When you wish upon a star...

Who remembers hearing that every Sunday night?  I grew up to it...  It is a bit how I'm feeling this AM.  Here's the rundown for the past 9 days...

Old Business:

• (Still) no work on Church files
• 2 more pages created for church, and a couple more edited/improved
• Several massages under the belt and more to come
• No more gardening for the year I think
• Still need to make more soap
• Fixed the Secret Sister gift.  I like it much better in the graphite and the paint gives it some cool texture that I was not counting on
• Trash still needs burnt (too windy!)
• Mudroom still waiting
• Vent still waiting
• Table still waiting
• Ben's door still waiting
• Car still needs to go to shop.  Just need to find out what the idiot light is trying to tell me
• LLC is done!  Now on to bank accounts
• Car is washed
• Second trade session was wonderful!

New Business:

• H&S facebook page up and going, webssite soon 
• New cards made, but of course forgot information so will be making new ones!
• Kitchen transition should be done today.  All the work is done, just waiting on liquid nails to dry and set
• Installing cable box.  Waiting for plaster to dry so I can do another coat, then sand and paint
• Wash lawnmowers (was too windy yesterday)
• Shed needs scrubbed (too windy yesterday)
• House needs scrubbed, with gutters (again, too windy yesterday!)
• Change oil in lawn tractor

Hump Day....

I think it has only been about 1 1/2 weeks this time, so small improvements?  20 mile march?  Not sure how to view life sometimes...

Old Business:

• No work on church files
• 2 pages created for church website
• No massages last week, had one scheduled but she cancelled
• Got more lamb's ears transplanted.  I now have them coming out my ears - HA!
• Made 2 batches of soap
• Have yet another viewing on the house.  This makes 3.  But lost the house I really, really wanted.  It got sold.  I know that means there is something even better out there, but that possibility is hard to believe.  There is just slim pickings out there right now.
• Front door trim is done.  Color for the doors themselves done.  Need to do that this week while it is still warm, or wait until next spring, if I am still here.
• Progress made on secret sister Christmas gift.  But didn't like how the Sharpie made it look. so I painted over it until it was very faint. Will trace back over with graphite.
• Trash needs to be burned again.  I pulled out all of my English Ivy and it is now a big pile out there.  I got the plastic pulled up, yup that is what they used under the mulch, and transplanted one of my hostas there and made it 3.
• Mudroom still waiting
• Vent still waiting
• Table still waiting
• Ben's door still needs fixed
• Fingerprints done, and certificate in hand!
• Closet door in living room fixed!
• Knob and deadbolt on back door replaced!
• Lotion made
• Fabric softener made
• Still need to take car to shop
• My massage was wonderful!
• Did some digital artwork for a new kit 
• November cards made
• Met with tax guy to get LLC set up - next step bank accounts

New Business:

• Did one massage yesterday for charge!  YEA! I have another scheduled for later this week, and another next week!
• Need to get Heart & Soul website and Facebook page going 
• Need to fix the kitchen transition
• Need to install the cable box for the TV cable.  Right now it is just running across the floor.
• Giving and getting a massage tomorrow from another classmate - I love the trading concept!
• 012 has an ortho appointment
• Need to start looking at Christmas shopping
• Wash both lawnmowers so they are clean before storing
• Change oil in lawn tractor
• Boys have cleaned the inside of the car, now the outside needs washed.  Was waiting until they were done harvesting

This came in my email awhile ago (written by Harvey Mackey), and I think it so fits with a lot of what I try to do with my life...

Do you live by the 12 values Robert Louis Stevenson listed in 'Treasure Island'?

One of the most interesting traits of any person is the value system by which he or she lives. I wonder how many of us ever take the time to sit down and really think through the moral precepts that consciously or unconsciously guide our lives.

I stumbled across this personal creed of “Daily Dozen Values" by writer Robert Louis Stevenson (“Treasure Island") many years ago, and I've always wanted to write about it because it is as true today as it was in 1875 or so when he wrote it.

1. Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things.
2. Make the best of your circumstances. No one has everything, and everyone has something of sorrow intermingled with the gladness of life. The trick is to make the laughter outweigh the tears.
3. Don't take yourself too seriously. Don't think that somehow you should be protected from misfortunes that befall others.
4. You can't please everybody. Don't let criticism worry you.
5. Don't let your neighbor set your standards. Be yourself.
6. Do the things you enjoy doing, but stay out of debt.
7. Don't borrow trouble. Imaginary things are harder to bear than the actual ones.
8. Since hate poisons the soul, do not cherish enmities and grudges. Avoid people who make you unhappy.
9. Have many interests. If you can't travel, read about new places.
10. Don't hold postmortems. Don't spend your life brooding over sorrows and mistakes. Don't be one who never gets over things.
11. Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself.
12. Keep busy at something. A very busy person never has time to be unhappy.