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Sunday 13th August 2006

slider's last CI--11:23 pm

Hi, Milo and bpjennings--the box says you are online.

After reading about dreams and fantasies (and responding to a few posts, surprising myself with the intensity of buried feeling I'm carrying around), I checked out the link to fantasy journalling, then explored the writing website. Wonderful! So I spent about 75 minutes adding to a short story I had started many months ago. I haven't decided where the story is heading yet, and it's been so long since I started it that I don't really remember my intentions,but I'm having fun just writing. Sometimes the darker side of me comes out in my writing. Tonight it was about ugliness. What I enjoy is telling a truth, particularly when it is an ugly one. In real life, I am too polite to do that, but in fiction....

Anyhow,
TA DA:
--get up at 7:00
--breakfast
--clothes in dryer
--take clothes out when timer goes off (immediately!)
--shower & groom
--dress & makeup
--check on DS
--gather bag and purse--make sure phone is in it
--go over by 8:3o
--attend Sunday School planning session after SS
--CI
--lunch
--regroup
--doctor DS
--tend all animals
--remind DH he has to come to meeting, too (DD starts this year)
--got name tag supplies by rushing to 2 stores enroute to class
--showed kids how to make name tags
--oriented families
--Eat

Blew off AGAIN:
--copy taxes

To Do:

--bedtime routine
--set alrm for 7:00 am

reminder: Monday call accountant to make appointment for Tuesday if possible

Also need to do (but WHEN????)
--sort materials
--return unused materials, get $ back
--need to do mileage and medical reimbursements
--need to pay medical bills--dewrinkle more laundry from the top of the dryer
--make eye appt for DS

Deep..

You have been very introspective and insightful about yourself today, slider! I was rather mesmerised by your 'dreams' post. Had to read it a bout 3 times, actually, to absorb it all.

You also had a productive day - sleep well!!!!!!!

pro's CI - 10:30pm

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • Day Plan
  • Before Bed Routine
  • ----Take out contacts.
  • ----Empty dish drain and wash any dirty dishes.
  • ----Take last dose of pills.
  • ----Put on jammies.
  • ----Brush teeth.
  • ----Make up bed (convert futon from couch to bed). CLEAN SHEETS! :)

Good night!

pro's CI = 10:10pm

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • Day Plan
  • Before Bed Routine
  • ----Take out contacts.
  • ----Empty dish drain and wash any dirty dishes.
  • ----Take last dose of pills.
  • ----Put on jammies.
  • ----Brush teeth.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Before Bed Routine
  • ----Make up bed (convert futon from couch to bed).

pro's CI - 9:45pm

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • Day Plan
  • Before Bed Routine
  • ----Take out contacts.
  • ----Empty dish drain and wash any dirty dishes.
  • ----Take last dose of pills.
  • ----Put on jammies.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Before Bed Routine
  • ----Make up bed (convert futon from couch to bed).
  • ----Brush teeth.

pro's CI - 9:30pm

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • Day Plan
  • Before Bed Routine
  • ----Take out contacts.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Before Bed Routine
  • ----Make up bed (convert futon from couch to bed).
  • ----Empty dish drain and wash any dirty dishes.
  • ----Take last dose of pills.
  • ----Put on jammies.
  • ----Brush teeth.

slider's 8:30 CI

TA DA:
--get up at 7:00
--breakfast
--clothes in dryer
--take clothes out when timer goes off (immediately!)
--shower & groom
--dress & makeup
--check on DS
--gather bag and purse--make sure phone is in it
--go over by 8:3o
--attend Sunday School planning session after SS
--CI
--lunch
--regroup
--doctor DS
--tend all animals
--remind DH he has to come to meeting, too (DD starts this year)

Aack! Where I blew it:
--be at other church early--by 2:30
--so LEAVE at 2:15 (but wait for one parent to follow)
--take all the stuff for the orientation!

I forgot I impulsively volunteered to provide the materials for making some kind of permanent nametags for class members of the cooperative confirmation class!!! At 2:15 I remembered!!! So I had DH stay home and wait for the mom to show up (and he had to ride with her) while I dashed to superstore and builder's store to come up with items. Wound up providing wallcovers (the ones used to cover up old electric sockets), that we decorated and hung on lanyards. Brilliant! But expensive (for decorating materials, not wallcovers) and made me late. Now I have to add a chore of sorting through the leftover material and returning the stuff we didn't use. THIS kind of impulsivity and forgetfulness are ADD traits I have in spades! I MUST stop volunteering for so many things!

