the prodigal returns

Oh... I just noticed my last blog entry was dated September 4, 2011. Today is October 4, 2011. Better late than never?? The past month has just buzzed by. It's not like I live such a fast-paced life now, that I just have NO TIME to blog. It's just that I find myself saying to myself that I'll get to it tomorrow, or when I get back from Houston, or when ... whatever... before I realize it, another month is gone and my promises to blog more frequently have gone the way of my New Year Resolutions, my promises to eat better, exercise more, and several other unfinished projects, broken promises, and unrealized resolutions.... 

Which brings me to think of all the things I've recently left undone....

1.       Blog. Duh.

2.       Bake bread. My mother and I have been saying for months how we want to get out her salt-free cookbook and try out one of the bread recipes. Still no bread…

3.       Clean out closets. This is a task I just hate doing, but always always always feel  so much better once I bite the bullet and do.

4.       Write thank you notes to friends. When I retired, several really wonderful ladies did a bunch of sweet things for me. And it’s been 4 months and I still have not written one thank you note. An appalling lack of manners.

5.       Floss. It’s not that I never floss. I just don’t  do it with any regularity or consistency.

6.       Clean out my car. It’s a mobile landfill.

7.       Call my cable company  back home to fix the DVR issue that has been a chronic problem. I am missing episodes of my favorite programs because it says I don’t have anything recorded, or that I don’t have any space… That’s my favorite. I’ll try to retrieve a show that I set to record. When I get ready to watch it, It pops up a message that says I have no programs available for viewing. Then, when I go to see how much space I have available, it says I have no space available for recording. So, how can I have nothing to view, if there is no space available?? If the recording space is full, wouldn’t it be logical to assume that there IS something recorded to watch??? I mean, am I crazy?

8.     Return books to the library. And, pay my late fees. And check out something new to read. Just finished Grisham's "The Confession"... very good....

9.       Spray scotchguard on my newly upholstered chairs. I have two chairs that were recovered. They are currently wrapped in plastic, stored in the old stucco house on my mom’s property, waiting for the renovation on my aunt’s place to be finished and used in there… I bought 4 cans of this scotchguard spray stuff about 3 months ago. Needless to say, they are still in the same walmart bag I brought them home in…

10.   Research the options for wireless do-dad techno thingy for my new laptop. I want to be able to use this laptop no matter where I am. And I don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for it like I do for all the techno stuff at home, like cable, that isn’t even working right.

11.   Seasonal decorating. It’s fall. I love fall. I have a bunch of fall stuff and I haven’t put anything out yet. Where are my little mini pumpkins and gourds?? Where are my fall wreaths… well that doesn’t count. I think the fall wreaths actually just stay up all the time, because they look good in my house.  But I don’t get out any of my seasonal stuff anymore. I used to put out Easter stuff. Haven’t done that in years. I barely did Christmas last year.

12. Paint the window sill in my kitchen back home. A new window sill was put in about 7 months ago. Still naked wood....

13. Pay my electric bill.

my goodness... I haven't even really begun to reveal all my undone stuff....

hmmmm... Well… I’m going to leave the rest of my undone list, well,  undone.  There is something to be said about consistency…