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January 28, 2009
It's about time...
Yes, I've been remiss...left my blog to stagnate...oh well.
I'm spent my time constructively since last I wrote...well sort of.
I've read several books.
I've done real work...quarterly and year end reports/activities. Gathering documents for corporate taxes...looked for a new accountant. A new year brings some reorganization of paper etc as well. It's been fine to do this work slowly and able to check/double check, think on things. I still made a phone call to the State looking for a form I couldn't find and was told to be patient, they were "just sent out" Oooooookkkkkkkk - It came finally.
Watching the inauguration made me smile and lifted my spirits....
The weather doesn't lift my spirits...I haven't started biting people yet though - 6-10 inches of snow predicted for today.
I do like the fresh snow covering up the old dirty stuff ..gotta find the good part.
Have been looking at all the animal tracks in the yard...some are easy to identify but I'm a little concerned about what made some solid line no feet prints.
I've been really annoyed by corporate greed but pleased with the American people being resilient, sucking up where we need to and explaining to those in charge that jail is good for the greedy and we'll carry on where we have to instead of bailing THEM out.
Time to get a move on.......enjoy your selves...simply
Posted by frani at 11:20 AM | Comments (1)
January 10, 2009
Happy (Simple)New Year
Yes, it was time to take down the Christmas bush - literally and figuratively...bye bye boughs.
I have most of Christmas stuff back toward storage...notice I didn't say things were actually packed up and put away. That's the beauty/downfall of having rooms you rarely use. Regardless, once I get going it shouldn't be too hard to get the stuff packed up and put back under the eaves....Really...not long at all...minutes even. Maybe.
So I've decided there is definitely an upside to this recession business. We've been discussing simplifying our lives for several months, now anyway and our lack of "need/desire" for more things. Now maybe some of this is attributable to decreased resources and contemplating retirement living but I think I can say I haven't noticed any twitching from lack of "shopping". In fact I feel quite comfortable.
I think this Christmas season had some perfect timing aspects to it as well. I'm sorry for the poor retailers BUT I think many of the people I spoke with over the season were feeling the desire to cut back and this year was the perfect time to start. Less is more people!! More thought went into fewer presents, more homemade presents...no frantic buying to make sure the piles were high! Results I saw and heard from a lot of friends were - ta da! Less stress and more fun just choosing to spend time with each other than buying something. Presence verses presents....;-D Worked for me.
I'm getting better at remembering to have my reusable bags with me - not only are they great at the grocery store BUT I've used them at the bookstore - used book store, thank you and even the library.
It's also amazing how little fuel we use in our cars these days as well. Sure We might have consolidated our driving when fuel prices were high BUT if we aren't out there consuming, then we aren't using gasoline either. We still haven't replaced all our incandescent light bulbs as yet but as they burn out we are putting in more energy efficient ones...not that I like them though. We're trying to to consume less......less is more right?
Now food...ok, we aren't really skimping too much there. We really do try to eat fresh fruits and vegetables...use up those leftovers and make simple but tasty meals. I've always been a from scratch type of person but it's good to see that at least these homemade foods are healthier as well...in spite of butter and eggs...;-D Nothing says tasty like a few sauteed scallops(or broiled fish) and a spinach, fresh sliced pear salad with maybe a few walnuts or almonds thrown on.
Geez how did I end up getting so preachy...maybe I just need to get it written down for reinforcement. 2009 - the year of simple, the year of less.
Pssst...I've also been advised of a Less is More guru by the name of Leo Babuta check him out here
Make yourselves a Happy Simple 2009!
more pppsssttt...Ok just to keep myself honest - yes, I just threw some bagel dogs into the oven for lunch...LOL>..simple! Right? But easy to eat while I read my book from the Library!
Posted by frani at 12:03 PM | Comments (2)