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Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 44

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary:  Week 44

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week - Pre-pilates (simple, daily stretching exercises that are not quite working out but feel nice) going smoothly.  

Take my vitamins - Iron, low does Zoloft, calcium / magnesium, B vitamins.  

Odd moment: Had trouble remembering to take all vitamins at appropriate times and not too many times (as too many iron or Zoloft could be quite bad).  Actual excitement felt over selecting type and color of vitamin container.  Purchase the days of the week or need each day actually broken down into dosages? Pink or light green or clear?  Then moment of sadness that this was exciting.  And realization it was 3rd time I had gone to purchase item and had forgotten to get it on previous two trips. Smoothed over sadness with shiny pink days of the week selection.  

Read -  Am reading Harry Potter series to children and on book 6.  Starting to get pre-sad about what is to come at the end of this book.  (Zoloft really is working, as these are normal sad Kelli things, in manner of a long distance commercial or movie poster from The Notebook....which I haven't seen but know enough about for genuine empathy.)

Have started reading Pride and Prejudice spin offs again in earnest.  How did I ever stop as they are so delicious!

Give up soda: 72%  

Not wear shoes in the house - Almost perfect, except did wear boots around kitchen on Sunday morning for purely scientific reasons.  Son is about to do science project on how dirty food gets when dropped on floor.  Mustn't have a perfectly clean floor.

Write thank you notes - Crap.

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Have repainted, cleaned out and rearranged storage area.  Seeing slight sliver of light in redoing our basement after all repairs and construction this summer.  Husband has volunteered basement for a weekend to our boys' church small group in Feb.  Would throttle the man if he were not so cute...and essential for the remainder of our repairs.

Have finished watching all seasons of Monk on Netflix.  Swell of accomplishment.

De-clutter the house room by room - Simply working on keeping them clean....will de-clutter my closet and bathroom this week. Challenging self to actually wear all clothes in closet instead of the few items on top.  This week, wearing all sweaters in green stack.  

Not all at once, as would look and feel odd.  

Meal plan - Pardon?

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Already planning next years....as this one has scampered away from me.

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy - Minimal.  If it isn't on the list in the top 3, good luck.

Pray / Bible study daily - Positive thing about being teensy bit of a pessimist, first thought each morning is gratitude I woke up.  

 Not be a victim to technology - Yeah, well....

 Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy: Ahem....

 

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 37

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week - Started to work out on elliptical machine but nothing good on television. 

Take my vitamins - Iron x2 a day.  Excellent.  Easy to remember to take as I become dizzy without it. Also taking my new medicine for anxiety, low dose generic Zoloft. Slightly crazed voice and wide eyes used to state daily at 5 pm, "Gots to take my meds" perhaps is unnerving husband a small bit. 

Read -  Am reading Harry Potter series to children and on book 4.  Quite proud of my excellent voicings of Gilderoy Lockhart, Professor Trelawney and Rita Skeeter.  Children appear less impressed.  Perhaps too much in awe for comment.  

Also reading Mr. Darcy and the Secret of Becoming a Gentleman by Maria Hamilton.  So good, like sinking into warm tub after long day.  With glass of wine.  

Give up soda: Seem to have forgotten this bit of the goal list...

Not wear shoes in the house - Hah - not home this week. 100%!!

Write thank you notes - Has this always been on the list?

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Repainted 2 of 4 walls in craft room. Starting to sift and reorganize room.  Look forward to painting rest of walls this week.   Not really.  

Does pinning things on Pinterest count?  

De-clutter the house room by room - Rooms seem too overwhelming.  Am working on small areas while suppressing deep desire to start decorating for Halloween and Christmas simultaneously.  (Would also unnerve husband.)

Meal plan - Planning Chick-fil-A run later today.  Surely counts.  

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - On way home from the beach, middle-ist child stated that most Saturdays are spent in boring ways, such as cleaning or traveling.  A shame to have done such a shabby job at photographing it, as could have renamed project: Our 53 Horrible, No Fun Saturdays. Opportunity missed.

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy - Pardon?

Pray / Bible study daily - Prayer, yes. Especially during times of anxiety and going over large bridges at the beach and while on tiny islands during tropical storms. 

Not be a victim to technology - E-mail exploding again, as have been out of town for 2 weeks.  (Amazon seems to be quite worried about me).  Did not have internet at the beach.  Missed internet.

Came home and Tivo had to be reset and all, sob, recorded items lost.  (Including Colin Firth Inside the Actor's Studio interview previously watched but saved.)  And all shows set to record lost. Must now actually remember what TV shows we like.  Looking into hiring personal assistant to sift through and reset all items.  

Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy: After brief, 17 week hiatus, check.

 

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 17 & 18 & 19

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week - Often unspoken perk of sharing health related news with peers...acquaintances and people just met in the grocery store line.....have gleaned excellent advise on exercise of late.  Begun walking not by distance but by time.  Fantastic notion as no longer think of walking for exercise as a destination (track needed to know distance, and, therefore, track clothes necessary.)  Have found walking perimeter of parking lots while waiting for children's release from their miscellaneous classes to be most useful re-purposing of time.  (Just wish epiphany had occurred prior to 90 degree weather.)

All aforementioned walking was precipitated by unfortunate slipping on of last year's black exercise pants that led to moment in mirror that looked horrifyingly like a a costume of Olivia Newton John's final scene in Grease gone all wrong.  Also, was particularly unpleasant moment of looking at body sharpers in public store.  

Take my vitamins - Am reading Bob Greene's 20 Years Younger book and am using corresponding notebook for keeping track of exercise, vitamins, etc.  As surely notebook was not published simply for my own use (as considerably cost for such an endeavor no matter how attentive to my needs) found comfort in knowing others need actual checklist in hand to remember to wash face, exercise, take vitamins, etc.

Also, not trying to look and feel 20 years younger.  Will take 4 years ago.

Read -  Have been reading like mad.  And Netflixing like mad.  Oddly enough, both keep self from going mad.  Finishing up Mr. Darcy's Secret after a second read.  Have watched: Young Victoria, Wives and Daughters (both excellent) and Mrs. Brown (interesting but not as good as I hoped).

Give up soda! - Soda only consumed on Mondays at Chick-fil-A as part of weekly kids meal purchased there.  Have excitedly told many about new beverage of choice: Organic Mint and Honey Sweet Leaf Green Tea.  Now can not find tea in any local grocery stores.  Clear indication of my personal promotion of product to all local friends.  And possibly addictive qualities of lovely beverage.

Not wear shoes in the house: Utter fail...but as house if full of dust already from renovations to basement, does not matter much.

Write thank you notes - Yes!

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Excessively important items taken care of, such as rearranging dishes within cupboards.  

De-clutter the house room by room - Renovations on basement (7 days of jackhammering, banging under foot) followed by roof replacement (5 more days of hammering just overhead) have left me teetering on edge of standing mid gocery store isle, dressed in 30 year old tuxedo and muttering about hotdog buns as if Steve Martin in Father of the Bride....figuratively, of course, as do not actually own 30 year old tuxedo. However, ability to relate to person completely falling apart over stress of postive things happening uncanny.  

Meal plan - Hmmm?

 Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays   

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy - Yes.

Pray / Bible study daily - Yes.

Not be a victim to technology - Considering just purging inbox of all items.  Seem to stay at 400 items. Can not possibly be all relevant...or even meant for me.

Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy:   Did I say EVERY Sunday?

 

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 15 & 16

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week -  Have begun morning breathing and stretching exercises.  Not completely new, as have always breathed and stretched in mornings, but now in more organized, planned fashion.

Have unearthed book lost under stack a year ago, The 150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy. Trying to be encouraged that there are 150 ways for energy to become boosted vs. disappointed that of all the things I do, none are already listed in the 150.  Felt as though odds were in favor for at least 7.  

Take my vitamins - There is now an awareness of not having taken vitamins vs. the surprised feeling each week of seeing it displayed on this list.  Definite step forward.

Read -  Read What Would Mr. Darcy Do?  and Mr. Darcy Presents His Bride.  Had to review own blog in Barnes and Noble to remind self if I had already read and reviewed either of these.  Blog finally serves purpose.  Hurrah for blog!  Sad day for brain.

Give up soda! - Have replaced coffee & soda with new vice wonder elixir: Organic Mint and Honey Sweet Leaf Green Tea.  First taste was more interesting than delicious as spearmint flavor usually categorized as gum by both palate and brain.  Found self thinking of Sweet Leaf Tea progressively more over the next 2 days...which lead, of course, to dragging children through the isles of Wal-Mart and Publix in search of larger portions of said tea.  Only wish the story of the original making of tea (in dorm room brewed in  pillow cases) had been left off side of bottle. 

Idea of boys' college dorm room does not engender sanitary conditions.  Am sure they have lovely, quite clean factories now... Am sure.

Not wear shoes in the house (with the exception of our newly formed, short term Bible study people who I do not know very well):  Mostly.

Write thank you notes - Need vitamin like awareness of this still.

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Have started tablet full of new ideas that both invigorate and make me feel completely exhausted as related to renovations....(see below).

