted last now matches I got the rest of it painted to match, I put it outside
to dry and hung it in the plant cage when I harvest herbs fruit and vegetables out of the garden it will come in handy and it a good size.

Trying to get better at house stuff, it is too hot to garden this afternoon. But the birds still
need fresh cool water in the bird bath.

Got a travelers notebook I am using now, and journal soft cover with dotted paper. School supplies
are in! Just sayin' that might be one of my weaknesses. Got my notes for how to do a travelers note book TN put in it just for fun and ideas for lists. My "what have I been putting off" list has been very productive for me. I want some pages for drawing also!

More Tears

I had more tears this week, I learned my nephew died on a motorcycle when a truck hit him. My sister called and let me know, he was her oldest son. We are shocked and heartbroken. He was only 38 years old he loved to fish and had just gotten a boat fixed and running he was a mechanic. He was in the navy after collage.  This week has been a rough one needless to say.

We have wind here again this evening. I mowed today. Walked the dog. I got to the weekly tasks this week.

I have been working on some yarn projects, and did some painting. I painted a desk and did some musical furniture getting it it in the office after I took the one I was using. My daughter and grand daughter helped me move them.

I mowed and did some gardening this week.

I took some down time to rest and regroup with the news of the most recent death in the family.

I had good success finding some of the items I needed in the craft department that I had not been able to find yea! Got some paint, got some of my favorite pens that were back in stock as well. Found a traveler's notebook. The cheapie one but when it get grungie I can just toss is and get a different one when school supplies are in stock. I have been considering making one.

Tech. and more

I have been doing tech. stuff this week getting my tablet to sync. and my pc needed some help had to use the power wash setting seems all good except getting my gmail on the pc. It has taken a unreal amount of time now I know why if a pc guy has to do it that can take a week.

It is another reason I like pen and paper planning in case a tech. device is down.
It is funny bc according to my phone I have less screen time this week down from last week. I am only using it for texting and calling. I might need to turn that notice off.

I learned to date pw info. because that will help to know if it is a previous one or not! I have been combing through settings on my pc never could find the problem but figured out where a lot of stuff was for settings.

One book July has been interesting, I have not been using my planner because I've been so focused on this tech. stuff. I am going scripted planning in my bujo just to change it up and practice my handwriting. I learned putting all the various pages from this and that planner in one did not work as I did not even look at it!

I had to take a break and did a bit of painting on a wooden basket, and did a bit of picking up outside in the yard it is starting to look better now that helps. I have some odds and ends tucked here and there that I am not actually using so I have been picking those up some will be for the bbq or camp firewood when camping. My tall sticks were great for staking up the apple tree weighted down with fruit. I am thinking twice about going to the field to hike again after that wildlife experience seeing the badger.

I knitted with a friend, knitting group has restarted but I still have some things
I am dealing with here that need done about hubby's estate before I re book my weeks full. It just takes time.

I want to move the desk I painted upstairs and use it because it has shelves in it that will be handy. I am rethinking the color and might repaint it to go in that room if I have the paint color for the top of the desk. I will have to clear off the current one. I knew it would be temporary until I was done sorting.

I am wondering if I can get away with a smaller dining table. Got another load delivered to the thrift shop yesterday. Just a few things that I had set aside when the shutdown prevented me from taking those items in. I have decided that I like having them unload it.

I am rethinking the "good china" it was our wedding china as well. So as I do each zone I am discovering things I can pare down. I am supposed to be doing the sewing zone this month. But I keep finding other projects & areas outside that need my attn. Because of summer I am outside more. I have to remind myself I am making progress.

Game Trail!

I was on my weekly hike with the dog in the field, I heard a hissing sound looked and saw a honey badger in the center of the trail ahead of me. The badger went one way and the dog and I backed up and went the opposite direction. That was more of a nature trail than I anticipated! That got my heart rate up! I turned around and came back home, a bit later finished our walk on a different route.

My Joy Returned!

My joy returned today after it went to town today. I got donations delivered and cleaned some in the small shop. I am working on it making progress. It feels great to get the piles of stuff by the landing zone in the kitchen and dining room. Yea for progress. When I rounded up those items doing my last round of de cluttering the thrift shop were not open. I am learning the drill now, the employee got the items out of the back of the truck while he took those inside I set the other items from the cab on the tail gate and stood back while he loaded them up.

I found the first two cherry tomatoes out of my garden today.yum! I enjoyed seeing the flowers in the yard. I found baby squash also when I was watering.

