You know that old saying, "got your fingers in every pot," well that is a good description of me right now.
I get all these ideas but then trying to get them all done can be over whelming and since I'm lacking some motivation right now, that makes it even worse. But they will get done, all in good time, some faster than others as I have to get them done.
For one, I am working on a collage of all my short stories, trying to work them into a collection. I am dividing them up so one collection will be about my animals stories only, while the other one is my more serious short stories or essays. I still have one animal story to write and have started several times but get side tracked. It really isn't that hard, but the information keeps changing. It is about the cat my grandson picked out when it was a kitten and for the time being is living with his mother and her two cats. Believe me, everyday I hear a new story about Mr. Lucky. So I will have to choose the ones I find most appealing---in other words, the funniest ones as this cat is beyond description when it comes to funny. I'll be talking more about Mr. Lucky again.
Second, I need to pack away all my china so I can empty the china cabinet as I want to sell it along with my overly large dining room table and six chairs. The china is a set my husband bought in Japan while he was in the Navy so I am dividing it up between our two daughters which has always been our thought. For now I will keep it here, but one day it will be theirs.
In doing so, I happened across some tablecloths that my mother-in-law cross stitched for us. I thought it would make great cushioning on the bottom of the tubs for the china and the girls would have something that was their grandmother's. However, I have more than I realized and have decided that each of my grandchildren should have a tablecloth from their great grandmother. So I'm in the process of deciding which ones will go to which child.
Our good friends and neighbors next door are planning a large yard sale for Labor Day weekend and guess what, yes, I decided to join them. So I will be digging out what we had left over from our last sale plus adding some new things and will cart it next door to see what more I can get rid of.
We have been waiting for the cooler weather and I need to advertise the rest of my husband's wood working equipment, so we can make room in the old work shop to store the rest of my daughter's things that are currently piled up on the enclosed front porch. It will be quite a job to move all the boxes but at least we will be able to use the porch again and it will be safe and dry and we can lock up the building.
And while we are doing all of this, I have the old computer room to finish clearing out of boxes with paperwork that needs to be kept but not needed right now so I can paint and get it ready to set up as the sewing room, giving me more room in the craft/storage room. It really isn't a craft room but more of a storage room as it is so small and is a place where I can keep my crafting and sewing supplies.
Once the dining room set is gone, then I can rip up the carpet, prepare the floor and lay down new tile before I move the antique kitchen cabinet and a smaller dining table in there. The cabinet belongs to my daughter now but she has no place for it so I've been using it in my kitchen but I will move it to the dining room as a hutch storage unit later.
And now I've started a new project. I'm only doing it while I watch TV but if it takes off, I'm afraid it may be a full time thing but will bring in some extra cash which is always good. My daughter, Melanie, is a crafter and has had her crafts in the Made In Oklahoma Craft Mall in Tulsa for a number of years. When she moved here last November, she closed down her booth but has decided to reopen it and the people who run the craft mall are delighted to have her back and said they would stock her shelves if she has the stock there, so she won't have to make that trip every week. She has been busy getting things ready so we can take them up next week and set up her booth.
I decided to try selling my crocheted name doilies. I've done this in the past and did very well. I'm making up a sample so we can display it and will take orders. When I set my mind to it, I crochet pretty fast so I'm sure I can keep up, but it is just another project I've taken on and will work in or around all the others I have going,.
Did I forget to say that I like to stay busy? I do like to keep busy as I get to bored if I have nothing to do. But sometimes I do stretch my limits.
With fall coming on, I know I'll have some outside chores that will have to be done. We have a lot of trees on our property. We cut over half of them down after we moved here but still have a lot left so that means a lot of leaves. With just under an acre here, it is a large area to keep clean so will be doing a lot of raking and burning when I can.
I should realize by now that there will always be something to do or keep me busy and I really don't mind it. Rather be busy than sitting doing nothing. And whoever thinks that when you retire, you are free to do whatever you want when you want is wrong. I work more and harder now than I did when I had a full time job. But it is the way I like it.
So guess I need to get my fingers into one of these pots and get something done around here.
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