De-clutter the house room by room -  Have packed up 1/3 of home for renovations.  As packing, (to protect items from dust, etc.) thought wonderful opportunity to repaint, repair and change some rooms around.  Or just sit on sofa and eat Publix Brand Salt and Vinegar chips while watching The Real Housewives of Anywhere under overwhelming weight of "this will never be finished."  

Meal plan - Glad to have had read this at 7 a.m....am now reminded we have nothing for dinner.  At least "aware" there is nothing for dinner and will not be surprised by fact at dinner time.  

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Shut. Up.  

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy - Much better.

Pray / Bible study daily - Also improving.

Not be a victim to technology - Disconnected malfunctioning computer for renovations.  Wonder if plugging it back in will have rejuvenating effect, as like with a printer that just needs a quick unplug and then plug back in.  Oddly optimistic even though past optimism seemed to have little bearing on malfunctioning computer like items.

 Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy:   How do you type that sticking out your tongue sound???  

 

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 14

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week -  Just returned home from spring break vacation.  One simply can not exercise at the beach.  

Take my vitamins - One can not always remember to pack one's vitamins.   

Read -  Only Mr. Darcy Will Do a second time in a week and  reread The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy.  Will never be able to write a review if keep reading them back to back as they all get muddled together in my head.

Give up soda! - Have officially and finally made self sick on trip home by drinking overly sweet McDonald's tea and coffee.  (Sweet level in coffee not so much McDonald's fault as mine.)  Desire nothing sweet at all.  For a long time.  Possibly for the whole day.

Not wear shoes in the house (with the exception of our newly formed, short term Bible study people who I do not know very well):  Excellent!  100%  (Perhaps attributed to lack of being home for the past week...)

Write thank you notes - One also did not pack thank you notes for vacation.

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Have just returned form vacation. There is nothing in head.

De-clutter the house room by room -  Hmm, status of home is a mess.  Perhaps can blame nomadic family of monkeys that moved in while family was traveling.  All appearances point to this possibility.

Meal plan - Planned meals at the beach.  Lots of processed food.  Planning and healthy food not necessarily a hand and hand item.

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Can not even believe family was on the beach on Saturday and no photo was taken.  Makes stomach turn.  Although, stomach might just be rumblie over the all the processed food.  

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy - Planned to read.  Fantastic!

Pray / Bible study daily - One can not....oh who am I kidding?  Beyond the traditional "husband is driving us through downtown Atlanta, please let us live" prayer, utter failure this week.

Not be a victim to technology - Successfully delivered on line class for True Scrap Event on Thursday. Lost internet connection 10 minutes before was speaking live.  Found land line cable and plugged in computer.  Internet worked.  Thought self to be brilliant.  Husband later spotted that land line's other end was not connected to anything that would relay a signal.  Ha!  Had fixed computer without land line. Brillianter than first suspected.

Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy:   One can not.....

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 13

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week -  Not so much conventional exercise as have been especially forgetful as to why I have just gone up stairs.  Or down stairs. Can only hope will lead to comments such as, "look at the nicely toned calves on that befuddled lady."

Take my vitamins - Feels new to the list each week.

Read -  Finished Pride and Prejudice: Wild and Wanton Edition (interesting but not completely successful exercise in writing) and now 1/2 way through Only Mr. Darcy Will Do (easily on of the best P&P follow ups I have ever read).

Give up soda! - Excellent.  Large amounts consumed.

Not wear shoes in the house - Still not able to ask new Bible Study people to remove shoes....but cringed less as they walked around with shoed feet.  

Write thank you notes - Sent first batch!  Just sucked it up and over postage-ed the envelopes as no one has 1 and 2 cent stamps. Was difficult to mix bird stamps with excellent Yoda ones.  Mix them, I did.

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Hmmm.  Head seems oddly quiet on projects.  Think body has it bound and gagged as form of implementing much needed rest.  

De-clutter the house room by room -  Still sorting Legos which has become soothing and something I find myself looking forward to.  

Did not get all Tivo's items watched prior to swtiching over to new service.  Feel much the failure as usually excell at TV watching.  Must wait until November to re-record cleaner, TV version of Love Actually.  Again.

Meal plan - 3 meals planed.  The towns people rejoice.

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Sunday is the new Saturday.  

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy - Does "plan to sit around and read in the morning" count?

Pray / Bible study daily - Improving still:)!

