my journey, destination unknown
I took some time off from the celebrations during the summer and now that I’m feeling a bit caught up with my to-do list and am able to keep up with ongoing tasks, I think it is time to try to pick up again on it. Coming up this week: 19: World Toilet Day World…
As we are now halfway through this month, I’m ready to asses where I’ve gotten on my Happiness Project tasks for this month. Overall, things have been moving along vey nicely. I’ve tackled a number of our “trouble spots” including the junk drawer and more. I would still love to get the “art dresser” cleaned…
Now that I feel slightly more in control of my time on occasion, I’ve started to move forward a bit faster with working on our apartment. We moved back in February, and we seemed to do just the bare minimum we needed to do. We’ve worked a bit on the girls’ room, so they now…
A couple of weeks ago, I had a breakthrough : I conquered my to-do list! Well, not completely, as it has a revolving door of of things that I need to do, but I managed to finally cross off all the nagging things that I’ve needed to get to RIGHT NOW! In the past two…
I’ll admit it; I have taken *terrible* care of my teeth. Nonetheless, I’ve been extremely lucky on the dental front. As a child, it was easy for me to go to the dentist, despite the 12 hour trip to get to my appointment. My granddaddy was my dentist and that worked out quite well for…
Ever since school started back after the summer, my “to-do” list has been absolutely out of control. I don’t have any idea how it managed to get as long as it did. Did the summer heat drain me of energy? Was I too busy? Today, at long last, that to-do list is done. It has…
Or lots of extra steps for me today. Or hours behind at work. Or “My house looks great FINALLY!” When we moved to Decatur, I gave up the cleaning service that we had for over ten years, even through a move across county. We moved from a large house to a two-bedroom apartment — how…
Labor Day here in Decatur means, at the minimum, Dragon*Con and the Decatur Book Festival. This year as with last year, Rob and the girls have gotten a hotel room at Dragon*Con in order to have a comfortable place to crash during the day and to allow them to spend more time with friends and…
The new “habits” list I found is 25 Habits Of People Who Are Happy, Healthy & Successful. I considered items 1 & 2 a couple weeks ago. The third item is: 3. They go by a routine and make exercise a part of it. It takes practice to develop healthy habits and stick with them….
This week, we completed only *four* more of our summer passport activities. So now, if we were doing a daily tally, I think we are behind by ten activities. We’ll need to start doubling up, I think… This week we completed: 10. Hemp/floss bracelets : 27 jun 2013 20. Atlanta History Museum : 25 jun…
Summer’s here, and it’s time to celebrate!! This past week, we celebrated “Ice Cream Soda Day” and “National Flip Flop Day”… Coming up this week: 1 Canada Day 2 World UFO Day 3 Eat Beans Day 4 Independence Day 5 Workaholics Day 6 First Picture Postcard Made 7 Chloe’s Birthday
Over the past month or two, I have been considering items from the 22 Things Happy People Do Differently. Of course, as these things go, things change. I’ve found a new, better list. And while the lists are helpful, strangely enough, my reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change…
This week, we completed *seven* more of our summer passport activities. So now, if we were doing a daily tally, I think we are still behind by three activities. Still do-able. Plus, we’ve edited the list a bit to add in some things that we really want to do, replacing things that maybe weren’t so…
Summer’s here, and it’s time to celebrate!! This past week, we celebrated “Sewing Machine Day”, “Kitchen Klutzes of America Day”, “Nature Photography Day”, “Father’s Day”, “National Fudge Day”, and “Eat Your Vegetables Day”. Coming up this week: 24 : International Fairy Day 25 : Log Cabin Day 26 : Bicycle Patented 27 : Sunglasses Day…
I’m feeling quite old this week. A look at the books on my nightstand has me feeling as though perhaps it is time for me to acknowledge that I am no longer young and that I need to take a serious look at what I really want to be doing and what I need to…
Summer’s here, and it’s time to celebrate!! This past week, we celebrated “National Donut Day”, “Iced Tea Day”, “ET Movie Premiere Day” and “National Peanut Butter Cookies Day”. Camille celebrated “national Sewing Machine Day” and “Kitchen Klutzes Day” too. Coming up this week: 17: Eat Your Vegetables Day 18: International Picnic Day 19: Garfield’s Birthday…
I thought I had Item 3 from 22 Things Happy People Do Differently in the bag. It’s what I preach. And though I often practice it, when I get too stressed, I feel defeated by every “challenge”. I think I need to review these items each and every day to remind myself! This week, the…
Summer’s here, and it’s time to celebrate!! This past week, we celebrated “Hug Your Cat Day” and “National Yo Yo Day” (although Chloe’s yo-yo broke the day before the holiday…). And of course, I celebrated “National Go Barefoot Day” as I celebrate that almost every single day! Coming up this week: 10: Iced Tea Day…
So, how did it go, my happiness project topic for May? Als, not so good. I had a couple of truly low periods during the month. I did not have enough energy to even attempt to do the things that might have helped me improve my energy levels. But ever since getting out of town…
I’m still struggling with the second item of 22 Things Happy People Do Differently. I will continue to try to treat *everyone* with kindness. This week, the challenge is to: 3. See problems as challenges. I say this to Chloe all the time. Unfortunately, I have not been great at following this advice for myself…