I have lost my mind again. You would think after having had yard sales in the past that would be more work than they were worth I would never do it again. Well every time I have one I always say, never again but here I am.
I work pulling stuff from the attic all day long yesterday and it looks like I haven't made a dent. That is why this is going to be the largest sale yet. Not to mention I have taken on a new mentality. If we don't just love it, don't keep it out to use it and it has no real value, get rid of it. It's true. I spend more time either looking for something I know I have but don't remember its hiding spot, or cleaning all the things I have. Face it, when your time comes to go home and meet the Lord I don't think the first thing he will say to you is, did you ever find that hammer you put under the sink? Or worse, did you know I saw all that dust that built up on your family photos, glad you kept your bible busy. Hopefully He will tell me well done, because without all the distractions of the stuff I will have more time to spend in His word.
We always want to accumulate stuff. Stuff to leave behind for our kids when we pass away. From personal experience I can tell you it is not going to be whether or not they left you anything, it will all be about the fact that they are gone. Nothing can take away memories
I was raised in a clutter free house. I have no idea if that may have led to the fact that I have enough pictures of my kids that if I decided to turn them into wallpaper you would never see the same picture twice. I also have knick knacks, let me just say here that these little things are dirt demons. I don't care what you dust them with in 5 minutes the dirt demons have taken over.
Life has just gotten way to busy to have to sweat the small stuff. I am working on a business blog, trying to market my Young Living oils and still run the house. They may find me laying in the floor with a broom in one hand, bottle of oil in the other and my EOPR guide just a few feet away. I'm still going to give it my best.
BTW do you know anyone that could do a yard sale intervention. It could make a good reality series. Yard Sale Junkies. Remember that name, someone will use it.
Till next time...
Be Blessed.
Tammy
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Life'-s Little Lessons
Life's little lessons
by Tammy Hall Parker on Friday, December 17, 2010 at 5:11am
Wash clothes, buy groceries, clean house, run errands, make appointments, keep appointments, work around kids schedule, cook dinner, wash dishes, clean closets, put up decorations, cook huge dinner for family, take down decorations, water plants before they start to droop, answer the 15th phone call today,make 15 more to fit in more appointments, get mail sift through the junk to the important stuff, take garbage out before it overflows,send out Christmas cards,check those all important lists,answer questions,listen to problems, listen to the latest drama, everybody family meeting time to co-ordinate schedules, whoops booked over one that can't be changed, go back and reschedule original appointment, calendar is full start making notes in the margin, brain has overloaded start putting things to do on white board on fridge, white board is full start checking the notebook for updates and changes, keep things in perspective, don't sweat the small stuff, imagine the worst, hope for the best and pray you get through it all with your sanity intact. That's being a mom today.
Had an uncle once that always would look at any problem, think on it for just a minute if that long. Said out loud that either it would work itself out or it wouldn't he couldn't change the outcome. Never worried about politics or watched the news. Lived happily for 96 years, always smiled, still had perfect eyesight and a good mind. Drove himself to and from the doctor once a year for a physical where the doctor found nothing wrong. Always treated others the way he wanted to be treated. Always said he hoped that when his time came he would just fall asleep and not wake up. He called his grandson and said he was going to take a nap in his favorite recliner...never woke up.
Maybe we should all take a lesson from our ancestors. If you look back they worked harder than most of us in worse conditions. Lived with less money. Never worried about tomorrow but lived for today. Always treated people they met with kindness. Helped their neighbors in good times and through the bad times. Some of them lived before indoor plumbing and pulled water from a well. Grew their own food or went hungry. Pulled together as a family and counted on one another to pull their own weight. And yet they never complained and they lived longer than those of us today. Maybe they were on to something...you think?
Had an uncle once that always would look at any problem, think on it for just a minute if that long. Said out loud that either it would work itself out or it wouldn't he couldn't change the outcome. Never worried about politics or watched the news. Lived happily for 96 years, always smiled, still had perfect eyesight and a good mind. Drove himself to and from the doctor once a year for a physical where the doctor found nothing wrong. Always treated others the way he wanted to be treated. Always said he hoped that when his time came he would just fall asleep and not wake up. He called his grandson and said he was going to take a nap in his favorite recliner...never woke up.
Maybe we should all take a lesson from our ancestors. If you look back they worked harder than most of us in worse conditions. Lived with less money. Never worried about tomorrow but lived for today. Always treated people they met with kindness. Helped their neighbors in good times and through the bad times. Some of them lived before indoor plumbing and pulled water from a well. Grew their own food or went hungry. Pulled together as a family and counted on one another to pull their own weight. And yet they never complained and they lived longer than those of us today. Maybe they were on to something...you think?
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