Looking forward I want to get in the sewing room load some bobbins and hem up some more of the bandanads other projects. Christmas in July projects are progressing slowly.

Emotions go up and down have you ever noticed through out the day how that will happen? What happens if you are having a great day then some thing happens you get a call, or misplace the car keys, or you cannot find important paperwork what happens does the good mood evaporate?

Or you are having a rough day and you find a new flower in bloom, or find the first rip fruit, or new baby veggies in the garden? Does that lift your mood?

Moods can change, life can change the sun still come up in the morning and the birds still sing! A good thing to remember, life goes on.

The three D's

I have been discouraged down in the dumps and disappointed. I am feeling like a post holiday let down has happened. I have been here with the dog this weekend no family gathering happened.

I tried listening to some parotic music that made me cry thinking of the family gatherings we had as kids and that made me sad so I had to change that channel.

They had fireworks displays but no one was there to cheer because they closed off the stands, bleachers were empty. Home fire works were loud and obnoxious. The dog and I were unsettled.

We went to the basement and I painted a desk until I ran out of paint. First coat is pretty much done.

I remembered how Brother Lawerence had a medative way of doing regular daily tasks as a medation and I did that this morning while I picked up and put away things around here and swept the hard surfaces. Glad for that improvement it looked better. I saw my verse reminder that comes each week. Thinking on that I am going to get to writing out verses on my planner pages. The timing of that reminder was perfect!
I have heard of folks that have verses come through out the day I am not sure I want that many coming in my phone, updates can be irritating to me.

This afternoon I dug out two walnut trees they were not very big, I have learned to get them before the get over a foot tall they are much easier that way. I am alergic to tree nuts so do not need those here.

I could not find paint in stock for the paint project so did not waste a trip to get that. I may just change color and mix up what I have here shade of blue I have on hand. I did not paint because I could not decide on the color I wanted to use.

I was trying to find a journal cover and sketch book then remembered that I had one of each in the book case and got those out now a couple of  pages are full.

Got out my lined journal for daily diary type of entries when I realized that the one I am in will be done in a couple of days. I will be using the one with vintage pattern designs on the cover I got a while back.

I did not run the ac today 60*- 83* today's temps did not seem so bad.
I still need to walk the dog it will cool off in a bit.

Painted a desk. Messed up my computer sigh might have to take a break from this and my on line fav. sites. Only using my tablet now. Getting security updated making progress on that but it is a slow process for me.

The Sky Is Falling.

We had rain all morning. I got my new phone screen savers changed had success at one thing I suppose, log in set up then tried to get and app to work and it would not acept my pass work and my bday was wrong, so frustrating. I had to change my chosen pass word on two sites. I did get the google browser working so I can listen to books, or what ever that was good. I had to do five different pass words on two different sites I have burn out on thinking of new ones. I need to remember my one step at a time motto.

The other site had so many hoops to jump through I had high hopes it would work with this phone but nope.  Any way   I reached my hour long attempt, I do not do well if it takes me more than an hour to set up. At least I did not shed tears over it but I was close so had to let it sit a while to regroup.

I have been trying to get some news on the status of our state and area and the sky is falling poop news channel is acting like all the increase is news when we all saw that coming. Even our area is getting a bit of increase by one.

We had rain most of the morning here but it cleared a bit and I was able to walk the dog that helped me clear my head.

Got success at the shredding and the clean up after a couple of rounds of that today, and then I reclaimed the table yea! Empty boxes got moved out of there as well.

I have a couple of other boxes to deal with but it will have to wait until after trash day. I am trying to go back and pick up the aftermath of sorting and cleaning is messy and needs a bit of attn. on my sorting tables.

I need to get to the store before it gets too busy over the fourth. Some fireworks have been going off just occasionally.

OBJ / One Book July

Digital Planning / Learning apple Iph8
what makes sence to me.
setting up calandar and planning to be digital.
Learned how to get access and setting up
phone
reminders
calendar
clock
alarms
Alexia
bday
Rx
Appt.
sync. w google if possible
produtivity
notes / one note
learn icloud
random picker
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Other planners
Monthly Happy Planner this is your year to shine not cutting it for me with just list pages so I will be adding more to it. Soon as I get the pages out for next year to make room in it. I revamped my master groc. list yesterday with just me here I have been shopping differently these days. Figured out on the month I can add in important stuff at the end of the mo. that I want to keep track of. I have not been using it.

My Dream Planner happy planner discs with a hard bound cover set in teal. Odds and ends of notes lists ideas info. I've needed plans as I move forward this spring as every thing is different now after hubby passed away.

