BUDGET FRIENDLY MEETING. We're still friends after we had a successful BUSINESS MEETING as we discussed ways to clean up our budget so it is more efficient. The only way that we see where to cut corners is to get rid of the storage units, stop eating out as much and continue doing what we are already doing. Sticking to the PLAN will have to happen.
We had a very successful meeting where we were not upset with one another. There were no tempers flaring. No voices raised to make a point.
We have had a few of these along the way. This time it was calm and productive. Thankful. I need business meetings so we stay on the same page. There has been a time when we were not on the same page. We were not even in the same book or library. Bad times were had with a lot of hurt feelings. We were old enough to know better, but got lost along the way. It'd take work and coming to the end of ourselves before we healed. Prayers and conversations galore. TOOK years to master this obstacle. AND I DO MEAN YEARS.
Realistically, it will be another year before we turn loose of another storage unit to where we receive a small break in expenses as the priority right now is to get the house ready for THANKSGIVING COMPANY meaning our time has to be directed toward the interior of our COTTAGE and not to a storage unit. I have little less than 3 months to get there. Counting. the days. 3 months til turkey day comes. gobble gobble.
If I can get the rooms taken care of THEN the garage will need cleared out and organized so some of the items from the storage units have a place to land at HOME. I'd like to get to this place where boxed dishes are in our garage instead of a storage unit. Aiming to have only one storage unit instead of two as an extension like a basement of a house. A year ago, we cleared a unit out. We had three when we started this relocation drama, plus a messy cellar and a garage not mention the side building attached to the garage. The square space that we have now is far less than what we came from which causes issues with the downsizing. Knowing where to go with it all is a work and I'm not a workaholic.
HEALTH. THE EARTH MOVED THIS AFTERNOON AFTER 12 DAYS of being seriously challenged with the plumbing. The earth finally moved. AND I went ahhhhhhhh. AT LAST. Code for going to the toilet to have a BM is the earth is moving. Being as polite as I can here with this issue. THE EARTH MOVED. This means I had a BM. No earthquake. Tis serious when it is you having issues.
I am now at ease for a few hours and able to function better as a 70 year old WOman having the earth move. It's been uncomfortable until today. Win win.
Serious business when the pipes are plugged. Know what I mean, Vern? A healthy sigh of relief is easier to give after this visit. The earth moved and I'm all the better for it. Twelve DAYS is awhile to have issues with BMs. No prune juice, Dulcolax or enemas. May it continue to be easier to go to the bathroom. Amen.
When your body tells you it needs to go sit on the toilet and you obey only to have no action take place, but the sensation doesn't leave you, it's uncomfortable to say the least.
I believe I had some kind of virus as now my hubby is suffering from the same dilemma. May it quickly run its course. Relieved to be better. PTLORD.
WHAT IS ENTERTAINMENT ON THE CHEAP? Something that requires little spending to get entertained such as watching television programs. Reading. Writing. Drawing. Painting. Sewing. Baking. Naps. Taking a Sunday drive on a MONDAY. Walking. Listening to the radio, teaching tapes or music. Singing. Swimming. Dancing. Visiting with a loved one or friend. Fixing a pitcher of iced tea and staying put to drink it. Exercising in the living room. Decorating a room. Yard work. Gardening. Learning a foreign language. Cleaning house. Trying a new recipe. Visiting a Library or local museum. There's more for sure. Entertainment does not have to be spending huge sums of money at a theatre or restaurant or throwing expensive parties and shopping in expensive department stores. Right? Right.
So we binged watched A MAN ON THE INSIDE on two different nights and NO GOOD DEED on one. Made for a couple of good entertaining nights.
I loved A MAN ON THE INSIDE with Ted Danson. His character was fun to watch how he conducted himself as a spy inside a Senior Citizen Community where he was trying to catch a jewel thief. It was refreshing to see him in action.
NO GOOD DEED had twists and turns to entertain us trying to figure out in this whodunnit mystery, but it has foul language that could have been left out where it wouldn't have hurt the plot. The "GAY" agenda is promoted in this series. Adultery, murder and lying as well. You decide if you want to watch it or not.
Welp, what can I say? How we entertain ourselves can be entertaining in itself. I should have no complaints. Nor should I be bored. Having a good attitude about being busy as a retired peep goes along ways.
AND AWAY WE GO,
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