Keeping it alive!

I've been thinking about doing another blog because I get ideas from time to time and they don't fit here.
I have so many ideas going on in my head at once and I do need to be creative in some way. Otherwise, I'll just explode.

• I've wanted to write about my experiences behind the wheel of the various buses I've driven over the years. I have 37 years so far. Things have changed a bit since I first started driving in 1974. I actually started driving vehicles a few years before, but turned 21 in 74.
  
• I have driving suggestions that come from common sense and experience. I could probably write a whole book about them. I could be a driver's ed teacher!
  
• I see ways to solve or at least open the minds of those who need to solve some of the big problems with our current world here in the USA. Common sense isn't common in D.C.!
  
• I wish I could sit still long enough to write some of the music that is in my head. I think I may have to leave that alone. It may be too late for me. Maybe someone else younger will come along to write them.

I've thought about the extremes when it comes to ideas, and find that extremes are a great tool, but not very good if put into practice. Extremes allow me to see the outer edge of the problem.

• Should I stay or should I go?
• Do I sell the house, or should I fight to keep it?
• Do I allow myself to go broke, or should I do something to stop it?
• Should I retire to a cardboard box, or move to an apartment?
• Why are some of the points blue, and some red?
  

Some people like extremes, but they are too dangerous for me. I like to be somewhere in between. Being on one side or the other doesn't leave room for me to change my mind. It forces me to do something I may not want to do.

All in all, I seem to be coming out of my depression and have survived most of the grieving process, so I will start again in my weight loss quest, and will start doing some things that I stopped doing last year.

• I have been walking this week now that the weather is a bit less extreme. I even took a walk on the rail trail, although it was ice covered and slippery. I went slower, but still got a good workout. I would like to start doing some much longer hikes. I now have the shoes, socks, and camel pack (back pack with storage for liquid as well as other things) towards that goal.
  
• I hope to start jogging this spring.
• I would like to buy a kayak and fulfill one of the goals I set for myself before the WLS. I found two old friends who already do that, and I hope to take some trips with them.
  

For now, I will put off writing another blog, because I have too many other things I have to finish first.

• I still have trouble getting started doing the things I should be doing. I have 3 things that I want to finish this week:

1. I want to see if I can finish the taxes myself. With all the crazy extra stuff from Donna's death, I don't know if I can do it right. I will try starting tonight. I already have the medical bills sorted. I need to total them up. Just the ones I paid last year from the first two months of the year (not including the medical bills that were dropped later) I have close to $3,000.00. That should help me to get a few dollars back from the IRS.
2. I want to finish prepping and priming the back bedroom. I have everything out of the room. I need to pull the curtain rods and shades off the windows, and roll up the carpet so I don't end up painting it. Then, I need to get the last few pieces of wall paper off. I have to go out and get more curtain panels too, and replace a few socket covers. Then, I can sand, and prime. The door is busted and I don't know if I will go out and buy the wood to fix the molding around the door, or just leave it until next year. If I sell it, I guess I should replace it all.
3. I have to get started on a job search in order to keep my options open. If I want to keep the house, I need to make more money than I am now. I was told I could apply for welfare/food stamps since my income is so low now. I would rather go back to work full time than to go on welfare. But who knows what kind of job I could get? Age and skills are a factor. So, I am starting my search this week, and won't stop until I land something, or make the decision to move somewhere else and work there. Either way, I will probably have to sell most of my stuff just to keep afloat.
   
4. I have to get the pots and pans put away. I don't have a place for them yet. I didn't want to put them where the old pots and pans were. They were in the floor cabinet, which made it inconvenient to get. They got scratched easily too because they were stacked on top of each other. Since I will be painting the kitchen as well as trying to replace the flooring, adding a dishwasher, and mounting the microwave above the stove, I will try to do something temporary for now.

Gee, that's 4 things. I decided to jump into the first two on the list, and keep the other two in mind for next week.
I have a lot more stuff to do, including some more major uncluttering. The garage needs to be cleaned out. The bathroom needs to be painted, and I need to either replace the carpet in the living room/hallway, or come up with some other ideas. The present carpet looks terrible.
I've come so far in such a short time, but I feel as if I should be much further along.
Life is Good!