I have a budget planner not using I set it up but have a spirial note book I use instead instead.

I am missing TN for art fun and I need some of those I am currently out so will try adding them.

I have a five by seven inch note book with gold roses on the cover I am using for a brian dump from the books and e-mail course on griving it is about half full. I dis like the fact that it is at an angle and does not stack well with other books planners etc.

Daily journal morning pages in a diff. blank lined journal that is nearly full will be by the end of the month. I color code inks with specific colors for various days, in my journal it is easier to tell when one day ends and the next one begins.

BuJo classic size hard bound blank dot grid journal, not all dot grids are created equal.

Just saw a new way of planning called the scripting method that intreagues me with a line or two instead of task lists or to do lists something I will try out.

I think of things as quarterly and doing that kind of plans help me with forward thinking like in the way I used to decorate for fall sorting things in totes out, holiday meals fill the freezer I will be sorting through that and rethinking all of that this fall when it gets here.

Spiritual Journaling is in my Happy Planner faith edition for note Bible study scripture writing etc. I got an undated one and added the faith packet.

I have one I call my gardening planner for notes of things in the yard, I need to add the way h. and dson did fertilizing.

I have one with a cactus on it that I have been drawing in doing some of the art from a video course and book on simple drawings. I have done the inking on those for last month.

I need to revamp meals and menus that is sort of ongoing, meal planning is where ever chicken fish beef pork breakfast for dinner that's it, what ever day I want. Not much cooking going on here this summer.

Today I have been taking pages out of various planner and putting them in the your year to shine planner with the lists this helps. I took out pages for next year to make room. I have Faith planner pages in it for notes when I do Bible Study, and household week pages for home stuff from the homebody planner. So I am glad for a smaller stack that is way more managable now! Yea! The small pages from mini planner can go in the classis size one as well. I just have my two writing journals not in it but so much better gotta love that!

Food for One or Two.

I was sharing with a family member how we had delt with the issue of things going bad in the kitchen. Like the half loaf of mouldy bread, old hot dogs getting tossed out, and milk spoiling in the fridge.

It was time for me to re~evaluate some shopping habits afr er the kids left home. We did not eat cereal for breakfast and did not need a gallon of milk each week, it cut it back to half a gallon, then a quart and finally realized we do not drink milk! Light bulb moment and I was just using it occasionally in some baking. 

We put bread  and bread products in the freeze and just got out a slice or two as needed. It thawed on the counter as meal prep happened. 

I flash froze hot dogs, lunch meat etc. By placing them on a cookie sheet before bagging them up it was easy to get out one or two as needed this way. It also works for fruits and berries.

Cooking up six eggs to devil for one is what I have been doing. 

Starting Small

I am starting small today. I cleared off the landing zone in the kitchen by the door where stuff accumulated. Odd and ends to be put away or go to the basement. Gloves to go in the glove drawer. Tools to be put away. A small box of items to sort and put away, twine to use in tieing up the tomatoes that need staked. I sorted another small box in the creativity room. Sunrise was lovely today.

A small motif to knit on I got started had to redo part of it before I figured out the pattern for the prayer shawl project.

I have started my Christmas in July project as well. I have some odds and ends of yarn so I am going to crochet that up in granny squares some fun things to do. Trying to do round knit coasters but they are on a learning curve for me.

I have sewing to begin and have been looking forward to some fun crafting projects. I cannot find pre loaded bobbins any where.

One of the reasons I worked so hard on the decluttering last month was to free up time and space in my life for more fun crafting, inking on paper and fun things that I enjoy doing.

I need to mow and get out in the garden I enjoy that as well.

Fighting w log in again today grr! Cannot get there from my pc, my tablet is just trying to load circling, some thing has changed and will not let me in. There are days.... okay turns out to use apple apps prog you have to complete the form rolling my eyes! LOL!

One Book July

I am getting ready for One Book July. I set up my first pages for it with the cover page theme page did a bit of drawing. I am using my dream big hard cover classic size journal the says be yourself on the front of it.

This will work out great as the first part of this one has plans and stuff for the first of the year that I stall out on because of every thing going on this year.

The One Thing a book that is part of some of this and I was glad to find it read aloud on line. I could do paper sorting while I listened to this.

I remembered that  I love to do Charistmas in July, sorting and organizing totes from Christmas pupa [pick up and put away] just shoved in conatiners. I did that this spring my grand daughter helped while we were under the shut down.

