The boys' school has a new system this year. Parents have to have a "car tag" to pick up their kids at the end of the day. The only problem is that the vast majority of parents don't drive through the teeny-tiny-1960s-car-loop, but park and walk to get them. But even we walkers have to bring our tags with us. Little pieces of laminated …
Archives for February 2011
Menu Plan Monday – The One Where We Have Some Variety Again
Aaaaaahhhhhh. I went shopping, as in big-time shopping, on Friday and now we have a variety of meat in our fridge waiting to be cooked and frozen. I was thankful to have a menu plan last week so our all-chicken-all-the-time week wasn't a complete disaster. We did laugh that Tuesday's night's meal of Chicken Fried Rice was pretty much the …
Five years ago . . .
I wasn't going to write a post today. I've was gone from 7:29 this morning until 8:30 tonight except for about 30 minutes of comment-checking, red-lipstick-painting, and costume-gathering. But then, I saw that my friend Mary, over at Giving Up on Perfect was participating in a 5 minute writing challenge at the Gypsy Mama, and I thought it …
The Big Pantry Clean-Out
I cleaned out my pantry today. Honestly, I didn't think it was that bad. It's not very full. Since I'm not couponing like I once did, it's hard to be motivated to do a big overhaul of the pantry. Everything can be seen at a glance because there's so little there. But alas, I was motivated once again by . . . bugs. After I cleaned out …
My House . . . My Hair . . . Same Issues
I got my hair cut and colored yesterday. Having a new haircut and roots that actually match the ends of my hair . . . feels sooooo good. I'm pretty sure I walked a little taller today, put a bit more care into my make-up, and had an easier time remembering to suck in my tummy. When someone this morning at my Bible study commented on how …
It’s a Good Thing I Like Roller Coasters
I'm glad I'm a thrill-ride kind of girl who enjoys ups and downs and stomach-floaty moments. Because this Slob in Recovery thing could really get to me if I wasn't. I know it's good to celebrate progress. I know it's good to enjoy the changes that I've already made. But perhaps . . . perhaps . . . . the part of my brain that was able to …
Clue #2 in The Messy Master Bedroom Mystery
We/I have too many clothes. I've known this, and the first clue in the Messy Master Bedroom Mystery was related to this concept as well. But I had a slap-in-the-face moment this morning when I went looking for baskets. See, I'm trying a new method. Not new as in earth-shattering-no-one-has-ever-thought-of-it-before, but new as in …
Daily Checklist 2/21/11
Today I:Made bed.Put away big dishes that had been drying on counter.Cleaned kitchen.Swept kitchen.Wiped down counters.Did 5 minute pick-up.Convinced myself that I can squeeze today's dishes in with yesterday's dishes that didn't get washed because I forgot to turn on the dishwasher. (I'm probably wrong.)Laundry. Because it's Laundry …
Friday’s Dusting Is Good Enough
A big part of this deslobification process is dealing with my tendency to make things harder than they need to be. Sometimes it's imagining a project to be larger and more time-consuming than it should be. Sometimes it's putting something small off, for no real reason, only to have it turn into something large. Sometimes it's not knowing, or …
