Posted in Getting Things Done, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Jan 23rd, 2012 2 Comments »
I’m an INFP on the Meyers-Briggs type indicator, and there’s only 1% of us in the universe with that personality type. (I just heard all the ISTJ’s of the world breathe a collective sigh of relief at the low probability of running into one of us). I’m not really sure how we INFP’s get along [...]
Posted in Comfort & Control, Getting Things Done on Mar 20th, 2011 7 Comments »
Last October we spent three weeks visiting family in southern California and stayed with Bryan’s brother for part of the time. My sister-in-law keeps a very clean house, and I kept grilling her about her routine as if documenting an anthropological study. “So, you sweep the floor EVERY NIGHT then?” (Thoughtful head nod.) “Oh, so [...]
Posted in Comfort & Control, Everyday, Getting Things Done on Jul 4th, 2010 2 Comments »
There are better house cleaners than me. This is fact. I’m not in denial of it anymore, either. In fact, I wear this badge proudly. I see it as one of the benefits of approaching my 40′s – I really don’t care what you think about me anymore, because I know I’m awesome. And if [...]
Posted in Books, Getting Things Done, Startup Mom on Apr 1st, 2010 No Comments »
Occasionally I work long hours after the kids go to bed, and Monday was one of those nights. I was a little manic, and despite being tired I couldn’t shut my brain off. As I tried to tear myself away from the laptop and just Leave It All Undone, I remembered how I gazed longingly [...]
Posted in Depression, Getting Things Done on Dec 29th, 2009 1 Comment »
I hate feeling like I “survived” Christmas, but that about sums it up. Regular life typically feels overwhelming to me, particularly during the depressing rainy months. Christmas adds more errands, more spending, more pressure to perform, and more guilt when it all falls short. I know what the season is about – Joy, Peace, and [...]
Posted in Everyday, Getting Things Done, Startup Mom on Sep 4th, 2009 2 Comments »
Last night I escaped to my garden for a few minutes right before starting the kids’ bedtime routine. The sun was going down, the air was cool, and as soon as I reached for a tomato off my plants the anxiousness of our Days slipped away from me. As I continued picking my Sun Golds [...]
Posted in Everyday, Getting Things Done on May 28th, 2009 No Comments »
This is the time of the month when I panic on a daily basis over whether I’ve paid all the bills for the month. Never mind that I sit down sometime during the first week to pay them all via online banking – I STILL flew out of bed at 6am this morning to check [...]
Posted in Everyday, Food & Drink, Getting Things Done on Apr 14th, 2009 2 Comments »
Wow. That was quite the flu bug. It waxed and waned then struck again with a vengeance of ear aches and sinus infections in Ruthie and Bryan. Me? I came down with it on Monday, and it was Saturday before I could take a shower without needing a nap. By Tuesday my flu was in [...]
Posted in Everyday, Getting Things Done on Apr 6th, 2009 3 Comments »
What a gorgeous weekend! Our first spike into the 70s and it was purrrrfect. I spent the weekend filling in holes Lucy dug in my garden and digging up part of the lawn where the dirt was so compact grass wouldn’t grow anymore. And? There were bubbles. I created this mosaic over at Big Huge [...]
Posted in Getting Things Done on Mar 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Recently I made a list of one-hour projects, and this weekend I spent an hour (and a half) cleaning our refrigerator. As a point of reference I’m trying to remember the last time we ate corn on the cob, but I honestly can’t recall. I know it was likely in the summer, but which summer [...]
Posted in Getting Things Done on Feb 26th, 2009 No Comments »
The Plan for today WAS: Wake up hours before the kids to work on finances Get BOTH kids to school Spend TWO HOURS writing while Thomas is in school P/U Thomas & feed him lunch Put Thomas in rest/nap time Spend TWO HOURS writing P/U Ruthie and spend afternoon with kids The way today is [...]
Posted in Everyday, Getting Things Done on Jan 5th, 2009 3 Comments »
My friend Amy recently sent me this link – the summary of Charles Darwin’s typical daily schedule. According to Darwin’s son, Francis, he rarely changed this routine, even when guests were visiting. I’m not suggesting I could in any way maintain such a rigid, unchanging schedule, but a few things struck me as I thought [...]
Posted in Everyday, Getting Things Done on Oct 21st, 2008 6 Comments »
I got up at 5am this morning to get a few bookkeeping things done before leaving for the day. Bryan and I chatted while I worked, I sipped my coffee, and I was fully in a good mood by the time Ruthie woke up at 7am. And now as I get ready to leave, not [...]
Posted in Getting Things Done on Aug 3rd, 2008 5 Comments »
During (self-inflicted) chaotic times I often wake up in the morning and will myself into getting my shit together. I declare, Today is the Day I Will Focus! I make lists, I have good intentions, I am motivated… And then I get out of bed. I’m like a cat distracted by a fly. I walk [...]
Posted in Bryan, Everyday, Getting Things Done, Ruthie on Jun 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Daddy, can you fix my light? You need a new light bulb? No, the one where mama broke the switch. Oh, that one. Yeah, we could probably fix that. Can we fix it now? Not today, but we can fix it later. [pause] Can we fix it within two years? [hesitation] Yeah, we could probably [...]
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