HERE I GO AGAIN... TRYING TO MAKE AND KEEP NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS WHEN I HAVE NOT YET STARTED ON THE ONES I MADE 2008-2009.
THE USUAL
1. LOOSE WEIGHT-- WELL THE ONLY WAY I GAVE EVER LOST WEIGHT IS TO GET A TERRIBLE STOMACH BUG THAT LASTS FOR A MONTH... THAT WORKS.
2. IF YOU HAVE NOT TOUCHED THAT ITEM IN A YEAR -- THROW IT OUT --RIGHT ! SO THAT 2 MONTHS FROM NOW YOU CAN GO BERSERK LOOKING FOR IT.
BUT AS THIS HOUSE FILLS UP, I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING..
WE ALL LOOK FOR A NEW BEGINNING.... AND AS I SIT ON THE W/C - EVERY MORNING AND LOOK AT THE CORNER CLOSET IN THE BATHROOM- I FIGURE THAT IS AS GOOD A PLACE TO START AS ANY,,,
I DID OPEN THAT TODAY- AND RAN SMACK INTO ALL THE HOTEL SIZE SOAP/SHAMPOO THAT I HAVE LIFTED FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS-- IT IS LIKE AN OLD PHOTO BOOK TO RELIVE THE NAMES ON THE SOAPS. I ALWAYS MEANT TO GET THEM INTO THE GUEST HOUSE- AND IT STILL SOUNDS LIKE A BETTER IDEA THAN THROWING THEM OUT.. SO I PUT THEM BACK..
END OF STORY-- TRY NEXT YEAR.
THE WHOLE PLACE S LIKE THAT-- I MUST ADMIT I NEVER KEEP ANYTHING FOR WHICH THERE IS NO EARTHLY USE... PROBLEM IS I HAVE A GOOD IMAGINATION AND CAN FIND A USE FOR MOST EVERYTHING-- UNFORTUNATELY EVEN ... PIECES OF ROPE TOO SHORT TO USE---- BECAUSE SOMEONE WILL ASK ME TO TEACH THEM TO SPLICE ROPE-- AND I CAN GRAB FOR THAT COLLECTION..
I LIKE HARDWARE- MY FATHER ( BORN IN 1900) TAUGHT ME IF YOU ALEADY OWN IT... KEEP IT BECAUSE THE HARDWARE STORE WAS 20 MILES AWAY. THAT WAS BEFORE HOME DEPOT...
--- AND WHAT I HAVE NOT TAKEN OFF BUREAUS DESTINED FOR THE FIREPLACE, I HAVE BOUGHT AT FLEA MARKETS. CONSEQUENTLY I ALREADY OWN 99% OF WHAT HOME DEPOT SELLS.
FENDER WASHERS BEING MY FAILING-- BECAUSE WHEN YOU DRILL THE HOLE TO BIG, YOU CAN USE A FENDER WASHER TO COVER THE ERROR...LIKE THOSE LARGE ELECTRICAL OUTLET PLATES "MISTAKE PLATES" I HAVE A READY SUPPLY OF THOSE.
I REMEMBER.....MY FATHER TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST CARS-- AND HOW HE HAD 4 TIRES STRAPPED TO THE BACK BECUSE OF THE FLATS YOU WOULD GET GOING ANYWHERE--- AND ALSO STUFFING TIRES WITH HAY....
I THOUGHT OF THAT MANY TIMES WHEN I BOUGHT THAT OLDER KABOTA-- THE TIRES WERE SO THIN I WOULD GET FLATS GOING OVER STIFF GRASS... DOZEN FLATS THE FIRST MONTH-- THE ONLY GOOD THING IS THE TRACTOR COULD LIFT ALL 4 WHEELS OFF THE GROUND BY ITSELF -- SO IT LOOKED FOOLISH PROPED UP WITH NO TIRES WHILE I HAD THEM FILLED WITH GOOP WHICH MEANS NO FLATS. LUCKILY I DID THAT WITH THE NEW TRACTOR TO BECAUSE IT IS SPORTING A SHINY NEW LARGE HEADED NAIL IN ONE TIRE ALREADY.
