My thumb hurts. Really bad. With the dry weather, my skin is cracking and this place on my thumb is split open, bleeding, and painful. But I'm not disabled. You just don't think about how much you use your thumb. I feel like I'm hitting it on everything. Trying to take notes at Bible study this morning, I had to hold my pen funny to be able to … [Read more...]
Finding Places . . . . for EVERYthing?
Did I really say I would find a place for EVERYthing? In my house, everything is a lot of stuff. I guess that's the point. Thanks to my daily to-do list, I've been going through different hiding spots. Spots which at one point I thought were good places for those totally-random-items that don't have any other place to … [Read more...]
I Made My Own Dance Floor . . . . Seriously!!!
I have dreams of tap-dancing. When I was in college, I was in Nunsense which has one tap dance number. For this I learned the time-step, the Buffalo, and a few other simple steps. Put together, I was really tapping, and totally fell in love. Seriously, have you ever tapped? It's a blast. One song, performed during a run of about 10 … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist
Today I:Made bed.Emptied dishwasher.Swept kitchen.Cleaned up kitchen.Did a 5 minute pickup.Ran a load of laundry. (Laundry mountain is growing.)Checked bathrooms for clutter.Hung up and put in laundry clothes in our bedroom.Last night I:Wiped down bathrooms. (Totally would have "forgotten" if it weren't for my handy-dandy new checklist)Put out … [Read more...]
Swagbucks Explanation
I'm planning on this only being my top post for about three minutes. Why? Because I despise selling stuff, even though I'm totally not selling anything with this. It just feels that way. Maybe someday I'll share about the world's worst summer job that scarred me for life. Anyway, my main post that I'm going to write today is about a project … [Read more...]
Budget, Meals, and More
I'm enjoying the challenge of eating from our pantry and limiting my grocery/household spending to 50 in cash per week this month. Being a natural cheapskate, I get quite a rush at coming in right on budget. In the store this week I walked around and got what I needed. Then I picked up what I assumed we needed, like bread, and bacon that was a … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist – 1st Day of My New Chart
Today was the first day to use my new chart. For today, it was actually fun and very satisfying to make little blue Xs down the list. It definitely kept me on track and kept me from forgetting anything. We'll see how long it takes before I lose the list, can't find a pen, or just plain start ignoring it. Today I: Made bed. Emptied … [Read more...]
New Non-Negotiable for the Week
My new non-negotiable for the week is one that I've been doing pretty well at already. But, as I've found several times this week, when I don't do it, I suffer the consequences. So I'm adding it as an official non-negotiable task. I'm going to clean up the kitchen and run the dishwasher every night before I go to bed. So what's the big deal … [Read more...]
Mamas Don’t Get a Day Off
I think this is one of those big adjustments that never occurs to you before you have kids. You don't realize that quiet Saturday mornings spent reading a book in your pajamas, spontaneous movie dates with your best friend, and quick stops into the coffee shop for an indulgence that only takes a second . . . will never happen again. … [Read more...]
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