RECAP

I was thinking about my life list

 and how long it's been since I've even looked at, much less marked anything off of it.

So I was doing a recap

I got born

I got baptized

I rode my bike up and down Barkley Street because it had the neatest sidewalks and lots of shade

I got educated

I got married

I had 3 kids

I got divorced

I employed myself

I got married

I have been lucky enough to travel to lots of wonderful places

I had a precious granddaughter

which leads me to today

I don't think being a girl scout was on MY life list

but it did help me to always be prepared!

For the unexpected

I did not expect...or did I????

Our home was very nice, lots of room, to die for outdoor kitchen, beautiful established yard

Paid For

 Fun and far away vacations often

but for the last (almost) two years we have lived in

an old rock house and our discussions have turned to

Pier and beam

centered drains

rafters

sprinkler heads

"I'm not sure we can do that"

...you get the idea

our dollars have been spent on

plumbing, wiring, wood, cement and dirt

I have gone from a pretty easy life where I was marking off the life list

to falling in bed at night

jealous annoyed because the plumber was at someone else's house

so tired from raking dirt before the rain comes

and wishing wishing wishing for a new plate glass window and a Moen faucet

I doubt I ever get to go to China

and for sure not before the temples are under the Yangtze River..so why go at all?

Nope...

but if I remember correctly on my life list..#110 is this

die happy and at peace and spread your ashes in a place you love

I have never been more tired and sore and blistered

but I have never been more in love and full of love than I am today

in this old rock house

with crooked walls and a good man

and a sprinkler system that is just about ready for some

G.R.A.S.S.

and a redbud tree

oh yay!