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Accomplishment of Sorts

         The garden is plowed! Not very deeply, but at least it's cleaned, raked, and turned over about 2-3 inches. We will go a little deeper when the neighbor isn't home. I'll trim more weeds about the yard tomorrow. Tomatoes will be first. We like green peppers and zucchini, too. We have chives on the back porch in several boxes. We usually have parsley and thyme. I'll have to work on that.

         My taxes have been refunded. I got a whole dollar back from the state! The tax preparer said he's never seen it come that close. That's out of the way for one more year. I even have an appointment for 2016 with the tax guy.

         I took a big box of old things to Good Will today. Another box is in the laundry room, clothes only, about 2/3 full. I've got two more boxes ready for the church yard sale, but they don't want them until May 1. We've got a bag of old clothes for the Vets to pick up. They sell theirs for rags, so we give them the unusable things, shirts missing buttons, etc.

         I've rearranged the dining room to make office space for my father. He uses it like an office; then when company comes, there are papers everywhere. He complains if I move anything, but I have to be able to set the table. So now he has a basket, a pencil jar, shelf space, and a drawer with all his supplies, including address labels. He seems to be okay with it.

         I even moved some files around in my computer, to folders where I might find things a year from now.

         These are all such minor things. But they add up to a feeling that I've made some progress. My mental check list has cleared off some things. I've even had time for reading and writing.