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Bequeathing Your Assets – Both Large and Small

Posted on by Kimberly Anne
Old car and quilts

When my grandmother in Minnesota passed away, I didn’t realize that she had marked a small cream and sugar set for me. It was my inheritance from her. Her daughters had been told to give these items to the name on the bottom, in the event of her death. This was the first time someone had set something aside for me to be delivered after they died. I attended her funeral, not realizing that she had marked that for me. In fact, most of the items in her home had been given a label so that, when she died, the item would go to the person she felt would appreciate it the most. I don’t remember it, however, my grandmother remembered me mentioning that I really like that set. So it became mine.

Can you imagine going through everything in your home and putting a post-it-note on each item so that everyone gets something? That would take a lot of time and would it hold up in court if someone protested? Possibly not. However, if it is part of your signed, notarized will, a person trying to challenge your desire would fail.

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A Winter of Severe Illness and Death for the Unvaccinated

Posted on by Kimberly Anne
Covid-19 Vaccine

President Biden has tried so many things to scare us into getting vaccinated. He actually said there was no excuse to not be vaccinated. As if he knows every person’s health history, religious beliefs, and reasoning not to get vaccinated. You don’t need an excuse to be unvaccinated. You need a reason. My reason is that I’m healthy, and not concerned about Covid-19. No one is going to force me to get a vaccine, which I don’t feel I need. Once mandates hit, I was more convinced that I had made the correct choice.

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2022 Goals January Update!

Posted on by Kimberly Anne
2002 Goals January Update

Here is my 2022 Goals January update:

  1. Goal: Lose 5 more pounds. I am maintaining my weight, but currently not losing.
  2. Goal: Ancestry: Contact at least 2 cousins. No progress.
  3. Goal: Read 30 books. I have already read six books. The fact that I had Covid a large part of January helps explain why I’m a fifth of the way done with this goal.
  4. Goal: Get through at least my second and third drafts of the book I wrote in 2021. Finish the first draft of my second book. I have joined a group that will really help me with this. And I have a writing coach now, so that should help. She and I talked on the 31st and I’m excited.
  5. Goal: Visit three states that I have not visited before. We are going to New Mexico, Wyoming and North Dakota this year. We made most of the plans for the New Mexico trip in 2021 since we are going with a group. I still need to find any other things that I would like to do while we are at the “must see” spots. I need to plan the other trip.
  6. Goal: Complete 2 quilts. I plan to finish a quilt for my son-in-law and one for my daughter-in-law. I already had the pattern for my son-in-law. In January, I have bought some of the fabric for this one. I bought a pattern and most of the fabric for my daughter-in-law in 2021. I have purchased more fabric this month. Unfortunately, I was down with Covid when the big 40% off sale at my favorite fabric store was held.
  7. Goal: Walk 1000 miles. I have attempted this for 4 years and never reached it. I need to be really serious about this, this year. The fifth attempt better work. So far for January I have walked only 45 miles.

Covid put me behind a bit, but once it was over, I had a lot of energy that helped me catch up on things a bit, but unfortunately, not so much on my goals. I’m looking forward to a better February. How are you doing on your goals?

2021 Goals December Update

Posted on by Kimberly Anne
2021 Goals December Update

Here is my list for 2021

  1. Completed: Complete our front yard landscaping. This is an absolute must since it’s carried over from last year. We finally did it a few weeks ago. It looks great and finally feels finished.
  2. Completed: Lose 5 pounds. I lowered this, but since I ended the year up instead of down, I will lose 5 pounds from my beginning weight of 2020, not 2021. I am currently losing weight. In July, I started the old system I used, and I have made progress!! In September, I felt like I had hit a plateau. So I have started using Noom. I am losing weight again. And I’m excited to say I have lost the five pounds, which in reality is 10 pounds.
  3. Progress: Ancestry: Type up the list I already have started on my mom’s mother’s side. Contact at least 2 cousins. I have contacted two cousins; however, they have not answered me back. I contacted another one and have heard back from him and his mom.
  4. Completed: Read 46 books.
  5. Completed: Ride my bike. I did it on July 23 – it was a bit wobbly and I will have to practice my turning, but I did it. I overcame my fear.
  6. Completed: Visit three states that I have not visited before. In September, we finished our travel to Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas.
  7. Completed: Complete 3 quilts. My quilts are at the quilter. So I am done.
  8. Not completed: Walk 1000 miles. This was my 4th year to fail, but it doesn’t mean I will give up. I didn’t hit 600 miles, so that is a long way off. I tried to pick up my pace for December. But then I got sick on December 27 and there went that. Once I feel better again, I will have to work harder to hitting this next year.

In December, I read two books. Thanks to Noom, I have lost the weight I wanted to for the year. I did pretty well with my holiday eating. It seems like I should give up on walking 1000 miles, but I am not going to unless something drastic happens.

How did 2021 go for you? I hope you did better than you expected. 2022 has just begun. Let’s make it a productive year.

I’m looking forward to hitting all my 2020 goals.