If you read this blog by feed, I apologize. You probably know exactly what I mean, and I just need to let you know I didn’t do that. If you haven’t already unsubbed. But it wasn’t me. But I am still sorry.
Unless I only have the one subscriber, who let me know what had happened. Hmm, that’s an unpleasant thought.
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We went camping. I got wet. Very, very wet. And it was fun! So fun, I went out and bought more camping supplies, and we are camping out in the backyard tonight.
It’s that time again, folks. Time to hold my failures up to public ridicule, and also to brag on myself. It’s my fervent hope that there is more of the latter than the former.
Crafting
Yep, made some stuff, didn’t spend any money, see the craft blog for details.
Financial
We did maintain the status quo, but no further progress was made. I did spend a boatload of money this month, but most of it was on general household needs. We aren’t any further behind, but we aren’t any closer to caught up, either. Guess that means “bring the light bill current goes on the April plan.
School
While we still aren’t doing group work, we are doing much better with school in general. I changed my schedule so that I work first thing in the morning, and then turn immediately to school, starting with my youngest student and going to the oldest. Depending what time I get through with work, we’re done with school between 3 and 5, and that’s working at a steady but unhurried pace. Of course, I’d still like to be done by noon, but then what would I do, sit here and surf the internet?
Family More, Internet Less
I am doing better here. I know this is true, because of the house and the school. I still sit at the desk a lot, but I’m not always playing online. And I am actually leaving the desk more, too.
Time with Dh
I have totally fallen off the wagon with this one. Time with dh absolutely depends on getting the last of the kids in bed by 9. I need to be in bed by 10 in order to get up without grumpiness at 6:45. Bedtime for the older ones is not a priority with him, mostly I think because he doesn’t see the correlation. That’s ok, the world is not going to end, but honesty compels me to be … well, honest. And the truth is, this isn’t happening as I’d wish it, too.
Weight Loss
This one just about has me in tears. Still stuck there at 154. I am a weak, weak woman, and that is a fact. I enjoy eating with my family, and I have been doing that way too much, I guess, when I should be eating my “food from the box”. They make it difficult because they want me to come sit with them. And I do like to sit with them, but … hmm, time to buckle back down to it! I did pick up a few meal replacements this weekend, so perhaps I will have something better to say on April 30th.
Bible Reading
Yes. This one is a yes, LOL!
Reading
Also a yes. This is one of the things I do when I move away from the computer. In fact, on Friday, I went to the library for the express purpose of getting books to review. And I’ve already read one of them! And I also finished Matrimony and wrote a fairly lengthy review of it on this blog. And I am currently reading A Thousand Splendid Suns.
House Cleaning
Ummm, not so much. Held steady, but not much progress, except for a little furniture re-arranging in my room. I also got the huge stack of bins out of the office area, but that was mostly just putting them in other places–they aren’t really “dealt with”, but we will get there. I think for this month, my goal is to maintain what I’ve done and get the stuff out of the freezer cubby, either via eBay or the midwife. Anybody need a sling or some newborn diapers? Breast pump? I have several of those, LOL!
To-Do list
Sigh. That’s all I want to say about that. But no, I must say more. I did add some new projects to it, and I am seriously trying to streamline and consolidate stuff so I can get on with the list. I keep meaning to come back after school and work on it (it’s mostly internet related), but I am so brain-drained by the time school is over that it’s just not happening. I’m totally satisfied that I have my priorities lined up correctly, but I still don’t like being so far behind. Ladies and Gents, there are items on that list from last NOVEMBER. Sigh.
And there we have an entire moaning paragraph sandwiched with sighs. It just doesn’t get any more whiny than that, now does it?
Organizing
In February, I said: Oh, as noted above, much my stuff is together. Now I can begin work on my thoughts and ideas and get something done with my days aside from just getting through them!
