What A MESS !!!

I really had a difficult time getting motivated today for some reason or another.  I will choose to blame this also on the weather, as it couldn't make up its mind whether to snow, freeze, rain or what today. 

What I do know, regardless it was a damn damp day, and I really appreciated the heat from the wood stove.

When I did finally get a move on I prepared a couple of packages and Valentine Cards for the mail..  I like sending out Special Occasion cards a bit earlier then the day so they can be enjoyed a little bit longer.  All ready and bundled up to go, I headed on outside to ....

"I started my Van, put it into drive and dropped 6 inches into the wet slushy mush, moving no further..  I couldn't believe it !  I have almost never had a vehicle so useless in snow then this one... oh yes I did, it was a Ford Aerostar rear wheel drive.  But give me a break this is a front wheel drive and the tires are like brand new !"

I calmly stomped walked back into the house call and tell Rob I no longer wanted this vehicle as it was only good for fair weather driving and I can't have that.  We do live in CANADA you know !!!  

Once I calmed down a bit after stewing about the fact I had been stuck in our own driveway twice within days, I decided I best be productive somehow today before the day was gone.  On  the upside it could have been worse with me being stuck somewhere else other then home ... then I really would have had something to stomp around about then, now wouldn't I have?

I find when I am upset or angry about something it gives me fuel and I am much more productive at these times... I took advantage of the feeling this day.

The "crunch" is on with a matter of only a few days to complete the January Decluttering Challenge I signed up for over at Carla's.  Our basement is not finished, but unfortunately has a side entrance which is much easier to use then going around to the front, especially in the Winter months.  With the dogs also in residence down there it is very easy to collect clutter and major dust, never mind how many spiders inhabit it as well.  You know the old saying, "out of sight out of mind", even though we can pass by it how many times every day?  

At least once or twice a year a "big" let's get it cleaned up time comes around.  Since yesterday we had cleared up and around the pen for Lexus, today I was going to work at doing another "grid".  What a mess !!!

"The dreaded "grid" before I started, and then part way through."

"Here we are after ... um I suppose I should have time myself, all the work I had put into cleaning and organizing.  The boxes and such all along Lexus' whelping pen are items to be discarded.  The box still on the chair is full of canning that seemed to have gone "off", needing disposing of."

I am pretty pleased at what I got accomplished this day.  I still have my work cut out for me tomorrow with yet another "grid" in need of doing.  The problem with when taking on such a big job, means something upstairs isn't getting done ... but then again, as I am reminded quite often, Rome Was NOT Built in a Day ! thanks to my Auntie Gladys.

My reality in life? Rome will never be built .... hahahaha.

That is all she wrote for this day in her life, "Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard".