I read this crazy stat about how completely and utterly pointless New Year's resolutions are - something like 45% of them don't last a week...and another 20 to 25% are out the window by the end of the month. So...why bother, right?I will admit that I am in that 20 - 25% that have given up on their resolutions by the end of...
So - a while ago Beth, @ so the fish said, wrote this post going over the books that she has read this year. I've been a big fan (mostly in the closet) of Beth's blog for some time now and I love to read so I actually really enjoyed the post. I even went so far as to suggest "The Memory of...
I'm exhausted . . . but I can't sleep. I'm so tired that I don't know if I'll make it up the steps . . . but I can't sleep. It has to be a combination of my obsessive disorder when it comes to my new Christmas toys - for example, I feel this need to fill up all 120 GB on my...
I had an amazingly wonderful Christmas. It was surprisingly uneventful - for the most part. I got the most wonderful presents from DH and my parents! I am loving everything I got and all the great new toys the kids have to play with tomorrow...I'm sad that it is all over, but this was by far one of the best Christmases I've had...
So, I'm reading the book Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I borrowed it from someone at book club. This month we read High Noon by Nora Roberts at book club - easy read...not bad. So I needed a new book and picked up Eat, Pray, Love...now I want to learn how to speak Italian. Seriously...but I don't know if I'd be able...
Do you know who that is? Seriously - Do you?It's Peter Billingsley. Who is Peter Billingsley you ask - let me put it to you this way... he obviously didn't shoot his eye out and I'd die to see him in a pair of pink bunny pajamas! :)It's Ralphie from A Christmas Story! I came across an article about 12 little known facts...
I have a pain - in the hip. Argh. It's not unbearable, just really really irritating. So...I'm taking Ibuprofen for it. That's what the doctor prescribed. 600 mg of Ibuprofen twice a day. At first I was a little annoyed. After all, Ibuprofen I could have done all on my own. I do think it's working, though...a little at least. Plus, I don't...
It's not that I didn't believe my parents when they told me that after 30 you have a lot more little aches and pains. I figured they were right...they usually are. However, I now UNDERSTAND what they meant. Little things that I would bounce back from quicker are starting to nag at me a lot longer. Today it's my hip.Yesterday I went grocery...
So I went to the midnight viewing of the movie Twilight last night with my niece. She is a freshman in High School and had read all of the books (there are 4) and then passed them on to me to read. I fell in love with the books - the first 2 are very young adult but the last one is more...
Okay, so that is probably an exaggeration. They do make my life a heck of a lot easier, though. So, I thought I'd pass them on to you all - all 4 of you who have been reading my blog. heheheFlylady.net - It's a lifesaver for me because I am not one of those people who was "born organized". It helps me to...
So, as if I needed one more distraction or thing to take up my time, I started playing the Grocery Game...well, I haven't really played, yet - I'm getting ready to play. I signed up and got my first list - but the list had already kind of expired by the time I got it. So, I'm awaiting a new list this Sunday....
Well - in about 2 hours I will be surrounded by 18 3-year-olds in Halloween costumes - 5 of their mothers and 2 aids to help with Halloween party 1 of 2. UGH! Then at 12:00 the second group will come in and they will start setting up for Halloween part 2 of 2. Which is once again 18 3-year-olds - 5 of...
The food was yummy. Penn State won! We drank this yummy warm apple cider stuff that my friend brought over all night. She had it in her crock pot to keep it warm. It was Savannah Cinnamon Mix, Apple Cider and Merlot wine. Mmmm... The kids were pretty well behaved. I thought everything was going great.Then I got a phone call at 1:30ish....
So - we are having some friends over tonight that we haven't seen in a while. I'm making dinner and need to go grocery shopping. I found a recipe on Flylady that requires me to only buy ketchup and an onion! How cool is that!?! Here it is: Florentine Chicken This recipe is amazingly easy! Almost everyone has the ingredients on hand! Tastes...
I'm so tired right now I don't know why I'm still awake...other than the 5 hour energy shot I took 4 hours ago. I figured it might help me get through the paper that I had to write for my Master's class tonight - and it did...but now I'm exhausted beyond belief but not able to sleep. Stupid.Anyway, I got my Flylady Control...
Well ~ I slipped up. My sink isn't shiny and I had 4 cigarettes since DH bought a pack last night. But - I'm gonna get back on track asap. To be honest with you I've had a little bit of a headache since I got home last night and it's not getting a whole lot better. It wasn't the cigarettes, either -...
I am patiently awaiting my Control Journal in the mail - and my timer. :) In the meantime, I found that FlyLady has a Holiday Control Journal! I printed it out yesterday - printed one out for my mom, too. I also made my Christmas Card List yesterday! In Excel...I only need like 4 addresses. Crazy, I know...but I want to order cards...
It's October - there is a chill in the air and my husband is off on a Saturday...what do I do? Drag my husband and children to a pumpkin patch so that I can have my Kodak moments, of course! :) Seriously, though - we did go to a pumpkin patch today. Triple B Farms pumpkin patch - to be exact. Funny thing,...
No - not Flylady...smoking. Anyone who has known me for a while knows that I've been quitting smoking since I started. I started smoking because I wanted to make my boyfriend at the time mad. He smoked and wouldn't let me smoke...of course I found out later his double standards didn't only apply to smoking...but that's a whole different story not worth getting...
I'm still taking vitamins...I missed yesterday, but picked up again today. I'm not sure if it's the vitamins kicking in or if the whole "hot spot" thing just kind of caught on but I kept cleaning on and off all evening. I dusted the ceiling fans in the kitchen and living room, cleaned off the top of the computer desk, dusted the tv...
Well - my sink is still shiny. I will tell you that it really does make me feel a little more motivated. :) I ordered some stuff from the FlyLady website this week...the timer, and the control journal. I mainly wanted the control journal because I don't want to have to make all the print-outs myself. I know me - I'd spend hours...
So far so good. I can't say I'm overly happy with the way my house looks...but I can say that I'm happy that my sink is still shining. I've been pretty busy and am going to be pretty busy for the next few days. (okay - probably the next few YEARS!!!) I am going to just suck it up, though. I plan on...
Well - I'm gonna try Flylady again. I'm starting over. Since I feel like I need a lot of guidance, I just thought this was the best way to go...I'm gonna give it another try - a real try this time. So - here's my shiny sink.So, the rest of my house may look like this:But I'm gonna work on it in baby...
Not me - not by a long shot. I need some help.Don't get me wrong, I know what I have and it isn't that bad. However, I dream of a day when I can walk into my house and smile because it looks how it should look. I dream of a day when the thought of someone stopping by unannounced doesn't send me...
