What am I working on?
The top three today:
-- bake cookies
-- change sheets
-- finish laundry
-- go to drug store for dmom (thanks for the ERRAND reminder,
blessed!)
I also hope to get the bathroom cleaning finished. DH’s shower is no problem at all, IF I do it regularly. I skipped it last week, so it’s pretty grungy right now.
Last night I made a HUGE “On My Mind” List… then sorted that stuff out by the time required and when things were necessary to be done (like the cookies – that can’t wait, has to be done TODAY.) I had been browsing all the wonderful, beautiful, * expensive * planners and cute stickers and all that stuff on the internet,
and I was thinking I wanted a pretty daily planner like that sooo much... and then I told myself, no $50 planner is going to make me get off my rear end and DO IT. It would probably just be another time trap for me, if I bought the stickers and all the little pretty extras. So, I reasoned, I can do ALL this PLANNING with my $5 planner and 5x8 notebook, and I should start NOW.
So I did a real Brain Dump, and I felt a little more in control then, and today, I got up IMMEDIATELY when dh did and s2s. That little action just gives me so much more ENERGY for the day – 20 minutes (no makeup, just showered and dressed to shoes). I’ve eaten breakfast and taken vitamins, remembering B-12, but have not done my Bible reading yet, b/c dh needed help with the computer.
Nancy, you are sooo right – you are so far ahead of the game, having all that decluttering and cleaning done ahead of the holidays. I am a little envious!
Rose, your Thanksgiving meal sounds perfect. DH always complains about the mashed potatoes at my family’s gathering. I love dmom’s – they are kind of a twice-baked version, with sour cream mixed in – but dh HATES them. He does not want ANYTHING done “extra” to his mashed potatoes. Just mash them up with a little butter and milk, he says, why is that so hard? LOL.
Oh, (((
Elizabeth)))! Oh my goodness… (((BIG HUGS))) That is just horrible. I am so glad no one was home when it happened, but I can imagine it is just a horrible feeling – we have never experienced a burglary, but my dbil/xdsisil did many years ago. Aside from the monetary loss, just lots of mixed feelings of anger and anxiety and sadness, I’m sure. (((BIG HUGS))) and prayers that these people will be caught, your belongings recovered, and you will be given a feeling of peace and security once again.
WTG,
LadyM, on the robo-sweeper! That is a great idea, to use ET to make the kids clean up!
Happy Thanksgiving,
Helia! That is wonderful for you, to have just your family for a change. I admire the way y’all are so welcoming to others and share your home with so many – but it is really nice to just gather your own babies around you for a little bit, I think.
Dee, I’m waiting till Thursday night or Friday to place my orders on Amazon, too. I don’t know if I’m buying anything that will go on sale, but it never hurts to try!
So... better get with it...