I enjoy making a list of what I’ve done during my day as a way to remember, but fear sharing my mundane life peppered with my poor writing skills will cause me to loose readers. Don’t know if I can afford that. But with that said, I have decided to throw my fears a side for now and make my blog fit my needs for better or worse. I’m hoping through the monotony of my day you will get to know me better. Of course it’s a perfect way to be accountable to someone and in turn helping me reach my goals.
here goes nothing
I woke Bella up for school today and both her and I had a hard time adjusting to the new schedule. Man I was tired. While I was helping Tess change into something warmer Bella came running downstairs declaring she had to throw up. Lucky enough we barely made it in time to reach the toilet so there was minimal clean up. She seems to be doing better because she’s already acting bored. So far everyone has been hit with this crazy flu, but me so I am, to say the least, terrified of getting sick.
I not only made a dent in my laundry today I have only one more load to do. This is pretty impressive for me since it takes so long to dry my cloths and all day to do a load of towels. I’m hoping I can keep up this pace. I use to do my laundry on Mondays & Fridays, but am thinking if I do one load a day it will keep me on top of it. Since my dryer is so bad it’s hard to get everything done on one day anyway.
I’ve given myself time to organized my studio today. It’s been a mess since Christmas so it’s nice to see my desk again. I have the hardest time working in clutter, but seem to do it more often than not. I also want to get things in order because my project for the week is to empty and clean a set of drawers in the garage Adam isn’t using. It levitra online Never Happened Again Until I Found Generic Sildenafil Pills! That night I couldn’t sleep. Order http://djpaulkom.tv/flashback-friday-dj-paul-kom-now-im-high-pt-1-from-vol-16-original-masters/ levitra 10 mg it online today to enjoy an instant service. This response is mediated by the release of nitric oxide (NO) that relaxes the smooth muscle of levitra buy generic http://djpaulkom.tv/da-mafia-6ixs-releases-watch-what-u-wish-album/ blood vessels and nerve damage which are involved in erections. However, no matter what the cause or fact ED is, appropriate consumption of medicine cialis cheap online helps to work over ED condition from within. It’s a really cool piece with 6 drawers, the four skinner ones with dividers in them. It will be great for organizing embellishments and other supplies I don’t know what to do with.
I’ve realized that if we’re going to get Megan potty trained we ought to put her in a big girl bed so if she has to go to the bathroom she can. I’m not sure I’m ready for her to be in a big girl bed even if she can climb out of the crib if she wants. The crib has been up and used for 6 years now so it seems weird to take it down and box it up. I suppose that time is quickly approaching no matter what I do. It’s just so hard to imagine that that part of my life is potentially over. Don’t get me wrong I celebrate it as much as I morn it.
I have been ready to get to January as soon as Christmas was over. Yesterday we took down all the Christmas decoration so life feels and looks back to normal. My tree was so dead I was grateful to see it go. I had a harder time taking down all the Christmas cards though, I really loved getting them and seeing them up all month. One of the things I love most about January is a new planner. Yesterday I pulled out my new planner and started highlighting dates and preparing it for 2007. I love it. It makes me feel in complete control. Only 9 weeks to my birthday. 🙂
In true Jill form…
How is your first day back to real life?
Are your Christmas decoration still up?
Do you like to do laundry?
Do you use a planner?
I totally can appreciate getting laundry done in one day- woohoo for you! I am just not good at staying on top of it so I love the feeling when I do focus on it and get it done.
Since we were out of town this weekend it feels like I am playing catch-up today. Playing with Mya- doing mountains of laundry- putting away camping stuff.
We usually take down our Christmas stuff the day or two after but this year we haven’t yet. It is driving me crazy. I plan to get everything but the tree down tomorrow during the day and then enlist help tomorrow night with the tree.
When I worked I used a planner but have moved more towards lists lately and a monthly family calendar I print each month. Once my kids are older and have things going on I am sure I will go back to the planner style. I always loved filling out a new one too!
It sounds like you had a very productive first official day into the new year, good for you!
I definitely think doing 1 or 2 loads of laundry a day is an easier way to go. It never feels overwhelming and you always have clean clothes. (Though it sounds like you need to get your dryer fixed.) I love doing laundry (if I’m on top things) and feel very satisfied when it’s all done. I did 2 loads today.
I took down all our Christmas stuff today, cleaned the house (where all the Christmas decorations had been) and ended up totally reorganizing the garage in order to accomodate all the Christmas stuff. It looks awesome! I’m giddy about it, and ended up taking tons of cardboard, soda cans, and plastic bags to be recycled.
I don’t use a planner. I write things on the big calendar on the side of my fridge and I make lists. I love the physical notebook aspect of a planner, but never really use them for more than a couple months at a time.
I loved hearing what you did during the day. I understand what you mean about it potentiallly being mundane, but if you’re like me, your blog is a journal so sometimes it’s not so exciting but simply a record of your life. That’s ok.
I do laundry every day, as long as the sun is shining. We don’t even own one. Seriously. No one in Queensland uses a dryer regularly (what?! and pay for the electricity? no way!) so I have gotten used to the power of the sun. Usually it’s dry in about an hour or two so I shouldn’t complain. Sounds like you need a new dryer!
