Not A Bad Day

Today was a fairly productive day, even though I was exhausted. I had a bit more energy then normal though, so that is a start. Didn't finish the entirety of my daily list, but I did get sidetracked on a few things, and my 5 minute room rescue took much longer then 5 minutes, but I feel better now.

I'm trying to cut my cleaning time off at a certain time, and it seems to be helping some...knowing I can stop completely at 9pm helped me get a lot more done. Considering when I got home from work I didn't want to do anything, much less even LOOK at the to do list. So I bummed around until 6pm...and I got home at 4pm. I'm going to keep it up and see how I fare...maybe soon I can cut it down so that I have more me time at the end of the day, and still manage to get my butt in bed before midnight. My new aim is eleven, but if I'm in bed at midnight I'm calling it good.

I'm also taking more productive breaks...instead of vegging out in front of the computer for my break, I'm doing me things. So far it seems to help me feel more productive, even if I got very little housework done. But every little thing I do is better then what I haven't done!

I've been Tagged!

Awww I'm so special! Queenbean gave me this wonderful award, wasn't that sweet of her?

First I must answer the questions below with ONE word answers, then I get to pick seven other bloggers to pass it on to - see instructions, below.





1. Where is your cell phone? Table
2. Where is your significant other? Shrug
3. Your hair color? Brown
4. Your mother? Helen
5. Your father? Tom

6. Your favorite thing? Simplicity
7. Your dream last night? Emotional
8. Your dream/goal? Life
9. The room you're in? Kitchen
10. Your hobby? Many
11. Your fear? Fading

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Rich
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. What you're not? Awake

15. One of your wish-list items? Camera

16. Where you grew up? Maine
17. The last thing you did? Coffee
18. What are you wearing? Sweats
19. Your TV? Off
20 Your pet? None
21. Your computer? Laptop
22. Your mood? Sleepy
23. Missing someone? Yeah

24. Your car? Broken
25. Something you're not wearing? Shoes
26. Favorite store? BBW
27. Your summer? Decent
28. Love someone? Mhm

29. Your favorite color? Blue
30. When is the last time you laughed? Morning

31. Last time you cried? Long ago


Now, for you recipients of this award, here's the deal:





* Display your award.



* Link back to the person who gave you the award.



* Nominate at least 7 other blogs. (I know that's a lot so just do what you can do)



* Put links to those blogs on yours.



* Leave a message on the blogs of the people you've nominated.



* Enjoy your award!

I don't know anyone who hasn't already been tagged...so no awards going out. :(

Thoughts On Being A Domestic Goddess

What does being a domestic goddess mean to me? One of the first things that comes to mind is an image of June Cleaver and other 50's TV moms, all dressed up, house perfect, meals on the table at precisely 5pm. But does that really fit into today's world anymore? Not on your life. So what does it mean?

Domestic goddess to me stretches far further then June Cleaver et al. Think back to the middle ages. The woman of the house dealt with everything a lot of the time, even when she had servants. Not all granted, but a lot of them did. They got down and scrubbed with the servants, laid out fresh rush, helped with the animals, cooked, took care of children, helped with the farming, was in charge of running the whole house (including servants), gathered food, treated the ill, helped birth babies...the list just goes on and on.

That is what I aspire to, with some umm slight differences. Yeah, basically I want to be Superwoman, with a modern twist. I want to do more from scratch, have a clean home, decorate for the holidays, entertain my friends and family, and kind of go back to the middle ages...without the bad parts. No cleaning of animals for me...or butchering them...unless I absolutely have to. If the world ended and I had to do that to survive, then sure...But while there are supermarkets, I'll take my meat sterile, thanks. But that's my goal, for now.

New England Loses...

I'm sure many of the New England fans out there were attached to their radios or tvs as the Pats played the Dolphins in a sold out (yet again) Foxboro Stadium. I caught the end of the game on my way home from work, just the last 10 minutes or so, and had to laugh at the irony...The Pats lost their first game in 22 regular season games to the Dolphins, who was who they lost their last regular season game to back in '06. December 10th to be exact.

