Project completed, almost

Well, almost a month has gone by since the kitchen project was begun. I’m happy to report that it is now around 95% finished (as evidenced by the pictures). All that’s left is some painting and the replacement of the drawer fronts which were ordered incorrectly. When putting everything back together we managed to actually throw some things away although not as much as I had hoped for. Even though I am not one of those savers, even I was infected with that “You never know when you might need it” syndrome. I try not to dwell on that inevitable fact that we will at some time need to depart this world, but when I do, I think about how our kids will hate us when they have to get rid of all our accumulated crap. We have devised a plan. Marge and I must get rid of at least one of our possessions each week. We figure that if we live long enough we’ll be leaving the kids a house devoid of need I say the word again, crap. It really is remarkable how much we accumulate, although you have to realize we’ve been married for almost fifty seven years. While reorganizing the shelves I looked at some of the stuff and said “I don’t even remember where, when, or even why we have this thing”. Those were the easy things to throw away.

It will be nice to put this project to bed and get outside (if we ever have some warm weather) and do some different work. The cold has not been the only things holding me back, still fighting the shoulder problems and then stupid me I lifted a heavy box in the garage the wrong way and severely pulled a muscle in my lower back. This put another kibosh on plans. Having a real problem accepting the fact that I’m not that Polish “Bull” anymore and have to live with the fact I’m getting to be an old fart. Oh well, with golf on the back burner look at all the money I’m saving.

The aches and pains have created another problem. I’ve done little these past few months except sit around, read books on my Kindle, and unfortunately eat. A long put off visit to the doctors revealed the errors of my way when I stepped on his scale. I will not reveal the results, but just let me say it was not very good. Let me just say that a substantial amount of my hard fought 45 pound loss of last year has reappeared. I should have realized this quite some time ago since for some strange reason the pants in my closet have begun to shrink without the benefit of washing. Needless to say, with very little left to wear, a renewal of my diet is in order. Progress report to follow.

P.S. Have the seeds for this years little garden started. A little different stuff this year.