Last night I un-boxed the Dorm refrigerator
that
I had purchased and decided to put it in my office as I am out of space in the
other rooms of the house. In order to
put it where I did, I had to move 10 bank boxes full of paperwork that was the
culmination of my daughter’s soccer career for Club and High School to the
living-room. In my bedroom is a file
cabinet full of more soccer stuff.
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| New Dorm Fridge! |
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| Boxes of Soccer memorabilia |
Lucky for me, she’s going to be home for the
next two weeks, so now is as good-a-time as any for her to go through and see
what she wants to save and pitch the rest.
I’m going to suggest that she scan some of it and build a Facebook page
for all the archives her dad saved. Fury
’83 was one of the premier soccer teams for the state of Oklahoma 10 years
ago. I know the old team members would
love to see the pictures and such that we have.
Last year Dave helped Ned Hockman’s daughters
clean out a storage locker full of Historic film and other items. The girls threw away lots of their dad’s stuff.
Dave could not bear to see some of it
head to the dump. Last night I came
across three WWII photo albums of combat photo’s that Ned shot in Burma (Ned
was a combat photographer and at one time was thought lost). They are outstanding. They tell quite a story. Now I know why he saved them as they are
history that we can pass on to our grandchildren. This was also in the space along with the
soccer boxes, video tapes and wedding photo shoots.
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| Picture of a crashed plane, the medics that pulled the pilot out of the plane and put him on a stretcher. WWII China-Burma-India Theater |
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| My TS Display |
I’m working on clearing some of the shelves in “my”
office to display my Tastefully Simple Product. The space was Dave’s office but my “son”
advised me that he had the better computer and I might as well learn a new
operating system and enjoy more bells and whistles. It’s been interesting, but I will say so far I
like Windows 8. It’s very much like the
apps screens on my smart phone.
Skipping to the kitchen…Even though I’m not
going to be in the house that much longer I want to finish a project I started
six years ago. I figure it will run me
about $150 to finish it. “Why” you
ask??? Because completing it will make
me feel good and make me happy. I have
been living with bright sunshine yellow counter-tops since we moved into the
house 37 years ago. Five years ago my
daughter painted the fur-downs a bright indigo blue. I had purchased Mexicali Café Curtains to use
in place of the doors, which I had removed many years before.
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| Mexicali Café Curtains |
When we had purchased the house the former owner
had put down horrible .49 cent stick down tile in the kitchen, dining-room and
living-room. It still remains in the kitchen.
I have found a lovely .89 cent stick down laminate that looks like
parquet flooring that I can more than live with for the next 6 months.
I want to refresh the paint on the fronts of the
cabinets. I will have to go over the oil
based paint with a flat white and then go over that with a semi-gloss
white. With a fresh coat of paint, new
floor tile and colorful Mexicali Café curtains my kitchen will be the cat’s
meow!
Jumping out to the living-room…At the moment it
looks like the wreck of the Hesperus. It’s
in a total state of disarray. I have boxes of Mary Kay inventory that I’m
trying to wade through and get put away.
9 Boxes of Tastefully Simple Food inventory that I need to inventory and
put away. Taxes are still on the dining
room table, have one more year to finish, almost done. Papers are everywhere,
from going through boxes of records. Somehow I think I got the cart before the
horse, but that’s ok, everything will work out.
So you sort of know what I’m doing for the 4th
of July and the next couple of weeks.
What are your plans for the Holiday?
Bite by Bite I’m eating the Elephant!
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