The End of the Day

At the end of the day,  tell yourself gently:

"I love you, you did the best you could today

and even if you didn't accomplish all you had planned,

I love you anyway."

Sometimes I get so busy

and so caught up

in the junk and the everyday stuff

that I forget to appreciate

all that I did today.

Instead, there are nights when

I lay in bed, thinking about all the

things that *didn't* get done.

Tonight, I'm happy with all that I did!

and tomorrow's another day.

Get Ready ....

I don't understand why people

have to "get ready" for bed --

I'm always ready for bed!

A typical Monday

means a long day

and extra busy at work.

When I get home

all I want to do is

collapse into bed! 

A quick hello to Sadie,

a simple, filling meal,

a cooling shower

and yep, I'm ready for bed!!

Life's Curves

With very little time on my hands

for the next few weeks, 

I had to stop a moment and post!

Sometimes, life throws you curves

most times, those curves aren't welcome,

But this week, I got one that IS!!

My co-worker Elvis was terminated.

It's been a long time coming. 

Do I dare gossip a bit?

He liked to sit down to do his job,

and was told on Thursday that his job

is not a sit-down job.  Over the weekend,

he decided to use the rolling stool that 

is used for doing paperwork - NOT actual work.

When they discovered what he was doing,

they terminated him.  His excuse?  He knew

he couldn't sit in a chair, but thought the stool would be OK.

He came back in today to ask for his job back.

DENIED!  

Frankly, how could a grown man (of 68 years)

not understand that being talked to by management

meant business?!?!? 

Merry Christmas!

Peaceful

 

"I love the idea that everyone has a gift to give. 

And I believe that the world is waiting for us to give it to them." 

-Elle Luna

After a long stretch of work days,

ahhh, a day off feels so good!

It's been as quiet and peaceful

as it can get ... and that's how I like it!

If you're like me, you avoid all forms

of shopping!  I do what I must, but 

never any more than that! 

Wishing you peace, my friend! 

Vacation's Over

Take chances, Make mistakes

Hello, my friend.

I'm back from my mini (working) vacation!

It's always nice to get away, even if it's so you 

can work on your Mom's "honey do" list!

My son and I traveled to see her, and tackled her

list of trimming trees, painting a workbench, 

running her around town on some errands, 

we even got one step ahead and hung her 

Christmas lights!  Yes, a little early, but that's

better than her climbing on a ladder outdoors!

It's not always nice coming back to work ....

all I can say is "ugh" and move on.  Do what I know

needs doing, and just not think about the rest.

I'm not a game player, so Elvis can ride back out

on the horse he rode in on, IMO.  I'm sure another

confab with management is in my future. 

I keep wondering if these are signs that I'm meant

to make a change, to move on, find something else.

Only time will tell.

In the meantime, it's good to be home!!

Thanks for stopping by :) 

Tuckered

Ohh.  Emm.  Gee.  All tuckered out.

Hello, and yes, it's about time I got

something posted!  It's been a really rough

two+ weeks.  So many changes with my 

work status.  They changed my hours.  

For 8 years, I've worked the 6-3pm shift.

They moved me to 7-4pm.

It's only an hour.  But it's making a huge

change in my life!  And I'm having a hard time

keeping up.  Literally up!  I'm ready for sleep by

7pm - I now force myself to stay awake until 8:30

so that I'm not awake at 4am, pacing floors.  lol

     ~~~~~>  It's hell getting old!  <~~~~~

My toe/foot is healing nicely, but taking it's sweet time.

With the swelling down, I can get into a shoe without

much discomfort, and while I hobble just a bit if I've

been sitting down for a while, once I get moving,

I'm good to go!  

Thanks for thinking of me and stopping by! 

Old School

Yes, I stole this piece of "advice" from 

somewhere on the 'net.   Shame on me! 

But it's good advice.   And every so often,

I need a reminder.

Pardon the look of this photo.  I have spent

the last two weeks immersed in family history.

So much has been digitized lately! 

It's so exciting to find and share tidbits ---

my great grandfather ordered his farmhouse

from the Sears & Roebuck catalog!

Feeling my age, and looking at photos from .....

goodness!! Some of them are 100 years old now!

Yowza! 

Have a wonderful week, my friend! 

Some Days

Some days, she has no idea how she'll do it

But every single day it still gets done

Some days, life seems like more struggle

than it should be.  At my age, shouldn't

these be "golden years"??

Ahh well.  I'm busy and I just keep on going

Some days I come home feeling like I was

the Energizer Bunny, running without stopping.

I tell myself "this too shall pass" ... 

Hello, friend, and thanks for checking on me!

Bye Bye Nightie

Hello, New Year!

Here's wishing that 2017

is better than ever!


While I am not making

any resolutions, I am

having a few vague goals

in mind:

to live happier and healthier

and more minimalistic.





A person accumulates so much stuff

over the years, and who needs it?

