all alone in the moonlight? was I happier then?

Nothing in the living/sitting room. A table, left by the landlords (such an old-fashioned word when you think about it) in the kitchen, so we purchased 2 stools. One wouldn't go together so I took it to the hardware store, where they eventually glued and then scratched it. So, 3 stools in the kitchen. One borrowed. Mattress and split box springs in the bedroom. 2 bedside lamps from IKEA. That is it. I may buy a chair today that won't arrive until after the 26th.

We're going to rent furniture. Then our things will arrive from Edinburgh.

I need to get my stuff from the storage unit in WV. Hopefully most things aren't destroyed. It is an outdoor garage, basically.

Oh, and Lisa has our records.

I filled out warranty cards for new purchases today. Iron, burr grinder, various kitchenware, a scanner. Still have to do the mattress, box springs and electric blanket.

from a t.v. show, but worth reading/living...

A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say.

I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day.

Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant.

That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.

Happy Birthday, Sharon Louise

Brookside Gardens SNAFU (you know what that stands for don't you?)

On my third visit to Brookside Gardens, they finally looked at what I wanted and decided to tell me I couldn't have it. Why didn't they tell me before?

Their literature says the conservatory holds up to 125 people standing. I want 80-100 people in there for the reception. They tell me today, after I've already told my mother, my best friend, and the officiant, that I can't have 80-100 people in there for a reception.

I am so angry I want to scream. Instead of expressing this, I thanked them for noticing and for trying to make everyone comfortable, and left.
I'm still so angry.