Right now I sure don't picture doing the following--though after I eat and think about how long I've been putting it off, I might do it after all! Especially since I'm waiting for a return call from somebody who needs to get into the church.
--copy taxes

To Do:
--Eat
--bedtime routine

reminder: Monday call accountant to make appointment for Tuesday if possible
--sort materials
--return unused materials

sounds like you need some quiet time to reflect.

;)

I'm only half joking. Seriously... You sound a bit frantic. Do you take an hour for yourself each day? I think that's important for sanity.

pro's CI - 8:30pm

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • Day Plan
  • ----Go to 1pm AA meeting.
  • ----Make and eat lunch, wash dishes.
  • ----Started a thread here.
  • ----Checked email (first time today at 5pm!).
  • ----Checked then emptied spam folder (found an important, misfiled message).
  • ----Laundry - folded and put away dry clothes, hung up drip dry.
  • ----Bought groceries.
  • ----Make and eat dinner, take pills, wash dishes.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Evening Plan
  • ----Read books, relax :).
  • Before-Bed Routine

Sounds like a good plan

To think, to read, to restore one's spirit--sometimes far more useful than household chores (though, sadly, not always :( ) A good think may give you clearer direction tomorrow and all week--so long as it doesn't lead to a binge of naval-gazing that supplants all your recent hard work and successes (as it might do in my case).

I'm taking some quiet time, that's all.

I'm not "navel gazing". I'm writing in my journal. I didn't do it this morning. It's a good thing for me to do - keeps me in touch with myself, my feelings, and my needs (which I tend to ignore, otherwise).

You can't always be doing - or I can't. I'd feel like I was running around like a chicken without a head if I didn't take time to reflect.

no criticism

I was not disparaging your sabbattical. I wouldn't. But I don't know you well enough to know whether you need comforting or a swift kick when you get blue, and you sounded a little blue. I wanted to offer encouragement, but then I wondered if it might not be enabling what could later be seen as getting off track. The last part was a wry acknowledgement that I, slider, can turn soul-searching into a massive time-binge with nothing to show for it--not even rest or peace, just more anguish and wasted time. But perhaps that's only because I've never gotten all the way through it, to the bottom. I have no idea how long that would take me!

I value journalling and reflective times immensely. Without them I slowly go insane. As I have been doing lately.

pro's CI - 7:30pm

It's late, I haven't had dinner yet (and I'm hungry), and I want to work on my accounting backlog a bit tonight, so I'm going to move my housecleaning to next Sunday. I might do it in bits during the week, but probably not. I need to do other things during the week, and I can use housecleaning as a procrastination. I won't need to do laundry next Sunday, so I'll have more time.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • Day Plan
  • ----Go to 1pm AA meeting.
  • ----Make and eat lunch, wash dishes.
  • ----Started a thread here.
  • ----Checked email (first time today at 5pm!).
  • ----Checked then emptied spam folder (found an important, misfiled message).
  • ----Laundry - folded and put away dry clothes, hung up drip dry.
  • ----Bought groceries.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Day Plan
  • ----Make and eat dinner, wash dishes.
  • ----Work on accounting backlog for an hour.

pro's CI - 6:20pm

It's already after 6 and I'm hungry for dinner. It doesn't look like I'll get through my whole housecleaning list today. What I don't finish today I'll do in pieces the rest of the week. At least I got the laundry done - that was the most urgent.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • Day Plan
  • ----Go to 1pm AA meeting.
  • ----Make and eat lunch, wash dishes.
  • ----Started a thread here.
  • ----Checked email (first time today at 5pm!).
  • ----Checked then emptied spam folder (found an important, misfiled message).
  • ----Housecleaning
  • --------Laundry - folded and put away dry clothes, hung up drip dry.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Day Plan
  • ----Housecleaning
  • --------Dust main room.
  • --------Vacuum main room.
  • --------Water and/or repot plants.
  • --------Clean shower.
  • --------Clean toilet.
  • --------Clean bathroom sink.
  • --------Wash bathroom floor.
  • --------Clean mirrors in bathroom and main room.
  • --------Dust tiles in bathroom.

