Happy 2023

I've spent two days slowly purging 2 1/2 rooms,

while taking down holiday;

taking photos and getting prepared to send to my email buyers list.

I'm going very slowly, stopping often to snuggle with Walter 

and read books DD gave me for Christmas.

This is the third such round in 2 years,

and I will go back and do more. The kids have no room for 

stuff, so they've said sell and donate. It's better that I deal 

with it now than leave it for them to deal with when I no longer can.

Before

After

SIMPLIFY

Before tucking away the last of the pinecones I tossed a few into 

my bowl of oranges and tucked in a candle.

It's been burning all morning on my counter and spurring me on.

I have the LR tree and one bin of greenery to pack away 

and I am done with the downstairs holiday.

Front porch will be a breeze and so will guest room mini trees.

Then I have to assemble a new office chair,

as the old one pitched me to the ground sheering off a caster,

and ramming my elbow into the floor. 

Put away paperwork in there that gathered over the holiday,

return three items, and that room is done.  

always something...

I also gave myself 3rd degree burns on two fingers

grabbing hot handles right before Christmas. 

I couldn't drop it right away or I would break tile. 

Hurt like the dickens, and huge blisters which sunk flat and shiny 

after a couple days and then a week later started to morph again

 into weird skin that has since peeled leaving raw, red, discolored skin. 

I haven't had feeling in those fingers for years so not much 

difference there. I'm guessing I no longer have fingerprints there?

Anyhoot, Happy 2023

I see many in our govt are off once again to a sterling display of 

embarrassing, mysoginist, idiotic behavior.

Buckle up

Wishing you all the best in this new year

Z