How will I honor the war-dead this Memorial weekend, you ask? Catching up on laundry for one. I mean no disrespect, mind you but I face my own war as each week comes to a close and the hampers overflow. I am certain that laundry, when left untouched, multiplies. It also increases exponentially as new humans are added to the household.
But laundry is only one of my many entries on my "What to do this weekend" list. I am an expert list maker. It may well be my greatest talent. I see each weekend as an opportunity for a new to do list... a fresh start at organizing my life. My loftiest ambitions for Saturday and Sunday are layed out for all to see on the kitchen counter pad of paper.
Also making the list are:
Clean out my closet
Clean out the spare bedroom
Clean out the garage
Clean out the sewing room
Notice a pattern here? All areas overflowing as much as the hampers. However, we can't live without clean clothes but we can live without the "sand art" kit that's burried in the back of the spare bedroom just behind the collection of hardened playdough and to the left of my wedding dress from 2005. I have yet to figure out what to do with it but don't worry it's on my list.
So tell me what's on your "to-do" list that never seems to get finished.
That's me. Sharon Merritt
Here I'm not stressed. I'm on vacation.
About Me
- Sharon
- 4 kids, a freelance writer & producer, wife, violin student, daughter, sister, and pet owner. Stress is pretty much my middle name. Okay, it's really Rene' but if I had a second one it would be stress.
2 comments:
Good lord, where do I begin? So many projects, so little time. Compile and edit home movies. Edit and send photos to all the grandparents. Videotape all our belongings for homeowners insurance. Clean out my closet and get rid of shirts I never wear but insist on keeping just in case. Shine all my dress shoes at once so I don't end up rushing to do it the day of the wedding or funeral. Answer the letter my cousin sent me in February. Put my drum set back together and start playing again. Read that book my wife gave me two Christmases ago about the male mid-life crisis. Etc etc etc!
Darling Girl,
As entertaining and well-written, not to mention handsomely designed as is your blog--STOP BLOGGING and trade the i-phone for the most basic pay-go for emergencies only.
I recommend the no-access fee/$.25/min. with a "greeting" advising callers to leave a message that would be the verbal equivalent of a tweet--only the most salient, focused communication. Happily, many callers will be insulted and will never call again--Bonus.
Put away the technology and TAKE BACK YOUR TIME--it's too precious to be spent with gadgets and I wouldn't want stress to shorten your lifespan.
Love from your Luddite pal,
hmmathis
PS. You look terrific!
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