At Half Time....

So, here we are....half time in the year....half way through.

Remember back in January?   I posted about my choice of  

One Word

to replace those old resolutions we all make.

My word was

FOCUS.

Well....now it's time to see how that's been going.

We did some focusing on fixing this view.  Old railroad ties and dead grass.

Not so pretty.

So...focus, focus and we turned it into this.

And, though two of the yuccas didn't make it, 

I have to say it all looks much better.

We've added a couple of things to the Island Bed, and it's all hanging in there.

We turned this next-to-nothing back bed...

...into something that makes it all look more complete.

All four sides of the house are 'dressed' now.

And, we remodeled this not too functional walkway.

And, turned it into this.

So, we have focused.  We've gotten a lot done.

Of course, it's never all 'done'.

But, it's getting there.

So, maybe THE WORD worked.

Now, we just have to keep things alive until the heat eases off in the fall.

In the mean time...

Happy Gardening...

~~Linda~~

Take Down....

The big problem with being an over-achiever with decorating for Christmas...

sooner or later you have to take it all down...

pack it all up...

and put it all away 'til next year.

OK...whining is over.  Back to it.

~~Focus, Linda~~

What's the Word?....

Sweet gift from neighbors at our old place

I've been seeing around the internet the idea of NOT making those lists of  'New Year's Resolutions',

but, usuing one word...maybe two or three...to sum up those resolutions. 

One word that will make things happen.

It makes sense to me.  I can surely remember ONE WORD, more easily than a whole list.

So, my word of 2012 is

FOCUS.

I'm the kind of person who can easily get side tracked, no matter what I'm doing.

I have SO MANY projects around here that got started, but never finished.

Hey...just cleaning out a closet is sometimes hard for me to get all the way through.

I get sidetracked looking through old photos, or magazines, or....

you get the picture.

I almost made my word FINISH.

But, I've known me a long time.  I know if I'm going to FINISH something,

I'm going to have to

FOCUS.

I'm going to FOCUS, and get around to finishing the projects that are already started.

Like remodeling projects I started when we moved here,

THREE YEARS AGO!...

before I start something new.

I'm going to FOCUS on getting around to exercising more...

like walking in this great neighborhood of ours.

I'm going to FOCUS on getting around to...

well...looks like I have one of those lists, after all.

I'll just sum it up with saying..

I'm going to FOCUS on GETTING AROUND TO IT.

HEY!

I already have one of those!

Thanks, Rose.

So....what's the word?  What will you use to make your 2012 a good year?

FOCUS

~~Linda~~


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