Bartlett’s Blog

Determined....

The Beach Boys from the album Pets Sounds.

Tuesday's L & L

Love

• That I also will get a rebate for half the amount of my daughter's, especially since I am single.
• Love the feeling that you get after vigorous exercise.
• Getting a new vintage watch that I have been after.

Loathe

• Since I am getting a watch that means I have to sell one, a rule that I have established.
• Going to a restaurant, finish eating and I am still starving.
• Being 62 and feeling 29.
  

Loathe

• Still feeling the after effect of a little flue bug.
• Cannot exercise due chest and my inability to breathe with out coughing

Love

• Nothing really until I get over this.
  

Loathe

Loathe almost having to return a watch that almost cost as much as a compact car.
Loathe people that are not on time.
Loathe going the doctors, needles. ugh.

Love

Love meeting good friends for lunch.
Love sleeping late, which I rarely do.

Just finalized negotiations on this watch, the Omega 1000m that I have wanted for years.

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This watch was made in the 70's and is extremely rare. This is officially an heirloom.

Things I Love:

1. I love the fact that I do not have to get up at a prescribed hour.
2. I love looking forward to meeting friends for lunch.

Things I Loathe:

1. I exercise 5 days a week and hate every minute of it.
2. I hate dieting which I try to do during the weekdays.
3. I used to hate being on a budget, not on one now, yeah.

Well you probably might think that its boring and maybe it is but I am hooked on collecting high end dive wrist watches and believe me, I have had to develop self control and set criteria for buying a new watch. I can only buy a new one if I sell an old one, which I do quite frequently. I have bought and sold at least 12 over the past 6 months and we are talking about watches that go between $3,000. and $7,000. each.

Compared to Christmas's past, I am in a great frame of mind. However, I began to fall a little backwards and started to feel sorry for myself and yesterday its as if the man upstairs answered my prayers and I got the most precious Christmas card from my daughter that completely wiped away all doubts and reinforced my faith in human nature.  More importantly, thank you to a daughter who can teach the world a lesson, she has me.