I’ve been Flying for a week now, and I’m feeling really good about the program. My sink is shiny, and parts of my house are really clean - and staying that way. I haven’t finished the whole house yet, but I’m surprisingly not bothered by this; I’m just ignoring my inner Perfectionist who says it’s not good enough if everything is not completely ( Read more... )

Well, it’s day two, and already I have FAILED! ;) Okay, not really . . . but day two is “Get Dressed to Lace-up Shoes,” and a quick look in my closet confirmed what I suspected when I read this. I don’t HAVE any lace-up shoes! (I think I do own a pair or two, but they’re in California). Bwahahahahaha! I live in flip-flops most of the summer, and ( Read more... )

I’m going to try using the FlyLady system and see how it works. I tried it once before, about a year ago (maybe more), but I just wasn’t ready. That house was too overwhelming. Here, for the first time in ages, I feel like I’m really close to getting control over my messy house, and maybe FlyLady can help me. So, I’m going to follow the program for ( Read more... )

I have been creating lately, but I decided to make this a formal goal - because I’ve also been collecting a LOT of art supplies, and I want to make sure I use all of them. I now have: watercolor pencils; a collection of Prismacolor markers; watercolor paints; acrylic paints; drawing pencils; tissue paper and Modpodge for collage; I even have ( Read more... )

Not even the end of March, and I’ve already read 100 books this year! W00t! My actual “goal” is to read 150 (which I should be able to complete with no problem), but this seems like a big enough milestone to warrant an entry. I should note that my 100 books includes children’s books that I’ve read with my son, but even so, a good chunk of the books ( Read more... )

I’ve switched out 15 lightbulbs (which is fewer than I originally pledged, but I don’t have any more burnt out bulbs in the house right now, and we’re moving soon). Once we’re in a new place permanently, I’ll make a new pledge. Plus, I’ve posted about this to my LiveJournal, to encourage others to participate.
And if you haven’t yet participated, * ( Read more... )

Hee. Yeah, I’m in the middle of packing up my house to get ready to move across the country, but I’m going to try and do this challenge in February, anyway. I haven’t been taking many pictures lately, but I’ve seen some excellent ones on my f-list - a lot of creativity, and I think some of my friends are doing this challenge (or a similar one). So ( Read more... )

YAY! I’ve completed this goal, and with plenty of time to spare before my “challenge” ran out. (Tomorrow, I’ll set myself a new one). I registered a whole bunch of books today (mostly ones in my TBR pile that I know I’ll probably want to release after I’ve read them), and I overran my goal by eight books. YAY! So, I’ve now registered more than 1, ( Read more... )

Well, actually, I started a LibraryThing catalogue about a year ago, but gave up on it in favor of the easier-to-enter AllConsuming. But now, I’ve decided that AllConsuming is just not the right place for my book database, so I’m going to get everything into LibraryThing after all.
This weekend, I’ve entered a few hundred books, starting with the ( Read more... )

Another book challenge:
Although I’ve been an avid reader almost all my life, this is one area where I’ve been a bit negligent. I managed to avoid most of the reading I was supposed to do in high school (thanks to Cliff’s Notes), and now there are a lot of books I feel I “should” have read, but I haven’t. So, I would like to read more of them.
I like ( Read more... )