Our decorations and tree have been down since last Thursday. I was organizing some boxes in the garage and I realized that I wanted the Christmas ones on the bottom, so naturally I decided I would take down the stuff so I could work them in. You wouldn’t believe the crap I got from the Australians. I felt like such a scrooge! Apparently you are supposed to wait 12 days after Christmas and EVERYONE knows this. Just one more culture difference… BTW, my cards are still up, I just love the photos and couldn’t part with them yet.
I also love having a new planner/calendar and writing in all of the birthdays and events coming up.
We got your card 2 days ago- I loved it, the design was great, but especiallly the photo.
Mundane can be good. Especially after the holidays.
I love doing laundry all in one day. It doesn’t always happen, but I have noticed that it is more likely to happen if I don’t plan on cleaning the whole house on the same day. And yesterday was one of those lucky days! Although I did also happen to have very few interruptions and managed to put the Christmas stuff away. Everything felt bleak for awhile after that.
I got a great 2007 French Desk Diary, which I use rather than a planner (I try to find one every year). The photos are great and it makes me happy. I should utilize it more this year than I have in the past.
Keep on blogging, I love reading about ordinary days.
Love the clean desk. Nothing makes me happier than organizing your life. Like planners. But I do calenders and lists like Jill. I suppose it’s cuz I just don’t have enough going on to justify a planner.
I like to do laundry, but I am an odd person. Maybe it’s because I only have one child, but I can go 10 days without doing a load and be fine. And I can get it all done in one day, but I hang dry my clothes (put them in the dryer 10 mins first). It keeps me from having to iron anything. It’s folding the laundry that’s another story. I hate guys socks, especially folding them. So they sit in my laundry basket and taunt me.
Is my picture showing up? It was for a while on my comments and now it doesn’t anymore, but it shows in my profile. Weird.
Hope you don’t get sick!
On laundry:
I HATE doing laundry. We don’t have in-house laundry, so in any kind of extreme weather, the thought of dragging the cart to the laundromat makes me nearly catatonic. While I was in my play, Nick was handling all the laundry. After shrinking a few girly items (a bra in a dryer?!), he started to live in fear. Eventually, only our favorite or easy-to-wash clothes were getting cleaned AGAIN and AGAIN. The also-ran clothing would linger in a hamper that we would sometimes hide in the bathtub when guests came over. I cannot lie. Last night, after sending a few loads out (towels, sheets) to be done for us, we finally got all the laundry under control. All the clothes we own are clean (and there’s huge bags going to Salvo.) Except we don’t have a drying rack to handle this kind of monumental event, so our air-dry clothes are ALL OVER THE PLACE. After all our Jan. 1 organization, our apartment looks like a dressing room at a drag queen bar. And we don’t own enough hangers. The idea of having a washer/dryer IN YOUR HOME, with enough space to hang some stuff up… well, I am freakishly envious. I read your post like it was a washing machine dirty magazine. So jealous.
I was a bit bah humbugish and took down our decorations on Christmas Day. (we celebrated ours early this year.)
I can’t imagine NOT doing at least one load a day. My children wouldn’t have any pants to wear.
We are back to the grind with my kids back in school. I am trying to get my normal routine waking up early, etc.
I don’t use a planner, because when I did I never remember to look at it. But we have a huge grided calendar on our pantry door. Love that.
Good luck with all your goals and tasks!
I enjoyed your “mundane” life entry! Somehow that’s what makes up our lives, and it ends up being a beautiful thing.
I do laundry all the time. If I miss a day or two, I pay for it with big piles. I don’t mind doing it too much, but I fantasize about having a big, beautiful laundry room to do it in — mine is almost too narrow to be functional.
I took down my Christmas stuff last Friday. I love getting it all out, but I love putting it away, too. It feels so peaceful to have things back to normal.
I have always loved the new calendar/planner aspect of the new year. I recently found a planner (momagenda.com) that has spaces on each day for 4 kids and their things, too. It started in September, so I could use it right away when I found it in November, and I love it. It really helps me keep track of little details I was losing. I do keep a big calendar up, too, because it’s a good visual for the whole family.
I like the “mundane” details. My dryer doesn’t work as well as it should, either. It drives me crazy to have to put a load through 2-3 times to get it dry! It makes laundry take forever. Maybe I should switch to one load a day…
I haven’t used a planner since I stopped working, but maybe I will start again since Amy H. made me such a cute cute one!
I also enjoyed reading about your first day of the new year, Ames. Congratulations! As for laundry, I do enjoy it and one or two loads a day is the ONLY way to go! It’s like you really never have to do any if you stay on top of it this way. I got all my Christmas put away by Wed. morning and the house feels all clean and new again. I have always loved receiving photos in the Christmas cards we receive so ever since we’ve been married I have cut those photos down and now have THREE magnetic (yukky, I know) photo albums full! I also keep all photos of friends and relatives wedding announcements. It’s crazy but sometimes I go back about 10-12 years and can see the photos of just one family and how they’ve grown and reproduced! I treasure these gifts and feel closer to these people because they’ve sent us a card every year!