Travel
After reading Billy Bob's efforts to organize his great stash of books and the resulting discussion about whether or not to give some away or keep all of them, I decided to take a look at what I have - not nearly as many books as a lot of folks have, but more than I have room for. It hurt, but I took 4 books to the library this morning and gave them as a donation. That inspired me to come home and look through the books again - now I have 6 more to donate, and I hope I can find a few more. What I should do is get rid of a lot of old maps I've collected over the years.
I have a couple of books that might be of interest to one of the ladies out there, especially someone hoping and planning to begin solo RVing. They are written by Barb Thacker, and document her travels with her Dog, Ink. Several ladies who read my blog a few years back recommended this author, and here are the book titles:
"How Can I Be Lost When I Don't Know Where I'm Going", 1996. (I bought the book used, and found an inscription from the author to the original book owner written in the book.)
"Still Going Blissfully Lost in the Baja", 1999
'Since I Don't Know Where I'm Going I'm Never Lost", 2003
If someone is interested please email me and I'd be glad to send them to the first person I hear from. It's all three books though - I don't want to break up the set.
I'm finding that it's not too difficult to weed out some books I can let go of, but other possessions will probably be more difficult. I'm intent on reducing stuff in my house because I'm back to considering apartment living. There are just too many things that need repair and I seem to be paralyzed by it. I can't call roofers and others for estimates because I have been burned too many times by those who are happy to take advantage of some women's lack of understanding repairs, especially older women's ignorance. I've had a lot of help from my sons and son-in-law since I've been here but their lives, careers, and families are growing and evolving, and I don't intend to take time they really don't have.
So that leaves me with decluttering and cleaning which will be a good thing whether or not I can unload this property! I really don't know where to start, but I guess four books can be called a "start"! Sometimes I wish I could just set up my tent in a clearing in the woods and simplify my life, but it wouldn't work.
- Company Coming!
Since I'm having a man sleep over at my house tomorrow night, I've been busy trying to clean the place up a bit. I don't think he will notice, but his Mom or Dad might. Grandson Liam is going to spend Saturday night at Grandma's...
- Friday, Already???
Yep, another short week gone by. I had to make a couple of short trips this morning, Costco and the grocery, and I couldn't believe the traffic. I wondered if there had been an accident or a lane closure somewhere, but it's...
- Trying To Buy A Book!
It shouldn't be this difficult. I went to the Barnes & Noble bookstore this morning but didn't find the books I wanted. I then went over to the crossword puzzle section and all they had were easy puzzles, so I left. I did a computer...
- Roof Repair
Even as I write this my roof is being repaired. Mark arrived a few minutes before 10 am, just as he had promised. The noise from whatever he's doing is so much more pronounced than if he was walking and working on a regular type roof rather...
- More Books
I finished the third and final book by Barbara Thacker, who drove a Toyota Chinook from New Mexico to Canada and back, down to Baja California where she stayed for 13 months, and from NM to Washington and all points in between. The books were written...
Travel
Getting rid of stuff.
After reading Billy Bob's efforts to organize his great stash of books and the resulting discussion about whether or not to give some away or keep all of them, I decided to take a look at what I have - not nearly as many books as a lot of folks have, but more than I have room for. It hurt, but I took 4 books to the library this morning and gave them as a donation. That inspired me to come home and look through the books again - now I have 6 more to donate, and I hope I can find a few more. What I should do is get rid of a lot of old maps I've collected over the years.
I have a couple of books that might be of interest to one of the ladies out there, especially someone hoping and planning to begin solo RVing. They are written by Barb Thacker, and document her travels with her Dog, Ink. Several ladies who read my blog a few years back recommended this author, and here are the book titles:
"How Can I Be Lost When I Don't Know Where I'm Going", 1996. (I bought the book used, and found an inscription from the author to the original book owner written in the book.)
"Still Going Blissfully Lost in the Baja", 1999
'Since I Don't Know Where I'm Going I'm Never Lost", 2003
If someone is interested please email me and I'd be glad to send them to the first person I hear from. It's all three books though - I don't want to break up the set.
I'm finding that it's not too difficult to weed out some books I can let go of, but other possessions will probably be more difficult. I'm intent on reducing stuff in my house because I'm back to considering apartment living. There are just too many things that need repair and I seem to be paralyzed by it. I can't call roofers and others for estimates because I have been burned too many times by those who are happy to take advantage of some women's lack of understanding repairs, especially older women's ignorance. I've had a lot of help from my sons and son-in-law since I've been here but their lives, careers, and families are growing and evolving, and I don't intend to take time they really don't have.
So that leaves me with decluttering and cleaning which will be a good thing whether or not I can unload this property! I really don't know where to start, but I guess four books can be called a "start"! Sometimes I wish I could just set up my tent in a clearing in the woods and simplify my life, but it wouldn't work.
- Company Coming!
Since I'm having a man sleep over at my house tomorrow night, I've been busy trying to clean the place up a bit. I don't think he will notice, but his Mom or Dad might. Grandson Liam is going to spend Saturday night at Grandma's...
- Friday, Already???
Yep, another short week gone by. I had to make a couple of short trips this morning, Costco and the grocery, and I couldn't believe the traffic. I wondered if there had been an accident or a lane closure somewhere, but it's...
- Trying To Buy A Book!
It shouldn't be this difficult. I went to the Barnes & Noble bookstore this morning but didn't find the books I wanted. I then went over to the crossword puzzle section and all they had were easy puzzles, so I left. I did a computer...
- Roof Repair
Even as I write this my roof is being repaired. Mark arrived a few minutes before 10 am, just as he had promised. The noise from whatever he's doing is so much more pronounced than if he was walking and working on a regular type roof rather...
- More Books
I finished the third and final book by Barbara Thacker, who drove a Toyota Chinook from New Mexico to Canada and back, down to Baja California where she stayed for 13 months, and from NM to Washington and all points in between. The books were written...