Get it all Done

I've always been the kind of gal who's on top of it all, getting things done when they need doing.  I'm still that way, professionally, but at home here, I just can't always seem to get it together lately to get it all done.

I've had two days off work.  And yes, I get up early and walk Sadie, even on my days off.  I have to now, for summer has arrived and it's over 90 by noon, and doesn't cool off until after midnight.  So we do our walks early.  And by the time I get a couple of chores done after that, it could be 9am and I'm wondering what to do with the rest of my day!

Yesterday I decided that I needed to work on finishing up the painting I'd started back in ... well, a few months back.  lol   I have cathedral type ceilings and the peak of the ceiling between living room and kitchen is just over 14 feet.  Let me tell ya, that's hard to roll paint on!  It's hard enough rolling it on a slanted ceiling in the first place.  So here I am, putting a little paint on the roller, and stepping onto the ladder, hefting the roller on its long pole up to the ceiling and trying to stroke paint.  I had purchased a roller for "rough surfaces" and boy, does that thing soak up the paint and get really heavy!  I was very careful with each step I took, making sure I wasn't having a mis-step because I was in too big a hurry.  Sadie observed all of this as she watched my every move from the floor near my bedroom door, mostly out of my way, but it looked as if she was making sure she would be right there if something went wrong!   (now that I'm done, she's been snoring away all afternoon! heheh)

I'm happy to have my living room and kitchen back to rights, all the things back on shelves, hung on the wall, but anything else seems beyond me today.  I should be doing some paperwork, finishing up some laundry, watering, sweeping .... there's never an end to the To Do list when you own a home!  But some days, it's as if "things can wait" has become my motto and I can't get motivated to do those things that need doing.

And maybe I'm just overwhelmed for the time being with the accident, the new car purchase and everything else going on.   Sis is doing well but my Aunt is having more bad days than before.  I stopped to see her yesterday, and she's ... well, I admire her greatly for her attitude about all of it.  She doesn't ignore the "elephant in the room" when it comes to talking about her dying.  She's certainly not afraid, she's the strongest, most courageous lady I know!   And she sent me home after our visit with home made potato salad, some home made oatmeal cookies.  Typical midwestern hospitality!


I ate the potato salad along with a ham sandwich while watching
the NBA Finals first game Thursday night.  Go Warriors!

Maybe next weekend I'll be able to
Get it all done!

Wonderings

It must be a case of feeling nostalgic or something;  I watched that old movie "13 going on 30" and it got me to thinking about my youth, and now my so called golden years.

Why is it that when we're in our teens we're so anxious to skip it all and be grown up?

And then when we're all grown up, we look back on the things we did, or the things we skipped from our childhood and wonder where that fun-loving kid went to?

Personally, I'm an old soul, so I've always felt as if I'm much older than my years. But I still can remember wanting to skip all the teen age stuff.  Here in Arizona we have on-line schools for kids in high school and if I was a kid now?  That'd be the way to go for me.  I was always one for doing my studies and skipping out on all the social activities that come with being in High School.  Even my Junior and Senior proms were events that were a "must do" kind of thing.  When you're not into the rest fo the social stuff, going to prom exacerbated the feeling that you don't fit in because you don't share the same memories and events as the rest of your peers.

In looking back now, I can see that I should have been more involved in things; it might have pulled out some of the good characteristics one gains from that, and made me less of a shy person.

Then again, maybe not.  And because that teenage chapter in life was so long ago, pulling that back out again at my age ... well, probably not.   But maybe I should!  Adding a little youngster-like fun might work --- as long as there are modifications made!    I can't see myself grabbing a jump rope and doing a little "skip to my lou";  falling down at my age could break a hip, a leg or an ankle!

I think we could all do with a little bit of the wonder we felt when we saw something that amazed us.  I try to create that with my photos, but there are other ways as well:

A little more laughter,
taking ourselves a little less seriously.
Skipping that last chore of the evening
to watch a gorgeous sunset.
Setting an alarm on our day off
to watch the sun change the sky
from indigo to pink to bright.
A walk in nature
A simple Sunday drive to nowhere and back
Blow some bubbles
Kick off your shoes and walk barefoot in the grass


Even if you can't do all of them, try for one or two a week,
and see what a difference it makes in your life!