I’m not planning a lengthy post today as the weather in east central Indiana is awesome!  Bright sunshine with nary a cloud to be seen!  Warm, but not uncomfortable and the kind of weather you want to soak up because you know it won’t last much longer!

Besides, who wants to get onto serious subjects when it’s mid-Saturday afternoon at the heighth of autumn.

Yesterday, I talked briefly about how as we grow more ‘chronologically mature’, we leave what we consider “non-essentials” behind to focus on what seem to be the more important things of life.

Like ‘housework’ kind of items (dusting, sweeping, mopping, etc.).  If you’re like me, you don’t have someone you pay to do it for you.  That’s a luxury I’ve rarely had in my life, but one I may take up soon!

For me, there’s something about days like today that encourage me to get on with the things that make home - home!  One of the things I did a few hours ago was to chit-chat with a neighbor as she laid stones around her newly implanted yard pond.  Spending time in that way is a rarity for me and something my Mom used to do all the time, especially on weekends after my Dad died.  I never thought I’d find myself doing the same thing.

But there I was ‘wasting time’ conversing across the lawns as if I had nothing else at all to do.  Laundry was in the washer and dryer; bed beckoned for clean linens; and the sweeper sat in the dining room waiting for me to come ‘callin’.

Sometimes, it’s good just to idle away time.  Time is precious and the one life commodity we can’t truly redeem.  But then friendships and someone to ‘jaw’ with, as my father-in-law used to say, is somewhat a rare commodity these days as well.

What’s interesting about all this is that once I came inside, the laundry quickly went from one machine to the other; the linens went quickly onto the bed and a sense of quiet accomplishment crept in.  I might even get the swiffer out and clean the carpet as well.

It’s amazing what a beautiful clear autumn day will do to invigorate one’s mind and body!

Hope wherever you are, the day is beautiful and you have time to ‘waste’ on friends and loved ones!

Have an awesome weekend with much love and many blessings!

  Linda