How to Slow Down Time!

New Years Eve 2006 - I know everyone says how fast time has gone by, but this year really has seemed to fly by. Is it because I am getting older, doing more, not doing more???

So a whole year lay before me - 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 whole days, 8760 hours, 525,600 minutes (I had to use a calculator for those last two). 525,600 minutes - now that seems like a long time!

We watched the movie - About a Boy - the other night. The main guy - Hugh Grant - didn't work because he had inherited some money and his daily routine was broken down into "units" of 30 minutes each. This is how he proved how busy he was.

So using that logic - each day would have 48 units. Consider that I sleep for about 16 of those units, that leaves 32 units of time to fill. 32 units of waking time = 11,680 waking units in 2007!!!

Whew - All that calculating so early in the morning, but look at all the time I have found!

And that is how you slow down time!

Write Down Everything!

Ah yes - 5:15 am and I have been up "surfing" the net for 45 minutes, second cup of coffee in hand. Early to rise has been my calling card for my whole life - something genetic I must have inherited from my dad. So here I sit in the dark typing by the glow of the computer listening to the gentle snores of the sleeping house (husband and dogs).

Only three more days until 2007 - I always look forward to the new year - sort of like a "clean slate" - of course, I always make the proverbial "resolutions" although the last few years I have changed the name to goals. I once read that you should write down your resolutions - then pull them out the next new year's eve and check off the ones you have completed, the writer said that it would give you a sense of accomplishment.

So maybe I will try that this year!

The only thing is that I will have to get this old brain to remember which of the 27,000,000,000 file cabinets in my brain I tucked away the storage place of the "resolution list". Seems like my "steel trap mind" has been super heated or something because the steel is getting kind of soft of late - things I could keep in my head now float off into some nether-region of my brain to resurface at the most inopportune moments (usually months after I need the information). My memory can now be truly classified as a "sieve" - and not one of those fine sieves - but a colander type of sieve - one with really big holes. Things that seem so simple to remember - like the second thing on a two item grocery list - just seem to float away. Ah well - the only consolation is that I do not seem to be alone in this affliction - it seems to be fairly common-place amongst those of us who have experienced life for a while .

So - in three days I can use my new 2007 planner - perhaps my first goal should be

Write down EVERYTHING!!

Second goal

Remember where I put the planner!!

The Art of Uploading

Whew!!! Finally figured out how to upload a picture - hopefully this gets easier - although, I have always jumped into things, trying to do them quickly, read instructions after I have tried to do it my way.

Hmmmmmm - a lesson, I think!

A beautiful sunrise photo taken from our back deck last year.

1st Ramblings

So this is what everyone has been talking about - seems like everybody and their dog has a blog - so I decided to join the crowd!

Hopefully this blog will be a place to record my thoughts about life it's comings and goings.

So here goes!!

That was Easy (well-sort of)

Well I can certainly access my blog now and it seems to have been set up OK, but my lack of technical knowledge did certainly come up!! Some of these technical terms - like IM address - like what the Hell is that!! I finally figured it out, but.......... - then I couldn't even figure out what my "username" was - good lord - am I even allowed to have a blog if I don't know these things??????

Ah well - seems as though everything is OK now.

So today is Thursday, December 28, 2006 - almost the end of another year.

I am really quite frustrated at how fast life seems to be going by - I truly believe that I (we) look at life as a series of moments in the future - moments to be worked towards. By always looking ahead (as in - once this is over, or when that finally gets here), we fast-forward through life at breakneck speed always looking for the next challenge or event to get here.

This year I want to enjoy the moment I am in - to ramble so to speak - like taking a slow walk through the garden of life stopping to pick a flower, or watch a sunset, or take a deep breath of the day's air (hmmmm - that was pretty poetic, if I do say so myself).

Yes, we have some big events this year to look forward to - Meghan and Chris' wedding is perhaps the biggest. August is 8 months away and there is lots of work and planning to do, but I want to enjoy the moments of planning and executing the wedding with them.

What other ramblings for 2007 -

do more painting
take painting courses
fufill more of our landscaping plan
pay off some bills
organize the basement
do a newsletter for art club
lose that last 25 lbs to reach WW goal
blog about our life's ramblings
ramble more

So here goes.........