2015 - A Plan

We don't usually make New Year's Resolutions. They don't seem to last, and if we want to change something - behaviors, eating habits, bad habits, etc... - we just do it when we want to, not just because it's January 1 of a new year. This year we did make a plan, however, and Jim was good-natured enough to agree with me, hence the "we." We have a bad habit of starting lots of projects and finishing few, so this year will be the year of finishing projects, and of simplifying.

Some of the projects on the ever growing list include:

making the '78 Ford drivable

finishing the retired ambulance into RV conversion project

finish the man cave in the shop

side/roof my workshop

finish the bunk house

finish the rock garden around the old John Deere lawn ornament

finish painting the greenhouse

engine/transmission/rear-end transplant into Cadillac

engine transplant into Jeep

and of course the never-ending project of landscaping and yard maintenance/improvements

Some other projects not started but talked about include:

making the back porch a utility room so we can move the washer/dryer out of the kitchen

sheet rocking/painting the outside living room wall

painting the kitchen

removing the carpet in the kitchen, which will lead to a new kitchen floor as the current one is UGLY

We are going to do more riding this year, so have decided to simplify, or downsize. The first thing to go will be my car. I love my car, but I don't love the payment, and I can buy a lot of gas, tires, oil, and motel rooms with my monthly payment. Once I detail it, it will go on the "auction block." That'll be a lotta fun (that's Jim's area)! We are also going to Craigslist, ebay, local classified, and/or give away anything we haven't used in the last year or two. Shoes, clothes, riding gear, tools (Shhhhhhh......don't tell Jim!), and anything else not serving a purpose.

This year will probably be spent close to home so we can accomplish the above goals, but the big picture is that doing this stuff this year we will have more time, money, and freedom to do more riding in the following years. Baby steps, baby steps!!

And as always, plans are subject to change, depending on the whims of Her Highness, as Jim loves to call me!