Slow and Careful Steps Will Be My Mantra For a While

Happy Monday to all. It's the beginning of another work week, and even though most of our calendars have our weeks starting with Sunday, I've always considered Monday the start of my week. So, since I awakened a bit earlier than usual today, I had a relaxing meditation, then had my run (fast walk on the treadmill) for three miles, then had my shower, and now I'm sitting down to my blog. It's 6:00  am. What have you done today? LOL

I'm trying to remain active and healthy - very important. 
Part of that is my exercise regime of three days on the 
treadmill and three days in the swimming pool. I get a 
thorough workout both places, and I'm pretty happy with 
where I'm at. 

DH has set up the patio, so we did a final sweep and clean-up, and then settled down to Tequila sunrise drinks under the umbrella. Even though we're missing a LOT of our trees after last year's "take down the trees and clear out the water pathway" efforts by the County, my patio is still my "go to" place for enjoying the outdoors in the summertime. Mother's Day (and my birthday) come on Sunday, and we'll be at the large garden center south of our city to buy plants. DH has been online a lot, trying to figure out what he wants to try this year. It's never a guarantee that they'll actually have what's on the website either, but it's certainly worth a try. I know I'll get my Lantana plants again - those are mandatory - LOL. 

This is part of what we purchased at the garden center last 
year. DH has already been looking at plants at the local 
hardware stores, but our annual big buy is at Gerten's. 
That's where we'll get my lantana plants, as well as 
dahlias and other more esoteric flowers. 

My thoughts are whirling around this and that with the family trust that I'm planning to set up. I'll try and find some time today to jot down notes - probably on my laptop, but maybe on my phone. I want to make sure all of the I's have dots and the T's have crosses and that I haven't forgotten any important loopholes. I think this could be a real game changer for a lot of people if I can get this set up properly. 

I wish I could be a bit more "laid back" about the structure 
of this family trust I want to establish, but when it comes 
to legal entities, I am a beast for the details. I can't be as 
laid back as I wish I could be. I have to foresee eventualities 
and possibilities, arrange for funding and legal formalities, 
and also consider how it ends, because eventually it will. 

So I have lots of things going on - lots of future planning for the immediate future (gardening and setting up the trust fund), and the future farther out (making sure that the Trust will be something that will achieve my goals for family members for (ideally) several generations). We'll see. It's not a massive amount of money that I have to establish the Trust, and I'll have fees for my "staff" and "advisors" coming out of that off the top as well. Slow and careful steps is going to be the key to success. 

Have an excellent Monday and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.