Random personal fact: I’ve never been able to comfortably sit cross legged. My right leg just doesn’t bend that way comfortably. I’ve long wished to work on this but not enough to do so. So I sit with my left leg in the crossed position and my right merely bent with foot flat out in front of me.
How to Win a Debate…
Beatrix had a sub in history today. The teacher decided to use the time to split the class into teams and have a debate. Topic: The Electoral College, for/against.
Beatrix was placed on the “against” side.
Her side won when she mic dropped the fact that The Electoral College was created so that Southern States could count their slaves as population despite denying their human rights and right to vote and, therefore, should have been abolished with Jim Crow laws (as it was, in function, the very first one).
Needless to say, I’m very proud.
It’s been quiet around here lately. Mainly because I’ve been running around tackling projects small and large at our various properties. From small repairs to winterizing to remodels. Interior and exterior. Running between all four places most days. Here’s just a small sampling in photos…
It’s October 1st which means three things:
- I order my first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season
- It is, by my declaration, the official start of autumn.
- I’m another year older (57).
More walking. Less talking.
We are all many things. We all do many things. We will do many more things throughout our lives. Yet, when we are gone, most will primarily remember only one of them. They will pick from the lot and remember you as that. What they pick will, in their mind at least, be all that you are. Therefore, it is our job to ask ourselves with all the things we allow ourselves to do, with each and every one, “Is this something I want to be remembered for?”
This is why it is important to make “No” your default response to most things. Those things that seem like great ideas should get a “maybe” until they earn a solid answer one way or the other. But “yes” should only be given to those things that, if you were gone tomorrow, you wouldn’t mind being remembered for.
(P.S. I posted this before somewhere a long time ago but I couldn’t find it so I’m posting it here again so that I can find it if I’m ever looking for it again)
Some Postpartum Favorites – Baby Not Required – Jack Cheng
I didn’t learn it this way, and friends I’ve talked to say they didn’t either. When as schoolkids we were taught the three R’s of Reduce/Reuse/Recycle, we were not taught that they’re an order of operations. A flow chart. You first look to reduce, to not need the thing at all. Only when forgoing is out of the question do you look to borrow, barter, repurpose, or buy secondhand. And only once that’s exhausted do you pick up something new-but-recyclable.
New to me as well. What we believe in.
One of my favorite things is walking around my neighborhood. Especially with my wife. We live in such a lovely place with beautiful homes and wonderful neighbors. All the shops and restaurants are great too. Gratitude overload every time.
Repaired the buttons on my $10 Time Machine in the hopes that preparing my wardrobe for colder weather will actually hasten the commencement of said weather