My Tireless Retirement - Week 219

 

I have been feeling so different lately, like I’m a totally different person, and I like it.  For the first time ever I find myself free flowing through my days.  As someone who has always been very structured and operated on rules, productivity and task mastering, this is quite a change for me.  And strangely enough, I’m getting things done just fine, but without that old added pressure I used to put on myself to “get things done”.  Things just naturally unfold.  It’s so awesome!

 

Every morning I get up and open the windows to allow in the cool fresh air.  I sit in silence sipping my coffee and watching the hummingbirds at the feeder.  I’m no longer running “to-do” lists through my head as I begin my day.  I’m no longer planning out my days or for the week ahead.  I don’t worry about things or find myself waiting for the other shoe to drop.  I answer to no one.  Instead I’m just sitting, enjoying and breathing.  I’m just doing my own thing and it feels really, really good.

 

Last week I immersed myself in dolly rehab, I think I’m making up for lost time.  I ran out of room upstairs and ended up lining my girls along the couch in the living room where they stood and waited for their hair to dry.  I had dolls in the upstairs bathroom too, but the best part is that the bin I’d stored them in and then moved them out of to the closet shelf in my craft and sewing room is now empty.  Good thing, because a new shipment of sad derelict dolls and body parts was expected to show up on my doorstep soon.

 

My next box full of challenges

I took time off over the weekend to go to a car show held at our minor league baseball stadium.  It was also a benefit for Simply Cats which is a no kill cat shelter here in Boise and some other animal rescue groups.  I not only wanted to go to a car show, I’ve had the itch for quite some time, but to be able to support my favorite cat shelter made it an absolute win.  Afterward I used my FREE lunch coupon to treat myself to lunch out a pizza place close to my home.  They have a nice lunchtime buffet and really good pizza.

 

My pizza lunch

The remainder of my weekend I spent working on dolls and much to my surprise FedEx delivered my box of doll parts and dolls with missing limbs on Sunday afternoon.  Between the parts I already had and the “new’ ones that arrived I was able to repair two of my dolls and then put together four additional dolls.  Now they are all ready for their spa treatment, hair styling and eventually wardrobe.  That ended up being a really great eBay find.

 

The first half of the week was spent finishing up the doll rehabs and then I gave the upstairs and my craft room a good tidy up and vacuumed.  I finished out the week puttering about the house and yard cleaning, tidying, getting the trash wheelie out to the curb, doing laundry, pulling weeds, picking up tree debris after all of the winds we’ve been having, cooking, washing dishes, just the usual and normal stuff of everyday life.  And I have enjoyed every mundane bit of it.

 

I hope all of you have enjoyed a fabulous week as well.  Let me know in the comments what you have been up to lately.