They were completely creamed, with a final of 38-13. Wonder how this year is going to shape up...

http://www.patriots.com/games/index.cfm?ac=gamedetails&eid=3041

The First Day Of My New Life

Well, so far today has gone okay. I haven't had a smoke since last night (just before midnight), I survived work, and now I'm fighting exhaustion. Serious exhaustion, like I could fall asleep walking and talking exhausted. I think I have been fighting some sort of cold/flu/bug thing as well, so that REALLY isn't helping. If I thought I could only take a short (like an hour) nap, I would. But I think that it would just make all of this worse. Right now I'm drinking coffee, but soon I think I'll switch to water and eat an apple.

Now I need to get up off my keister and get some things done around here. So I'm running off to go update my to do list, print it out and get my franny in gear!

Random Ramblings

Well, today was more or less a wash. Got very little accomplished, and I'm not too impressed with myself. Spent way too much time browsing websites, reading blogs and ignoring housework...and the beautiful fall day outside. I literally never left the house today, not even to run next door to see the parentals. It just hasn't been my day I guess.

I wonder if it doesn't have something to do with the amount I've smoked today, the past few days really. I think high amounts of nicotine is keeping me from doing what I want, making me tired, depressed, downright lethargic. I started the day off right, was in a fairly chipper mood (considering it was morning) and was rather ready to start my day. Then the nicotine monster reared its head...and very little got accomplished.

Did have a rather long conversation with my friend Draco and his wife, which is always nice. Draco and I talk about the most random things, with a healthy dose of picking on each other. We talk about everything under the sun, from programming and computer stuff, to religion, politics...nothing is taboo. Today was the antics of his wife...usually at his expense. The stories I could relate here...but I won't, because poor Draco would expire from embarrassment. He is the most easily embarrassed Scorpio I know!

Still haven't decided where my blog is going to stay. The majority of the people I know have Blogger accounts, so I might just stay here. Starting over, new blog, it could work out. It would mean recreating my holiday blog and photo blog though, but I wasn't that far into them. So it wouldn't be too difficult to just slide over here. No to do list blog though, that was highly dull. It was so stinkin dull that I didn't even want to post on it! Now that's boring...

So I'm debating starting over...again. I'm just not progressing like I should, I don't think I've really done much to change or grow in the past 5 years or so. I sometimes swear that I am still stuck in this "pre baby, pre "real world"" mentality...and its not getting me far at all.

Firefox is irritating me lately...it just crashed for about the 10th time today. What in the name of Hades is going on? I've never had a problem, and now suddenly its going haywire. Stupid blasted computers, thank the gods for autosave.

Now what was I saying before I was so rudely interrupted? Ahh yes, starting over. Tomorrow. Again. I seem to be stuck in who I was before my life took an interesting turn, and stuck in who I am not. But I'm not doing anything to get anywhere, just kind of spinning my heels and why me'ing. Rather pathetic if you ask me. What's even worse is I can see myself acting in this way, and while I mentally scream at myself, I don't do anything to change it. So I'm making the vow (again) to start changing those things I can...and removing that which I can't...

So once again, starting tomorrow, I'm starting a new life. It won't be perfect, but at least I can feel that I'm doing something...instead of being a spectator in my own life. Watch out world, here comes the new me!

Confessions From A Blog Addict...

I just realized that I also have a Blogger account. To go with my Wordpress, Multiply, MySpace, Yahoo 360 accounts. And you can now link multiple blogs under one Blogger account. Oh boy, I'm in trouble now. So which one to use? Which one feels more like home?

Perhaps thats the issue, I haven't found a blogging platform that feels like "home" yet. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy things from all of them, but I have yet to have one scream this is for me! I like them all. I thought Y!360 was my home (though I have a bad case of nameitis on there), but with all the hubub going on I've vacated. Perhaps permanently.

I have used Blogger in the past, but I never really liked it for many reasons...reasons that do not seem applicable anymore. Hmm, now the choice is upon me...once again.