pro's CI - 5:40pm

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • Day Plan
  • ----Go to 1pm AA meeting.
  • ----Make and eat lunch, wash dishes.
  • ----Started a thread here.
  • ----Checked email (first time today at 5pm!).
  • ----Checked then emptied spam folder (found an important, misfiled message).
  • ----Housecleaning
  • --------Washed two loads of laundry, put "hardy" clothes in drier, hung up drip dry.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Day Plan
  • ----Housecleaning
  • --------Laundry.
  • --------Dust main room.
  • --------Vacuum main room.
  • --------Water and/or repot plants.
  • --------Clean shower.
  • --------Clean toilet.
  • --------Clean bathroom sink.
  • --------Wash bathroom floor.
  • --------Clean mirrors in bathroom and main room.
  • --------Dust tiles in bathroom.

pro's CI - 4:30pm

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • Day Plan
  • ----Go to 1pm AA meeting.
  • ----Make and eat lunch, wash dishes.
  • ----Started a thread here.
  • ----Housecleaning
  • --------Washed two loads of laundry, put "hardy" clothes in drier, hung up drip dry.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Day Plan
  • ----Housecleaning
  • --------Laundry.
  • --------Dust main room.
  • --------Vacuum main room.
  • --------Water and/or repot plants.
  • --------Clean shower.
  • --------Clean toilet.
  • --------Clean bathroom sink.
  • --------Wash bathroom floor.
  • --------Clean mirrors in bathroom and main room.
  • --------Dust tiles in bathroom.

pro's CI - 3:20pm

I need to get moving. I'll bring the laundry downstairs. If someone's still using the machine, I'll keep walking and go to the laundromat.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • Day Plan
  • ----Go to 1pm AA meeting.
  • ----Make and eat lunch, wash dishes.
  • ----Started a thread here.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Day Plan
  • ----Housecleaning
  • --------Laundry.
  • --------Dust main room.
  • --------Vacuum main room.
  • --------Water and/or repot plants.
  • --------Clean shower.
  • --------Clean toilet.
  • --------Clean bathroom sink.
  • --------Wash bathroom floor.
  • --------Clean mirrors in bathroom and main room.
  • --------Dust tiles in bathroom.

pro's CI - 2:55pm

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • Day Plan
  • ----Go to 1pm AA meeting.
  • ----Make and eat lunch, wash dishes.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Day Plan
  • ----Housecleaning
  • --------Laundry. (Someone is using the one machine in the basement. Not sure if I should wait for her to finish, or go to the laundromat a couple blocks away. The latter is a pain.)
  • --------Dust main room.
  • --------Vacuum main room.
  • --------Water and/or repot plants.
  • --------Clean shower.
  • --------Clean toilet.
  • --------Clean bathroom sink.
  • --------Wash bathroom floor.
  • --------Clean mirrors in bathroom and main room.
  • --------Dust tiles in bathroom.

slider's 11:50 am CI

TA DA:
--get up at 7:00
--breakfast
--clothes in dryer
--take clothes out when timer goes off (immediately!)
--shower & groom
--dress & makeup
--check on DS
--gather bag and purse--make sure phone is in it
--go over by 8:3o
--attend Sunday School planning session after SS

To Do:
--CI
--lunch
--regroup
--doctor DS
--tend all animals
--remind DH he has to come to meeting, too (DD starts this year)
--be at other church early--by 2:30
--so LEAVE at 2:15 (wait for one parent to follow: Dang! When she asked what time I'd be going to the other church I said 2:30. That's what time I want to BE there, not the time to leave. Fortunately she said she'd come early. My stuff is all ready)
--take all the stuff for the orientation!

Much later:
--regroup
--copy taxes

--bedtime routine

reminder: Monday call accountant to make appointment

pro's CI - 12:35pm

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • ----Empty dish drain and wash any dishes from previous day.
  • ----Take pills.
  • ----Make and eat breakfast, wash dishes.
  • ----Make bed (convert futon back into couch).
  • ----Shower and dress.
  • ----Review to-do list and make a plan for the day.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Day Plan
  • ----Go to 1pm AA meeting.
  • ----Housecleaning
  • --------Laundry.
  • --------Dust main room.
  • --------Vacuum main room.
  • --------Water and/or repot plants.
  • --------Clean shower.
  • --------Clean toilet.
  • --------Clean bathroom sink.
  • --------Wash bathroom floor.
  • --------Clean mirrors in bathroom and main room.
  • --------Dust tiles in bathroom.

pro's CI - 12:15pm

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • ----Empty dish drain and wash any dishes from previous day.
  • ----Take pills.
  • ----Make and eat breakfast, wash dishes.
  • ----Make bed (convert futon back into couch).
  • ----Shower and dress.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Morning Routine
  • ----Review to-do list and make a plan for the day.

pro's CI - 11:25am

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • ----Empty dish drain and wash any dishes from previous day.
  • ----Take pills.
  • ----Make and eat breakfast, wash dishes.
  • ----Make bed (convert futon back into couch).

