Thinking

We don't make significant progress in our thinking if we're only listening to ourselves think. (One Day at a Time in Al-Anon, 29 September)

...magical thinking... will take you on a carpet ride to nowhere. (Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today!, 3 September)

Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases think for yourself. (Louisa May Alcott in Acts of Faith by Iyanla Vanzant, 25 September)

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I used my neighbors saw to cut away the damaged flooring in our shed and I bent all of the protruding nails in the walls out of the way. There's lots of work left to do before I'll finish the project. It's hard work for an old back and knees.

When my laptop computer stopped working I lost track of what I have to do in order to sign on to my Verizon FIOS accounts. I was relying on some desktop icons that the installer placed on my computer. I looked for a 3x5 card with a record of what I needed to know. Of course, there wasn't one. Luckily I finally remembered enough to get signed on. I paid attention to business this time and prepared a card. Once I got signed on Verizon asked me to verify my Email address. I don't know what that's all about. They had to send me a three-digit code as part of the process. For some reason they sent the message twice with different codes. I tried the first code and it didn't work. That was because the code in the second message took precedence.

Mr. Dickie

The Mess in the Shed

Photo: Aztech New Media

Today, I will do what I can within the limits of one day... (Touchstones, 30 August)

Procrastination is the thief of time. (Edward Young in Touchstones, 30 August)

...do whatever it takes, whatever you need to do, to order your life, let go of excess baggage and consciously focus on what is important. (Susan Smith Jones, Choose to Live Each Day Fully, Day 269)

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Fifteen years ago, in 1994, I built a storage shed from a kit. The floor of the shed was chipboard. I wonder who thought that was a good idea. I also wonder why I didn't replace the flooring that came in the kit without something better. A section of the flooring, two feet side and eight feet long, soaked up water like a sponge. It finally fell apart under the vinyl tiles I'd put on top of it. Yesterday I worked for several hours to remove the bad section and clean up the mess. I have two pieces of treated plywood, left over from when I had new shed doors built. I think I can repair the damage once I purchase another treated 2x4 to place in the middle of the opening.

Mr. Dickie