I Can't Wait!

I am frugal.  I should qualify that statement.  I am frugal when it comes to my day to day expenses.  I do love to splurge, but my household expenses I keep very tight.

I don't have any kind of television service.  I get five stations I think.  I only run the dishwasher when it's full.  I only do laundry when I have a full load.  I turn off lights as I leave the room.  And now Christmas has arrived and all my children will be here!  I want to put more lights on the house than Christmas Vacation!  I said I splurge sometimes and this is the time!

I'm sure I will see a bump in my power bill, but then again, what if I had a portable solar generator?  I wonder if anyone has ever attempted using solar power for their Christmas lights.  In Utah!  It could work!  It really doesn't matter, because I am going to light this house with so many lights it will seem like daytime on our street!  Even at midnight!

What a wonderful welcome as each of my children arrive for the holidays!  Nothing says Christmas more to me than having my family around me.  And this year we have two little grandchildren!

I can't wait!

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The Best of Time at Work

We spend a lot of our day at work.  In fact, if you work full time like I do, we spend a great deal of our lives at work.  It goes to follow that if we want to change a habit or work on a way to improve ourselves, it has to be conditioned not only at home, but at work as well.

The holidays are soon upon us with all of the festivities, food, and fun.  And then New Years fast approaches  with everyone making resolutions.  Resolutions that are rarely kept.  I'm thinking this is where we work on those resolutions at work.  So many companies have wellness programs.  Losing weight.  Getting toned.  Eating right.  These are all among the top resolutions.  No doubt it pops to mind because of the over indulging we do over the holidays.

I believe corporate wellness would breed better work productivity, on top of the bonus of our reaching our New Years goals.  It has been proven that when you report your goal and the progress to someone, you tend to do better.  Imagine if you had to report to your co workers whom you see each and every day.

Spend a lot of your life at work.  Spend a lot of time accomplishing your goals.

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No Shave November

My son came down for the holidays and I was very surprised by his hairy face.  This is very uncharacteristic for him, so I had never seen him so many days from a shave.  He prefers to be extremely clean cut.  His hair is a buzz cut, and he shaves daily, sometimes more than once.

You may be thinking he is rather hairy.  He is not.  When I am talking hairy face, I'm talking about a thin and patchy growth.  His mustache is as if you faintly drew one on.  And his beard looks like... well it doesn't look like a beard.  So what I am saying is that when it grows out, he doesn't really look like he's growing a mustache and beard.  He's incredibly handsome and I'm sure is very happy that he is not the hairy type.  So why is in this condition?

Apparently it is No Shave November.  You make a commitment to not shave for the entire month of November.  Who started this I do not know.  It did make me laugh though.  I can picture all these scrubby faced men, even those who can grow a nice beard, because it is NO shave.  You can trim it up.  Any sign of razor bumps and you have broken the oath.  And the girls with the hairy legs.  I don't even want to think about armpits.  Yes, I'm sure it is quite the campus seen.

I hope families aren't looking forward to family pictures at Thanksgiving.  Well, at least they know what to get these No Shave November kids for Christmas!  

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Height and Mind

I've notice my parents getting older.  I mean of course they always are growing older, but recently I seemed to notice it a little more.  And I know I am growing older too, and I definitely feel the effects.  Yes, there's the forgetfulness, being a little slower, getting set in your ways, etc... The funny thing about growing older is that nobody really mentions that you get shorter.

That's right.  My parents are noticeable shorter.  And I feel, at times, that I am shrinking.  I think gravity has the all consuming over all impact.  I mean it is working on each of us 24/7 and never lets up.  I work on a computer for my job.  I sit.  And as the day goes on, I know I am shrinking down in my chair.  I just get tired.  Sure, I make the effort to sit up straight, be tall, but as time goes on, I settle down.

Wouldn't it be great if we could rotate each day by being upright one day and upside down the next? Each day would cancel out the effects of the previous day.  I would have an inversion table at my desk  I would strap myself up and work upside down which in turn would help strengthen my mind.  There is all kinds of data where if you do something different, like eating with the opposite hand you normally do, or taking a different route to work, changing up your bed time routine, and it stimulates your brain and improves your cognitive skills.

I'm sure working every other day in an upside down state would qualify, and perhaps we wouldn't feel like we're getting older and we certainly wouldn't continue to shrink!

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Big Chair, Small Body

When I first started my job I had a problem.  The problem was with the chairs they had in the office.  And my concerns revolved around one main issue:  The chair was made for a seven foot, 200 pound, man.

It was gigantically huge.  Seriously, I could have put three of me in it.  While it was perfect if I wanted to get a blanket and pillow and curl up for a long nap, it certainly did not provide me with a feeling of work.

It was extremely difficult to maneuver.  Sure it was on wheels, but it was so large that I could barely move the things and my desk area was rather large.  I need to be able to move.

The next problem was the arms on the chair.  I couldn't scoot up close enough to the desk to reach my computer and write because the arms hit the side of the desk.  Again, this was due to the size of the chair made for a giant.  I was sitting so far back in it, that it was necessary for me to slide as close to the desk as possible.

Now I had just started.  How do I ask for a new chair?  Great.  I would already appear to be a liability.  So, I did the next best thing.  I told Daddy that my chair was too large.  The next day I was chair shopping and picked out a leap chair with no arms so I could scoot up as close as I wanted.

Small chair.  Small body.  I've been sitting in it ever since.

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If You Could See It

If you could see the cars I've had my children drive when they first get their licenses.  I make a point in picking out old used cars with a lot of sturdy metal around them.  It has been a wise decision because each and every one of them has had a little trouble navigating without bumping into something.

Let's see... the oldest hit our garage and the mail box.  Neither of these were a problem because we didn't have to pay anyone.  It was the car, garage, and mail box that suffered.  She then pulled out in front of a truck and this was a problem.  Fortunately everyone was fine, except the truck and the car.  The next oldest, an excellent driver, really had no major problems.  There was the one time where I was complimenting her on her driving skills and she was soaking it up and getting a little cocky when she hit the back end of another parked car while she was trying to pull into the adjacent parking spot.  Fortunately, and to keep her record clean, it left no mark.

The kids have continued down the line hitting the mail box repeatedly.  It is parked at the end of the driveway.  There have been fender benders, fire hydrants, a pole, a fence, and a tree.  So trust me when I say, that it has been to my great advantage when picking out their first car.  We have done body work on other peoples cars from California to auto body shop Columbus Ohio, but we never worried about spending the money on our own.

If you could see them now.

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Seeing Things My Way

I have been researching how much my home may sell for, because after all, this is the only way I can make Baba's Fun House a reality.  Fortunately, there have been a few homes up for sale recently, and they have sold at a pretty good price.

The neighborhood is older, but it is surrounded by new homes which bring the value up.  It's just hard to get people into my neighborhood, because we sit in the middle of several other new subdivisions.  I need to put up a buy homes here sign to bring the masses.  It's a quiet neighborhood with good schools.  My home, although small, has a lot of very nice features.

For one thing, I have a huge two car garage with a heated workroom, storage room, and loft.  There's a dog run behind it too.  I have new ceramic tile in the kitchen and both full baths.  Both bathrooms have been recently remodeled and are lovely.  I'm not going to lie when I say the house has been "lived in" by a large family, but it's a comfortable, quaint home with five bedrooms.

Come June, I hope lots of people see things my way.

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