Thanks Dianne and Roxie for reminding me how good it is that I can figure out how to do things "good enough" to make it work. I agree with the happiness longer, sunnier days bring, it is like a new start with longer days. Today I was outside most of the day, except when it was raining. was happy most of the day.
Did dishes this morning while watching a minister on tv, just by chance. He was talking about reaching out to people even if you feel you have nothing to off. I called a friend that has been sick, it was so great. In chat I was reminded you can not organize a hoard.

Roxie,

Comes from something SusanL said. She was being grateful for a family member having another birthday after an incident with cancer some time ago. And I had commented about not just a birthday but every day and maybe I should be posting as a reminder to me.

Yes, I had prostate cancer several years ago. I think it likely that I am still alive at this point because of modern medicine.

The point of all those posts was not to try to anger SusanL or to make anyone feel sorry for me. It is an effort on my part to restore a way of thinking that I have lost, that, even in the face of some undesirable surgical side effects, each day of my life is a gift, coming from the knowledge and skills of a lot of different people.

Hey Roxie, big smile about the clocks. If the computer and my cell didn't self-adjust I'd be guessing too. Ridiculously happy here about the time change. I know it's the amount of sunlight that makes these days better but just the idea of looking at the sky at 7:00 p.m. and seeing light makes me happy! Roxie, I finally discovered Pharrell's *Happy* song too, what a great energizer!!

After maintaining today I have a potty pad box of papers to go thru. One hour limit. Then 30 minute limit on going thru shoes and purses for donations. I'd like to finish but I know I'll start to drag and then the churning starts. My timer is a great little reminder to push thru and then stop before burn-out sets in. Like a person helping me without the judgment. 🙂

Good morning, all. I trust my clocks have reset themselves, otherwise I don't know what time it is. 🙂

Good evening. It was grey and windy but in the 50's, so I painted the deck railing I scraped yesterday. did not do much inside today, just one load laundry, cleaned bathroom sink. Rolling clock ahead and going to bed now. See you tomorrow

Today I am getting my pipes and water heater fixed!! And because they have to come inside to do it, to save myself the embarrassment of them seeing my hallway and bedroom (where the water heater is kept) the way it was, I cleaned it up! Step one-three done and in progress on my list and it feels nice! I still have a lot to do but it's something.

Krispy Kreme is offering a free glazed donut on Sunday; perhaps I'll make that a bicycling destination for tomorrow. (4.2 miles, 22 minutes, according to Google Maps.)

Today's plan -- take some stuff to the storage unit. Probably do some sorting while I'm there. Maybe do some sorting at home too.

Spring forward, Fall back.
We set the clocks forward one hour.
This is when we lose an hour.
Hate daylight savings. In Arizona we didn't have to do it.

ATTENTION

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT TO SET THE CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR 😀

Unexpected babysitting tonight so I'm not planning on getting into anything I can't finish today.

unload back of SUV that has had bags of feed to weight it done since no more threat of snow driving 🙂

Good morning 🙂
Been up since 5:00am.
Playing with the cats and getting lots of kitty kisses this morning. 😀
Yesterday I removed the plastic from the windows.
It is noticibly colder in here & usually I wait till April before doing that but I just had to let all the unfiltered light in. Felt like I was smothering.
Apricot tree is all in bloom now and that attracts a large flock of tiny green finches who, for some reason, pluck off all the blooms.
Other birds do that too but they don't arrive here in large flocks to do it.
Twinkles, a very large orange & white long hair boy cat has been taking his afternoon naps in the middle of the blooming Daffodil patch. He looks so pretty there. 😀
Next storm system is due here by Sunday night.
Planning to rake the lawn and do some other yard stuff before that storm gets here.

Feeling Groovy

Well I have the photos taken of my place, so now the work begins. I'm trying to figure out exactly where to start. I was going to do the cat room but it's really late and I dont want to take on such a big project this late. Maybe I will just do the litter boxes in there and out here tonight, and start the rest tomorrow when I have all day.

I did some errands by bicycle, then talked to a friend who's been trying to help me out. He (correctly) notes that I should have a backup plan in case Landlady Anna doesn't come through. He knows someone who's expressed some willingness to rent, but only to "a dog person" (specifically, someone who would enjoy the presence of her dogs, not just tolerate them). I don't think I can qualify there -- I really need pet-free space most of the time.

Sunny all day and no wind, so amazing, it seemed as if I was on a sunny vacation. Used my dremel scraping paint off deck railing. Took more of the screening off. I have it screened off to hide from the world. I tried to leave it off, and experience being in the open, and change my mind, stop thinking people are paying attention to me and my hoard, instead thought, openess allows people to see I am home and visit. Was comfortable for a short time, then had to put some of it back up. I feel like opening up the deck is a step I want to take to change my behavior, just need to do it in baby steps. My walls of stuff has been with me for so long, will take small steps to get rid of all excess stuff and all walls I have put up outside too. Has anyone else put up privacy screens up everywhere outside? It is kind silly as I write this, doesn't really make me safe, makes neighbors think I an a nutty old lady

I have been encouraged by Dave to write here about my plans for today.
I am going to write a case analysis for the film "The Informant!" for my legal and social environment of business class (which I am about finished with, I am taking a short break at the moment to come here) and then I am going to begin to take photos of my home. Should I post some here to show my progress? I think that may keep me motivated...however I am not sure if it's appropriate for the other people posting here or not? I won't post them if anyone is uncomfortable with that, but I personally am ok with it. I don't want to hide this stuff any more.
After I take the photos I am going to start to pick things up, bag them, and take them down to the dumpster. I would like to get my "cat room" cleaned so I can put half the cats in that room (for now) so I can air out the rest of the house tonight without worrying about the cats jumping through the windows to get outside (they are not allowed outside). I think that should be enough for tonight.