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Morning Routine
  • ----Shower and dress.
  • ----Review to-do list and make a plan for the day.

pro's CI - 11:10am

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.
  • Morning Routine
  • ----Empty dish drain and wash any dishes from previous day.
  • ----Take pills.
  • ----Make and eat breakfast, wash dishes.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Morning Routine
  • ----Shower and dress.
  • ----Make bed (convert futon back into couch).
  • ----Review to-do list and make a plan for the day.

okay, back to it now!

I've been catching up on posts. I figure that it's Sunday, and I can spend some time doing it. But now I need to get back to my morning routine. I'm done with breakfast, and need to wash the dishes.

Norm's 1.38 BE

Good morning pro and slider. This morning is the start of a brand new day! :)

I'm still on task - currently working on my Daytime Routine. Meal done and kitchen spiffed. Off Ddog walking next - back in just over an hour.

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slider's first CI--7:18 a.m.

Must be quick, but I liked normy's observation about sleep! LOL
TA DA:
--get up at 7:00
--breakfast
--clothes in dryer
TO DO (before church)
--take clothes out when timer goes off (immediately!)
--shower & groom
--dress & makeup
--check on DS
--gather bag and purse--make sure phone is in it
--go over by 8:3o

Later:
--regroup
--doctor DS
--tend all animals
--be at other church early--by 2:30
--so LEAVE at 2:00 (duh, I shouldn't have to tell myself this--or maybe that's precisely the problem: normal people DO tell themselves this automatically. I never think to back up to consider what time to leave--an ADD trait, I guess)
--take all the stuff for the orientation!

Much later:
--regroup
--copy taxes

--bedtime routine

reminder: Monday call accountant to make appointment

pro's CI - 8:20am

I never even caught up on posts yesterday - just played Tetris. I had a disturbing dream last night (somewhat related to my former house) that kept me up for a while, but I did get back to sleep and I'm not getting up too late. I have house cleaning to do today!!

I'm so happy other people are here today. Often I'm by myself here on weekends.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ta Da~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Wake up: 8:15am.
  • Post first check-in.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To Do~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Morning Routine
  • ----Shower and dress.
  • ----Empty dish drain and wash any dishes from previous day.
  • ----Make bed (convert futon back into couch).
  • ----Take pills.
  • ----Make and eat breakfast, wash dishes.
  • ----Review to-do list and make a plan for the day.

Norm 11.30 am BE

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*Sleep! (An advantage of putting 'sleep' on your ToDo list is that you can tick something off as soon as you get up, LOL!)
*Reminder pop ups –deal with them or add to Big List (in progress - I often snooze them)
*Go for a run
*Morning Routine, CI & CUOP (due to extreme CI & CUOP I'm half an hour behind schedule, but that's OK ~cos it's Sunday~ and anything I do today is bonus Smiling )
*Nearly 2 hours homework (2 questions - 3 down 8 to go!)
*Answered phone call and made arrangements to go for a walk next month with ex-colleague

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*Break - Review borrowed books reading list
*Study Yoga Sutras
*Plan Monday classes
*Daytime Routine (inc Ddog Walk)
*Break - Sort out stuff to donate to CC
*Check CC course plan for prep for next week
*Banking
*Break – Zone Work
*Accounts
*Weekly Review
*Break – Tidy up!
*Deal with at least one item per day from in-tray
*Deal with at least one item per day from in-box on floor
*Book Wales Yoga Festival? Phone B&Bs?
*Book First Aid Course
*Meal prep, meal, clear up
*Tickler
*Break - Fantasy Journal
*Evening off!
*BBR
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seeding the ta-da list

> Was 'chatting' to Normy about this on another thread and thought I'd take it off-topic.

This is why I put my wake-up time on the ta-da list. I woke up - ta-da! If I put sleep on there, I wouldn't be able to check it off lately. I've been sleeply badly the last week - not typical for me. I'm showing all the signs of being upset about something that I'm pushing out of my mind - bad dreams, mindless eating, sleep problems. I need to have a talk with myself and find out what's wrong.

When you make up your day plan, do you decide how long you will spend on each item to make sure they'll all fit in your day? I've started doing that so I can actually succeed with my to-do list (cross everything off). It helps my spirits, and also helps me to use my time better because I'm recognizing that it's not limitless.

GOOD MORNING!!!

