Day 24: REARRANGE MY BEDROOM CLOSETS Ordinarily, I’m a pretty organized person. My photos are neatly housed in multi-colored boxes, sitting in chronological order and labeled with memorable events. My hanging clothes are arranged by season and color. And the basket that sits on my desk, well, some might call that a mess, but if you […] Read more…
Operation: Conciliation
Day 23: DON’T YELL AT THE KIDS I never yell at my children. And my children are perfect angels who never disobey direct orders, keep impeccably tidy rooms, always eat their vegetables, and never ever stuff almost an entire roll of toilet paper in the toilet. So yeah, occasionally I yell at my children. Doesn’t […] Read more…
Operation: Deprivation
Day 22: DO NOT GET ON FACEBOOK ALL DAY I’m a recovering Facebook addict. I opened a Facebook account almost 2 years ago, but it wasn’t until I hit my 300 friend milestone last year that I realized I was obsessed. I changed my status update daily. I challenged friends to Scramble games. I sent […] Read more…
Operation: Creation
Day 21: MAKE HOMEMADE PLAY DOH I’m not a crafty person. I don’t scrapbook. I don’t make elaborate craft projects with the kids. I don’t make my own Christmas cards. I figure, if you can buy it, why make it? But I’m a good cook, and I’m an expert recipe follower. So I’m sure I’ll […] Read more…
Operation: Recuperation
Day 20: REST, REST, REST Life has been so crazy this week that I pretty much just ignored the fact that I was sick and not getting any better. But today is Saturday, so we have no obligations. And we woke up to a couple inches of snow on the ground, so we’re stuck in […] Read more…
Operation: Intellectualization
Day 19: START A JANE AUSTEN NOVEL I consider myself a pretty well-educated woman. And I have no idea how I have gotten this far in life without ever having read a Jane Austen book. I got myself to the library the other day and checked out “Pride and Prejudice.” I chose this particular book because of a […] Read more…
