Hidy ho, folks. 😊 And a happy, joyful, gratitude-filled new year to you! 🙂 Isn't life amazing? High highs. Low lows. Plains, slopes, hills, mountains, cliffs, valleys, deserts, forests, jungles, prairies, tundra and more... both of the soul and of the land. Some days I'm so excited to live and make a difference for good … Continue reading 2021-01-01 — And Thus It Begins

Oh, brother. I'm tired. I was supposed to take the day off today, at least... not work on actual cars, but someone called relatively nearby who was stuck in the Walmart Supercenter parking lot in Rogers with a belt that came off, and if you remember from previous posts, belts don't just come off... there's … Continue reading 2020-12-31 — Of Taxes and Resolutions

Happy almost end of the year! 🥳 Just one last day in this quite memorable 2020. It's been a much more relaxing day today, gratefully. I expected it to be a crazy-busy day, but instead, it rained a lot, snowed some, is fixing to ice over tonight (northwest Missouri got a 4-inch ice storm, people … Continue reading 2020-12-30 — And Then There Was Only One

Hola, my lovelies. 😊 Tis been... a day. I just about relapsed last night. Only managed to stave it off because of the accountability stuff I signed up for, which would show my mom and one of my sisters the things that I'd looked at. 😬 Certainly not the best motivation for staying clean, but … Continue reading 2020-12-29 — Half Full, Half Empty

Hola, folkses, Hope y'all have had... growing days. 😊 I'm... late. It's 11:22 p.m. I didn't get home until after 10, and I only just barely finished scheduling for tomorrow. I got somewhere around 40 phone calls today 😶. I guess that means the Christmas slowdown is over? 🙃 So... yeah... I'm exhausted. My eyes … Continue reading 2020-12-28 — Like the Old Days

The Sunday blues started early and were quite heavy this morning. They are this evening as well as I write this. I managed to keep them at bay during the day by just keeping busy. I'm lonely. I long for a companion. I've let fear creep in pretty good, and I'm struggling. It's really hard … Continue reading 2020-12-27 — Hanging On

Hey folks, it's been a pretty positive, relaxing day, but the last few minutes just hit me super sideways, just as I was about to write in my journal, and... I'm... quite irritated. Add that to the fact that it's 9:37, and I'm just gonna call it a night. Scheduling. Chores. Cars to fix. Grocery … Continue reading 2020-12-26 — Try Again Tomorrow

Happy Christmas, all you wonderful people out there! 😊 I hope your days really have been merry and bright. 😊 Mine started off early. Last night, I skipped out a little early from the family Christmas On the Hill party, and drove to Centerton to someone who'd put an ad out for a fully lit, … Continue reading 2020-12-25 — The Outward-Facing Life

Good day. Of course, as we all know, every day is a good day: It's just good in different ways. And today was a take-a-few-more-steps-toward-becoming-who-I-want-to-become, kind of a good day; and it was a make-a-bunch-of-progress-on-the-trails-through-the-woods kind of a good day; and it was a get-my-lumberjack-on kind of a good day. 😊 I actually did my … Continue reading 2020-12-24 — Of Gloves and Axes

Buenas, folks! February of 2019, after lots and lots of research, and after having decided to apply on my own instead of paying for a service to do it for me, I carefully filled out my 2553 s-corp application, triple checked it, and faxed it to the IRS. Then I waited. And waited. ...and waited... … Continue reading 2020-12-23 — Call Me S-Corp