Why Do Something Today?

That you can put off until tomorrow?

I'm incredibly guilty of this, right now the bathroom cleaners and rags have been sitting on the sink since maybe Thursday and I still haven't cleaned. I did clean the entire rest of the house yesterday and shampooed the carpets last week, but the bathrooms are still patiently waiting. Because there is always tomorrow, right?

Like Keith this morning. He is on his way to his appointment with Career Services Center to see what all they might be able to do for him in the way of classes or help with job searches or whatever, and he had some paperwork that needed to be filled out to take with him. Paperwork that he has had for three weeks now. Paperwork that he waited until 30 minutes before it was time to leave to fill out. Paperwork that he could have filled out three. weeks. ago.

He hasn't been entirely idle these past weeks, though, there was that whole water heater ordeal that lasted four days, and then after installing the water heater he started cleaning out the garage. Which hasn't been cleaned out since, well I don't know since when, but probably not since we've lived here. He got so frustrated with having to climb over all of his junk and move things out of the way to get the water heater done that he decided enough was enough. He even threw some of it away. He is kind of a pack rat, keeping any magazine he's ever read and every piece of wood that might someday be useful for a project, and the usual buckets of nuts and bolts and little pieces of assorted hardware. We've never been able to park our car in the garage. I'm always amazed at people who do park their cars in their garages, because isn't a garage just a place to keep all of your junk?

The indoor projects are of course not done, you know, the ones that weren't done a year ago, the ones that weren't done two years ago, the ones that probably still won't be done a year from now, but he did finish part of his outdoor projects, like extending the roof on the edge of the shed so that there is room for the barbecues and bikes and junk under the roof where they won't get wet. But the gate he started to build is still not done. Oh, well, at least he isn't spending too much time sitting on the couch drinking beer and watching Jerry Springer.

Speaking of TV, I treated myself to the box set of the show Boss with Kelsey Grammer or however you spell his name. It was on sale for $13.00 and was well worth it. Lots of political intrigue and deviousness and Kelsey sure plays a good bad guy. If  you haven't seen it, do.

And that is about all that is going on around here.

Procrastination

Or, why do something today that you can put off until next month? Or never?

Keith made our beautiful new fence and gate about 6 months or so ago and he meant to put some sort of sealer or paint or something on it to keep it looking nice, right? He really meant to but of course it didn't get done because he got distracted like we all do. Or was watching TV or something. Anyway, we are supposed to start getting our fall/winter weather this week with maybe rain on Friday, so he wanted to get the fence sealed before the rain starts. Sounds good. But not good when you start painting the fence at 6pm on a Wednesday night when we are having gale force winds and leaves and branches are flying about and it's dark outside and you have to get up at 4:30 a.m. to be at work by 6. He was outside until after 11 last night finishing up and messing around in the garage. And I can guarantee you that he will be too tired tonight to finish the job.

But what else is new, the shed that he built 7 or 8 years ago still hasn't been painted.

Keith gets a train model layout catalog in the mail every few months, not that he's ever ordered anything from it and not that we could ever order anything from it and not that I'd let him start ordering anything from it because the last thing he needs to do is start a model train layout when there are so many other things that need to be finished around here first. Like the fence. And shed. And all the half finished stuff in the house.

But, it's kind of fun to look through the catalog and the model kits they have for buildings and the little people that they have for your layout, and my eye was caught by a really cool ferris wheel that costs like $200.00 and then right under the ferris wheel I see this.



Yes, it is a strip club for your train layout complete with hookers hanging around the front door. Awesome!