Find out this and more on Ausjenny's blog, where she's posted an interview with me. Yes, amazingly, every now and then someone still wants to find something out about me.
Ausjenny: Getting to know you Thursdays with Christina Berry Tarabochia
Interviews like this help make me feel like I'm still an author, but another event occurred this week that reminded me of my status as well ....
Which I will tell about in the next blog. :)
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
I Can't Get No ... Satisfaction ...
That is my dad's LEAST favorite song of all time so we always tell him we'll play it at his funeral.
Yes, it's kind of a ridiculous song. Except I feel really bad for farmers whose tractors can't get no traction. But there is a kernel of truth to it in me ...
On New Year's Day, we woke up at Grandma's, went to my old church, came home, had a great breakfast-for-lunch of french toast, ham, scrambled eggs, and OJ. Then we de-Christmasfied. I got all the outdoor lights off the gutters and coiled up. Removed the wreath. The kids gathered all the stuff from around the house after Dave brought in the boxes. He took all the Christmas cards down that we'd taped around our column in the kitchen while I supervised ornament removal, got the tree outside, and packed up the bins. Then we vacuumed and cleaned.
And did I look around with a great sense of accomplishment at the uncluttered surfaces? No, I beat myself up that I was too tired to dust.
While I'm not making a resolution, like I said in my last post, I am trying to appreciate what I accomplish more and not be too hard on myself. To be satisfied with good, hard work, even if I could have done more.
Can I get an Amen from you other Type As? lol
Yes, it's kind of a ridiculous song. Except I feel really bad for farmers whose tractors can't get no traction. But there is a kernel of truth to it in me ...
On New Year's Day, we woke up at Grandma's, went to my old church, came home, had a great breakfast-for-lunch of french toast, ham, scrambled eggs, and OJ. Then we de-Christmasfied. I got all the outdoor lights off the gutters and coiled up. Removed the wreath. The kids gathered all the stuff from around the house after Dave brought in the boxes. He took all the Christmas cards down that we'd taped around our column in the kitchen while I supervised ornament removal, got the tree outside, and packed up the bins. Then we vacuumed and cleaned.
And did I look around with a great sense of accomplishment at the uncluttered surfaces? No, I beat myself up that I was too tired to dust.
While I'm not making a resolution, like I said in my last post, I am trying to appreciate what I accomplish more and not be too hard on myself. To be satisfied with good, hard work, even if I could have done more.
Can I get an Amen from you other Type As? lol
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
My To-done List
Honestly, yesterday at this time I was still asleep in bed.
So far today:
~made sweet husband breakfast (Not As Hard As It Sounds as it was only oatmeal)
~packed his lunch
~updated the money program we use after checking the bank
~folded a load of clothes (NAHAIS as they just needed a fluff in the dryer)
~got three kids up, fed, and driven to school
~unloaded the dishwasher
~made the menu list through the 16th
~wrote out the shopping list
~ran 4 miles
~started another load of laundry
~raked the front yard (NAHAIS as I left the huge pile of leaves for Dave to get when he comes home :))
~caught up on email
~almost finished a blog ;p
~plan to finish up a section of a manuscript for an editing client
I've come to see that I don't need a bunch of New Year's resolutions. I simply need routine and a spoonful of self-discipline.
Anyone else like that? Or did you make resolutions you are willing to share?
So far today:
~made sweet husband breakfast (Not As Hard As It Sounds as it was only oatmeal)
~packed his lunch
~updated the money program we use after checking the bank
~folded a load of clothes (NAHAIS as they just needed a fluff in the dryer)
~got three kids up, fed, and driven to school
~unloaded the dishwasher
~made the menu list through the 16th
~wrote out the shopping list
~ran 4 miles
~started another load of laundry
~raked the front yard (NAHAIS as I left the huge pile of leaves for Dave to get when he comes home :))
~caught up on email
~almost finished a blog ;p
~plan to finish up a section of a manuscript for an editing client
I've come to see that I don't need a bunch of New Year's resolutions. I simply need routine and a spoonful of self-discipline.
Anyone else like that? Or did you make resolutions you are willing to share?
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