In no particular order (yet):
To help lighten the load, and perhaps the total cost of the job, I've been carting things out, trash bag by trash bag. It's been both cathartic and draining. BUT I'm looking forward to reclaiming the space, especially in my home office! I've love to get a sleeper love seat or futon, and add some plants too.
The photo above is not our home, but in my mind's eye, the pile has been pretty big! It includes some boxes from cleaning out our parents home a few years ago. Going through those things has been bittersweet, and I'm not done yet. But progress!
Life has been challenging lately, so I've decided to set a new goal to get back in shape. I'm going to walk the Divine Llama Haunted Wine Run 5K on October 5. I've got a training plan mapped out, and did my first training walk today!
Here's a fun YouTube video about it:
I do have a musical background, learning piano as a child, picking up the violin as a teenager. This is my first woodwind, though. I'm so excited!
It's still hard for me to believe I'll turn 60 later this year! Yowza! To help me make the birthday something
Summer 2022 is coming to a close, and I want to record some of the events here to help me remember the fun, busy summer!
In mid-July, I attended another reunion, one for the descendants of Eng and Chang Bunker. I'm not a Bunker descendant, but am related to their wives,
In other reunion news, a cousin and I are planning a Looper Reunion for next month. This cousin and I just recently "met" on Facebook, and we're the reunion organizers by default--no one else wanted to do it. Although we just recently started planning for the late June reunion, we hope it'll be a success, and the start of a new family tradition!
This week, I have college sports on the brain.
The big thing going on right now is the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. I filled out an online bracket, and I'm doing pretty well so far. My team plays their first tourney game tomorrow evening, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Anything can happen, but my team is favored to win tomorrow. Here's hoping!
I've started a pre-retirement bucket list--why wait, right? Most of the things on this pre-retirement list are health-related goals. I didn't plan that, it's just worked out that way so far. I want to be well enough to enjoy retirement (whenever that is) for many years!
As usual, I made some New Year's Resolutions recently. I gave them some thought ahead of time, and so far, things are going pretty well.
One of my main goals is to work on improving my health. For years, I've worked on this, with varying results. Staying healthy has been a struggle during the Covid-19 pandemic, but I've been fortunate not to get Covid-19 yet. I signed up for an eight-week nutrition class, which meets twice weekly on Zoom, and I've started tracking on the Lose It! app.
Another goal involves reading, one of my favorite hobbies. In addition to my regular bookshelves, I have an Amazon Kindle. I've added a ton of Kindle books over the years, and quite a few of them have slipped through the cracks. I forget to start them, or start them and don't finish, as other books catch my interest. So, I'm going through my Kindle and playing catch-up. It's been nice to pick some books back up, or to give myself permission to delete them if I'm not interested anymore.
I've been looking on realtor.com mostly so far, and a house came on the market a couple of days ago that I really like. It's an older house (built in 1958) that's had some good cosmetic upgrades, but my brother-in-law suggests I find out more about the pipes and the wiring, if this house continues to stay atop the list (and doesn't get snatched up too soon!).
You believe that your home should be your sanctuary. Life is stressful enough in the outside world.
You take it easy when you're at home. It's the place where you feel like you can truly be yourself.
You are the type of person who has deep hobbies and interests. You treasure your alone time.
You could spend all day at home if you had to. You always can find plenty to do around the house.
( I took another Blogthings quiz, and this sums it up most days for me during the pandemic, definitely after work and on the weekends. Of course, with the pandemic in place, I'm spending a lot of time at home, and I can't wait to travel again!)
This book turned out to be about homelessness too, and that was a strong and stirring message. Families in this book (like thousands of other homeless people) really struggled, despite working hard and asking their families and friends for support. I thought this book was going to be a lighthearted book about Girl Scouting, but it turned out to be a lot more (and eye-opening) for me.
I've done some research on homelessness in my area, and there are some ways to donate and volunteer. Meanwhile, I've bought/donated cookies from Troop 6000.
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