No, Not That!!!
Woman in the Middle | January 16, 2013I just checked out a blog for the first time. I try to do that every once in a while, see what some of those millions of other bloggers out there are doing. This blog is called “Underachiever’s Guide to being a Domestic Goddess.” Obviously the woman has a sence of humor, always a good start for me! Then I saw her January 2nd post and the nightmare began….
It was called “Knock Knock” What was knocking at her door? All of those things she promised to do ”after the holidays.” Well “after the holidays” has arrived and now all of those things she told herself she would do , things like sorting the kids toys, organizing and weeding out their clothes, getting into an exercise routine, watching less television, are here and waiting for her to get her act together! Her amazingly long list just made me queasy, because it included many things from my “after the holidays” list. Today is January 16th and I was doing such a good job of ignoring the fact that it was after the holidays. But, because of my fellow blogger, I can no longer forget, and so the cause of the nightmare!
What is knocking at my door?
Organizing my walk in closet, which is very small for a walk in closet.
Getting into a better cleaning routine, instead of the frantic “friends are coming over” craziness that dominated 2012.
Exercising more.
Cleaning the dust off blinds in the bedroom. (There are a lot of blinds and a lot of dust)
Picking out tile for the bathroom floors so that little project can get done.
Getting some major garage cleaning done.
Organizing the coat closet to, in someway, make better use of that space.
Oh yeah, finding a job!
That is only part of my list. It was too depressing to think of any more of those things I postponed until “after the holidays.” Maybe I will do that after MLK’s birthday…
What is knocking at you door now that the holidays are over?
The Underachiever’s Guide to being a Domestic Goddess can be found at http://underachievingdomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/
The SITS Girls
Haha I don’t want to look through the peep hole to see who’s knocking at my door!
If one of those types try knocking at my door I will close the door in their faces!
These look like spring projects to me (maybe except for the exercising one). I would wait until after Easter to start them.
You are so right. Maybe they are even summer projects…Hummm….
I pretend I can’t hear the knocking or I turn up the tv or music to drown it out……………………
Good idea!
My goal is to vaccuum my apartment!!
See, that’s exactly why I don’t make New Years resolutions or any other such nonsense. Why set myself up for failure
I just hang the “Do Not Disturb” sign on my door. Ha!
I used to get really frustrated as time went ticking by in January and my resolve was melting away. Not so much anymore. I think it helps that I quit making New Year’s Resolutions and started just picking a WORD for the year. I write my WORD down and tape it to the bathroom mirror. Last year’s word was DELIGHT. So, every day when I see my word, I ask myself; “Am I doing things today that bring me DELIGHT?” If the answer is no, I switch gears. I found I accomplished so much more that way. AND I was much happier!
I have yet to choose this year’s word. But then, I know I’ll do it soon. And if it takes a while yet, oh well.
I love that idea!!!! I can’t wait to find out what this year’s word is going to be!