defining the circles that make me whole
Unintentional but necessaryPosted by Alli on July 12, 2008
You know how when you get back from a vacation you feel like you need another vacation? Well, my dirty little secret is I sometimes slack off for a few days after getting home. Then something reminds me I am no longer on vacation and I start cleaning the house, unpacking our suitcases, and getting [...]
GroundedPosted by Alli on June 4, 2008
I just finished my to do list for the next two days… and it doesn’t really include a lot of online time. I am pretty good at surrendering to the timesuck of the laptop and ignoring other household duties. What happens is a paralyzing guilt that keeps me from writing because I know there is [...]
Where is Mary Poppins and her snappy snap?Posted by Alli on May 28, 2008
I’m enjoying the warm weather recently and confident it will be sticking around to make Summer proud. Before I left for the weekend I did a quick clothing swap, pulling out my complete Spring/ Summer wardrobe and throwing my Fall/ Winter clothes in a pile on the floor. I need Mary Poppins to show up, [...]
My moment of zenPosted by Alli on March 12, 2008
I’m at the point in family travel prep where I can just start throwing stuff into suitcases and we could go in about two hours. Not that we are leaving in two hours. But if we had to, we could. I hit my zen moment around 7 when I realized washing my bed sheets before [...]
Motivation MondayPosted by Alli on January 14, 2008
I have a list forming in my mind. If I don’t write it down, I might forget some or all of it and at the end of the day I will have nothing to show except clean hair (because I can cross “take shower” off my list now). Today my goal is the dining room. [...]
Honey, I’m homePosted by Alli on January 3, 2008
Home is where the husband is. And my bed. And Fuller’s bed. And a mess I will have to clean up sometime sooner rather than later. Damon has been home since last Thursday and yet there is laundry to be done. I find this somewhat amusing, since I did laundry yesterday at my mom’s house. [...]
It’s hereditaryPosted by Alli on December 21, 2007
My mother has a list. I know I get my listing habit from her, but it just strikes me as funny that I come to my parents’ house and am handed a list. When I was growing up, we would go grocery shopping with my mom and she would have to push the cart so [...]
One step forward, two steps backPosted by Alli on December 18, 2007
I’m staring at a list I made this morning and there are so many things crossed off, it makes me feel happy. And then I start adding things to it and I get a little overwhelmed. Getting ready for travel does this to me and yet I find a zen place inside myself that 1) [...]
Take fivePosted by Alli on December 1, 2007
I woke up this morning in a panic because of a bunch of stuff I didn’t do and need to do and wondering why I forgot to do them? It’s because I did not make a LIST! Lists are really a huge part of keeping me on an even keel. If I sit down, write [...]
Grandfather grandfather clockPosted by Alli on November 28, 2007
At my inlaws last week my husband helped my FIL bring in a new accessory for their lake house- the new (to them) grandfather clock. Albert got it when a friend asked him if he might be interested in anything from an estate sale. Albert replied he would like a grandfather clock, if it was [...]
