Wear it out, Make it do or Do without

Forgot I had started this post on June 29, 2008 So I decided to finish it.

Ok this has been my philosphy since I was a young girl and we grew up on welfare. Its interesting that you carry this mind set for years even when you finally Don't have to wear it out and you Don't have to make it do or Don't have to do without.

It is getting easier to get rid of things even if I have had them only a few months. Recently I have been going to the DI on a weekly bases with different things to donate. I have even gone to getting receipts and keeping track to see if I donate more then the $500 allowed on your tax return. Recently my nieces had a garage sale so I looked for more stuff to get rid of. All the effort netted me a whopping $21. Ok to me that wasn't worth it. I didn't have any big ticket items but my friend had 3 bed sets brand new and just dropped them off for me to sell. They all sold and she made $140. I give alot of things away to different family members or nieces. One mans junk is another mans treasure as the saying goes.

This last Tuesday we moved Tiffany and family to Lehi, Utah a 2 month stay with us turned into a 4 month. I think they were as happy to get into their own place as I was to get my home back. It is plain hard to move back in with your parents and try to please them. All in all they did really good. Tiffany and I didn't get on each others nerves as I thought we would. They really watched and took very good care of Chandler. My only regret is that I never could get Chandler to warm up to me. Maybe it will be better being a long distance Grandma instead of a live in.

Well back to what I was writing about. It was interesting to go through my refergerator and see what was really in their and instead of throwing out I started combing several duplicates. Heavens don't want to waste anything. So what do I do with a perfectly good package of toufu. Tiffany's family loves the chinese hot sour soup. Hmmm I not especially fond of it. Tiffany said to look up receipes with toufu in it. I don't think so. So it sits in the refrigerator till it expires or hey wait till Tiffany comes up for the 4th and send it home with her. (Note I did throw a few weeks later. I just threw out the left over buttermilk that Marshall uses for his famous pancakes today) The freezer was just as interesting with things I didn't know I had. 3 packages of chicken breasts or tenders opened. Fed that to the college kids for FHE.

But I am getting better at throwing things out. I need Justin who throws out the left overs.

Reflection

Time definately flies by for me. There just isn't enough time in a day for me to get everything done I need to do and want to do. Even starting at 5:30 am. Here it is 10:30 pm and stopped to check everyone's blog. I didn't exercise today. I started on thank you notes this morning, laundry and cleaning up. Then off to work at 9:30 am. Worked till 5 finally got all my invoices done and caught up until the next time in 3 weeks. Did go to the chiropractor. Got home ate left overs and then went and mowed the back pasture, trimmed and started mowing the ditch bank. I was greatful for Marshall to mow around the house today. Came in cleaned kitchen, laundry did some sewing and general cleaning.

It has been an experience to sit and watch my mother in law die. From the time the hospice nurse told me her body was shutting down until she passed away was 6 days. In that time I felt I needed to be by her side. It was hard for me to focus on anything for very long. My children said it would teach me to slow down. For that week I did slow down and put everything on hold. But I am back to running fast again. You ask why am I that way. My parents were not busy people but my Grandparents were. So maybe I got it from them. Who knows. We each have our own little personalities and quirks.