Wednesday, July 30, 2014

31

  1. It's almost the end of my second list. Round two will end while we're away so I thought I'd incorporate its ending into this week's list.
  2. And while there's quite a bit that I didn't do, I'm choosing to look at all of the things that I did accomplish.
  3. I'm looking forward to another round and will likely leave more items 'to be determined' instead of feeling forced to fill the line items.
  4. Me leaving town is why this week's list is early, (again), and next week's list will be late.
  5. We had another electrical incident in the wee hours of Monday morning, which I'm here to tell you is never a great time to be ripped awake from a deep sleep. 
  6. This time lightning struck a transformer somewhere close by. There was a brief power outage and the surge afterwards, (I'm not even sure what that means), was strong enough to cause a number of very random, (and likely expensive), electrical things to fry. 
  7. Luckily none are hazardous to the house, so no complaints here.
  8. I packed yesterday, two days early this time, and I have to say, having only errands the day before is the way to go!
  9. Historically the get-away day is a shit show around here and I encouraged the mister to pack yesterday as well, (which he did grudgingly), only to have him wake up this morning thankful that it was done. 
  10. Me, actively working to reduce stress and situations that cause anxiety, is working!
  11. I still hate leaving our dog.
  12. I've packed every light-weight item I own and I don't have as much crap as I used to. 
  13. I had to push to find clothes to pack for 10 days, (day and evening for 8 of them), and that made me happy to realize that I have reduced my belongings.
I will catch you all when I return. I hope your summer has been a good one so far! We've been blessed with great weather, (minus the above electrical and lightning storm), and we have nice vacations that we're taking this year.

I am grateful for everything, including all of you that stop by here to read. 

xo