Fun with Polls and Surveys

Our "stuff survey" is closed and it looks like we're pretty much tied up with most folks saying they could give up 50-75% of their possessions if they had to whittle down to the bare necessities. That's an impressive percentage, there. I mean, think, then, about how much stuff you have that you don't need. And, the truth is, that's probably a modest estimation, because I know that there are things we have forgotten we even have, so naturally those items didn't make it into the calculation. I got rid of probably about 30% of the stuff in our house before we moved. If I had just had my own belongings to deal with, I think I would have gotten rid of more. Of course, we bought a bunch of NEW stuff, so I wonder how that all works out in the wash. What I know is that all our stuff ... the stuff that is on the boat coming over here now AND the stuff that went to storage ... didn't even fit in a 40 foot container. They were shoving boxes of our stuff into the cab of the truck because we completely filled the back. I need a lesson in Zen, I think.

But, back to the whole poll thing. We had 12 folks participate in the poll. Not shabby. I have a fondness for polls and surveys. There was a time when I would put out some good ones in emails to get a feel for where my friends and family were on certain issues. The most memorable and cool was the "Cheese Survey" where I was polling everyone I knew about how much extra they would be willing to pay to have cheese put on a hamburger. The details of this one, from conception to fruition, actually have turned into one of the coolest lessons in my life ... magical, comical, and just plain fun. I found the results of that one while I was getting my stuff organized for the move. I don't remember what the outcome was, but that paper is on it's way to me as we speak.

Again, I've gotten away from my point. Are y'all SURE you want a scatter brain like me to be doing this blog thing?

My POINT is that doing this survey here about "stuff" has gotten me excited about surveys again and I think it will be fun to come up with different ones each week. I want to give all of you an open opportunity to get some of your questions answered, too, so at any time if you think of something you'd like to see other people's thoughts on, shoot me an email and I'll get them on the next week's poll.


Audience participation is fun for all!

Residential Update

News from the homefront ... our Woodlands house has now been leased! WOOHOO! I was just telling Melinda the other day that if something didn't happen soon, I might suggest to Van some Plan B. The next day, we got the news that we have renters. And, I think they are coming in NOW. May already be moved in ... you Alden Bridge folks may need to help me out with that one.

But, I wanted to report that we have THAT little issue handled. And, also, mainly, I want to thank you folks that have diven by the house and sent me reports on what you've seen and how the place looks. It's comforting to know that we have friends looking out for us and keeping our best interests. Now let's just hope y'all have good neighbors moving in there. If y'all don't like them, give me the word and they'll be OUT. And I'll force Lynne to move in. ;)