The Heat of the Day
I Found A Way To Stay Cool
Stay in
Not just throw the T.V. on
Lay back on the bed and take a nap
But actually clean
I have been meaning to do it for some time
Things come up
Things get in the way
Another day goes by
There never seems to be enough time in the day
Well todays the day
It is hot and sticky outside
I have the day off
I am going to pull out those old boxes
See all the things that I have been meaning to get to
Unfortunately never found the time
The odds and ends to living a full life
Look through them once and for all
It is early in the day
I just ate a good lunch
I have the whole day ahead of me
Turn up the music
It makes sense
I won't be distracted
I will look over things I have saved
See what to keep and what to give away
Shake things up a bit
I am going to do a lot of bending
It is O.K.
I need to stretch more anyway
My wife has been so understanding and supportive
I tell her I have to do it in my own time
She often offers to help
I really don't know where to start
Then when we goes to throw something away
I say I need that
I tell her I have to do it on my own
When the time comes
I will ask you for when I get stuck
For now I am on my own
You had to go to work
I am home alone
I had a good night sleep
I played with our cat
Washed the dishes
Through in the laundry to get washed
Later I have to go out to water the garden
Now there is nothing stopping me
Some days you aren't meant to be outside
This is one of those days that make you feel clammy
I am killing two birds with one stone
I get to stay in the house with the A.C. on
I have a chance to make my life cleaner and more organized
To streamline my life
Keep going where I want to go
There will be times I drift too far in one direction or another
I lose my way
Temporarily and it happens and I am aware of it
One of the drawbacks of being a creative and imaginative person
It is easy to start one project
I remember my father use to say it is better to have a few irons in the fire
He never told me
If you have to many irons in the fire
You might just get burned
I had to find that out for myself
My wife does a good job of reeling me in
One of my biggest pet peeves is having too much food in the refridgerator
Then something gets pushed in the back
We end up throwing it out
Money wasted
Time is money
I feel the same way about clutter
When we look for something and can't find it
Time is wasted
Money thrown out the window
My father use to say
You might as well just burn it
If you burned a twenty dollar bill
People would think you have lost your mind
Luckily we can find another way
Put our time to good use
Use the things in our life that we bought for a purpose
For the right purpose
In the future when we see something we might really, really want
We know we might feel the urge for some strange reason
If we let time pass
That urge slowly goes away
When all is said and done
We may find out we didn't need what we thought we did after all
Now we have more space
More time and more money
Best of all
We came to this conclusion all by ourselves
I don't think I have ever heard of people talking about cleaning
In such a unique way
Especially with a smile on their face