Time...Where Does It Go?

Where does the time go?  It's a couple of months since my last post and now it's almost Spring.  As an excuse I can use the fact that my house has occupied a lot of my head space. 
I now know more about mold than I ever wanted to.  Here's some advice for when anyone wants to put flooring in a basement.  Make sure that the underlay does not trap moisture, due to cold air meeting warm air, from the cement floor under the underlay.  Choose an underlay that allows some air space so that the cold air coming up from the cement can dissipate.  There are some dangerous molds out there that can do irreversable damage to your health.  Also, check out the contractor's credentials to make sure their qualificaions are up to date  by looking at his paperwork, and I recommend that he/she should be getting recertified every 3 years.  You will pay a little more, but it's worth it when your health is involved.  So, my beautiful laminate flooring is no more and now I will be putting tile in the bathroom, and leaving the family room with a bare floor as I will be putting the house up for sale this year.  I had planned to do this last year and now it looks like it's time to go forward with the sale.  I love the house, but it's been getting too big for me to take care of.  Spring is in the air, which brings new life, new plans, new me!!!!

Just Doooo IT!!!!

• New Year, New Resolutions!  This will be the "Year of Doing Right By Myself".  That is, I will fulfill all the self-made promises to do better.  No more living by accident.  I will live on Purpose.  That's all I got for today.  Take care out there, there might be lions and tigers and bears, oh my! :o)

How Do You Like Me Now?

Some time has passed since my last post here.  All the busyness of the season and various other excuses. 
My intention for this blog was that it be the divulging of, and perhaps some answers to, the questions and thoughts of a woman who has "been there, done that, bought the T-shirt and used it for a duster".

 
Age has its 'dis' and 'ad' vantages.  I'm trying to sort them out.  I'm in what is now called my Senior Years.  In other words Ima Old Lady.  I don't feel old most of the time.  My body does rebel at the thought of extreme physical activities.  That could be because I find myself in a "Sedentary State of Mind".  That could be remedied with the exercise routine I keep threatening myself with.  A new year is on the horizon, and the ol' resolutin' time is rearing its evil smiling Joker head.  "How do ya like me now?" 

Age = Wisdom
Wisdom =  The Answer to Life
The Answer to Life= 42 (The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy)
So, I will be open to questions, consider my answer and perhaps arrive at the Ultimate Answer.

Ho Hum, Ho Hum, I'm a Lazy Bum!

"Ho hum" describes my life right now.  I need to get my energy back, my Joie de Vivre, my Raison d'etre, my Butt offa da couch!  Well, a long journey starts with the first step, sooooo, I'm in the process of walking on the Rebounder for at least 15 minutes, twice a day. 
So much of life is not in our control.  However, the decision to get some exercise is in my control.  Here gooooooes!

Long Time No See

I haven't posted here for a looooong time.  My life has been busy, busy, busy and not able to get the energy of mind to sit and post.  I will get back to it, promise.

Brick Walls

I think I'm done banging my head against the proverbial brick wall.  I want to just let life happen and enjoy the moment.  Too many things are out of my control.  Why should I be the only one who sees the truth about things?  Family and friends ask me for help and I want to help them.  More often than not, I am appreciated by my friends.  Family, however, continue to go along helter skelter, never learning that doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of crazy!
There is another recurring dream I have, and it involves going up and down stairs in a huge building, I think it is a combination of all the schools I attended, and I want to get to a class or a meeting.  The problem is that sometimes the stairs to the floor where I should be, stop at a ceiling, or there is a set of stairs I should take next and I must climb up or down to them, which is not possible as they are out of my reach. That fact does not frustrate me, it makes me try to get to my destination another way.  I believe the dream is telling me that some parts of my life are out of my reach, and trying to get to them will be a challenge.  Well, all of life is a challenge.  One can be defeated at points in one's life, but one must never give up.  As the old song says "I never promised you a Rose Garden".  So, I'll still stop to smell the Roses in my "garden", but be aware of the thorns!

Eye eye eyes!

Take a look at those eyes!!!  Do you feel like they are looking right through you?  They are the eyes of Gene Hunt as Sam Tyler on Britain's Life On Mars.  I loooooved that series.  The American one is/was good.  The end of the US series was verrrry interesting and to me, the writers way of tying everything up, so that all his visions made sense, was excellent.
Now, if I could make sense of my life (before the final 'wrap up') it would be soooo comforting.  However, life is not given to us so that we could be comfortable.
 Life in the womb is comfortable, warm, and very safe.  Although we are alive before sliding down that birth canal, we are not 'living our true life'.  Looking back, I seem to have a vague birth memory and even, I think, a pre-birth memory of being in my mom's womb.  There were troubled waters (as a child I couldn't put a name to the waters) all around me and I had to concentrate hard to calm them down.  I recall a  'boo-boom boom' sound all around me, and now I suppose that was the heartbeat of my mom.  As to the birth memory, I recall dreaming that I had to make myself very small to get through a very narrow opening,  and I could see some 'light' at the the end.  It was imperative that I get myself to the source of the light.
These were recurring dreams as a child and they have stayed with me.
So, now that I am old and gray, am I longing for the safe haven, or I should I be looking for the best expericences I can get before 'lights out'?  Stay tuned........there will be further updates!