I do have a project in mind to get going on before the crush of fall projects and business of the season starts. It is a crochet project some granny squares or mile a minute type strips.

I am also learning my new phone, some of it is not that different that my tablet. 

My Year to Shine

This is my July bujo till I use it up it says Be Yourself on the front.  In addition with my new Happy Planner. This is my year to shine. I got a happy planner that said "this is your year to shine" on the cover! So I have adapted that is my new theme for the next year. Starting  in July.

I have started to clean the shop and declutter things set to go. Yea for today's progress. Tree pruning equipment is gone yippe! The guys that do yard work were excited.

I found a home for the fishing tackle as well. I am working on this in layers few minutes at a time, I can do this.

We had rainy weather to be  more efficient I need sunshine. That will come but may make the temps too hot.

I looked in the she shed and found items I had set aside to declutter while the shut down had happened this spring, I can get those out now as the thrift shops are taking things again now. That helps.

Simple things like laundry going are a blessing. I am reminded of a repair person I need to call. I have been going over my bullet journals for the last couple of years for some inspiration and ideas on future planning. We had a french door to put in the shed but it is the wrong size so I am considering a smaller door a regular size one. We had some things for projects like plywood for the floor. That was before I decided that I dis like working outside in the heat and cold with out power. I have other things I can do inside with power!

The garden is under control I do not need rows of beans for just one person, if I do want to put some up there is the farmer's markets to enjoy. Last year growing my veg. took all the fun out of the farmer's markets! LOL!

I started a book wish list and am excited to have one on the way, but may not be her  until next week.

I got a trail in the small shed so I have room to move around a bit in there and need to set up the sorting area in the carport when the rains stop.

I do not feel very shiny at times but it is good to have some thing to reach towards.

I have been doing yard work weeding after a lot of rain in mid June. Grateful for the progress, activity and sun that came after the rains.
July 4th is not fun for the dog with all the noise so I am thinking of her.
It seems the celebrations for the fourth will be going ahead this year.

One Thing Notes

I just listened to The One Thing on audio book on you tube while I was doing shredder detail and decluttering work this past week. I took some notes.

For One Book July there is one gal doing that book for a focus in hers. She does videos on You Tube. Carrie Harding I think is her name.

Went to the store got yarn for my knitting project the smaller motifs to go in between the larger ones.

I have been fighting with my phone and finally got my chrome on it so I can listen. Got tired to trying to fight with Apple id sign in. I just wish I could say I have three divices and yes I just signed in with my newest one! Yes it was me on android I am trying some thing new. Hating apple sign in at this point and others as well. Technology is not my friend at this moment in time.

one thing I can do today to move forward.
            "              this week  "
            "              this mo.    "
            "              in 6 mo.    "
            "              in 90 days  "

time blocking / this is great to look into for more research.
Doing the one thing needs balance like focus on one area but it cannot be half of a day every day we need other things acomplished in our lives also. Like laundry and floors. But I listened to the book and did the dishes and spiffed up the counters then took my divice was using the crome book this morning, it went on my rbr room by room adventures with me while I made the bed, did the daily things on my list. Got to the sinks also! Yea! Walked the dog forgot my phone! LOL! It discourages multi - tasking but I think that is better than sitting on my you know what watching TV and not getting stuff done.

work
family
relationships
to accomplish
find and develop incredable talent
accomplish goals
Balance

I did find another batch of shreddig to do put it in a basket it was not so much so I was able to finish that! Yea!

Signed in for my warenty coating on my phone they do some thing different than screen protectors these days to protect from sctatching cracking.

Used my apple acct. Glad I could do that. Learned how to use a new app and my grandaughter has had hers for a couple of mo. And did not know how to do some of the features. I am going throught the tips manual. Got it to post a pic on fb now, not sure if that it goes yet or not! LOL.

I have two more boxes to shread so that is on my list.

Shredder Duty

Today is a cold wet and rainy one I had to turn on the heat. I did sort and get old checks through the shredder first thing this morning. I am feeling so productive yea!

I talked with my sis a CNA in a nursing home and asked her input for a friend dealing with hospace advice she said was to ask them about resources even if one is not on hospice yet. Different areas have different services. My experience was way diffeent that others I have talked to about it. So each situation is different. My experience with it was short 24 hours and it was at a facility not in home as others have had. I know of four others they each had a different experience with it. So I think each situation is different. So help is avalible but cv - 19 has changed some things or it did for me at least.

