The New Frontier

Did I tell you that I was a newbie to this blogging thing?  It is a lot of work. And, my mind is easily stimulated.  My husband recognizes the symptoms of my syndrome, just like in the old days when I tried so hard to reorganize the world.  My insomniatic state of being is filled by tossing and retossing anything that gets in my way until it’s well churned.

I limp out of bed looking like I had spent the night in an old Maytag.  My body aches,
and my muscles ache, and my brain feels like scrambled eggs.  All my valid thoughts
have been whipped together.

  

I haven’t hit the swimming pool in three weeks and it shows.  My muscles are tightening up. 

My shoulders are scrunched up to my earlobes. I feel like if I stood out on the porch and 

flashed everyone the peace sign, they’d mistake me for Richard Nixon.  

But, instead of embarrassing myself in public, I waddle into the kitchen in my pink bathing
suit and my goggles sucked up to my eyeballs like they were trying to hold them in, and
my short crop standing on end like I was trying to channel something from beyond.

“What’s all the noise?  And why didn’t you go to work today?”  I said.

My husband is so understanding about all my new self-inflicted plights and never
says “don’t.”   He just listens and smiles.

“Because it’s Sunday.  What are you doing?”  He said.

“It’s Sunday!  You mean we’re going to church and not swimming?”

“Yep.  You’ve got on the wrong outfit.” 

Have you ever woken up so disoriented that you thought you were a different person?  

 That was me today, all day.  I couldn’t be trusted to watch the beans. 

No, it is not my brain, but is it trash or treasure?

Bev's tip:

I was thinking of you today and realizing that part of being 
organized must involve the ability to judge what is worthy of saving 
because "it might be used someday" and what is not worth the effort.  
My husband was dismantling a defunct leaf blower to see if it could 
be fixed.  Inside were two "great" coils of copper wire.  I thought 
"there must be a use for that."   As i was sitting at my desk 
rescuing it, i began to wonder......So now i have a great supply of 
copper wire that must find a home in my recently cleaned and 
organized studio!  So the ability to let go and discern what is 
worthy of taking up valuable room is definitely an asset!  I am not 
sure i have that skill yet!
I love the book mark...after i find a spot for the "great" wire, i 
plan to try making some.  bev

My tip:

                  Close/Someday  -  Closer/Tomorrow  -  Closest/Today

• Keep items/supplies that you want/need today - closest
• Keep items/supplies that you want/need tomorrow - closer
• Keep items/supplies that you want/need someday - close

  

This tip has helped me from organizing my studio to helping me pack my belongings when I moved from state to state or country to country.

 Quote:

    “If you have any notion of where you are going, you’ll never get anywhere.”
                                                                 Miro

Meet me back here on Wednesday (change of plans), how about Thursday.