My latest Misadventure!

5/12/13
Let me tell a little about yesterday's almost misadventure! As many of you know there are parts of my property that have literally become a jungle ~ around my pond being one of those places. Last month I burned around most of the pond & it helped, but I still had limbs and briars to attack so that was yesterday's PROJECT! I started small I was only going to clear down to the apple tree (mid section, south side), that went so well that I decided to just take a look at the OTHER part of the south side.  Big Mistake!!!

Once I was on the other side I couldn't back up because of the wagon attached to the back of the lawnmower!  The only way to move forward was to cut and chop my way out!  Three hours later my task was complete, but not without scratches & sore muscles!  Lesson learned next time I decide to inspect something scout it on foot first before I barrel through with a machine! *~*

 

Cleaning Out The Closet

Today I took on a project that has been a long time coming but for many reasons just hasn't been started & definitely not completed!

My husband Jim passed away 7 1/2 years ago.  I was 55 yr. and only working part time because of his illness.  I took a week to get things in order and then plunged into my part time job that eventually became my fulltime everything.  It took several months for me to be able to go to fulltime so in my free time I cleaned out SOME drawers and PART of the closet, but I never completed the task!  

Today while I was cleaning out some of my (lots) clothing I started going through Jim's things as well . . .

3 hours later I was still at it ~ I texted my boys to ask if they wanted any of dad's old coats.  I wondered if they wanted any of his old PanAm stuff, his cowboy boots the only 2 ball caps that ever fit his bushy head each step of the way memories started flooding back ~ remember where we went or did in this how he looked when he was casual or decked out ~ Jeez ~ it's been a day!  A day that should have happened a long time ago and yet a day that almost didn't happen even today!  I know some people put things in order very quickly on the outside, but never resolve the inner turmoil that death brings.  Obviously, I hold on to THINGS for a long time ~ FLIP I gave away a cape that I had gotten when I was 15 yr old today!!! 

It really isn't about the THINGS ~ It's about the memories I promise!  I just wanted to share these thoughts with someone, anyone really because sometimes it feels like I am the only one who still remembers!  I know it's not true, but as we go through life we gather our special moments that we only shared with that special someone & now it's only a memory!