Step Away From the Cake

 I went through the budget yesterday and it is not good. I cancelled a few things, and am going to cancel some more today. I analyzed things very closely and feel like I have a plan moving forward. It's going to be a little tight for a while, but that is what happens when I don't pay attention to the budget - it gets out of control. No worries, I can fix this, I've done it before. It mainly just takes paying attention. Once I start to focus on it, things work out. So now I'm focused again. Not my favorite thing to do - at this point. Once it starts straightening out then I'll be all in and I will look forward to watching it. I just have to get through the now part.  Along those lines, I have to go buy wood today. I need to finish up the frames on some of my pieces and I need wood to do that. UGH!!! I don't want to spend the money, but I have to. I also need to sign up for a show or two and I haven't done that yet either. UGH!!!! Money constantly going out. I...

 Do you have any idea how powerful that statement can be? It has become my mantra and I say it a few times a day. Today is my peaceful day and no one can screw it up but me. I love this and need to remember it forever.  Okay, another week down. It was a good week, in large part to the above paragraph. I'm not letting the kids get to me, or anything get to me, and it really is making life a whole lot better. So yeah, it was a good week.  Last weekend I sliced my finger open right at the tip. It has been painful all week and then yesterday it split open again and was bleeding all over the place. So I have it bandaged up now and I can't type with it so my typing is more like hunt and peck which I can't stand.  Not sure what I'm doing today exactly. I have a few appointments in the morning but I don't know what's happening this afternoon. I may go work in the garage.  Something happened yesterday to my back and my whole right side feels like it's in spasm. I hav...

 I am doing this today instead of meditating. I feel the need to brain dump and this looks like a good place to do that.  Is it weird that I want to become a Buddhist?  Watching these monks makes me want to be peaceful and mindful and calm all the time. I am working on that. They have brought awareness back to me and I realized that I was straying from that path lately. I am back on it and I really like it. Removing emotions from things definitely makes life better.  Yesterday I finally got the box corners down. I bought a jig to make them and it actually works the way it's supposed to. I made my first frame with box corners and today I put it together. Yay!!!! Friday we deep cleaned the kitchen and bathroom and yesterday Hubby deep cleaned a cabinet in the kitchen. The house is looking great.  We have some friends coming over today to watch football. I will need to get things done this morning so that I can work on the computer while we sit there. I definitely ...