1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Make time to pray. (this should be number one)
6.Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2009.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day and just think.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30-minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Monday, December 28, 2009
Technology
What a world we live in. I am in bed with a bad cough; should be doing laundry and various things on this Monday, but thanks to technology, I can work on my laptop, read on my Sony Reader, text on my cell phone and stay connected with instant messenger on my computer. For an old lady, I guess that isn't too bad.
It is almost the end of the year 2009 and it has been a year of 'drought' financially. I laugh at the Xmas letters we receive; all the prosperous times people have had; and I always want to write a 'reality' year end letter from us. Don't get me wrong. I love to read updates on people we know, but I have this cynical streak that would like to write a 'real life' letter of what it has been like from our corner of the world.
My husband's work (carpentry/contract building) has all but dried up. Very little building is being done. I will say that we are fortunate in that we have some 'retirement' income, which isn't really retirement income because it is social security, but we have paid into it for years and years. So being our age isn't all bad in this economy. We also have a small pittance coming in from when he worked for IBM and I have my little home business. So we are not 'hopeless' yet. Thankful for that!
However, as stated before on this blog, we will soon be giving up our home that we built and moved into almost 8 years ago. It is mostly all we ever hoped for in a house, but too large for us; however we planned to sell it and live the rest of our days on the proceeds. Not so now! The value is less than half what it was 2 years ago and we can't afford it any more. So soon we will be looking for a small abode; just hoping we can find one to rent.
Packing for 'days on end' is in my near future.....but I look forward to sorting and discarding mounds of things. I am one of those people who loves to throw out things, so this is the time to do that.
We always knew we'd need to downsize, but didn't dream it would be under duress.........
It is almost the end of the year 2009 and it has been a year of 'drought' financially. I laugh at the Xmas letters we receive; all the prosperous times people have had; and I always want to write a 'reality' year end letter from us. Don't get me wrong. I love to read updates on people we know, but I have this cynical streak that would like to write a 'real life' letter of what it has been like from our corner of the world.
My husband's work (carpentry/contract building) has all but dried up. Very little building is being done. I will say that we are fortunate in that we have some 'retirement' income, which isn't really retirement income because it is social security, but we have paid into it for years and years. So being our age isn't all bad in this economy. We also have a small pittance coming in from when he worked for IBM and I have my little home business. So we are not 'hopeless' yet. Thankful for that!
However, as stated before on this blog, we will soon be giving up our home that we built and moved into almost 8 years ago. It is mostly all we ever hoped for in a house, but too large for us; however we planned to sell it and live the rest of our days on the proceeds. Not so now! The value is less than half what it was 2 years ago and we can't afford it any more. So soon we will be looking for a small abode; just hoping we can find one to rent.
Packing for 'days on end' is in my near future.....but I look forward to sorting and discarding mounds of things. I am one of those people who loves to throw out things, so this is the time to do that.
We always knew we'd need to downsize, but didn't dream it would be under duress.........
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