Random Quote
Make it a point to do something every day that you don’t want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
— Mark TwainMeta
Categories
- Baby
- Baby 2
- Crazy Me
- Dahl Marathon
- Dear Livia
- Dear Marshall
- Gratitude
- Interesting words
- Learning French
- Livia Says
- Local Flora and Fauna
- Marple Marathon
- Marshall Says
- Memories
- Misheard lyrics
- Music
- My Favorite Things
- Mysteries
- Out and about
- Pandemic Days
- Puzzles
- Quotes
- Reading
- Recipes
- Rhymes
- Sunday Stories
- The Weekly Poirot
- Top 100 Children's Books
- Uncategorized
- Vonnegut Marathon
- Writing
Tags
- Baby
- bad
- birds
- books
- bugs
- cats
- childhood
- Christmas
- drink
- Fall
- family
- flowers
- food
- friends
- GLP
- holidays
- house
- images
- library
- limericks
- milestones
- money
- movies
- Music
- past
- people
- photos
- piano
- politics
- quotes
- school
- shopping
- SITY
- snow
- spring
- Time
- trees
- vacation
- violets
- walking
- weather
- wedding
- woods
- work
- yesterday
Archives
Author Archives: chick
Day 55: And Today Is . . .
Me today: Tomorrow is Friday? But that would mean today is Thursday. Is today Thursday? OMG, today is Thursday. I had no idea.
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Day 54: At Last, Groceries
Today my husband went to BJ’s and bought some groceries. We have eggs again. And crackers. If only we had a little fresh fruit (which BJ’s is not good for), it would be like heaven. Oh, well. One of us … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Day 53: Walking
I am out of shape, and I need to get more fresh air and sunshine. Today I went for a walk on my driveway again and counted my steps. It is roughly 125 steps from the garage door to the … Continue reading
Day 52: Lists, Lists, Lists
Yesterday I finished my book, but that was the only task I was able to cross off my weekend to-do list for the day. Today, to make up for yesterday’s laziness, I cleaned the downstairs bathroom and part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Day 51: List Continued
In yesterday’s post I talked about my weekend to-do list. Writing blog posts was #19 on the list, and once I am done writing this post, I will be able to cross it off. I will also be able to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Day 50: Lists
I made a list of things to do this weekend. I did about half of the tasks today, which is pretty good. If I do at least half of what’s left on the list tomorrow, I’ll consider that to be … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Day 49: Yard
Today, to get some exercise, I walked up and down my driveway until I’d done 1,000 steps. It was an arbitrary number, and not any great distance, but it felt good to reach it. Then I wandered around the yard, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Day 48: Money
I paid my credit card bills this week. It’s shocking how little money we’ve spent recently. No trips to the most expensive grocery store in town, no takeout, no school lunches, no fill-ups at the gas station, etc. Those things … Continue reading
Posted in Pandemic Days
Leave a comment
Day 47: Worn Out
You know you’re running really low on patience when one of the kids yells, “Mommy, So-And-So hit me!” and you’re tempted to reply, “Yeah, well you probably had it coming!” Forty-seven days at home is forty-seven days of nonstop parenting, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Day 46: Doctor’s Orders
I’m bored, but I don’t have much mental energy, so I’ve been watching a lot of TV. My current go-to show is “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.” I didn’t get to see the show often when it originally aired, and I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
2 Comments