Have you ever heard the saying, "If your gonna be a bear, be a grizzly?"
I always took it to mean if your gonna do it, do it big and do it right! And, have you ever heard the song that says "Just what makes that little ant think he can move that rubber tree plant?" I have those two sayings running through my head today as I set my goals for the upcoming summer.
Some of my plans have already been put in motion. I am going to have a real, (hopefully live), garden this year. My mom and nieces and nephews came over and used their tiller to dig up a good size plot, and they will come back two more times to make sure the earth is good and plowed.
Come May first, I will begin the process of learning what works, what will grow, and what will not, in the spot I picked. I chose a place that gets full sunshine, and is close to the house for watering purposes, as per advice of the many gardening magazines I have read. So there is no turning back now, a lifelong dream is about to be realized, or crushed, time will tell.
In addition to planting a garden, I plan to paint the house this year. I have wavered back and forth on color, but I have finally decided. I think I have lived there long enough to have a feel for the house, and it's personality and my decision is made.
Think pink.... Oh for goodness sake, I'm just kidding! It will be a nice lovely "normal" color, that hopefully brings new life to my old country home. And yes, when I say I am painting the house, I mean "I" am painting the house!
Finally, I am writing my first book, which I will enter in a writing contest which has a deadline of October. In order to be entered in the contest, the book will need to be at least 60,000 words. I have 11,000 written. It took me four years to write the first 10,000. But I was behaving like Mrs. Buttersworth, and taking my own sweet time. When I saw the opportunity to enter this contest, I applied the pressure, and I have been writing pretty consistently since.
So, three major projects are in the works, and quite frankly, I'm nervous. But I have thought about it long enough, it is time to get to work! Hopefully the results will be good. I'm sure there will be obstacles and lessons to learn along the way. The main thing is to just start! Take a chance! Live life to the fullest. I've heard it said that true insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.
I am tired of allowing fear and intimidation to stop me from plunging ahead and living my dreams. Sure, people might laugh at the process, and even the results, but this bear is gonna be a grizzly, this ant is gonna move that plant. And it is gonna be a glorious summer of fun, working in the sun.
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Have you ever heard the saying, "If your gonna be a bear, be a grizzly?"
I always took it to mean if your gonna do it, do it big and do it right! And, have you ever heard the song that says "Just what makes that little ant think he can move that rubber tree plant?" I have those two sayings running through my head today as I set my goals for the upcoming summer.
Some of my plans have already been put in motion. I am going to have a real, (hopefully live), garden this year. My mom and nieces and nephews came over and used their tiller to dig up a good size plot, and they will come back two more times to make sure the earth is good and plowed.
Come May first, I will begin the process of learning what works, what will grow, and what will not, in the spot I picked. I chose a place that gets full sunshine, and is close to the house for watering purposes, as per advice of the many gardening magazines I have read. So there is no turning back now, a lifelong dream is about to be realized, or crushed, time will tell.
In addition to planting a garden, I plan to paint the house this year. I have wavered back and forth on color, but I have finally decided. I think I have lived there long enough to have a feel for the house, and it's personality and my decision is made.
Think pink.... Oh for goodness sake, I'm just kidding! It will be a nice lovely "normal" color, that hopefully brings new life to my old country home. And yes, when I say I am painting the house, I mean "I" am painting the house!
Finally, I am writing my first book, which I will enter in a writing contest which has a deadline of October. In order to be entered in the contest, the book will need to be at least 60,000 words. I have 11,000 written. It took me four years to write the first 10,000. But I was behaving like Mrs. Buttersworth, and taking my own sweet time. When I saw the opportunity to enter this contest, I applied the pressure, and I have been writing pretty consistently since.
So, three major projects are in the works, and quite frankly, I'm nervous. But I have thought about it long enough, it is time to get to work! Hopefully the results will be good. I'm sure there will be obstacles and lessons to learn along the way. The main thing is to just start! Take a chance! Live life to the fullest. I've heard it said that true insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.
I am tired of allowing fear and intimidation to stop me from plunging ahead and living my dreams. Sure, people might laugh at the process, and even the results, but this bear is gonna be a grizzly, this ant is gonna move that plant. And it is gonna be a glorious summer of fun, working in the sun.
