This is an accidental photo. It is good enough to make a post as I watch t.v.
I am lazy.
by Lauren 2 Comments
This is an accidental photo. It is good enough to make a post as I watch t.v.
I am lazy.
by Lauren 4 Comments
…. even better than cottage cheese!
On Monday I asked the children to tell me something yummy they ate at Thanksgiving. Hannah had this to say:
“I had an egg cupcake. It was shaped like an egg and had pretty yellow frosting with red sprinkles. I didn’t like the frosting but I ate the cupcake.”
Ok. It took me a while to realize what she was saying.
Anyone?
Anyone?
Anyone?
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Deviled egg.
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Neatorama had an interesting article about why people put paprika on cottage cheese, and it had this image. So many great recipes for this new food, cottage cheese! My favorite line: “It’s so strength-giving.” Dang. I wanna go buy some cottage cheese.
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Ugh. It was not a good day. I don’t want to talk about it.
I miss Thanksgiving vacation, when the weather was nice enough that I went outside for morning Council Fire twice. (That’s what I call fire in the morning. Only Brad has ever attended Council Fire. We got some good work done then…..)
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A long time ago I tried subscribing to the FlyLady philosophy. I am – admittedly – a slob, and this lady had a system that was very comforting to the slobs of the world. She said (in a nutshell), “Your house didn’t get messy in a day, what makes you think it’s going to get clean in a day? Do a little at a time and work on developing some good habits.” It was helpful way back in the day, but I slid back into my slovenly ways. Laziness always wins.
Well, last week we cleaned up the guest room in case anyone coming up for Sujay’s funeral needed a place to stay. Then Lloyd went to Missouri for several days, and I am pleased to say that I did not destroy the house! In fact, I was secretly using the FlyLady app and cleaned more. Yes, an app!
Think ‘sticker chore chart’ for adults. This is gamified cleaning. The app has the day broken down into times, and each time has some daily jobs. You click a circle when you complete a job and it gives you a star and moves the job to the ‘completed’ section.
There is also a separate section for a few weekly jobs, and also a ‘zone’ section that breaks your house down into zones that can get some special attention for a week or two.
It is customizable. I took out jobs that I would never, ever do like ‘polish the furniture’. Seriously? That’s not even a thing. I added jobs that were already habits like ‘cat boxes’, because I really, really like tapping the button and getting a star. (I am a child at heart.) I also have a healthy attitude of not getting bent out of shape if they don’t all get done. It’s the philosophy of “Months and months have gone by without being done, so what is the big deal? Get it next time.”
I made a section for school because there are some things I will put off for a day or two and then weeks have gone by and they never got done. Plus, I get to click and get a star!
I realize that some of you reading this might be astonished that I need this kind of instruction. “Does she also need a chart to tell her how to breathe?”
Maybe.
…Would I get a star?
by Lauren 4 Comments
We had the lighted parade today. It went about as smoothly as could be expected. Lots of people came to walk along and the children were adorable, as always.
Melanie and I pushed the float and it is much easier to push since she put better wheels on. However, I am a weenie and my arms are tired.
Done!