Home Improvements – Good Books – Sit Downs and Oh Boy

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Home Improvements – Good Books – Sit Downs and Oh Boy

I sat on the floor thumbing through the old books that were I the book shelf. They have been sitting in that shelf for 13 years and this is the first that I have looked at them. So many memories. Each page is filled with stories that I know and feel so deeply. A rush of nostalgia flooded over me again and again.

Sitting down is a real bad thing to do when you are doing renovations this big. But the body hurts so bad that it can hardly move and a break is sooooooo good!

Looking at the stuff piled everywhere around our basement makes me realize that I MUST GET RID OF IT. And it has to happen now… or maybe soon… or maybe next week… or…

The internal struggle that I face with this is way more than I can handle today. I have to get the job done in the next few days… or over the week… or when I can…

Do you smell procrastination and reticence to move forward on this “stuff toss”. Yes you do. These are priceless bits of my life that I can enjoy one more time by simply looking at it all. Oh the wonderful memories… wonderful loving memories.

But I don’t need the 24 inch long row of “Helping Hands” any longer. I don’t really 36 inches of National Geographical Magazines either. And the… Ooops I better stop… The flood of memories are coming again.

It all started with that really heavy rain that lasted so many days a few weeks ago… a damp carpet… a smelly basement… and the very sharp knife that started the first cut in our carpet and ……

I gotta get to the gym. Oh boy…

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