It's no secret that I'm unorganized, a piler, a clutterer. But it's not like the crew of Hoarders will be parking 1-800-Got-Junk trucks out front or anything. The surfaces might be piled with stuff, but you can tell there are surfaces underneath. Nevertheless, every once in a while, something disappears and no matter how hard we look, we just can't find it. The first thing to go missing was one of Kaitlyn's shoes. A shoe is not a tiny thing, and yet although we've torn the house apart, we just can't find it anywhere. Then, the case for my Nintendo DS vanished. We've looked and looked and looked, it is just gone. And now, this morning, I went to fix a cup of coffee, and the bottle of coffee creamer I bought at the grocery store last night isn't in the refrigerator. I checked every shelf and drawer, I even checked the freezer because you never know. It's just gone. So what is up with that? Where did those things GO? I hate having to buy Kaitlyn another pair of shoes when she has … [Read more...]
Buried in Email
Everyone says, "just write about your life". Well, that graphic over there? That is my life right now. Okay, so Ryan is helping out more around the house than ever even when he would rather be with his friends, and Nathan is mowing the lawn now for spending money, and Kaitlyn came up to me the other day while I was wearing a shirt that reads "happy mom" (all lowercase on it) and correctly identified all the letters, and that's what ELSE is going on in my life, but mostly? It's email. Those of you who follow me on Twitter or on Facebook know that I've been posting a lot recently about trying to achieve this mystical state of being known as "Caught Up." That I'm trying, so hard, every day, to not just stay on top of the emails but to get through the ones I've already opened that need me to do something. But people, I'm losing the fight and I don't know what to do. Let's look at Outlook as of today. Outlook is where I read the emails that come … [Read more...]
What do you do when there’s too much to do?
Those of you reading this who are able to stay organized and on top of things, would you PLEASE tell me HOW you do it? Because Donna Reed I am NOT. Chris has been in Toronto since last Thursday and gets home this Friday, and it's going to take a freaking miracle for me to get this house clean enough so he won't feel like he can't ever leave town on business again for fear of losing his children under a pile of dirty dishes and coffee-table piles. Every day I get up and I make a big mug of coffee, and I think about my day. I think about reviews that are due and giveaways to start. I think about dusting and vacuuming and putting in another load of laundry. I think about the fact that my daughter is watching TV all day (that's right, I'll admit it. Kaitlyn watches TV for most of the day, when she isn't jumping off of overturned laundry baskets or drawing on her Aquadoodle mat or dumping out a board game or galloping up and down the hallway). I think about the dishes in the sink and … [Read more...]
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