for me is the fact that during the 'dirt digging' months of the year, my house inside looks like I'm a hoarder as things get put down anywhere I can find a clear spot (counter, floors, chairs, etc) and my windowseat is used as my 'dresser' as I wash and wear the same clothes until they are rags to be now cut up and used to wash walls or windows. I hate when people come here during that time period because I feel compelled to stop what I love doing and 'clean' for THEM and not me. My late fall, winter, and early spring crap weather are the times I actually clear out the mess I've accumulated and get it back to looking livable and can again see a countertop and shake my head over all the vacuum bags that are filled with dog hair that isn't even noticed by me until then. Then the cycle starts all over again. I'm happy.....company, probably not so much and I cringe to think they might be contemplating having me hospitalized for dementia or some such. LOL You would think that after so many years, some of my kids would finally realize that their mother would rather shovel hog crap (which I've done) than worry about loading the dishwasher regularly. I'd love to watch them actually hand shovel into a trailer pulled by a riding mower and move over 20 tons of dirt and dump it somewhere else at 65 yrs of age (did that twice in one year) ALONE. Now I have a mini farm tractor with a backhoe and loader on it to do that for me easier....with a brushhog, log splitter, box blade, snow scraper, and tiller as accessories. I don't have the strength to disconnect and connect the PTO items so a neighbor or Derek if he's here does it for me (but then if Derek is here, Derek does the work, too LOL). My next project......kind of a barn raising. We have a very small REALLY old shed that used to be used by former owners as a barn/shelter for sheep so it's not very tall and the front end fell off years ago. Time to expand and fix it up so many of the accessories can be stored back there instead of in the main 20X24 three sided 'carport' I had built last year that is supposed to only house the tractor and my truck....but I can't get my truck in there yet. 30 years with no shelter for my truck....and still can't. LOL