Of course, we'll never know what will be

some top dollar item in 2050 from our childhood

on the next version of Antique Roadshow

but who has the space to store the "what ifs" ??

Yes, I'll keep a few things that I know will

grow .... Boyd Bears, a set of Cooperstown Bears

(Yogi and Boo Boo of course!).  I have a signed

lithograph by Susan Koch, a few pieces of jewelry

that may increase, especially the native indian

turquoise pieces, a set of Nancy Drew books, 1959.

But I'm streamlining, downsizing,

or going minimalism - whatever you want to call it.

It gets old having all this 'stuff' around to deal with.

So here's an old nightie -- one photo shoot and

now it's in the trash!  No more taking up room in the drawer.

Being single since 2004, I'm not seeing a need for this

any time soon!   *giggle*

Throwbacks

A throwback from Nov 2012...  

(because I can't post without a pic!)

Another Monday, and I'm tuckered as all get out.

I took off Thursday morning for a long drive to 

Calif to see my mom.  A wrong turn, a roadside fire,

an accident, smelly cows ..... What's normally an

11 hour drive took 13.5 hours! 

Always SO good to see family - even though it was

too short a visit.  I turned around and headed home

on Sunday ....  A major sporting event let out right as

I was cruising into town, add three separate accidents

and numerous extra bathroom stops (ugh - eating 

foods that are different from the norm really get to me

now that I'm in my "golden years"...)  14 hours to get home.

It took a huge effort to haul my butt back into the car

to head to work this morning - where I found that not 

much of my work that needs doing every day was done.

Which meant I was super busy all day.  Thank goodness,

or it would have been easy to fall into a nap  :) 

Who's ready for the Holidays?  

Seems like once one BigBox store stayed open on

Thanksgiving, now everyone is open as well. 

Not only open, but starting their special deals for Friday

on that Thursday as well.  Lucky me, I'll be working

the 3-midnight shift.  Wonder how that will work, 

considering my normal hours for sleep are 8-4am.

Hmmmm.

Be Yourself

Beauty begins

the moment you decide

to be yourself.

-CoCo Chanel

Be YOU

You just can't apologize for being you 

nor for your emotional self, 

nor for your intellectual self, 

nor for spiritual self, 

nor for your physical self. 

It's all a part of who you are.

Hello readers!

October's been quite the month for this Gal

A trip home to see Mom

and things at work have escalated --

retail is getting ready for the Holi-daze!!

Not my fav time of year, to be sure. 

Now that the heat has (mostly) dissipated

I'm trying to get out more, 

walks with Sadie each evening.

I've also been following some of the less

mainstream shows on Netflix.  

My two favs right now:  Skin Wars

and Texas Move and Flip.

The art of body paint speaks to my 

creative side - and while I don't have the

body the folks do on this show, they DID 

paint on some sumo wrestlers in one episode

and then drag queens in another episode. 

A whole lotta fun and creativity flowing.

The Texas show I love because I really really

envy them being able to home renovate things.

My dream for years was to fix up an old house.

It didn't happen for me, but I'm working on the

fixer-uppers I can do in my own little house! 

Snapped this while in California - 

Mom just had to have a walk in the Redwoods! 

Happy with Me!

Crowds.

Noise.

People.

These are the stresses, the triggers,

that drain me by the end of the day.

Go Shopping?  Go to a party?

Those aren't things that bring me a lot

of joy or happiness.  Sure, I've done my

share of both,   But knowing now that I'm

a sensitive person, in an empath sort of way,


that looking back at the hours I would spend

at the mall - I was never in the center of things.

Parties?   You'd have labeled me a wallflower

back in the day.  And even just wall-sitting, I'd

go home exhausted, without knowing why.

It was easier not to go at all.

Thankfully as I get older, I don't go to parties,

or hang out at the mall, just to please a friend.

I go when I need to, or want to.  And the rest

of the time, I don't care if people label me "odd"

(or any other adjective) -- I'm happy being myself!

Rest

The Day is Done

The day is done,
and the darkness

Falls from the
wings of Night,

As a feather is
wafted downward

From an eagle
in his flight.

― H.W. Longfellow







I'm sitting here chuckling as I read this

I was looking for something about "rest"

and if any of you were fans of the Brady Bunch

as I was in the 70s, you'll recall this poem being

read by Mike Brady during a talent show,

while his sons accentuated parts of the poem

with humorous bits of reality .... in this first

stanza, someone drops feathers on his book.

Ok, I admit it, I'm nerdy to remember that skit.

You can watch it here ... its 3 minutes. 

“There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. 

Use both and overlook neither.” 

― Alan Cohen

Curves

“It's my choice to be beautiful. 

It's my choice to be ugly. 

And it's my choice to decide what those words actually mean.” 

― Virginia Petrucci

Busy week by choice

I am experimenting with

building a headboard

using old pallets.  lol

Bring on the power tools!