2024: I Will Make This Year Different

  February 18 -   The boys and I decided to spend the bulk of the day together. Since I know the oldest has a finite amount of time at home, I took the opportunity. We watched the extended cuts of Two Towers and Return of the King from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I read a little bit while they played a game, but the bulk of my day was watching movies. February 19 -   Talk about a busy day in the kitchen. It was a three pie kind of day. I made a French Silk pie for my oldest, as that is his request every year. It was really late this year, but he said it was the best one I’ve made for him yet. I made a cherry pie for a friend that donated money to the pie auction a few weeks ago. And finally I made a German Chocolate Coconut Pecan pie for a coworker that also donated funds to the pie auction. I guess you could say I decluttered some disposable pie tins and various ingredients that were in my house. LOL!  February 20 -   First day back at work af...

  February 11 -   Apparently there was some big game on today. LOL!  I finished the book by Amanda Gorman today. It was somewhat thought provoking, though I’m not a big fan of poetry. However, I put it on my wish list for work, so I remember to order it for my students that do like poetry.  I picked up the little one from his dad in Columbia this afternoon. Poor little guy is sick again. I put in a time off request for tomorrow so he can have a day to heal and not worry about trying to get to school and learn. Hopefully that will help and he won’t have another sick day.   I did manage to get some decluttering done this evening. It started while I was folding laundry from the dryer and looking at the shelves next to the laundry area. I realized that I haven’t used the bulk of them since Dad passed away and they were just taking up space. It’s so hard to let go of the things he left, but I pushed through and managed to consolidate some things, get rid of...

  February 4 -   I didn’t go to sleep until around 4 am. I really shouldn’t have had a soda so late in the day on Saturday, especially since I’ve been cutting back so much. Lesson learned!   I was looking forward to spending some quality time with the book I’m reading, but life got in the way and I was needed in other places. Oh well. I did get to read a little and I think that the reason life keeps pulling me away from the book is because once I really get into it, I won’t want to put it down.  No decluttering done today, unless you count getting the three pies out of the house and to the pie auction! LOL! February 5 -   Back to work. I’m still a little tired from the weekend, so no decluttering today. I really need to find some focus to get this task completed.  I think I’ll go to bed and read some tonight and see if I can fall asleep earlier than usual. February 6 -   Today is my oldest son’s birthday. He is now considered a man,...

  February 1 -    Oh how I had big plans for today in terms of decluttering. None, and I mean none, of it happened today. The boys had a dentist appointment and the youngest wanted to take the rest of the day off school. I obliged, but in doing so, I kind of shot myself in the foot. Not because he was any kind of problem, but because he was given 30 minutes of screen time on his tablet and he found a game he was very interested in. He brought his tablet into the living room to ask if he could download the game. I played the demo and didn’t see any harm in the game. Well, in terms of a time suck, I was wrong. I decided to download it too and we are now “competing” against one another to see who can get to a higher level and get more of the “money” in the game. I’ve done NOTHING productive all day. *face palm* February 2 -   Back to work! Going to work every other day this week has been weird. I feel almost like I just get started and I stop only to start up ...