Random Thoughts

Just a few random thoughts for today...this blog spot is harder to set up than I thought, but I'll get there soon enough.

I'm in a phase of life right now where I want to "simplify". In fact, that is my word for 2009, "SIMPLIFY". I'm in the process of going through all the "stuff" I thought was important for me to accumulate over the years, and decide whether it is still important for me to keep. My desires when I was younger and collecting all this stuff were so different back then; much different than they are now. Well, not necessarily different, I still want many of the same things I wanted back then, but I'm just being realistic to admit I will not have those same things because I am in a different place in my life. Let's admit it, even if I got married today, I still would not have those "10 kids" I wanted back then...all the china, and linens, and "Martha Stewart" type stuff I accumulated, all the chocolate molds, all the bakeware, all the "stuff" I just don't want to keep it anymore. I will never have that life, so I just need to get rid of it and simplify my house, my life, and my mind.

So I will slowly go through my rooms and the garage which are all full of "stuff" and decide what will go in the "final" garage sale. Because whatever does not sell, will go to Goodwill, I've just got to get rid of it. The weather will start getting good here pretty soon, and I will set up one huge, final garage sale and hope that it all sells. Then whatever is left, will be free to whoever wants it, or taken to Goodwill. I want to make my life less complicated, less stressful, less work overall. I want to concentrate on an on-line business of my crafts and try to get that going, and I want to concentrate on "giving back" where I can. Get involved in church more, in giving back to the community where I have grown up most of my life. It's definitely time to make some changes in my life.