Milo had a day off posting yesterday (although due to time warp was present on the thread earlier on in my day), and tl is away. So that left pro, slider, and Normy.

Slider and pro both had reflective moments and came up with some valuable insights. Slider has resurrected the Codependency and Procrastination thread and an ADD thread. And Slider's big achievement for the day: prep for confirmtion orientation ~before~ the last minute!

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Slider LOL about the 'Blew Off' list - I might have to add that one to my repetoire. Sometimes I get so sick of something turning up on my lists that I decide I don't want to do it anymore!

pro discovered a concept that's alien to many procrastinators - The Day Off. Now you've got that one under your belt pro you're a ~real~ anticrastinator! The day still started with Morning Routine and ended with Bedtime Routine. Hopefully we'll get a report on the foetid plant today, LOL! (Is it ~really~ as stinky as they say?!)

I've posted in the Q&A&I about my Routines, and also about the Fantasy Journal (which I still haven't done this weekend :P - it's on the ToDo list!).

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*Sleep! (An advantage of putting 'sleep' on your ToDo list is that you can tick something off as soon as you get up, LOL!)
*Reminder pop ups –deal with them or add to Big List (in progress - I often snooze them)
*Go for a run
*Morning Routine, CI & CUOP (due to extreme CI & CUOP I'm half an hour behind schedule, but that's OK ~cos it's Sunday~ and anything I do today is bonus :) )

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*1 hour homework
*Break - Review borrowed books reading list
*Study Yoga Sutras
*Plan Monday classes
*Daytime Routine (inc Ddog Walk)
*Break - Sort out stuff to donate to CC
*Check CC course plan for prep for next week
*Banking
*Break – Zone Work
*Accounts
*Weekly Review
*Break – Tidy up!
*Deal with at least one item per day from in-tray
*Deal with at least one item per day from in-box on floor
*Book Wales Yoga Festival? Phone B&Bs?
*Book First Aid Course
*Meal prep, meal, clear up
*Tickler
*Break - Fantasy Journal
*Evening off!
*BBR

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OK, better get moving!

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Not really checking in...

Just feeling down so wanted some company :( DH is as down as me so he's crap company now, too.

Kids are driving us nuts. If they aren't fighting, one is talking or nagging (she has verbal diorrhea) and the other is screaming or crying. One is sick (it's just a cold) and the other antagonises him. The sick one doesn't know if he's Arthur or Martha. He'll want something, then won't want it, then scream for it, then chuck a massive wobbly and run off into a room and glare at me from its corner. Throughout all this the other one is half a step behind me saying "Mummy...mum..mum..mum? Mum...Mum..MUM!!!!" "What are you doing? What did you say? Why is this a cushion? Why why why why???"

It's just bloody relentless right now. DH is bathing them so I have a few minutes peace. Why do we have children..???? Remind me???!!

same here

I never wanted children for just that reason. I like other people's kids for a few minutes, and then I like to give them back. :)

LOL!

That's exactly why I ~didn't~!

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I got my answer!

After I posted, still feeling miserable, my DS (he's adorable - like a little model) wandered in and said "Hello, Mummy!" And climbed on my lap for a cuddle. He smelt all clean and fresh and looked so cute in his little Bob the Builder jarmies.

So now I remember why! :)

Norm's 1.15 am BE

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I've got a rather ambitious list for today, but it doesn't matter if I don't get it all done. If I aim low I know that's all I'll achieve, but as long as I have everything ready to roll for Monday everything else is bonus.

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*Sleep!
*Reminder pop ups –deal with them or add to Big List
*Go for a run
*Morning Routine, CI & CUOP
*1 hour homework
*Break - Review borrowed books reading list
*Study Yoga Sutras
*Plan Monday classes
*Daytime Routine (inc Ddog Walk)
*Break - Sort out stuff to donate to CC
*Check CC course plan for prep for next week
*Banking
*Break – Zone Work
*Accounts
*Weekly Review
*Break – Tidy up!
*Deal with at least one item per day from in-tray
*Deal with at least one item per day from in-box on floor
*Book Wales Yoga Festival? Phone B&Bs?
*Book First Aid Course
*Meal prep, meal, clear up
*Tickler
*Break - Fantasy Journal
*Evening off!
*BBR

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I think you can do anything, Norm...

You're inspiring :)

Thanks Milo :o)

I do seem to be in one of my 'up' phases at the moment, and I want to make the best of it.

If it wasn't for the support from the boards I don't think I'd be 'up' quite so often ;)

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