Monday Begin Again PWYC

[lucylee]

I must be getting over the sinus infection -- I awoke with good energy this morning. Setting the sleep timer on the tv has a two-fold benefit:
I believe I sleep better once the light and sound is off, plus when I awake the tv is off so it doesn't distract me from anything while I'm trying to get d2s and do my morning routine.
I'm still up super late, but that is not likely to change anytime soon.
Last night, I kept hearing BIRDS chirping outside my window. That was something new. They were pretty loud. What kind of birds stay up all night? (They weren't owls, just regular bird chirps.)
Perhaps the nightingale, as Juliet said, "Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate tree..."

Anyway -- up, d2s, morning stretches, tidied bed, Bible reading, sent message to lady who sang at church yesterday (found her on Facebook).
(She sang the Rhonda Vincent song, "There is a Record Book," which is very meaningful to me, and when I told her, she said she had actually planned to sing something else and it didn't work out. I took that as a further sign that I needed to hear this particular song yesterday.)
Swept the kitchen, watered the plants, brought the garbage can back to the house.
Wmart order was ready -- went to post office, bank, service station for pizza, and Sonic for orange Fanta with vanilla and sweet cream and cheese sticks.
Put away groceries... ate... talked to ds...
Sent text messages and emails to teacher group.

The main categories in the NokBox are
Nokbox Directions
Primary Residence
Vehicles
Bank Accounts
Insurance
Investments
Debt
Income
Assets
Family and Friends
Education and Career
Health
Communities and Online Accounts
Legal and Tax
Estate Documents

These are all broken down into sub-categories --
Primary Residence
-- Mortgage or Lease
-- Utilities & HOA
-- Maintenance & Repairs
-- People (ex. neighbors who might have access to your home, service people, etc.)
-- Home Inventory and Other Information (it suggests taking a video and in this folder you could put where that video was stored)
* There are pages pre-printed for each of these and you can just fill in the info someone might need. Such as the receipt for my new roof, right? Or maybe that would go in the Insurance folder? I'm sure it will tell me which to use -- it is VERY detailed.

There is also a bag for keys (with blank labels included) and a bag for important papers, such as wills and deeds, etc.

I can see how this is a very sensible way to keep things organized, even in my own lifetime. Like you said, LadyM, I can see myself adding to this as the years go by, and it will be good to know where everything is. I'm working out of a file box right now, but I believe I have a drawer in a fireproof filing cabinet that I might transfer it all to if/when it is completed for the time being.

You know, I feel a little "disloyal" to dh, because this may mean dismantling some of his filing systems. OTOH, I think his systems leave a lot to be desired.

Binders sound nice too... oh me... don't let me start re-thinking my set up now! I just ordered more file folders from Wmart!

I have a couple hours before I have to leave for the ballgame. I better do another load of laundry.

Last night, dgs said he would be glad when dgd's softball season was over, and ds said, "What's it to you??? You haven't even been to hardly any of her games -- and when you did go, you just ran around with your friends!"
DGS had no answer to that.

[Lady Maverick]

LM, would it be better to focus on the tax return for now?

YES!
And that is a perfect example of my sidetrack nature. One moment I'm working on tax prep and then I start thinking about NOK information and zoooooom....off I go in an entirely different direction.
SHE friends know me so well.
Twins - Thank you for the awareness and course correction!

DS17 is being a total teenager and has managed to get on my last nerve.
Reminding myself of his many good qualities and how well we get along 99% of the time.

[Twins' Mom]

Right there with ya, LM! I can recognize it but can’t stop myself either.

[Harriet]

I can at least join in with a little outdoor work, Ramblin' and Nancy and others. Did more work in beds and planted up just one medium container - 14 - 16 inch? I certainly came in tired.

Slight complaint - my garden at the other house had been 1,000 square feet and I had small beds around, for bulbs, etc. I realize that was at a different time in my life, also owned a tiller which makes a difference. But I get just about as tired now with much less space for fun, lol. Maybe strength is gaining, we'll see. HRH says he watches me as I walk up and down the steps at porches, or into the house, and I seem to do it without thinking about it, rather than as gingerly, so he's pleased.

Oh, HRH found that hard-copy bill/statement that was somehow hiding from me. I got that payment to the mailbox and it's off my mind.

Shocked to open a box of January '28 best-by-date Success white rice in boil-in-bags tonight to add to supper and find very suspicious dark things in the rice (not moving). HRH was somewhat stumped, which is unusual for him, but of course not edible. He said possibly dead insects or insect droppings he didn't recognize. I haven't had a problem with rice in years. Even during Covid I was buying large bags in bulk and never had a moment's disappointment, though most of those bags were rather substantial plastic. Is the boil-in-bag concept more prone to problems since there is just the cardboard box, then holes in plastic bags... ..

[Nancy]

I am trying to use up the flour before summer heat hits.
1st go at soft taco shells are better than the stores.
Recipe needs a tweak and a bit more time cooking, but that was fun.
It did heat up the kitchen.
Ddoggo luvs em, I had to reduce the water.
Mine are not as pretty as the store ones,
I can correct that with a plate and cut around the edges for pretty ones if needed.