summer learning - on deck

Every summer I go to Indiana - and every summer I learn new things!
This year I learned...

• how to do trim work inside a house.
• how to drill down screws on a deck. 300 screws 25 boards - the deck was bigger once you start putting it in those numbers. Ripping it off to a lot of work too. 
• the RIGHT tools make a job go faster. Lucky me I have some "tool happy" family members.

Beyond that, I learned a lot about myself this summer and at 55 maybe a old dog can learn new tricks.

• Quality time is important with family - This is not new to me. But as we age maybe I see this in a different light. Is it fair to say that really finding balance with family might make this easier. Just because the family is all gathered together - does not make it quality time. It is how you choose to spend your time with family that matters. And if you don't fit in, walking away is okay too! Make sense!? 
• I am who I am - and embracing that is really important. I really like the ME that I am! MS has given me gifts to share. I LOVE that I have a purpose.
• The best you can do - has to be good enough and accepting that is a good thing. (I tend to beat myself up over things I did not get done, or I will say I "should" have done... I am growing as a person.
• My immediate family at home - they are rockstars and they support my love of food, hooping and my desire to constantly share information about both!  Thanks Rich and Cassi you are my everything. 
• Life is too short to worry about the things you cannot control. I planted a rose for my Mom and Dad at the grave site before I left Indiana. Life was too short for them. I worry too much. I am working on this........................