Happy New Year!

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Only 5 days late.  But boy have I been busy!  I made goals for the new year, and for once started carrying them out immediately.  I cleaned the house Friday, Sat and Sunday.  I got in closets, moved furniture, the works.  Still have to finish the bedroom though, as I also spent the weekend shoveling.  Remind me of that next time I say I want more exercise!  I’ve decided to get rid of quite a bit, and some of the “junk” has already left in the hands of either my Mom or Kristin.  I’m so glad to get rid of it!

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Obviously, my first “resolution” was to get my house clean, so I could move on to other goals.  Being a single Mom, my house can get pretty messy, and in some ways I use the junk and mess as my own personal little fortress.  World stay out, me stay in basically.  But sadly, that holds me back from actually going after what I want, because I can’t do this because I have to clean, or I can’t do that because I have to clean.  I got tired of being in a perpetual state of “cleaning”.  And when I wasn’t cleaning, the mess was distracting me from what I was doing, such as writing.  Clutter is a pain in the ASS!  I love that wooden sign above, that fits my normal cleaning cycle!

Great, its snowing again.  Like three days of nothing but snow wasn’t enough.  We ended up getting an easy two feet, probably more.  Clean up was fun, since I kept running out of places to put the silly snow!  On Sunday Dad couldn’t get the plow truck up my driveway, so I had to shovel a lot of it by hand.  Fortunately we managed to get the truck in yesterday (amid a lot of hassle) so he could finish, as there was NO WAY I was going to manage it all by myself.  I got the top portion done, and it killed me.  We had kept it clear Friday and Sat, then by Sunday morning we had another foot to clean up.  And it was all sticky, wet, heavy snow to boot.

This is the view of the middle portion of the driveway…hard to tell how much snow there is.

  It doesn’t look that deep here, but this is the top portion of the driveway, well part of it anywho.

Anyone want some snow?  This is the rest of the top portion.  Can you find the front of the car?  I couldn’t!  And yes, its STILL coming down.

By Sunday night, I was ready to scream if any more snow came down.  Or cry.  My body is really sore from all the cleanup, though I will count it as cardio and strength training!  Trying to look on the bright side. :)

Anyone else make any goals for 2010?  How are they going so far?

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The First Snow and Other Nonsense

I’m doing much better, although my back still pains me.  But I can’t let it get me down.  I have a life to lead.  One of the changes I’m making will be taking an internet break.  Now I’ll still be blogging, submitting articles and doing research, but for the most part all my work will be done offline…much in the form of pen and paper.  I need to get away from the distractions the computer brings for a bit, so that I can continue on my journey.

This is what I woke up to this morning.

I’m not ready for this.  Its only October!  The fall chores aren’t even complete yet, I’m not ready to think of winter.  I don’t start thinking of winter until after the first of November, which is the normal time to start thinking snow.  Not now, while we’re still in harvest season.  Yes, those are still GREEN leaves on trees, we haven’t hit peak season around here yet either.

Have I mentioned I’m not ready for this yet?

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Lost My Focus

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But that’s okay.  Alright, its not, but there’s not a damn thing I can do about it now.  Its a new month, new start…and the fact that I’m “waking” up a full 7 days into the new month means nothing.  Getting sick at the end of September just threw me off, and it took me a bit to recover.  Still not sure what it was, and am still just bone weary…but I’m progressing again!  Went ballistic in my bedroom just the other day, and cleared out a full lawn and leaf bag full of junk (mostly clothes and shoes) that I donated to a local thrift store, Kenaset.  I think I spelled that right.  They are wonderful and do so much for the community that they always get my items.

The time wasn’t a total waste, as I did manage to snap a few photos of the early fall colors here in New England…of course I now have to get my sorry butt out into the cold to get the later ones!  Before the wind blows all my pretty leaves away. :(  Even dragged out the Halloween decorations…which is a HUGE improvement on last year.  I’ve also signed up for NaNoWriMo, so I’ll be looking forward to that.  Of course I haven’t figured out what my project is going to be, but I have all month to work it out.  Might toy with the story I was writing for a friend…I just can’t get past 400 words on it. ;)

Not the best picture, but nothing was agreeing with me that day.  Still pretty though!

Enjoy! :)

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Well, Today Wasn't All Bad

As I did manage to get something done.  I feel a tad bit run over (and I'm suing the Mack truck company that allowed their 18 wheeler to drive over me.) but I did manage something.  The house is cleaner then where I started, that's for sure...and I even FINALLY got rid of an A/C unit that was stealing space.  My little brother bought it for $100 off my parents.  I wouldn't care if he got it for free, just as long as it walked out of the house.  Err, not on its own power, that might even be weird for me.

No sign of any rodents, but I'm still excessively paranoid.  We had found a dead rat (a RAT?!?!) in my parent's yard yesterday evening, and my daughter found a dead grey squirrel on the road this morning.  The D-Con may just be doing its job...though I hate using it.






Silent Forest (Great Horned Owls)

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Now I'm exhausted.  But my brain is too active for sleep.  Go figure.  Debating getting some real writing done.  I'm moving to pen and paper for my novels/fiction writing I think.  I like the mobility, and my creativity seems to shut off on here.  Maybe I'm TOO used to typing on a computer.  Believe it or not, I miss hand cramps.  There is just something about writing things down that helps me think.  And its a good way of using up my surplus of notebooks.  Have I mentioned my office supply addiction?

Crossed Off My To Do List:

• Dishes
• Clean Off Kitchen Table
• Take Out Trash
• Pick Up Living Room
• Vacuum Living Room
• Load of Laundry
• Make Bed
• Reboot Dryer
• Fold Laundry
• Put Away Clean Clothes
• Switch Load To Dryer
• Get Bottles Off Nightstand