June
6, 2004
Thought about doing some weeding,
but didn't make it out there. A lot of web work was piling up,
so I decided to work deligently and get a WHOLE lot done. Plan
to get to the store to get a yard bag or two and get at those
darn thistle weeds before they spread more seeds and make my
job even harder!
You know, I got to thinking that
folks might think I'm some sort of nuts and berries kind of gal.
Far from it. I'm really very conservative, like meat and potatoes
and all those kinds of things that probably aren't very good
for you, like Pepsi and peppermint patties, and sleeping late
and missing church.
I'm eternally searching for a way
to make my riches online and not have to work very hard for a
nice tidy little income. Funny, cuz I work my butt off now, trying
to get to that point. Sometimes I daydream about the day that
I'll have just enough money coming in and boy, oh boy, won't
that be grand. I can garden and do art, write for fun and just
be a lady of leisure. Problem is, I don't seem have any clue
how to really do that, because I seem to thrive best on this
contast to-do list. I'm not sure if I could handle sitting around
and contemplating a iris blooming for hours, idly drawing in
my nature journal, thinking about the universe and what's good
for lunch. It will be a bit change for me.
Being a single mom now for almost
a year, it seems that there is an endless to-do list. Everytime
I turn around there is something beckoning me. If it's not a
load of laundry, it's a bathroom that really aught to be scrubbed
cleaner, or a deck that needs sweeping or phone calls to be made,
something. I wish I had less demanding inanimate objects in my
life. It's amazing how much time and effort these "things"
demand of me. They top the list of life's necessary 'honey-do'
list. Seems that the joys of life just get shoved in here and
there as we can fit them in around everything else.
That just has to change.
Those objects have just got to
get in line and wait behind some of the priorities of life that
have been put off for just too long. Not sure how to do it, but
I will.
Any suggestions?
I know that I am working hard this
week to clear out as much clutter and "stuff" as possible
for my garage sale. I am being brutal. I enlisted my children
by informing them that all their items sold goes into their pockets...
that was desirable for them as they both have lists of "things"
that they want. Of course. They are just as infected as I was
at that age. They want this and that and that other thing, and
of course, this here thing.
Guess the one good thing to come
out of this budget reduction we are experiencing through divorce,
is that I just don't have much in the way of disposable income
and the girls are forced to use their own means to buy all that
"stuff" they so desire at the moment. Actually, Jessy
is very good lately with her money, very careful. I think it's
partially due to a couple really good money/economics studies
we have done and she's just one of those kids that is pretty
good with her money. Maggie, being 10, is still a little foolhardy
with her money, but she's getting the hang of it. It's good for
them to see the things they so desired a month or year ago, now
in the yard sale basket and basically unwanted. I did the "mom"
thing and brought this phenomenon up to them a time or two, but
then stopped because I could be accused of the very same crime...
Afterall, I really needed those
little bug screen protectors for picnic potato salads and such...
which of course, I've never used even once.
It will be a busy week.
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