Today I'm going to take some time to follow some of my own advice ~~ take a look at how long I've been licking old wounds and the unhealthiness of many of the walls and coping skills I use and take a little action to break thru.

Dave wrote ~ Sounds like a "Sit down on butt with jaw open moment!"

No. More like a "looking around, quiet realization and acceptance". I hope I continue to accept and not doubt it.

Dianne,

What an amazing gratitude list.

Sounds like a "Sit down on butt with jaw open" moment!

Barb, Darci,

You still around? Haven't seen any posts from you lately. Let us know how things are going sometime.

Other readers too:
We'd enjoy you taking a minute to even just say hi!

Good morning 🙂
Today is all clear skies, sunshine and no winds.
Yesterday the wind raged here.
I need to buy some sun screen, my old stuff is all gone and this weekend I am planning to work out in the yard.
Planning to rake the lawn and do some pruning.
Also like to get the litter boxes out there, scrub, scour & sanitize them and then let them air dry out in the fresh air & sunshine.
For today my plan is to do a little bit of this and that, here & there around the house.
Then go outside with all the cats since it should warm up all the way to 60 degrees today. 😀
T.G.I.F. Have a GREAT Friday everybody!!! 😀

Dianne and Roxie, I am impressed at how much you get done daily recently.
Today I worked on the deck, took some sun shade fabric down that was pretty tired. I found the railing under it was wobbly so put braces on it. It rained on and off all day, mostly dry though. winds were 50mph, so was fun trying to work and have things blowing around.
I put all the old stuff in the garbage can, to be picked up in am. Last week I went out at midnight to put trash out, so today I put it out as soon as I cleaned up stuff. Still had a little room in garbage that I was sure I could fill, then remembered posts on here about running after the garbage truck, I have done that, and missing putting garbage out, have done that too. Realized, if I gathered more stuff to toss, could walk out to garbage and put it in, not that far to street (unless shoveling snow)
Tomorrow is forcasted to be sunny, sure hope they are right about sunshine, I need some sun. Sure nice to have healthy soup ready to eat when I come inside and am hungry. Thanks Tillie for encouraging me to eat better, does make a difference.

Well, if she was being straight with you before about remaining time for the other tenant, you ought to know pretty soon. I hope it works out ok. It's nice to hear you being upbeat about things working out.

Two hours of bicycling today, with the primary goal being to take Landlady Anna the check. She was home, and she was surprised by the offer -- she said there was no need for any payment before signing the lease, but I told her to take it anyway. I hope it tips the balance in my favor.

(And I hope her surprise wasn't just a mask for awkwardness due to her having already taken someone else as tenant.)

Dianne, it sounds like you have a good handle on things and a good attitude.

I'm pooped but I figure that was a fair day's work.

Oooh Tillie, such beautiful birds in your yard! Don't you feel like they all own the territory and they allow you to co-exist with them as a strange, interesting, non-threatening creature they simply observe? So cool!

Karl, as Roxie mentioned, you do seem to do well when working with others ~ either thru the online chat challenges or inviting your gamer friends to join you. Good luck with Landlady Anna's place!

Good morning 🙂
Scooter is feeling a little better this morning but I will let him sleep in.
Cloudy, dark rainy day so I will bake cookies.
I have a little Merlin, a small Falcon that's been living here for many years and sucessfully rearing more Falcons.
The Falcons are not afraid of me and will perch right outside the diningroom window in the huge juniper/cedar tree.
There is plenty here for her to eat, Wrens, Finches, house Sparrows.
Falcons hunt during the day, like Hawks do but at night I have Great Horned Owls who don't fly away when they see me but I quickly leave the yard when I see them.
They are so HUGE and will look straight through you with their HUGE eyes, letting you know just who is the superior creature. 😀

Karl, maybe drop a nice note with the check that says why you would be a good candidate, and a little about yourself (quiet? non-drinker, no drugs, whatever?) would help? I think you get more done on these little on-line challenges.

Thanks Dianne. Roxie sounds like you were running on overdrive to get so much done. Daffodil delight tillie thanks for sharing. H ani Dave. Did you make it till Tuesday?
Today I did dishes ate soup, put two gates back on deck, upside down so they open out rather than in. I took them off a month ago and got tired of tripping over them. Walked all over property and picked up things that blew in from storm, papers, roof pieces etc. Filled large garbage bag with stuff from garage and yard. Walked in circles for an hour wondering why I start so many things and don't finish, oh, ADHD, be kind to myself and realize I am truly doing the best I can, considering the cards I have been dealt. Friend called today and we had a nice long chat. She suggested I return calls when friends call. Yep, I have stopped returning calls again. She called last week. She is sick and just wanted to talk.
Roof patch done yesterday is holding, no leaks during rain today. All is well, wood stove is such nice heat. I was feeling frustrated at how little I got done today, and now am grateful I did do some of the things I planned to do. Helps to come to this site and read what others did and write what I did, to put things into perspective.

Last night during the chat session, we did multiple buddy-system cleanup sessions; I focused on getting my boxes of games better organized and some computer equipment packed up so I can return it to storage. I also wrote down my immediate needs: get some food; visit the storage unit; and get back to Landlady Anna.

I'm thinking that Landlady Susan's place is not what I want, so if Landlady Anna chooses someone else as her tenant, then I'm going to be stuck with no leads at all, basically back to square one. That would be bad. I'm going to try taking her a check, to demonstrate that if she accepts me then I'm ready to commit to the tenancy.