my journey, destination unknown
I made a great effort all week to stay on top of work, exercise, chores, and all the rest, despite Chloe’s being home sick for most of the week. I was ready to have a great weekend, free from all the “htings that must get done”. And then boom. As soon as I started to…
Even with Chloe home sick from school for most of the week, it has been an easier one than last week. My to-do list has shrunk to something easily manageable each day. So manageable that I’m easily keeping up at work each day, meeting my step counts, exercising daily, and cooking our evening meals. I’m…
We celebrated a number of week 33 holidays, including Julienne Fries Day and S’mores Day! Coming up this week: 17: National Vanilla Custard Day 18: National Soft Ice Cream Day and National Ice Cream Pie Day 19: National Potato Day and National Aviation Day and Snuffleupagus’ Birthday 20: National Lemonade Day 21: National Spumoni Day…
The condo is organized. The car is clean. The dog is groomed. The family to-do list is created. The schedule is up-to-date. The inbox is at zero. And yet I still have difficult, dark days. I was sure that once I got this organized that it would be easier. To be honest, it is easier,…
We celebrated a number of week 32 holidays, including National Zucchini Day. Coming up this week: 10: National S’mores Day 11: National Raspberry Tart Day 12: Julienne Fries Day and International Youth Day 13: Left-Handers’ Day 14: National Creamsicle Day 15: National Relaxation Day and Lemon Meringue Pie Day and International Homeless Animals’ Day 16:…
A friend posted this grumbly article The Dubious, Brand-Led Surge of Fake National Holidays on Facebook while I was busy preparing my chocolate zucchini bread for National Zucchini Day. Why celebrate this silly “holidays”? Some come from lobbies, corporate marketing campaigns, etc. Some don’t make sense – wrong season for fresh veggies, etc. Some are…
Empower and Energy, Project 44 and the monthly projects in my Happiness Project … so many projects! In reality, they are all facets of the same project, guiding me to finish or give up old projects and move forward on the ones that are most important to me. July’s main theme was Career. Though I…
We celebrated a number of week 31 holidays, including National Milk Chocolate Day. Coming up this week: 3: National Watermelon Day and Grab Some Nuts Day 4: National Night Out and Coast Guard Day 5: National Oyster Day and National Walk on the Moon Day 6: National Root Beer Float Day 7: National Lighthouse Day…
Over the years, I have written on and off about my cleaning/decluttering strategies, like in Room of the Week and Room of the month. I haven’t been sticking to my schedule as well since we’ve downsized to a condo in walkable downtown Decatur. What I have done, however, is an “everything in a week” each…
We celebrated a number of week 30 holidays, including National Hot Dog Day. Coming up this week: 27: Walk on Stilts Day and National Scotch Day and National Creme Brulee Day 28: National Milk Chocolate Day 29: National Chicken Wing Day and National Lasagna Day 30: National Cheesecake Day and International Day of Friendship 31:…
3:30am I was up. With all the unloading of the tractor trailer trucks right outside my window, how could I sleep? Chloe and I watched as the barricades were erected, the mats put down, the slide rolled out and blown up. I left at 6:45 to go to the police station for my radio (it…
At the start of the year, we decided to participate in a pseudo-CSA. In the past, we’ve gone with a CSA (community supported agriculture) plan, but I ended up with more eggplant and okra than what I could palate (that means more than none). We decided to subscribe to Moore Farms because not only did…
As we being to prepare for the end of the summer and for school to start, it’s that time again — time for meal planning. Seems like every couple of years I get inspired to make an effort at planning meals : eMealz (2009), what’s for dinner (2009), meal planning again (2011), meals once again…
We celebrated a number of week 29 holidays, including National Gummi Worm Day. Coming up this week: 20: National Lollipop Day 21: National Junk Food Day 22: Hammock Day 23: National Hot Dog Day and National Vanilla Ice Cream Day 24: Amelia Earhart Day and Cousins Day and National Tequila Day 25: National Hot Fudge…
After getting so frustrated reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo, I moved on to Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin. Ah, that feels so much better. I appreciate her breakdown of different personalities and types. Whenever I…
We celebrated a number of week 28 holidays, including Chocolate Almonds and Macaroni Day. Coming up this week: 13: National French Fries Day and International Puzzle Day and Embrace Your Geekness Day 14: Bastille Day 15: National Gummi Worm Day and National Tapioca Pudding Day 16: National Corn Fritters Day and National Personal Chef Day…
As everyone’s been discussing and praising the KonMari method, I wanted to find out what the fuss was all about, so I requested The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo from the library. Given its popularity, it took a while to arrive…just in time for us…
Despite not being caught up yet from our last big adventure (Ireland) due to too many doctor appointments and too much work and too many celebrations and too much volunteer work, it is time almost time for us to hit the road once again. I’ve tried to catch up, keep up and get ahead in…
It was a simple party for the new teenager. A few friends (not many are in town right now). Time to swim and play games. Ice cream cake and snacks (some healthy, some not). A few gifts (not necessary, but grateful in any case).
We celebrated a number of week 27 holidays, including Independence Day. Coming up this week: 6: First Picture Postcard Made and National Fried Chicken Day 7: Chloe’s Birthday and Chocolate Day and Tell the Truth Day and Macaroni Day and National Strawberry Sundae Day and Global Forgiveness Day 8: Video Game Day and Chocolate with…