Wednesday September 23 2015  ME AND MY IDEAS

It would be such an easier life if it wasn’t for some of my ideas.  I am always interested in so many things and so many people and so many books and so many new recipes and so many, so many, so many, etc…etc…  And they are all wonderful at the time.  What I forget to remember, is that if I take on something new, then I must give up something I already do.  I don’t seem to have learned that yet.  I just keep trying to do it all.  Somehow it all gets done, but sometimes it takes a mighty long time.

I’m still working on my metal tobacco table that I purchased in early August.  I finally realized that I did not like the looks of it after I scraped the paint and the rust off.  So I perceived the bright idea of having it sandblasted.  Remember me mentioning that our life here in Wisconsin is predicated by the season?  I knew I had to get this table done this week or at the latest, next week, due to the weather changing soon.  So, I called Stripmaster Sandblasting Company yesterday, and yes, it could be sandblasted, and it could be done tomorrow (which meant today September 23^rd).  Also, remember that I told you my friend was coming in at the airport this afternoon and I was to pick her up and then make a dinner for her and a friend she invited.  The man at the sandblasting business said if I brought it in early it would be ready by midday.  No problem I thought, I could just pick it up next week.  WRONG.  When I dropped it off (my alarm woke me at 6:00 a.m. to take it in) this morning the man told me he would have it finished for pick up later and he would call and make arrangements as to when I could be there to pick it up.  I didn’t understand that I didn’t have the option of another day, just the option as to what time I would pick it up before noon today.  He then informed me that I would need to have the primer coat on the metal before nightfall or the steel would oxidize and immediately start rusting again.

So, best laid plans flew out the window.  I had a lot to do in a little time.  Went back home, broke my fast, and picked up the copies of time-sensitive legal material that needed to be mailed today and another batch that needed to be dropped off at a destination across town.  I then left the house to go to the gym for a short workout.  Then I proceeded on my rounds, stopped at one store for an item which I forgot yesterday that I needed for company dinner tonight, then to the hardware store to pick up the rust-oleum, next the carwash, then on to Costco, and then to drop off the legal papers, and barely made it back to the Stripmaster Sandblasting Company before they closed at noon..  And you got it!  When I arrived home I had to then clean the two pieces of metal and start spraying rust inhibitor on everything.  I did three coats on one side, went to the airport to pick up my friend, came home and while I was preparing the guest cuisine, finished spraying two coats on the opposite sides of the metal.  Now the pieces that started with an idea are safely tucked in my garage, comfortably coated with primer to protect their 150 year old designs.  And I didn’t even mention all the last minute details that had to be accomplished when expecting an out of town friend and then a number of her friends the next day.  Well, to be truthful, not exactly everything was accomplished.  But that’s okay, my friend still loves me.  Oh yes, I don’t want to forget to mention I rested today also, for fifteen minutes!

Lana’s in bed, I’m writing, and Dave is still out on the town (it’s Wednesday).   I too hope to be in bed soon.

SO SOON THE DAY IS OVER

By Kathleen Martens

September 23, 2015

So soon the day is over

And it seems to go so quick.

And all that I did becomes a blur

Especially the words I pick.

All I actually desire to do

Is write a little poem for my blog.

But my thoughts say I am too tired,

And my brain seems to be in a fog.

So I will wish my friends good night,

And say have a great tomorrow.

Try to live each day to the fullest,

And never from the future borrow.

Use up today for all its worth,

For it expires all too soon.

Think of these 24 hours

As its own personal room.

Tomorrow can never again recall

What was yesterday left undone.

So use each day that is the present

By utilizing all its fun,

And then when you say goodnight,

You will have no regrets

Because you did all you could

And you have no need to fret.

And that says it all!

Good night and God bless you.

P.S.  Need I say that I used up my day, every minute of it?