Where's the pool? I might be ready to jump into it -- soon

I guess 3+ years is long enough between blog entries!! I even forgot I had created this blog way back when until I thought, "It's about time I set one up! LOL Here it was just waiting for my next entry!! (It's not me, you know, it's just that I do 'dufus' really well... sometimes!)

Well, a lot has happened since the middle of 2010. I've been extremely busy packing, unpacking, packing, moving and storing (and holding a storage room sale), unpacking, moving, and it appears I'm still not done with the moving part. There will be at least one more in my lifetime -- before the grave that is :-) If I weren't a taxpayer, I'd be categorized as a transient!!! So, maybe I'm a taxpaying Transient. Hmmm.

It's a real pain to move since I can't fit my 'stuff' into even 3 suitcases. So, someone tell me why I continue doing it? I have my genealogy, well, Mother's genealogy collection, my sewing equipment/materials, and oodles of cooking and personal paraphernalia. EH!! Somethin's gotta give! But, really, you can't expect me to get rid of my high school annuals!? And, what about all the papers I've scribbled notes on at odd times? I mean, really! That's important stuff!! (Now stop for a second, Self, did you take your citalopram today? Okay then, breathe deeply. It'll be ok.)

I'm still muddling around with a sewing business. With as little time as I spend at my machines it's really more like a hobby. My advertising has basically only been word of mouth. Occasionally, someone I happen to mention it to will hire me to do something they can't do or don't want to do anymore. I have found some fun items in Goodwill or church clothing exchanges that only need a small repair. And, along that line, I have at least one large box full of clothes I can't get rid of yet, because I want to repair them or use them as patterns. I know what you're thinking, but, No, it's NOT stuff!

So, if I like to sew that much, why haven't I made the 'headlong plunge' into a business yet? It's the follow-through! Plain and simple!  What if I'm not as good as I think I am, or what if I'm drawn into another move and have to build a new customer base? That fear of failing, with the resulting discouragement, keeps me 'dry,' plunge-free -- you can't plunge into the pool if you're afraid of being crippled somehow. That has been the problem all my life!?!?

One cannot be successful in very many things without putting themselves OUT! (Hmm, I've been put out several times!!! Hmmm)

This is all fairly amuzing if I don't think too long about the talents and friendships that have been wasted in my lifetime :-(

Anyway, it's a new day and I may be smarter now, so I will try again! I'm not dead yet so there must be some time still to learn better self-control. If I fail now, I will just blame it on being old and creaky. Do you think the Lord will understand?

I just read this on Facebook:
"To: My Fears          From: Me
I want you to know it's over between us. We've had a crazy ride this year (for-ever) but I've found someone new. I'm getting back together with Faith. We have big plans for 2014. I can't let you hold me back any longer." (Anonymous)

That's good enough with which to end today's blog. It's been fun!

Love y'all, see ya in the pool!