This is happening, and this one item indicates success to me, because it’s the fruit of all the others, really. I am getting stuff done. I’m no longer looking around in bewilderment. I am no longer befuddled. I know what needs to be done, and I am doing my best to make it happen. That’s a good thing, ya’ll. A very good thing.
Better Blogger
March 2007 : 1070
Feb 2008: 1257
March 2008: 1228 so far and the day isn’t over yet.
Not worked on this month
Craft Trip
Family Trip
Travel alone
Prayer
Christmas
Those of you who’ve been reading for awhile may remember that I have been struggling with a massive to-do list. Yesterday, I sat down and consolidated that list into a usable form. I dropped down to 83 items from a high of 105. 4 pages instead of 6. Would I be totally weird for showing a picture of my to-do list? Too compulsive? Freaky? Fiendishly controlling? Well, I don’t care. Here is approximately HALF of my list.
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Wherein we have a round up of things I have seen, read, heard and thought about.
I subscribed to a few magazines this past week and then when I was at the store, I picked up the lastest issues of a couple of them while I wait for the subs to kick in. One of the benefits of getting my desk cleaned off was finding those reminder cards I had pulled from various magazines, LOL! One of the mags I ordered is InStyle: I had seen a couple of issues at the hair dresser and doctor’s office, and I had been disappointed to be called before I had finished reading, so I finally went to the website and ordered it. Anyway! InStyle! I read this one because I like the advertisements in the front, the articles are short and it’s picture intensive. I’ll also note that it is THICK, and it takes a couple hours at least to get through it. Also, it comes with a book mark in the front, so you can keep your place. Here’s what I learned from this month’s issue:
This week, we’ve been watching Jason Bourne. No. Back up. We’ve been watching Matt Damon play Jason Bourne. So far, we’ve seen (again) Identity and Supremacy, and Ultimatum should be here later today. My review may be tainted by the fact that I read the books (*gasp*, there were books???) some 20 years ago, but I have to confess that Matt Damon was far too young in Identity to be convincing as a secret agent. He really didn’t look a day over 16, and it was hard to believe he actually had the experience to do the job. Marie (Franka Potente), however, was totally believable. He looks almost old enough to pass in Supremacy, though, and both movies are good action flicks, and hanging with Jason Bourne would make most self defense products so passe.
Nothing here. I’ve got some sitting on my desk, but I haven’t opened it yet. I only put that title here so I could have three points that all began with M. What can I say, I’m a big loser!
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What’s your favorite thing to spend money on?
If you could retire tomorrow what would you do?
Should anything be censored and if so, what and why?
I may have an unorthodox view of money, but I have to admit that I don’t really have a favorite thing to spend it on. To me, money is a tool, and it’s used to take care of needs, whether those needs are mine or not is mostly irrelevant. I truly believe that God places money in our hands in stewardship, not owning, and that we are responsible for using it in ways that will glorify Him. I believe that he also places those in need in our path so that we can minister to them in His name–Jesus with hands on, if you will. This is not to say that we should never have fun, because ya’ll know I have fun. And I buy stuff just because i want it and I can. But if I know my neighbor needs food, and I spend money on frivolous stuff instead of helping him, I’ve done wrongly. Of course, I’ve also noticed that if I help the neighbor, that money ends up being replaced and I get my frivols anyway. God’s like that.
Travel! If I could retire tomorrow, it would be because I had enough money to travel, and that is exactly what I would do.
Yes, some things should be censored. Parents ought to be able to control the materials their child comes in contact with until at least the mid-teens. Message board owners shouldn’t have to countenance any horse’s ass who decides to drop by and cause trouble. None of this applies to the government doing the censoring. All of this applies to personal property rights (the boards) and fiduciary trust (the children).
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I tell you, there is nothing like being satisfyingly tired at the end of a good hair day to make you wish you had bothered to put on just a little bit of make-up. Oh well, here I am anyway! Proof that you don’t have to be having a glam day to show your face to the public.
3A, only washed and conditioned, no styling
