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Hi Everyone, Gee...   I know it's been a long time since many of you have heard from me.   I've had some issues...     We'll just leave it at that; you don't need or want to know all my "issues".   And, I don't really want to sit here and type them all out for you either (that would be just plain un-fun!). Last night, as I lay sleepless in my bed, I had time to think and I decided that I've let drudgery take over my life.   I'm retired!   I should be out there having a blast; but the time has turned into one long monotonous day after another of the same old thing.   And, that's largely my responsibility. So, I've decided I need to start small; but I want to start. My plan is called Mary Time - Because I'm worth it! I am going to schedule a one-hour appointment with myself each and every day on my Google Calendar (with a reminder notification) so I can set aside some “ QUALITY” Mary Time .   I want to invest in ...

It's been a really, really, long day. It started at five this morning, and its almost nine at night here on the east coast.  But, the day goes on.  I was planning to stop by and let you know that I'm too pooped to pop and too beat to blog. But, as soon as I started writing I found some energy that I didn't know I had.  It's amazing how great you  feel when you're doing something you really love. It's getting close to the weekend, and I'm getting excited about the fact that Amy, my organizer, will be here on Saturday to help me get started. It is not everyday that one starts ridding herself of the accumulation of a lifetime. I have been dragging some of these things around with me since I was a kid. I still have the broken jewelry at my parents gave me when I graduated from 8th grade! It's not that its worth anything monetarily but I look at it and I remember that once upon a time, a very long time ago, they loved me.   I have been a saver, a stuffer...