I think the counseling and other eperiences with loss of family memebers has given me some grief experience to help with this current season for me. One book called it experienced grief persons, some on to call if you need support. As I talk with the kids I can tell that they are still processing it. I had more time to get used to this season, and saw the daily struggles and know how it was effecting us.

In the audio book it suggested ten most common asked questions, that could help to google for some thing you are embarking on. Seek help from outside sources, I have a friend with some thing that is challenging her I have zero experience with so I had to say I do not know. I did a tiny bit of research but then realized this friend just needed a listening ear as she processed what was going on and things she was grappling with. End of life stuff for a family member. The next step the big one and getting beyond that.

Some times we need to plan and get a list for after the loss of a loved one, or after we retire. Where do I go from here, the list may or may not work out but at least it can be a spring board for the next thing. Getting our minds in to different head space than being stuck not knowing where to turn or what to do next.

Now I need to think about what else is going on for me. I am grateful for the small things today like the sound of rain drops. I laughed out loud at some thing silly today. I know my joy is returning that helps.

I was please to be a blessing to others as I share some of the things I am letting go of. Old CB stuff and a bag of rags some one said they could use that others did not want was gave me joy to share. That also freed up space to breathe or have something more useful in my life now.

I am SO excited about some new things in July. I have been listening to an autio book while I shred papers and that has helped. I feel more productive.

I have a new bullet journal to begin on the first I hoped to start it today but there are just enough pages for this month. So cool how life happens.

New flowers are blooming in the yard some sunflowers that came up on their own are now blooming, and some lilies that I planted. I can think about bulbs I want to get and plant for blooms next year.

It Came!

Got my ring [costume jewlery] last week. That and some books of grief that do seem to be helping. I got a pie for remebering what would have been our 46th wedding anniversary. It was fun looking forward to it. A bit clunky big but a symbol for me of all the big steps I have had to take this spring. It is a bit wide but oh so much fun. A copy of Princess di's ring that Megan M. eventually got. Love the color of it.

I also got the books that week it came as well.

Trying some thing new with this post I put it on an automatic upload time it is good to learn new things!

Sifting

This past week was a lot of going through things sifting through papers, sorting things, and purging old files and letting go of not needed items. That I will not use it is definately a process. The house looks like some one is moving or mucking out a room as my friend would say.

Good progress and I was able to let go of the things I had set aside for that. A couple of people helped me to figure out this and that. my son got the things for family and that he wanted this weekend. I said "Merry Christmas from Dad." before he left.

I have two trash bags of papers that I have shredded, one will have to go out next week as the trash is pretty full already.

I need to clean up in the rec room before I start on the next round of things from the storage zone in the sewing room that I will move. It will be great to get to that before Christmas in July focus begins! I have my crafting projects in mind for that.

Rain and cooler weather makes for more desirable inside activities. So the small shed clearing out is pushed back a bit more.

My son said "WOW mom you have really done a lot in here!" When he came downstairs to the room I had been focusing on that made me feel good. I am thinking that this is one of my gifted areas and I have experience as I have done this in a couple of the jobs I worked at in my younger days. Cleaning a mechinic's shop, and purging files in a couple of offices.

I now have more boxes that are empty and I have done rather than needed to be done unlike earlier in the week. So that is a good way to gauge my progress.

New Phone

I got a new phone or new to me actually at the phone store this phone has been refurbished I'm happy about this but there is a learning curve and I need to add contacts. Learning as I go with this. Got the cover to protect the glass, and a case protecter.This was a sweet deal and I am happy. They did not have the 5g phones yet.

Apple 8 version is an upgrade for me I am on a learning curve for me. Happy I figured out voice mail.

Decided against a free 30 day trial of Apple watch, that was UGLY and figured I would ruin it in water gardening or doing dishes and small print. Might reconsider that at some point.

Got a spare case protector only to discover it was for plus sized phone mine was not neither was grand daughrers so I retunrned that case, I realized before I opened it and found one in the right size! A spare is good because I had one break and coild not replaced  because the phone styles had changed no covers were avalible.

[Took this pic. With my tablet.]

Focus

Learning to focus, that's what I need to do.
I need to trim my bangs and pay attn. to the budget.

I have on a house dress today thinking it is good to pick one day to dress up even if I am just at home, but not painting day as I am messy. I remember when nurses wore dresses white uniforms at work in a doctor's office.

I was up in the night with a low I stayed up and did the floors they were over due.

I have mowing to do later on when it dries off a bit.

I have a ladder to build out of 2 x 4"s. Hoping to do it just with a hammer and tape measure and nails.

