2023 Resolutions

[FarmerJamie]

That's fantastic!!! Glad you got it resolved and hopefully the house hunt can begin!

Oh yeah, we finally have concrete numbers to assess price range, options, etc. Need a tranquilizer for the wife. 😀

 

[FarmerJamie]

Well duh. Community pick up is tomorrow. When I called to check with the trash hauler, we can have up to 7 bags in addition to the can. Well that would have been nice to know over the summer.

Anyways, the wife suggested tossing a beat night stand that has been not in the house since she moved up here. That is out with the trash. I tossed some old plastic pots, which I have no idea why I have held onto them for 10 years. Since technically I am tossing more than her volume wise, I think that helps.

She has three garbage bags of clothes to donate. She also went through the kitchen cabinets to toss outdated food. Twas a good day

The hole in the garage is bigger

 

[tortoise]

I'm officially in my goal weight range, and down a clothing size. I'm in my "happy" size now! I "shopped" and decluttered the clothes I stored in this size. 2 bags to goodwill.

 

[baymule]

Its almost time! Who has started their list of 2023 Resolutions?

Not me!
With all there is to do around here, that could get overwhelming real quick. I’ll have to ponder on this!

 

[flowerbug]

1. continued weight control efforts.

it took me years to get way up there for weight so taking some years to get back down is ok with me.

first goal will be to continue the trend and fight through this winter to gain as little as possible. the past few weeks have been the other direction again (normal for this time of the year to gain a few, but i want to keep it to only a few).

as part of that we did not bring home a lot of treats or other goodies - like someone brought a loaf of pumpkin bread but we already have enough of those here. normally, out of habit, i would say "Yes! Yum! Me will eat that! No problem!" but we passed. on the downside we took a small chocolate cake hoping someone would take it but nobody did so we have that back. haha! oops... Mom still hasn't figured out that most of us are not eating that ways any longer. i try to tell her but she doesn't "Get it."... we're on a different course now though so we'll see how that goes.

bean and ham soup this week.


2. get the record keeping and basics covered. even if it is only the will and Mom's changes that gets done at first. once we get her settled again then i will do mine. i'm still learning some other things and tinkering so that is a part of this overall goal. the other day i did finally get some records generated from files automagically so that saves typing (and potential mistakes). it being automagic also means that if i don't like how initial efforts turn out and as i learn more i can easily go back and do it again in a few moments.

3. get ready for the seed swap. end of February. reorganize bean collection some more. finish up any seed sorting i have left here now that everything is dried out and ready to go into different containers.

4. keep getting rid of clutter i don't use any longer, books that are way out of date that aren't collectors items (no value, taking up space, turn them into worm food, shred them). next time i touch the bottle collection will be to take it out the door and to someplace else (this would free up the top of one of my large bookcases).

the rest of my goals are just routine garden planning and whatever projects i can get done by the time spring/summer planting comes along. often i can get at least one project done in the spring somehow or make progress. we still have some things hanging over from last year that didn't get completely done so i'll try to get those done first, but a few are dependent upon how wet it is. some projects have been needed to be done for many years, but they are not high priority enough for me to have gotten to them yet. on-going maintenance, fence stuff, trimming trees back, etc. cleaning up messes.

 

[Mini Horses]

No resolutions here. I have some goals to work through but, most are done....in their time, with patience. Things happen when and if it's meant to be -- often when least expected.

 

[flowerbug]

so far i'm doing really good with reading up on eveyone else's resolutions here including all the exercises you are getting. good job everyone!

 

[FarmerJamie]

28 days to modify a habit. 2 weeks in a row of doing laundry and attempting small steps of addressing the food storage set up while in the basement. Emptied one tote of recently emptied jars into to 12 count empty cases (did 4 cases). Working on getting the shelves in better order.

Son is finally moving out of his mom's in 2 weeks. He will be swinging by to get most of his stuff from the garage!!! Progress!

 

[FarmerJamie]

The wife is slowly gaining strength. She is now helping the clutter reduction. We've started getting into a housecleaning routine

 

[FarmerJamie]

Two new large holes in the garage clutter!!!! Woot woot. Son came and got most of his stuff.