Moving mountains!

The term "moving mountains" means to get a lot done! Well for me today it's not moving mountains it's "moving a piano"! Yep, I discovered I can move my very own piano all by myself. This is a term for me literally and also in the figurative way as in I can do this myself. Living in a house that was 98% carpeted when we moved in has driven me a bit nuts for a variety of reasons: 1. some of the carpet was ugly and old-and probably a big source of a lot of the  allergies I've had 2. how clean are/were things? Especially both carpeted bathrooms. 3. Finding 90+ year old hardwood floors is a treat. Most need some TLC but they are not in terrible shape-I see beauty where others see differently-oh well, I'm the one doing the work. 4. I can not move furniture by myself-mainly the heavy stuff with carpet. You see moving furniture in a room gives me a new lease on life. It's a fresh way to look at the same world in a different way-a new outlook. I know I get this habit from my mom-thanks mom! And I always say it is cheaper than shopping, gambling or drinking. While some women color their hair a wacky new color or wear some weird clothing (weird in my defination, I know it is just their way of expressing themselves) I move things around-furniture, pictures, contents of cupboards and closets. I reorganize and toss things that I don't want or need. There is no rhyme or reason to why I do this. I just know it is good therapy for me-plain and simple. And I feel so much better after I'm done-that is the only way I know how to explain it. I'm sure to some people around me they find it odd or weird. I'm sure I've probably corrupted my kids to an extent. And I once was told, "good thing I don't have blind children"! I know! I'll be the crazy old lady at the nursing home who will rearrange the lounge or my own room when I can't sleep!

A month ago I finally dug in and pulled up carpet from the dining room. It just was time to go. In my opinion food and carpeting does not mix. So pulling it out in smaller, easy to handle sections was a task but I got it done and it came out easier than I thought. The hardest thing-moving the piano so I could get the rest of the carpet and paint behind it. So things sat idle while I'll worked away on two coating the rest of the room. I put protectors under the legs of all the furniture and waited for both sons to be under the same roof. Both boys were under the same roof for less than 20 hours and an unusually busy Saturday didn't find my piano being moved by the pain until late in the day. Taking out the carpet was easy. Getting the painting done before they left not so much. So since that Saturday over three weeks ago I go into my disarrayed dining room as little as possible. My furniture is every where and there is nothing use-able about the room. Nothing. I don't let it bother me, but it does.

So after an early morning wake up for me and some coffee and a bit of "lets see" how heavy can a piano be thoughts, I walked into the room and told my self to just try. Even if I moved it a tiny bit each day, sooner or later I'd meet the wall-right? Well much to my surprise I can move that big old piano more than a little bit! Yay me!! I'm stronger than I think! What a good feeling that is. It is like a whole new independence for me. Like accomplishing a great task. So what I thought I might be able to accomplish in a week or two a little at a time, I think I can do in an hour!! No I'm not going to be moving the piano all over the house! Some day it will go to a new home, but for me and the rare times I play it, it is looking at the world from a different angle too!

So the fact that I do still have the strength and muscle that I used to makes me feel pretty good! Nope, no weight lifting training required, just good old farm girl upbringing and some determination!

So here's to a Sunday and looking at the world from a different angle as I sit down to play a few, rusty tunes on my piano.

Positive thought of the day: That we all discover "mountains" in our lives that we are able to move when we thought we couldn't. Whether it is mountains or pianos-move it! Look at the world like it's just been re-arranged!! Fresh and in a new way!