In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Way to go Jack. You are looking pretty good on the home front there.
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Have an appointment at the place where I got my hearing aides tomorrow. Not really looking forward to it. Worried that they are going to tell me that my one good ear is going too.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Way to go Jack. You are looking pretty good on the home front there.
Thanks.
It's crazy how much more hopeful I am about everything now that I'm not bogged down by all of this crap. It's as if I've cleared off about 90% of my to-do list in the back of my brain by just getting rid of it all. It's a minimalist lifestyle for me from now on. No matter where I end up, I'm never going to have more stuff than what would fit in a 12' to 16' truck.
I've still got a lot of work to do before the house is fully de-hoarded and sparkling clean, but with the strides I've made in the last week with a lot of the nitty-gritty stuff that I've been wanting to get to for years, I'm finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel here.
And I can't deny it now. I was a hoarder. The only reason that I wasn't worthy to be on the Hoarders show is because I'm not even 40 yet. I still had years of heading down that path to go before it happened, but when I take stock of just how much I've purged from my life in the last 2 1/2 months, I can't deny the facts.
I had a problem.
I think all this bad shit fell down on me at one time because I needed a good punch in the face.
ANUSTART from here on out.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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That's good jack.
Sometimes we all just need a kick in the pants to get us started on the right road.
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Well, my hearing aides weren't working. That was part of the diagnosis today on them. The other half is that my left ear is getting worse.
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Man... except for the big furniture remaining I still have to decide what I'm going to do with, I'm almost done with the stuff inside the house. Just need to get a few boxes for the stuff that remains before I go through it. Got most of my kitchen and living room back and the living room will be almost cleared out comepletely besides the stuff that should be in there when my bro and niece come over tomorrow.
I think she's going to be really excited to see that two of my guitars are going home with her.
Still have to tackle the garage, but that's going to have to wait till next week. Have errands to run tomorrow after they leave, then I'm working with my friend on his projects all weekend.
Still have a lot of digital cleanup to do, but that can be done anytime now that I've done the purge of the unnecessary and/or outdated hardware.
Feelin' good.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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That's awesome SIX! I feel ya on the "minimalist lifestyle" too. I was contemplating life as an elderly person ... I think I could be content with one small bedroom, bath and kitchen facilities.
BRENDA, sorry to hear about your left ear. All I can say is that hearing loss, for whatever reason, is a normal part of aging; so I hope that's all that it is.
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Well, we finally got dear daughter's walls and ceiling cleaned with TSP, wiped down with clear water, and sealed. So the next thing is to buy some sample paints and try dear daughter's color scheme on the shortest wall that she has so she can get an idea of what it'll look like. Paint purchase tomorrow.
I sure don't have the energy you do, SIX. I feel my age at the end of the day, and I'm glad that Wednesday and Friday are no-project days because of other commitments!
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
BRENDA, sorry to hear about your left ear. All I can say is that hearing loss, for whatever reason, is a normal part of aging; so I hope that's all that it is.
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Well, we finally got dear daughter's walls and ceiling cleaned with TSP, wiped down with clear water, and sealed. So the next thing is to buy some sample paints and try dear daughter's color scheme on the shortest wall that she has so she can get an idea of what it'll look like. Paint purchase tomorrow.
I sure don't have the energy you do, SIX. I feel my age at the end of the day, and I'm glad that Wednesday and Friday are no-project days because of other commitments!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876 .
Thanks SIG. When I go and get my hearing aides back next week after they are repaired. I am going to ask them what caused the damage in my left ear. I'm not sure if it is just age or some damage that happened when I was a child and I don't remember it.
SIG, I also hear you about being tired after doing too much and I will only be 55 this year. But I have times when I feel like I am at least 100.
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Quote:Goes for the both of us! I know KIKI has the same problem.
SIG, I also hear you about being tired after doing too much and I will only be 55 this year. But I have times when I feel like I am at least 100.
A large part of my problem (in the past year, anyway) was a reaction to Levaquin which is slowly fading away. But even before that... sigh. Part of it I think was just sleeping very very badly because of stuffed nose, swollen tongue (allergies) and (painless) acid reflux causing general congestion. They say that deep sleep is very restorative; and when it's consistently interrupted it can cause fibromyalgia like symptoms within a few days. When I was working, I had no time to bird-dog my sleep issues; now that I'm retired I can commit myself to at least 7.5 hours of sleep a night plus the anti-snore mouth insert and nose spray and all of that. It's either that, or feel like crap the next day. Anyway, check your sleep. It may be something simple to fix. Today, I had to get up extra-early so right now I think I'm going back to bed!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876 .
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Goes for the both of us! I know KIKI has the same problem.
SIG, I also hear you about being tired after doing too much and I will only be 55 this year. But I have times when I feel like I am at least 100.
A large part of my problem (in the past year, anyway) was a reaction to Levaquin which is slowly fading away. But even before that... sigh. Part of it I think was just sleeping very very badly because of stuffed nose, swollen tongue (allergies) and (painless) acid reflux causing general congestion. They say that deep sleep is very restorative; and when it's consistently interrupted it can cause fibromyalgia like symptoms within a few days. When I was working, I had no time to bird-dog my sleep issues; now that I'm retired I can commit myself to at least 7.5 hours of sleep a night plus the anti-snore mouth insert and nose spray and all of that. It's either that, or feel like crap the next day. Anyway, check your sleep. It may be something simple to fix. Today, I had to get up extra-early so right now I think I'm going back to bed!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876 .
I know I can get acid-reflux when I am stressed out. Had bucket loads of that problem when I was living at the crappy place. So I watch that and I do watch my sleep and try to get as much as I can. I try not to get too tired during the day as that wrecks my sleep at night. Also try not to fall a sleep in front of my computer because that will mess with my sleep cycle when I go to bed. I sleep with 2 pillows because of my allergies. So yeah I am always looking at something.
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