IT IS A NAIL I DO NOT RECOGNIZE-- HOPEFULLY IT CAME WITH THE NEW TRACTOR... I TAKE A VERY DIM VIEW OF NAILS DROPPED AROUND THE PLACE-- SPECIFICALLY ROOFING NAILS-- WITH THE BIG HEAD.... THAT LAND POINT UP..... I HAVE SEVERAL 2' LONG MAGNETS--
SOUNDS WONDERFUL-- EXCEPT MANY ARE ALUMINUM... IT IS RARE... BUT I STILL FIND AN OCASIONAL ONE IN THE FLAT FIELD FROM THE DEMOLISHED WOODEN ARENA.
IT'S TUESDAY-- ACCORDING TO THAT CLOCK ONTHE WAL WITH THE DAYS OF THE WEEK ON IT..-- I CONSULT IT SEVERAL TIMES A DAY ( SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS YOU KNOW) ANYWAY TUESDAY IS JACKIE AND SHELIA FOR REGULAR VOLUNTEERS
SHELIA AND I USUALLY RUN ERRANDS ( IN HER NICE CAR WHICH I AM TRYING TO WAIT FOR HER TO SELL ME... ) AND WHILE WE DRIVE WE SOLVE THE DETAILS OF TUESDAY MAIL CALL CONCEPT--- IN THE CAR WE ARE MINUS THE DISTRACTIONS OF FARM LIFE IN GENERAL-
WHATEVER WE DO .. ALL ROADS LEAD TO DANVERS DELLI WHERE THE TUESDAY LUNCH SPECIAL IS BBQ BEEF--
HOWEVER I HAVE A NEW ADDICTION -- A BLACK BEAN/CORN RELISH MADE BY MCINNIANS MARKET-- ALSO IN DANVERS...
HOWEVER TODAY ARIOT IS HAVING SURGERY SO I WILL NEED TO BE THERE- AT LEAST TO GET HER HAT ON... LET THERE BE A WARNING...A RIOT IS NOT THESAME AS BOO.. THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLANGE... I AM NOT SURE 100% DEAF-- BUT CERTAINLY THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. HAVING EARS UP ON BOO MADE A HEARING DIFFERENCE-- WE ALL THINK SO... SO LET US PRAY SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENS WITH ARIOT...
I CAN SEE GEORGE WINCING... WE ARE STILL ARGUING HEARING WAVE LEGNTHS.. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT CAUSES A REACTION IN ARIOT--- NORMAL CONVERSATION DOES NOT.
IF I WANTED EVERYTHING ORDERLY I WOULD HAVE BEN AN ACCOUNTANT-- BUT I FAIL AT THAT TOO
TRY THIS ONE ON
QUICKEN-- USED IT FOR YEARS IS NOW DRIVING ME NUTS--- OLD PC TO NEW MAC-- OLD QUICKEN TO NEW QUICKEN..
YESTERDAY I DISCOVERED ONE REASON THINGS JUST WERE NOT WORKING RIGHT..
TRY AND EXPLAIN THIS
IF I DEPOSITED $140 IN MY ACCOUNT, QUICKEN LISTS THAT AS A DEPOSIT OF $285.74 AND A CHECK OF $145.74 - EVERY MONTH IN 2013 IT ATTACKS ONE DEPOSIT A MONTH A DEPOSIT OF 317.50 GETS ENTERED IN QUICKEN AS 285.74 DEPOSIT PLUS A CREDIT 31.76. TO SOME CATAGORY
COLLEEN SAYS THE BALANCE IS CORRECT-- TRUE... BUT IT RAISES THE DEVIL WITH TRYING TO FIGURE EXPENSES...
THE OTHER BIG NEWS IS THAT --- THE GENERATOR IS IN AND WILL BE WOKING ? TODAY?-- ( PASSED INSPECTION) AND WE BEGAN ON THE HEAT/FURNACE PROJECT. ALL THAT IS THANKS TO THE EXPLORE.ORG GRANT
BECAUSE OF SOME EXTRA MONEY IN THE FUN FUND I DECIDED TO GO WITH THE SYSTEM WHICH DOES A/C ALONG WITH HEAT... THAT WILL BE A THRILL TO THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE SWELTERED THRU A FEW DAYS WHEN E ONLY RELIEF WAS TO WET EVERYTHING DOWN WITH "MISTERS" -- THAT DOES WORK A BIT ...... BUT PROPER A/C WILL BE A LUXURY.
ON WE GO
