Midlife Musings http://www.midlifemusings.com Reflections on life from 40-something Wed, 22 May 2013 00:59:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Smiles for May 21 http://www.midlifemusings.com/2013/05/21/smiles-for-may-21/ http://www.midlifemusings.com/2013/05/21/smiles-for-may-21/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 00:59:12 +0000 cass http://www.midlifemusings.com/?p=3685
  • 56 squats, because I forgot to stop at 55.
  • Word count.  This is going to make me smile every day that it happens, and I mean for it to happen 6 days a week.
  • Getting my field placement settled.  I”ll be working at Trinity Grove next school year, which is a new-ish skilled nursing facility here in town.
  • A wee nappish.

    • That’s it.  It has been a day, ya’ll, complete with a visit from DSS.  I am sick and I am tired, and I have to have my entire house clean by Thursday.  Which I had planed to do over the summer anyway, but not in two days.  OTOH, that was the only thing in two pages of allegations that she found to be worth a second visit.

    ]]>     http://www.midlifemusings.com/2013/05/21/smiles-for-may-21/feed/ 0     Daily Pics for May 21 http://www.midlifemusings.com/2013/05/21/daily-pics-for-may-21/ http://www.midlifemusings.com/2013/05/21/daily-pics-for-may-21/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 11:46:33 +0000 cass http://www.midlifemusings.com/?p=3679 The daily project is this mess in front of the closet. The full bag goes to the thrift store and the backpack goes in the closet. As soon as I get it there, I will take it right back out to start packing for my trip. HA!

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    Today’s letter is P. This is my Pretty Piggy Bank. The Gratitude theme today is animals, so if there were any money in here, this pic could serve double duty. Actually, it can serve double duty anyway, because I am grateful for its beauty.

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    Gratuitous shot of what I did last night while I was meditating. It’s for my cousin.

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  • Starting the 50 day squat challenge.  It is entirely possible that I have lost my mind.
  • A beading cubby.  I’d love to have a tackle box for this, but they aren’t free, and the size I need isn’t cheap.  And I don’t know that I will buy beads in large quantities again anyway.  I do enjoy beading, but I may stick with buying what I need to make whatever it is I have on my mind.  BUT, the good news is that if  decide I want to travel with beads and tools, it is now simple enough to do so.  And I may.  Just because I can.
  • Scheduling a fourth interview.
  • Meeting my word count, plus.
  • An unexpected opportunity to make a couple of bucks.
  • Corned beef for dinner.  And fresh bread.  I love corned beef.  And fresh bread.
  • Starting new classes, which is always exciting, even though I am not sure I will be able to continue them.
  • I didn’t burn the house down when I set the oven mitt down on the burner my son “did not leave on because I used the 10 inch burner for my 4 inch pot of ramen.”
  • I found out Nair will take the hair off my face.  It will also remove several layers of dermal tissue.
  • Using alllllll that hot water in my shower.
    • ]]>     http://www.midlifemusings.com/2013/05/20/smiles-for-may-20/feed/ 0     Travel on the cheap http://www.midlifemusings.com/2013/05/20/travel-on-the-cheap/ http://www.midlifemusings.com/2013/05/20/travel-on-the-cheap/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:06:41 +0000 cass http://www.midlifemusings.com/?p=3675 So, I ran across an alternative to hostels and couchsurfing.org today. It’s called Christian Home Exchange. The premise is pretty straight forward: sign up on the site, find a home available in the place you want to go, and arrange the details with the home owner.

    So, you get to go on a vacation, you have someone to watch your home while you are away, and instead of a hotel with whatever perks they are labeling amenities these days, you get an actual house to stay in. With a fridge and a stove and all the other stuff houses come with. So maybe you don’t have to get fully dressed to walk down to the vending area for ice and a cold coke. Nice, right? The only down-side is that you are probably going to have to make up your own bed and wash the linens when you are ready to depart. But you were going to do that at home anyway, and hello, you aren’t paying for maid service.

    Now, I would like to tell you how simple that was, but I can’t. This is a membership site. It’s not expensive. In fact, it’s as low as 89.95 for a year. And if vacations and home exchanges are in your plans, that comes out to less than one night’s hotel bill. But I am a student, and on a student budget so I didn’t join. I’m kinda on the couchsurfer plan here. It also comes without maid service, and I get…wait for it…a couch.

    ]]>     http://www.midlifemusings.com/2013/05/20/travel-on-the-cheap/feed/ 0     Daily Pics for May 20 http://www.midlifemusings.com/2013/05/20/daily-pics-for-may-20/ http://www.midlifemusings.com/2013/05/20/daily-pics-for-may-20/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 12:05:56 +0000 cass http://www.midlifemusings.com/?p=3666 So, 7:56.  I stayed up when I got up this morning.  Yay me!  I am through with my morning stuff except for this post and exercising.  I haven’t even figured out what I am going to do for that yet, though I suppose  should.  Drinking coffee counts as lifting weights, right?  If I alternate hands?  No?  Hmmmph.

    Classes start today.  I’ve decided to go ahead with them at least until Wednesday, which is the last day to drop/add.  That’s not a lot of time for the financial aid office to turn around an appeal, so we will see what happens.

    Today’s gratitude them was technology.

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    The letter for today is O.

    This is where I put my mind in Order.

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    This is what I plan to Organize today, since I pulled it out yesterday and I hate to put it away all jumbly.

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    Also, it’s raining.

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  • “I love you.”  She says it every day, but sometimes it affects me more.
  • Good ideas born late at night.  It’s a trade off for insomnia, I guess.
  • Being able to sort my issues out from other people’s issues.
  • Seeing that I have what I need to make what I want to make.
  • Communicating “psychopathologically.”
  • Not losing my shit when I explained for the 48th time that picking my roses kills them.
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    N is for Note.

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    Today’s project doesn’t lend itself to photos, but I plan to organize a bunch of notes I have made about stuff I need and want to do this summer…and right on.

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  • Singing “Happy Birthday” to my brand new nine year old
  • Remembering breakfast, but only because I was referring to a list.  This will be a hard habit to get into.
  • A clean and useful vanity
  • Making a princess room for my baby girls
  • Experiments
  • Visiting with my mom
  • Amazon.com
  • Starting a new book
  • Creating a new Google doc titled “Book Summer 2013″
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    Gratitude: Written words

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    The daily project

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  • More outlining
  • More cleaning

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    • Making a daily plan, in writing
    • Talking shop with a writing buddy
    • Culinary acquisitions

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    • Giving well-received advice that was both asked for and appreciated
    • Remembering breakfast
    • Candles
    • No new bills in the mail
    • Pork Loin for dinner with home-made mac and cheese and green beans
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