RUNNING AWAY

Today I feel like running away. Like it is al useless anyway. That no matter what I do it's never enough and it doesn't get me anywhere. Oh, and no matter where I go free stuff is calling my name. Today I caved. I took it. Man, who can say no to a practically new trailer for the bike to haul the kids around in. Especially when I have been telling myself that the old one has to go and I need to just bite the bullet and BUY one. Now, as long as the old one really goes I am fine. But back to never getting anywhere.

A few moments, when I walked into the girls' room I stopped dead in my tracks. What a shock. The room was clean! Right! We cleaned it! And it was still clean. So much for never getting anything accomplished! I CAN and DO make a difference. It doesn't need to be done all at once and in one day. I still feel to tired to believe that the silly playroom will EVER be clean again. But guess what. I am going to clip onmy timer and go at it. 10 minutes at a time. And then I will goon break for 10 min. Iwill not use 10 min per room today, but instead will allow myself to use all 12 of my 10 min blocks to go into the playroom. The 2 kids that are home at the moment and are able to help get to tag along. We can handle 10 min. Let's se if we even need the full 2 hours! I don't think so!

surface of the day: playroom floor (no, we didn't get around to shelves and surfaces)

7 a day: paper, more paper, still more paper

REGAINING CONTROL

Not having to do it all at in one day is a great relief. One thing I really like about my 10 magic minute is that once my 2 hours are up I am done. No matter how bad the rest of the house looks. I am just simply awesome. Today, I was awesome. Very awesome. And I feel so good about myself, that I feel ready to tackle the mountain of clothes that need ironing that has grown in a corner of my living room over the last couple of weeks. Shifting it to the bedroom did not help to reduce it. Big surprise, I know. Well. The TV is on, my movie has 80 min left. Let's DO THIS!

7 a day: handful of expired coupons, 1 toy, 3 books, kid's art

surface of the day: girls' room, yup, the whole room

I'M FEELING BETTER

I know, you are absolutely thrilled. I was just so tired the last 2% weeks. I slept at least 9 hours every night and took 3 hour naps during the day just to survive. Today is my 4th day without a nap, but I did lie down during the day. Needless to say, no decluttering took place. Nothing happened. I am just glad the laundry is under control and the kids love cereal. Today was the first day I felt kind of back to normal at least. I was able to make an organized effort with household chores and the kitchen and downstairs bathroom are back under control. So is the master bedroom and Mt laundry shrunk to a rolling hill. Okay, so half of it was easy stuff, but trust me, it was hard enough picking easy chores. Looks like I will be first one asleep yet another night.

THE BRINK OF DEATH

Oh, so I like drama, deal with it. Dr. "This-herb-will-cure-you" gave me antibiotics without blinking. Tells me something. If you want to know just how poorly I felt, I was too sick to whine about it online. I know. You are SHOCKED. Now, day 7 I am feeling a little better. My muscles are sore from coughing. The upside is, I wasn't really able to eat anything for 4 days. Hehehe. We shall see what the scale has to say! James did well saving the world without me. He better be careful or I will stay in bed for another week because things run smoothly without me. Decluttering? Come on. Be SERIOUS! I told you I was on the brink of death. I will definitely still take things slowly next week. 

The tomatos are alive and well, the beans are tall and beautiful, for the first time I managed to grow peppers, and there is a baby pumpkin in my backyard. Live is wonderful.

LOCKED OUT

I am not sure what I did, but I locked myself out of my blog. I was about read to throw my laptop. I gues that will teach me no to mess withmy google chrome settings to increase privacy. I am not even sure how I got back in, but hey. Here I am. I have a google headache and nothing to say but:"It's good to be back!