So little time

My insides feel all jiggly (real word, I say so). There's a lot I want to do, but I can't seem to organize myself. And there are even more on the need/have to do list.

I read a professional organizer once about doing things in 18 minute increments. Eighteen minutes?! Well, it's more than 15, which doesn't seem like enough, but less than 30, which can be too much. If at the end of the time you want to continue, you set the timer again for another 18 minutes. I can do that.

Ruth has a great idea for around the house, too. We call it 10 Things. Quite simply, you pick up and put away 10 things from whatever room you're in. Usually we're in the living/dining/kitchen, which accumulates the most stuff. The front of our house is open, so it really counts at one room.

But what does this mean for the have to's for today? Well, there's laundry; the good thing about laundry is that it almost takes care of itself. Except that I have some delicates that need to be done, which means that they have to dry flat & that means finding places for them to dry. And some other things that need to go into the dryer bags & they don't take too long, which is good & bad. I'm also washing sheets, which are a pain to fold. And yes, I can fold fitted sheets! But I digress. There are the "flat surfaces" that need dealing with. Any flat surface in our house is a magnet for papers. Ugh! the papers! I just don't know what to do with all the papers Teddy brings home from school. I had this great idea at the beginning of the school year to make a pocket folder, one pocket for each month, but there's no way this can work given the amount that comes home! And then there's just dealing with Teddy's room. I can't even begin--it would be a whole day.

I started off thinking that I would do things today that I wanted to do. But when I do things that I want to do, I feel guilty. As if I have to do the "want to's" are a reward for getting the other things done. I know, I know, I really need to get over this. And yes, I need to organize my time better. And a thousand other things.

I'm feeling kinda crafty today. Cooking counts as a craft, right?

There are some things that cross over. Like, if I buckled down & made a menu plan, I would save time and money.
I could just add that to the to do list.

I think I just heard the dryer,
Susan

This sucks

In the past 2 days I've discovered that 2 blogs I really, really like have shut down. How's that for irony? Nothing like getting you back into the blogging game but not being able to read your favorite blogs!

Susan