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Ever since I arranged to go horseback riding with a friend -
something I only do when I visit my mom's horse farm in NY once
a year - I've been able to do all these things I have been
talking about doing, but not. Check this out:    1. Gary and I,
on a complete whim last Sunday, ripped out the carpet in our
living room to expose the beautiful oak wood floors. We've been
wanting to do this for 6 years!   2. I finished terracing our
hillside garden plot, about 6 x 25 feet in total, so that when I
water, the water doesn't all trickle down to the bottom. Gary's
been trying to get me to do this for 5 years.   3. I called the
dentist! I'm way overdue for a cleaning. (Not 4 years overdue,
but overdue nonetheless.)   4. I called a financial consultant
and made an appointment for Gary and I to learn how to better
manage our measly finances (she's been calling us about monthly
for over a year to get us to call her back!)   5. I looked up
home organizing t