Projects!

As Halloween has ended and we anticipate Thanksgiving and Christmas I find myself with an ever growing list of things "to do". Now I will admit right away that I am one to write something down after I have done it just to check it off. That's right! It isn't good enough for me to have just done it, but it needs to get written down and checked off no matter how small and insignificant.

Last year around this time we had an enrichment activity that talked mainly about getting our homes organized and clean. So, being the reason we had that lesson I listened closely and took notes. When I got home I went strait to the Fly Lady website that they suggested, read a little and signed up. I was ready! I made my notebook that next day and was on my way to little or no mess and chaos. Immediately after signing up I think I had 10-12 emails from fly lady, and then the next day at least ten more. As it went on and I tried to keep up Brian decided to give fly lady her own folder in the email, and before I knew it there were hundreds then thousands of emails "flying" in that folder. Now I only needed one a day which specified that days task, but it became such a chore searching for that ONE email that I just gave up. However, I didn't give up until making a Holiday notebook filled with things I never even thought of that needed to get done in time for Christmas. So, I decided this year that I wasn't going to let Fly Lady fill my mind with all these things that I NEED to do.

Instead, I found this blog to fill my mind with ideas and things that must be done in time for Christmas like this and this.

So, I have decided it isn't the fault these crazy website that have me running around like a chicken with my head cut off. It is the fault of the people who tell me about these websites, filled with great ideas, that are only good for people who have self control and are reasonable about time management. After all I am the type of person who doesn't do things because they need to get done, but so that I check them off a list!