How I know that I am old

Today is Saturday - 6:36 a.m. My husband has already left to go bow hunting for deer. That leaves me home with the dog. How I know that I am old is that I am excited about this day and the opportunities it holds.
1. I have a new cost efficient laundry soap that I am trying out on the first batch of laundry / jeans.
2. It is still dark outside so I feel like I have gotten a head start on the day.
3. It is going to be a beautiful September day. Great for hanging laundry and cleaning out the garden.
4. The new tractor is here (as opposed to our other property), so I can use it to clean out the garden.
5. By the end of the day I will have a clean house, fresh whole milk from our friend, and dinner on the table. Happy hour is so sweet when that mix all comes together.
6. I am writing this morning - a goal I assigned to myself for the new year (2009) and I am back on task.
7. It is my friend's 30-19th birthday, so I am going to start a new batch of wine in honor of her special day.
8. The chicken house is already cleaned because I did it last night. We also got the little hens moved out of the back building last night - so again, it feels like we have a big head start on the day.
9. I feel good. The fact that I have no aches and pains is wonderful.
10. I realize that many people would look at the things I am happy about and see a lot of work. I feel grateful that I have a place to do these things, a wonderful day to do them in, a dog to keep me company and a husband that will be home for dinner.

All in all, I am happy that I am old.
Namiste'

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Ireland 2010

Today my sisers and I formalized our trip to Ireland. We will leave in 2010 for a 13 day guided tour of the entire ireland of Ireland. Lisa and I have been palnning for this trip since 3-2008 and today we told Linda about the trip. Is it now real and I am very excited.

My husband asked me to tell him the story about how we told Linda two times tonight. I gave him two different versions, highlighting different parts of the experience with each story. Isn't that how life is? We tell the parts of the story that we think is interesting to the person who is listening - but there are so many other parts of the story that are so much more interesting...