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Another cupboard or two cleaned and reorganized and a trip to New2You It feels so good! The trouble is I am trying to figure out why it feels to good to clean up AND get the extra stuff out of the house.  Perhaps it's just things to do before I die?   and actually a lot of people I know have had some serious health crises   I'm over 65 I have too much junk to leave for others to sort out I just realized how much I LOVE an uncluttered counter, table, desk, dresser, etc ...Is this new or something I have ignored or put up with far too long? Strange

This past week I spent a lot of time in my house. I started cleaning and sorting and discarding and it felt good.  So I decided to clean a closet per day and see if I could keep going...with the goal of going through the entire house. So what's motivating me besides old age? Have you ever been to an "estate" sale where they have a company come in and try to sell everything?? I went to one years ago where the items in the bathroom were a bit shocking...seriously! Half a tube of Prep H, old bars of soap, half bottles of who knows...you get the picture.  I came away saying that my 'estate' sale would not be like that. So, I guess once I got started I wanted and still want to keep going. It is SLOW going. Every closet seems to hold things I rarely use and so I agonize over whether or not to keep, donate or throw out. Donate is winning! The local thrift for the Christian Schools is getting a lot of stuff tomorrow but so is the trash can.  Yesterday I came acros...

What happens when you put on PJ pants : both legs in one pant leg and both arms in the other.  It's warm enough to swing in the back yard! Spring is in the air!

Isn't it weird that our general well-being is so tied into the weather? When it's much colder than usual or colder than we expected, we generally retreat. When it is normal for the time of year, we just carry on. It's time to carry on! Temps are still below freezing and so it's cold and there is still a lot of snow and ice around but it's now almost NORMAL for this time of year.  Dare we hope that the forecast for next week will be what they are predicting?? 50 degrees? where will all this snow and ice go? Do I care? unfortunately NO! Bring it on!

So ...I went to a free conference!  When are conferences evcr free?? Downtown GR Put on by an association to which  I hold an expensive membership...so probably not free! But okay! I went. It was three days from 8:00 to 4:30!!  FIVE nationally renowned speakers were slated to speak and given a minimum of 2 and 1/2 hours to speak. The first one actually got 5 hours ( two sessions)!  I have attended many academic conferences and so what did I expect?? Lectures? Papers on recent research? Best practices workshops?  Sure did! All of the above! What did I get??  Five sessions from five people who were trying to legitimize GREED! How to get rich! How to succeed...but ONLY if you follow MY program and I'll even give you scripts...oops SELL you scripts and at a bargain price for this conference only!  The thing that surprised me the most was that they ALL sold their get rich products!! A $4000 value for only (and only for today) $997! a...