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Not much to write this week. I'm starting up again on my comic Promised Memories again. Now I'm on chapter 19 finally! Then chapter 20 and I'll be done with part 2 of my story! I'm thinking of making it a total of 5 parts? Maybe up to 100 chapters... that feels like a-lot but already it's been 18 chapters which is a good accomplishment. It feels nice to work on it again.

The weather here has been pretty crummy. Wet, stormy, windy and cold. Climate change is a thing! I've gotten a bit of gardening done but not much. I need to learn what this one ground cover plant is that I have on my hill. I got it years ago from a patient I took care of when I did home health care. It's been growing nicely along with my lilac bushes I'm planting and hoping to have spread-out so I don't have to mow. Earlier this week I got my mower stuck several times on my hill and it was annoying. So the sooner I don't have to mow the better.

My house has sort of become a mess - not too horrible... but enough that I'm over it. But it's hard - I have moved a-lot of my hobbies and projects to the living room to keep an eye on Wiley since we've been keeping him closed off to just a few rooms in the house - mainly just the living room. It'll be nice when I can get my office together and set back up the way I wanted/needed. I have several books I want to organize better on my book shelves.

Bits and pieces of the news has stressed me out enough to remind me why I hate the news and that it's good to avoid it mostly. I do hear bits of NPR in the mornings and afternoons to and from work. Thinking about the damage he has been causing in this country and the world reminds me of a migraine that doesn't seem to go away. It just lingers. I wonder how many of his supporters still support him after the things he has done in the last several months.
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Yesterday morning (since I'm off this weekend for three days!) I got some good progress done with clearing things out for my yard sale. I have a good amount of tings ready to go. I still need to go through my kitchen stuff and I will probably go through my books, old wall hangings (pictures and such I don't have a need for anymore) and games once more. But as I sat around all my stuff, listening to my music I had a sense of happiness and it felt refreshing.

It's always been a longtime goal of mine to learn how to live with less. And I like the idea of others having a use for things I don't anymore. Why do I keep all this stuff I'm never going to use? Craft stuff I will never create with... Frames that I will never use for pictures or paintings books I don't plan on reading again... It just feels useless to keep it all. Also the word selfishness comes to mind. Why not have someone else find joy in those craft supplies, games and books?

Back in my early 20's I had my third relationship with a guy who I lived at his house for a few years. And he eventually became a hoarder. I don't like to bad mouth anyone on the internet so I will keep this brief... But I think it was there all along but over time it got worse and worse. It got so bad that towards the end of our relationship I developed stomach problems where I was constipated and in pain. Luckily I found my house and was able to move in quickly since we knew the owner. And I had an apportionment to get a scope. Within a few days of being in my new house and not in that hoarding mess all of my pain and constipation went away! So that was an eye opener and I've been trying to keep that in mind when I get too many of anything.

Now I have kept things I know I will use. And if I don't use them in a certain amount of time I will do this again. Life feels good when you can make these choices and stay on track. Live with less is a mind set I never want to go without.

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