Vlad & His Toys, Wrens & Too Many Irons In The Fire

     I've concluded Vlad, my son, my boy dog loves and hates his toys. Not long before I got him I found a stuffed tiger. Not long after I called it "Poor, poor Tiger". First Vlad ripped off his nose, then tail, ears and eyes. I actually felt sorry for a stuffed toy animal. Then Gail, my friend gave us a stuffed toy duck that quacked when squeezed. A few weeks later I woke in the middle of the night and stepped on something that was hard, plastic feeling and made a queer noise. It startled the crap out of me. It was the quacker that Vlad had ripped out of the aptly now named "Poor, poor duck".
     When we moved into our house I found a football which Vlad loved to run after, shake violently and finally "kill". Ditto with a soccer ball and a frisbee. Last week I found another soccer ball in the neighbor's trash. It only took Vlad "The Impaler" to kill that soccer ball.
     The boy is hard on his toys!

     A family of wrens has built a nest in the ledge of my office bathroom window. Bug eating wee birds, they are most welcome additions to our family. It sounds as if the bairns are nearing time to fledge. The last brood didn't survive the fledging stage so I'm guardedly optimistic about these.

     I've come to realize the main reason that I'm getting so little done as of late is that I'm trying to do too many things at once. I need to step back, take a deep breath and prioritize things. Then I need to tackle one project at a time. I can't be the only person who tries to do everything at once but I (we?) must realize there is only so much we can do solo at a time. My greenhouse project was a 2 man project with a few stages that would have been easy with 3 men. I did it all by myself. Let's take a reality check, okay? If we ask our neighbors for help in something it is not failure or weakness on our part. It is success and strength to admit and accept our limitations.
     I thank God every day for His help in everything I do and ask His help when I see I need it. When I see my neighbor trying to do anything they can do but struggle with, I run over and offer my help.
Right now I need a bit of assistance in getting my priorities right, tackling one project at a time.
I'm trying to take on at least a dozen projects now so it's at least 12 against 1  for me getting anything done. I'll take on one smaller project first and cross it off my list. There are larger projects that I know will take some time to get done so once I complete a small, I'll chip at a large then move on to another small. All the while, more projects will come along.

     One day at a time.