Re: MOTIVATING MONDAY
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:26 am
DS, DDIL, and DGS were planning to go to hospital with us and then out to eat -- but ddil started feeling bad again, and dgs's stomach started acting up again, so they stayed home. DS went with us and then we ate at Red Lobster and ds took her supper home to her. We visited a little bit w/dgs. He was in a wonderful mood... spinning around and around and around to make himself dizzy, and then just laughing and laughing. He wanted me to hold him, too, and that's always nice.
More about the hospital visit in J&C.
(((HUGS))) for Mr. Dee... and so glad to hear good news from Mr. Harmony!
(((Harmony))) -- I know what you mean about the skin problems and how stress makes it worse.
I've got our laundry caught up. I'll have to have one of those *i*r*o*n*i*n*g* marathons in the next day or two.
We have to vote tomorrow.
OH -- were any of your state offices closed today for Jefferson Davis' birthday? I was afraid the courthouse here would be closed and I wouldn't be able to get tags, but it was open. However, the Circuit Clerk's office was closed. I told y'all we're in the Heart of Dixie.
I looked at the Pomodoro link. I don't like to listen to a timer ticking. I had one of those wind-up timers once at school but I never used it. It just really got on my nerves and made me feel RUSHED to hear it ticking. I do like to use the digital timer or the timer on my phone though, and when I can remember to do that, I do think I get more accomplished. I never really do a "round" like y'all are talking about, but it is a HUGE step for me to commit to 15 minutes of ~ whatever ~ and use that to motivate me to at least get started. Almost always, I will do more than 15 minutes once I get started. And the timer proves to me that most task don't take as long as I think they will. My digital timer does have a clip so I can fasten it to my shirt or something, but sometimes I bump it and re-set it accidentally if I have it attached to me. Timer on my phone works better, and I usually have it in my pocket anyway.
Ivy -- we don't think the snake was poisonous. I took a picture of it, and cousins agree it is (was!) most likely a chicken snake. I don't care -- we DO have lots of poisonous snakes in this part of the country and I'm not taking a chance on misidentifying one, LOL! If they show their faces to me, I'm going to be screaming for dh to come running w/the hoe!
Interesting... dh's cousin was visiting his dmom today, and she said her husband had killed a snake this afternoon, too.
DH keeps saying, "WHO was it that kept complaining about winter???" I have decided (today) that winter is not so bad after all.
More about the hospital visit in J&C.
(((HUGS))) for Mr. Dee... and so glad to hear good news from Mr. Harmony!
(((Harmony))) -- I know what you mean about the skin problems and how stress makes it worse.
I've got our laundry caught up. I'll have to have one of those *i*r*o*n*i*n*g* marathons in the next day or two.
We have to vote tomorrow.
OH -- were any of your state offices closed today for Jefferson Davis' birthday? I was afraid the courthouse here would be closed and I wouldn't be able to get tags, but it was open. However, the Circuit Clerk's office was closed. I told y'all we're in the Heart of Dixie.
I looked at the Pomodoro link. I don't like to listen to a timer ticking. I had one of those wind-up timers once at school but I never used it. It just really got on my nerves and made me feel RUSHED to hear it ticking. I do like to use the digital timer or the timer on my phone though, and when I can remember to do that, I do think I get more accomplished. I never really do a "round" like y'all are talking about, but it is a HUGE step for me to commit to 15 minutes of ~ whatever ~ and use that to motivate me to at least get started. Almost always, I will do more than 15 minutes once I get started. And the timer proves to me that most task don't take as long as I think they will. My digital timer does have a clip so I can fasten it to my shirt or something, but sometimes I bump it and re-set it accidentally if I have it attached to me. Timer on my phone works better, and I usually have it in my pocket anyway.
Ivy -- we don't think the snake was poisonous. I took a picture of it, and cousins agree it is (was!) most likely a chicken snake. I don't care -- we DO have lots of poisonous snakes in this part of the country and I'm not taking a chance on misidentifying one, LOL! If they show their faces to me, I'm going to be screaming for dh to come running w/the hoe!
Interesting... dh's cousin was visiting his dmom today, and she said her husband had killed a snake this afternoon, too.
DH keeps saying, "WHO was it that kept complaining about winter???" I have decided (today) that winter is not so bad after all.