SHEs Organized

Kathryn wrote last night
Remember to set your clocks ahead tonight!
I guess you know if it effects you.

There were many many quotable quotes from these - and most likely from others - celebrating their birthdays today

Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving.
Maxwell Maltz

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.
Maxwell Maltz

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.
Maxwell Maltz

If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.
Maxwell Maltz
Nationality: American
Type: Scientist
Born: March 10, 1899
Died: April 7, 1975
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/autho ... txvMkcs.99 (lots of inspirational quotes there)

A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.
Chuck Norris
Nationality: American
Type: Actor
Born: March 10, 1940
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/autho ... XJmvaxR.99

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
Wayne Dyer
Nationality: American
Type: Psychologist
Born: March 10, 1940
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/autho ... zrTWADl.99


My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
Jim Valvano
Nationality: American
Type: Coach
Born: March 10, 1946
Died: April 28, 1993
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/autho ... 6wseBk7.99

People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so.
Sharon Stone
Nationality: American
Type: Actress
Born: March 10, 1958


http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/birth ... ch_10.html

garden, church, an afternoon nap, visit to house bound friend , mtg, time to talk to another friend also.
asked for mowing to be done. Tomorrow I need do a yard pick up. Lots of fallen branched "down the back".

Its been interesting hearing of Kathryn and Ken's Maple Syrup process. I'm sure it is the extra organic matter, though the supply of moisture may be a factor too. It would be interesting to hear of any other trees similarly situated.

Harmony hope you recover soon. And OKay recovers from her dental work soon. After a filling I had long problems until I applied liberal rubbing in of sensitive type tooth paste.
I'm glad LO has made a switch of attitude.

Dinner is ready. Then I need to hope for rain free evening dog walk.
One cyclone looks like it is going away, but another is forecast to form this week in the north.
I was almost bogged in my unsealed driveway last week, and the puddle in the rut persists.
I need get a shovel to it. My car is parked across the end of my driveway in the mean time..

dinner eaten. dog fed and walked. Clouds co-operated along the way.

LynLee - Thank you for the great start. (((Hugs))) on dealing with excess rain.

INE - I like how you put it! get things back to a baseline YGG!

I'm up with tooth ache. It is not hurting bad like it was 36 hours ago so it is getting better.

Today PODA -
** church
** back to our town to check MPB and pick up DMIL
** drive to different town to pick up DGS17 and DGS15
** celebrate DH birthday (family gathering to eat together)
** LO nap
** get ready to start a new week.

Last night we went to a western store and scored big time (seeming how much we detest shopping). In less than 30 minutes we bought DH new boots, LO new boot (both we very much needed) AND I found nice matching western shirts for LO and DH so their Easter clothes are ready. If all shopping could be that quick & easy, I wouldn't dread it so. And the frugal side of me loved it when we went to pay for everything and discovered the boot brand they selected were on sale so we got 20% off! I considered it a WIN-WIN-WIN moment. The only down side was they didn't have any boots that I liked and no jeans that fit LO. So more shopping is still on the horizon for those 2 items.

Lynlee We have two more maples on our property but they are a lot younger and I'm not sure they are large enough to tap yet. They are out by the road on the corner of our lot (so it is asking for vandalism/meddling to put buckets on the trees.) Finally, they are no where near our septic system and were transplanted from my dad's property (we brought five saplings he found growing in his hedge and two survived the first winter.) So I don't think they'd be stupendous sap producers.

I have only a vague idea where this tree came from. The first owner of this property bought four fully adult trees from a local nursery. I know this because my next door neighbour tells of coming home from work one day and finding the view out her window had completely changed!

The oak was about 25 years old when transplanted and barely hung on for the first 2 - 3 years after we moved in (about 5 - 6 years after the transplant.) Someone told us that it would have taken that long for the tree to overcome the shock of the move. Now it is HUGE but thankfully is in the back corner of the property, so the only disadvantage to the size is that it shades my clothes-line and back deck. The deck shading was by design. And we built the kids play structure shaded under it so when you are on the second level of it, it feels like you are in the tree.

The second tree was a fir and it is getting awfully large but is out of the way. It reminds me of the firs around Whitepoint and was actually a selling feature for me when I bought the house.

The third was a willow which dh took out the second year we lived here. It was quite close to our neighbour's septic field so we took it out to be a good neighbour. I grew up playing in willows as a kid (I'd spend hours in the trees, hauling up a cushion and books to keep me comfortable) so it was hard for me to give up that tree.

Finally, the maple which is only 15' from the foundation on one side and on the septic field on the other side. It is HUGE now and dh fears for our roof if it splits, it blocks our gutters and there's so much shade between the house/hedge/tree that no grass grows in that part of the yard.

I love trees and since we've been here, we've taken down 9 of them, but still have a very treed lot (the Ice Storm took out several, lightening one, poor location and poor trees the rest.) She planted almost all the trees too close to the foundation or the property line. We have planted 3 more, so in total, we are only down 6 and have 10 on the property, all at least 20' high, some over 40'. We also have a 12' hedge around the back yard so it is very private (and buggy!)

Happiest of happy birthdays to Mr. Okay and Lilac and others I've missed.

I am just now feeling like I'm getting the day started. I slept in very late, and even later with the new time. Have been up since 10:30 new time, have read the paper, had meds, walked ddogs and generally tried to clear my head. I'm very achy also have a headache, probably from so long in bed. I must have needed it, tho - I worked 67 hours this week and 85 this month - and I'm good with the 3/15 deadlines for now. It was great working yesterday on some of the 4/15 partnerships that have been sitting because other jobs were a higher priority.

Today I need to regroup, do some house clean up and head clearing, do some writing for a temple letter, get dog food (hoping dh will do that!) and generally GMAT, LOL.

First round:
-get dishwasher going
-clear kitchen table
-straighten great room
-sort and start a lol
-scoop the poop in yard - dh is going to do an early season mowing later.