My Dream!

I have a dream! Nothing as lofty as peace on earth or equality for all men (and women!), but a dream none-the-less. I dream of being so fiscally sound that I can afford to leave it all behind and travel around the country. Not permanently. Maybe a year or two and then we will buy a farm.

It is a fun dream - one that can involve endless planning as well as the hard work of becoming fiscally sound. I confess - I care a lot less about whether I achieve the dream as I do about whether or not I can dream it. Besides, I want to spend at least 10 years at my current job, and I've only been there a little over 2 and 1/2 years. So I have lots of time. Why am I even talking about it? Good question.

You see, I get stressed. And when I get too stressed I send my brain for a vacation. A very short vacation. But when I don't actually have to think about what I'm working on at that moment, my brain gets to think about other things. Like what I need to do at home to have a clean house. and when that is too stressful (and it has been many a day), my brain goes off into think about things I do not want it thinking about (bad, bad brain!). So this dream is one I can have endless fun thinking about, without having to worry about actually doing anything about it yet.

Well, almost anything. You see, part of my dream is to be fit enough that if we want to walk or hike or bike around the country, we can. (Of course, I'm taking my husband along!) So I want to get fit. And what more fun way to get fit than to take a virtual journey! I am going to be starting a new blog for my virtual journey. I'm really just sort of introducing it here. If anyone has any place in North America you can suggest I should add to my trip, please post a comment. It's all fair game on a virtual tour.

Still making progress

I had a huge pile of laundry. Every time I did laundry it was a major hassle - sort the clothes, have piles of clothes sitting around until they all got done. I did not want to spend every Saturday doing laundry. I'm way too busy for that. So I needed a sorted laundry hamper. So I made one.


Actually - this is a triumphant result of my organizing efforts. I sorted through my stuff enough that I had room to pull out my sewing machine and use it - plus I had actually found the bags Eric had already made for me. So I added buttons and put it together and it works, just like it's supposed to! Hooray!

NOTE: I'm still looking for the right kind of material to make the last bag - it's for bright colors. That's why there's a gap.

This is more effort of my organizing

It's a simple concrete block bookcase, but I painted the blocks. Eric has since strapped it to the wall (the picture is a whole 5 days old) and I've put doodads in the holes. Keepsakes and mementos from various things. I like it so much I want to replace myother bookcase with one. In fact - when I have more room someday, I think I want to do my entertainment center this way. Yeah!

The best part about this is that now all my books are on bookcases. No more boxes, no more bookcs I can't find. It's a good feeling.

Out of the Maze

Remember last month? Okay, last month plus a few days (April). I was making some progress on removing the maze of stuff. Well . . .

I have floor space!!!!!

I removed and sorted all the boxes from my office area. And then, to top it off, I sorted all the papers I had tubbed and now have a filing cabinet with actual papers in it, in category. Okay, they're rough sorted, so medical records and financial records are all mixed up. But I know where to find them now! That's a major step forward.

I even have room enough to get out my brand new sewing machine (a Christmas present that stayed in its box until yesterday). Today I'm going to buy the last item I need to finish a project I've been working on since last summer (or was it the summer before?)

Anyways, I have room! It is the beginning of a real liveable home! Hooray!!!!!