Tuesday, 10 January 2017

is it too late?

is it too late to change my new years resolution? maybe add a clause or rider?

i've spent a lot of time today looking for a pair of glasses. a while back i bought 4 pairs of prescription reading glasses. i thought it would be good to have spares in case i lost a pair but at the time i also realized that there was a potential problem. having an additional 4 pairs of glasses also meant that i would have 4 more things to lose. well guess what, i lost a pair.

i had a brain freeze, fell and broke a pair of glasses so it was time to take inventory and decide on a new favorite pair but  it quickly became evident that a pair was missing. and every time i turned around to look in a different place, a certain dog was standing behind me almost causing another fall. old age can be a problem.

the worst part of looking for lost stuff is rather than finding the item i'm looking for, i realize that i've lost other stuff and soon i'm looking for so much stuff, i can't remember what i'm looking for. so this all leads up to the rider i'm going to add to my new years resolution:

I HEREBY RESOLVE NOT TO BUY ANY MORE SHIT!  THE GOAL IS TO END THE YEAR WITH LESS SHIT THAN I HAD TO BEGIN THE YEAR.

while searching for a snow brush in the trunk of the mighty sonata i found 5 umbrellas. this was in addition to the 3 umbrellas on the rear seats. it just goes on and on and on.

now what can take my mind off all the missing stuff?

billy loves you sons of bitches.
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10 comments:

  1. silly rabbit10 January 2017 at 20:40

    I feel your pain. Unpacking after the move has been a challenge. I know I've seen the thing I'm looking for, but can't recall which box. Twice today I found things that I'd spent time going thru boxes to find, already put away. It seems my forgetter is doing well. I also find things that I was sure had gone to the thrift store. I suspect the man has something to do with those mysteries. It's a very goo resolution.

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    1. silly rabbit10 January 2017 at 20:42

      Good resolution. Sigh

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    2. E. Rosewater11 January 2017 at 07:47

      i continue to close my eyes and picture missing items where they were in the houses we used to live in. you have my empathy.

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  2. Gorilla Bananas10 January 2017 at 23:25

    Good resolution - too many possessions clutter up the mind. Having said that, you could get a big magnifying glass and keep it with you at all times like Sherlock Holmes.

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    1. E. Rosewater11 January 2017 at 07:48

      i always have a large magnifying glass within reach, that fine print can be a real bugger.

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  3. BBC11 January 2017 at 06:38

    I don't misplace things often, yet, but I may be getting there.

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    1. E. Rosewater11 January 2017 at 07:49

      from what you say, you don't have much shit to keep track of.

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  4. Mr. Shife13 January 2017 at 12:23

    Good luck, Mr. Rosewater. Your New Year's resolution rider is similar to my goal for 2017 and get rid of shit. Take care.

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    1. E. Rosewater13 January 2017 at 18:48

      the problem is that the stores and internet and absolutely full of wonderful stuff that just screams "buy me"!

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  5. Dr. Kenneth Noisewater14 January 2017 at 09:50

    Don't get more stuff. Good goal. I like it. George Carlin has a classic bit about "stuff."

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