... you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoilt, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your career.
Twins, I LOVE that quote!!! Thank you for sharing. That inspired me to do the next hour's task before I started this post.
I haven't turned a new leaf every hour, but I have made some progress, and since I am still "feeling kinda poorly," I am giving myself a POTB.
I have
* talked to dmom -- she is feeling better and plans to come to my birthday party tonight
* I emptied the dishwasher and washed the few dishes in the sink
* spent a lot of time clearing out emails and searching for info on adding dental to my insurance
* tried to call my dentist, but he is out until next Tuesday
* put the sheets in the washer
* s/s the bathroom
* s2s
* talked to ds
* talked to the renter/yard man when he came to pay the rent
* straightened up the kitchen and den, put the extra chairs around the dining room table, got out the paper plates/etc
My back hurts and my stomach is still sending me to the bathroom quite often. DS asked if I felt like having a party. I told him I just want to get it over with. That sounds ungrateful, but I think he knows what I mean.
Blessed, I guess the next right thing for me to do is also paperwork -- I need to reconcile my checkbook and statement. It came in the mail Saturday, I think. I know the longer I put it off the more trouble it is, but I have just not gotten to it this week.
I have had a 3x5 box for addresses, but it is long out of date. I keep my Christmas card addresses on a Word file, and I have it printed out for easy access. Most of the addresses I need are in that list.
So glad you're getting some rain,
Nancy! Sounds like a nice walk with the dog and the umbrella!
Harriet -- dgrands are pretty much the perfect guests!
LadyM -- So glad your dd is having such fun working on the parade float! A $1000 prize is a big incentive! Here, I think all they get is a ribbon at the community pep rally. But I remember working on homecoming floats -- as you said, the memories will last forever.
BTW -- dgs will probably have a full schedule of ballgames for me to watch Saturday. We pull for Navy also -- my paternal grandfather and dh's father were both Navy veterans. (I do have a soft spot for Army, also, because, y'al know -- OG was Army.)
I want to do better with my reading habit also. Fiction pulls me in a lot faster than non-fiction, but I do have a non-fiction book that I need to be reading.
Hours and hours devoted to designing a system & method instead of actually doing the action.
I could have written that,
LadyM...
Mystery, I felt like I was in the middle of Pam & Peggy's mess, where they had a dozen things going at once, and I think they were in a kid's tent when the husband's boss arrived. I needed to change the sheets, needed to s2s, needed to get house ready for tonight... smh...
I noticed the church secretary's planner yesterday -- at first I thought it was do-it-yourself, but then I noticed pale print for some of the headings. It was about the size of a steno pad, and she was writing in all different colors, so it very bright and cheerful. Sometimes I want to just jump right in and do a bullet journal, with different categories for EVERYTHING... books to read, medical info, trackers for exercise and other habits... but that IS a lot of work, and I'm not sure I would like the bullet journal with all those rings. A spiral notebook is not the same, because you can't remove and replace pages as desired.
Harriet -- that timer would have me just sitting here staring at the fish for ten minutes...
