reflections

28 years since the T -- my favorite tornado picture 

Nick and Cathy in the porch ... 

note the dozer and the lamb ...

it was a tough couple of months

life at the lake is looking pretty darn good

and my "out of control chaos" desk

will be cleaning/purging this morning

forgot to order toner for home

sliding along w/out printing is interesting

 

spring .. ?????

there's always that one pix ..

and look how clear the water is .. the dead weeds laying on the bottom can be spied

the 80' day got us out for a drive to check things out -- soon the ice will be gone -- a big wind would do it .. someone one was canoeing around the open edges 

weird

we're plugging along -- slowly, ever so slowly -- some days a lot of returns get finished and well, some days not so many -- this morning was dedicated to "projects" .. scanning the heap of crap on my desk, putting stuff in the correct files, paying bills -- horrors -- bills .. they never go away -- tracking down clients with issues .. always issues this year .. always 

the ot, tips and interest deductions have been challenging -- more keystrokes and that slows all of us down .. a lot -- 

this week has been full of the "feels"  -- the COVID memories, the tornado memories and Dad memories .. reflections on trying times and grateful for the lessons learned .. comment of the day from Regis regarding the tornado -- "how did we ever get thru it all" .. 

I don't know - we just did ... and did it without technology ...

 

Memories

   Memories -- the things that creep up and remind us that in retrospect -- it could have been worse -- or in my case -- I couldn't control it .. 6 years ago .. THE BIG DAY  hopefully the link works ...

   I wish I could back and tell my 59 year old self -- things .. life does that to us .. gives us regrets, perspective, memories .. lots of memories ... I so regret the time spent dodging the unknown -- no, I don't regret it -- I miss normal . . . looking back the "new normal" lives we led -- certainly wasn't normal -- not that 2026 is any better -- at least lately ...

   I miss the people that made a difference in my life -- made 2020 and 2021 bearable -- every generation has their "events" .. I've had to many -- 

   But there was good in the pandemic too!  Learning to pivot, learning new technology that I still use daily -- the happy place -- and being surrounding by good people. 

  

this one has grounded me thru a lot of life in the last six years .. when life is tough it is the background on my desktop .. 

I packed up 2 very full boxes of homework, a case of paper, toner, office supplies and headed home to work during the blizzard ?  I'm crunching, crushing projects one by one .. it is the best I can do and working from home will be productive work time 

I'm currently doing battle with a box elder bug and an Asian beetle -- I've relocated them to the laundry side of the cave -- let's hope they get the hint and stay over there -- the other solution is not very nice :)

be sane

be brave

be kind

 

Holy Wind Batman!

life is out of control

and that damn wind ....

less tree damage than I thought -- at least in the dark on the inbound commute

and the forecast -- Mother Nature is an evil woman in March .. might be teaching us lessons .. I'm prepping for working at home -- toner, paper, boxes of work .. I see this as a 36 hour work binge.  

it is what it is 

 

dreaming of fabric

stressing out again, yet, still ... taming the chaos seems to be elusive -- it starts at the top and I'm struggling again -- always struggling -- need to find a solutionn

so I dream of fabric ...