I have been going over my plans for a new month, my bujo is nearly full so I have been decidding what to use for the next six months rest of the year.

Our gov. have instutide mandaory face masks in public. Makes me wonder how that works when you are eating at a cafe'? I found info. on that after you sit down in a cafe' you can take your mask off. Only one case in our county that was three weeks ago.

I walked the dog before seven this morning she is way more willing to go then. She likes to be sprinkled with water when it is the hottest part of the day. Think water babtism not hose sprinkler. She dislikes the hose.

I got my hydration beverage in the fridge for later on.

Sorting some markers was successful glad I decided to do that got the old non working dried up ones out of the bag I keep them in a zip lock bag. Yea for some progress.

I am continuing on paper mountian sorting, I got the envelopes off the papers and the junk mail out, those do not need to be shredded. I got the sherdding done of one years stuff today by doing it in rounds. Peppy music helps! I am to the last third of this now. Seems to be going better as I get a better way of system of sorting purging and deculuttering. Listening to books on tape helps me to feel like this time is productive for me also.

I am starting to look forward to next month and some fun crafts and things that I want to do.

The problem with focus is that it can be all consuming. I have been working on the acrhive papers decluttering project, but with out balance the rest of the house is in dire need of attention now.

It was a windy day and even through it is cooler was not so fun to be outside. 

Paper Taming

More sorting ~ neighbors said they had to go through old stuff they had as well their shredder was going for two days. Old tax returns.

For my task it is like three times what normal folks have. We had a business there is that to purge, personal stuff as well, and from his parents and a grand parent there are boxes to do. So I just tell myself I can do ten pages a day or an inch of paper work each session. I have done this in the past. I have to not think of it all at once and have put it in different areas so I do not have to work on it at once.

At the tax place they were joking about the "W-mart" brief case when people bring tax stuff in a plasic grocery sack. Had to laugh about that. I have used a non plastic re usable bag for ours at times.

Hubby had kept old log books from driving truck over ten years so those left they were in of the drawers of things I let go of. Seeing the progress that I am making on this is very empowering for me.

The desk I cleared off earlier this week is a great sorting station. Some personal stuff is in room, and business in another. I went through a box of each. The desk is cleared off again now.

I took a break from paper work sorting and weeded around the plant cage to de~stress. Had two phone appointments today.

Yummy lunches this week have been cottage cheese, cooked turkey, cukes and tomato slices love the summer menu change up!

I have climbed 2/3 rds the way up paper work mountian, the other side is a slippery slope. LOL. The other third is for another day.

I continued this the next morning to proff it, got the next batch of sorting shredding to do upstairs rounded up it will take a week I suspect. I also decluttered half a shelf in the small shop this morning it was way easier and takes less energy but it is hot here today! Ack! Rain coming this wekeend and cooler temps that will help.

Decluttering Restarted

I am SO glad I kept on with sorting de cluttering and the zone with in a zone work. I found 25th wedding anniversary pics that was great. The manual for the boat motor can go to family member that has it now, and life vest useful goes with it.

Called my son and he is interested in things I thought he would want. Plus he can help with telling me what things are that I do not know what they go to. I figured out most o f it.

I got the vynil table cloth on the folding table and rolling carts art coming in handy for moving boxes around I thought they were paper work some had a few fun surprises in them like the photos. I am so glad I took the time to clear out that corner now smiling!

Taking a rest break for lunch found some good stuff in the deep freezer for this week. Meat already cooked, veg. and rolls. So I can continue on with the projects I am doing don't have to cook it.

Getting the paint up stairs and outside to the she shed my painting area is done, I am clearing a woek space I used last summer out side is under way yea for some progress on that!

Found a bag of paper work for shredding or burning from last summer, delt with that.

I was pleased with my paper work organization of past years it paid off today yea me! Divide and conquer is the name of the game on the paper work, personal on one shelf, business on a different one, and farm stuff in a different spot.

Then sort what is old enough to let go of and some is to keep with historical significance. My office experience is coming in handy and pointers from family memebers. I found yet another office in a bag while cleaning rolling my eyes. I am happy I have another desk in the basement I can use for some of this.

I talked with some one who's spouse was gone three years and said I was ahead of them in the process every one goes at their own pace. As this person said it does help to keep me busy. I mentioned that the books I got have been helping I think. Also doing rounds is helping so I can get a break.

Other things need my attention like daily tasks laundry and such doing the budget, and kitchen work. Some music and Netflicks have been great rewards for me.

I found truck owner repair books, and some 30+ year old paper work let go of that.