It will never cease to amuse me how people react to snow around here. During one of the first bouts of snow this winter, it wasn't even really sticking and people were driving like the sky was falling. I did SOME driving last winter, but not in any of the nasty stuff, so really this is like my first winter driving in a lot of snow, and even I'm going "COME ON, PEOPLE!"
They hear the word "snow" in the weather forecast and everyone is at the grocery store stocking up. Although, I can't judge... I did some stocking up, too, for one of the storms. I'm not surprised that the kids only had one day of school this week, but I still crack up at the fact that they have cancellations for things that wouldn't even get a two-hour delay in Wisconsin.
Also, digging my car out this morning was NOT FUN!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Blogging for Books
I have recently joined the world of Blogging for Books, and should expect my first book to arrive in anywhere around 10 business days. To be honest, I'm not so sure how this will pan out... as I proved during school, I'm not so great at reading books that I'm not interested in, so hopefully the books I pick will keep my interest well enough so that I can finish them and do my review. None of the first books I could choose from really caught my eye, so my fingers are crossed that the one I picked will be a good one.
Other news -- my New Years Resolution is to de-clutter my life. That means, my mind, my home, ect... I'm going to take it slowly, one step at a time, so that hopefully I will able to keep a steady course, and not burn myself out. My first major step has been to start a private journal. I have done this MANY MANY MANY times, and while it ALWAYS helps, I have not kept at it. This is obviously to help de-clutter my mind, since it is so often overcrowded with thoughts (and not all of them are very helpful), so the idea is that by getting them on paper, they won't be on my mind.
The second step so far, that I've done, is to go through my closet and dresser. It only took a half hour and I filled up TWO garbage bags of clothes that I'm doing to drop off at Goodwill. I was merciless with the clothing that had been in the back of the closet since I moved in here. Normally I would have been hemming and hawing over "Oh, but I DO still really like this shirt, and I might still wear it some day!" But half the time I was going "Oh yeah, THIS shirt... I remember this shirt... *toss in the bag*" I'm not sure if Goodwill takes PJs, but I did the same thing there.
I guess I'm not sure what the next step will be yet. But I foresee plenty of trips to Goodwill. Also, I really need to get a eBay business up and running... I'm just nervous to start and then do something wrong.
Other news -- my New Years Resolution is to de-clutter my life. That means, my mind, my home, ect... I'm going to take it slowly, one step at a time, so that hopefully I will able to keep a steady course, and not burn myself out. My first major step has been to start a private journal. I have done this MANY MANY MANY times, and while it ALWAYS helps, I have not kept at it. This is obviously to help de-clutter my mind, since it is so often overcrowded with thoughts (and not all of them are very helpful), so the idea is that by getting them on paper, they won't be on my mind.
The second step so far, that I've done, is to go through my closet and dresser. It only took a half hour and I filled up TWO garbage bags of clothes that I'm doing to drop off at Goodwill. I was merciless with the clothing that had been in the back of the closet since I moved in here. Normally I would have been hemming and hawing over "Oh, but I DO still really like this shirt, and I might still wear it some day!" But half the time I was going "Oh yeah, THIS shirt... I remember this shirt... *toss in the bag*" I'm not sure if Goodwill takes PJs, but I did the same thing there.
I guess I'm not sure what the next step will be yet. But I foresee plenty of trips to Goodwill. Also, I really need to get a eBay business up and running... I'm just nervous to start and then do something wrong.
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