Tired of Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney

I've never been so glad to see an election day in all of my life.

Everyone, please go vote.

And can we get back to life on Wednesday?  Please?

My organization project: Part 1

When the unfortunate happened on Friday, we were on our way pick up my new shelves from Wal Mart.  To stop wallowing about the money I'm about to plunk down on my car, I got busy setting them up.

Holy crap, what a difference they made!!  The table is useable, the entryway table is clear of stuff.  I even had room to put my Rock Band drums away.

We later got the clean clothes put away and the living room vacuumed.  I could seriously have company without being embarrassed now!  The hard part, keeping it that way.

The hard part?  We had to return my new Christmas tree.  I thought I was getting this tree, which would work perfectly on my entryway table.  Instead, we picked up this one, which is WAY too small.  I dind't want to spend $40 on the 4 foot one... I wanted to spend $25.  Of course, in pulling things up, I see they are on sale.... I might have to go back and pick it up....

Speaking of Christmas.. the subject came up.  What do I want.  What do I want?  Well besides financial stability, everything from Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways and World Peace....

A new coffee maker.  It's expensive... but it would be nice, since I'm the only one that drinks coffee in the house.

I haven't seen these numbers in a while.

Now that I have an accurate scale.... I'm trying to use it more.  (I tend not to weigh myself when I slack off.. like not seeing the number will make the weight go away)

But I decided to hold myself accountable.

And I was pleasantly surprised!

Now, to make those numbers go in the way that I want!

When it rains it pours

So payday came and went, I paid bills, bought storage shelves for the dinging room,and replacement chains for my necklaces. Then I arranged for a new washer/dryer.

Which left $9 in my account.

Then on Friday, when we were going to retrieve said shelves, we got in an accident.

No one got hurt. The car is driveable. After a $500 deductible, it'll be fixed. Thanks to all of this, it looks like we'll be staying here for Christmas. (In retaliation, I'm raiding 5 Below for Christmas socks. I want to be able to wear a pair a day in December!)

Now to take care of the car....

I'm not Captain Planet... but...

I think this says it all:

Everyone knows it.  We caused this mess.

Now, am I going to chain myself to a tree and march in a protest?  Hell no.  But it has made me more mindful about the future.  (The hurricane, and watching Revolution....)

I'm getting to the age where someday I'll actually try to buy a house again.

Now I know to make sure that I'm not in a tidal surge area.  I'm also thinking that having a wood burning stove (you know... for heat and to cook on), might not be a bad move.

Currently, I do what I can.  I reuse much of the junk paper that gets sent my way.  I recycle at work.  (There's no recycling for apartments in Virginia).

And feel free to bring this post up (me not hugging trees), if I turn into the Lorax later.

November goals

Between being ill, and overwhelmed I've gotten off track. So here are my goals:

~some exercise every day, wear the FitBit to track it.
~weigh myself Friday, Monday (before and after the weekend), and on Wednesday
~use my FlyLady zones and do the 3 simple chores per day associated with it

Doable!

Maybe we should get a storage unit....

I have a migraine, and am nauseous as heck, but those words moved me off the couch. It's true, our place is a bit cluttered. Two people with households joined to make this place.

The Spousal Equivalent's stuff is neatly packed into many plastic bins that are stuffed into corners of the house. My clutter is clothes that I need to put away or give away.

After a few texts about shelving (that I was going to buy today anyways), and a storage unit, I got mad. I got mad at myself. I have a house, and it's my poor organization that caused this mess.

(And at this point, I blame the migraine and general icky feeling on my emotions)

It took a while, but I tossed the SE's bins in the empty part of my closet, bagged an unused comforter, boxed the free range Christmas decorations in the closet, actually purchased the shelves in my shopping cart, and fixed the broken desk chair (with duct tape). Now I feel even crappier, so the clothes will have to wait until the weekend.

After a $35 overdraft fee, I'm not spending money on a storage unit!!