If this is Tuesday, we must still be snowed in....

Ok...things are not looking good out there...Just a little overcast, but wild stuff supposedly on the way. I am now the proud owner of several large boulders of snow right in front of my driveway. thank you, snow plow...I know you didn't do it on purpose, but how come the boulders don't form in front of the lawn???? A mystery I suppose...Anyway...What did I accomplish yesterday. Shredding A LOT of paper and totally trashing my family room. Goal for today??Finish shredding, consolidate books. I have too many. A LOT need to go. ARe we having a yard sale at church???If so, I wish there was a place to take stuff NOW...that would help a lot. I guess I'll sort them out....put the Christian ones aside for the yard sale and give the others to good will....or something. OK....that's it's for now. Have to figure out what, if anything, I need to do to get ready for this next storm. Crazy. so, my bets are the next time we'll be in school is next Tuesday....we are supposed to be OFF on Monday for presidents day....I wonder if they can pull that one back? I don't think anyone would mind. The seniors are making out like bandits this year. THey are DONE the first of June...so are their teachers. They have to go to school (the teachers) but no kids. Big sigh.....jus have to keep on keeping on

still here....

Ok...here are my goals for today.....i would like to finishing shredding....I have 2 big boxes and I think I can get this done. I have packed up 3 more boxes of books. I am having a problem figuring out where my music stuff should go.....I am going to set a time goal of 12:30. By then, I will be ready to get OUT OF DODGE a little. I went for a walk with my dogs....not very successfully I might add. Kind of tough getting around.

My take on it.....

I'm a teacher and of course, summer vacation is very important to me. We have already "lost" one week and it looks as though another is seriously in danger of going "poof" as well. SOOOOO.....this is what I think. The fact that I do battle with my house is not a secret to anyone. Every year when summer hits, I have to tackle it before I can even go away to all of the visits i need to do..... Last year, I purposely scheduled a 6am flight the day after school got out to MAKE myself "get it done" so that I could leave. What I did was sob and curse as I dragged bag after bag and box after box to "stash" them away so I would have some kind of a path for my dog sitters. My dog sitters who did not even want to return after the first week. :( So....I have made little bits of progress over the year, but I will look at this time as a gift when I can get some of this "done" then I will have my "real vacation" time to not have to deal with it. Does that make sense? Will I get it all done? No....Will I make some progress??? ABsolutely. It will be a joy to have my downstairs and my bedroom all set. Not just "stashed and dashed" but squared away like a normal person. That's all for now....

May be big....may be small

Guess it depends on how you look at it. I can honestly, happily, and amazingly say that I have NOT used any credit card, at all....not one bit...in over a month. That makes me glad.