Posted in Everyday, Getting Things Done on Apr 15th, 2007 No Comments »
It’s the middle of the night and I’m catching up on some blog reading while watching my DVR’d shows. I don’t know why I continue to believe I am benefiting from this multi-tasking as if it’s somehow relaxing to be taking in two mediums at once – feeling simultaneously distracted by both and frustrated that [...]
Posted in Getting Things Done on Apr 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Last week I reorganized the storage areas in my bathroom. This came about mainly because random items were falling on me as I rummaged around looking for something, and I had a temper tantrum. The project only took an hour while the kids napped, but I had to sacrifice actually CLEANING the bathroom to get [...]
Posted in Everyday, Getting Things Done on Apr 9th, 2007 6 Comments »
Forever and always I am trying to wrap my head around how to keep my household in order and my children occupied, all while maintaining my own sanity as a rage-er. Today I have chosen to let them watch endless amounts of television so I can catch up. The floor is sticky, the cabinets are [...]
Posted in Getting Things Done on Mar 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
leaves from last fall snow shovel ladder garden shovels and rakes accessories for a stroller we no longer own snow boots an old area rug our current stroller’s rain cover a pile of stuff intended for the goodwill training potty (last used during the summer) I really do feel my mind breathing a sigh of [...]
Posted in Getting Things Done on Mar 22nd, 2007 3 Comments »
Posted in Getting Things Done on Mar 21st, 2007 3 Comments »
I am a slob as it is, and my bedroom is the LAST place in my house to get cleaned. But NO MORE! I am purging my house of all useless junk! Room by room I am going! This room only took me a couple of hours in one morning while the kids snuggled in [...]
Posted in Bryan, Getting Things Done, Uncategorized on Mar 19th, 2007 1 Comment »
Posted in Getting Things Done, Learning on Jan 18th, 2007 1 Comment »
(For Part I, go here.) When I was a kid I had an active imagination. I was as good as an only child since my brother graduated high school and left home when I was seven (which was also, I just realized, the year after my father left), so I created my own companionship in [...]
Posted in Getting Things Done, On Writing on Jan 18th, 2007 3 Comments »
I haven’t written much about any New Year’s Resolutions, mostly because I haven’t had time to, which is actually a result of one of my goals. If you’ve been following along with me for awhile, you’ll know that I’ve been working my way back from depression and incapacitation, trying to get my household into order. [...]
Posted in Remodel, Things on Jan 2nd, 2007 1 Comment »
I lost a bit of blogging momentum over the busy holidays. I didn’t have much time for focused writing, and now that I’m getting back into the swing of my daily routine I’m not feeling all that compelled to dig deep just yet. So bear with me, Dear Internet, as I continue to bore you [...]
Posted in Getting Things Done on Dec 21st, 2006 1 Comment »
If you’ve ever been in labor, or had surgery, or an injury, or have otherwise been assisted in pain management, you may have been told to ‘stay ahead of the pain.’ Don’t let it surprise you or overtake you, don’t let the pain meds wear out before you take your next dose, position yourself for [...]
Posted in Books, Depression, Getting Things Done, Rage Against The Pile on Nov 10th, 2006 3 Comments »
It’s interesting to me how many areas of my life are intersecting during this season – one of the side effects of so much introspection, I suppose. I’ve been reading a book that Kristin recommended, Writing from the Inside Out, by Dennis Palumbo. As a former Hollywood screenwriter and current psychotherapist, Palumbo has a unique [...]
Posted in Getting Things Done, Rage Against The Pile on Oct 24th, 2006 2 Comments »
Last week I turned a corner; I flipped a bit; did a one-eighty – whatever your preferred analogy is for experiencing a rude awakening. I continue to feel the peace of God in the midst of total awareness of my depravity. Rather than feeling overwhelmed and depressed by the guilt of my sin, I am [...]
Posted in Depression, Getting Things Done, Rage Against The Pile, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Oct 10th, 2006 8 Comments »
I’ve had a very. bad. week. The Ya Ya Sisterhood movie comes to mind – the part where Sidda is young and her mom disappears for days on end, blacked out, and wakes up in a hotel room on the coast. This is how I felt yesterday. I felt like abandoning my children just to [...]
Posted in Depression, Getting Things Done, Rage Against The Pile on Oct 3rd, 2006 9 Comments »
I’m tired. Exhausted, actually. Mentally, and physically tired. I have seven essays drafted on writing, things that I am processing as I push through the TALKING about writing so I may actually get to the business of DOING the writing. But my brain is so mushified that all I can bring myself to do at [...]
Be warned: what you see here is not my best work. It is what Anne Lamott describes in Bird By Bird as a series of “shitty first drafts.” Blogging dragged me kicking and screaming out of creative constipation by getting me to actually write. So I do that. A lot. Without worrying about every word choice or comma placement.
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