Not be a victim to technology - Had online meeting to run through using service for True Scrap.  Just as was doing "microphone check" realized screen said "camera ON."  Had stayed up late and gotten up early to finish up class samples and was certainly NOT camera ready in appreance.  At. All.  Blamed angle of computer, blamed auto camera in computer (Hello, Big Brother) and lighting.  Quite possibly, should blame self for still wearing sweats from previous day.  Looked to be all forehead and teeth.  

Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy:  Score!

 

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 10

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week -  Recovering from sitting on the floor with legs crossed for an hour at church & child event.  Legs now only want to return to previously crossed configurement.  Recovering from sitting.  Gah!

Take my vitamins - 1 out of 7 days. Actually, 1 out of 14 times, as take morning and evening vitamins so that iron and calcium do not collide.  1 out of 14.  Not good.  B complex is for memory.  Must remember to take memory related vitamin? 

Read -  Have re-read Darcy and Fitzwilliam for a 3rd time.  Have gone from reading Classics, to Jane Austen, to Pride and Prejudice, to  spin offs of Pride and Prejudice,  to single book.  Genre shrinkage is notable.  

Give up soda - Have found excellent renewal of resolutions in Lent.  As if a wonderfully timed do-over occurs at the precise moment when one may decide to chuck resolutions entirely.  However, realized Lent had begun as was drinking Dr. Pepper.  

Not wear shoes in the house - Excellent!  Considered marking shoe-less home resolution off list as have mastered it.  Decided against - as is confidence builder that other items on list are attainable.  Plenty of year left.  No worries.  

Write thank you notes - Oh.  dear.  

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - On season 4 of keeping a chart of Dick Van Dike episodes: # of times Rob falls over ottoman, goes around ottoman or goes around ottoman and trips on carpet.  Also noting times Mary Tyler Moore's name is mispronounced in opening.  

De-clutter the house room by room - Have de-cluttered (drug everything out of) husband's office.  Office looks lovely.  Dinning room is now disaster as filled with office items.  Wonder if local museum would like collection of computer monitors for historical significance?  Patronizing the arts always paramount.  

Meal plan - Single meal planned was delicious roast.  Ran out of time to eat it and was consumed standing at sink.  Perhaps meal planning is connected to time management, as well.  Hmm. 

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Own project is tormentor. 

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy - Will begin straight way in the morning.

Pray / Bible study daily - Improving!

Not be a victim to technology - Blog is sure to turn on me from neglect.  Technology not so much victimizing as creating paralysis.  In-box packed with over 400 items this morning.  

Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy: Perhaps making a chart of progress: Sundays list was accomplished, etc would prove motivating.  Everything runs more smoothly with charts. Surely have found viable solution.

 

 

 

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 8 & 9

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week -  Obsessive personality at all time high with new Tumblr addiction.  Must save calories for time on Tumblr. 

Take my vitamins -  What?

Read -  Have re-read Mr. Darcy's Secret.  Excellent as it was not even posted on Tumblr.

Give up soda - Huh?  (slurp)

Not wear shoes in the house - Who wears shoes while on Tumblr?

Write thank you notes - Can that be done on Tumblr?

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Pretty, unattainable images from Tumblr are all that are in my head.

De-clutter the house room by room - Um...

Meal plan - Have converted to food bars and water while on Tumblr.

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Yes, but always wait until night time to remember to take photo and, therefore, have no really good photos.

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy - Plan to "Tumblr on."

Pray / Bible study daily - Better, but most of reading has been done in Picture Bible to Max.  A comic book meets the Bible.  He is obsessed.  Where does he get this tendency?

Not be a victim to technology - Computer intelligence from becoming fluent in Tumblr not carried over to blog redesign which is at a standstill. 

Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy: What?  I mean, Pardon?

 

 

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 7

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week - Monday: Simple stretching and walking on the elliptical machine.  Well done. Tuesday & Wednesday: Left hip mutinied and functioned on own accord producing an interesting rhythm to my natural gate.  Clearly, all exercising was abandoned to allow for full recovery.  Sunday evening, during dinner, left shoulder seceded and began to ache.  Within a day, shoulder had coerced back, arm and jaw into defiance and has allowed very little movement of left side of body whatsoever.  All grooming has since been chucked.  

Take my vitamins -  Have instituted new plan of leaving pretty bowl on counter with vitamins to take in morning or evening.  Have improved vitamin intake by 33%.  Excellent! However, can not currently open vitamen bottles with useless & weak left arm.  Must look into vitamins for improving one's joint functionality.  Will need joint ability to open joint vitamins.  Hmmm...

Read - Read and made notes for 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen, read March issues of In Style Magazine (v. difficult with left arm unable to sustain the weight of periodical.)  Have not reviewed a Pride and Prejudice book in a few weeks - surely can be blamed on reluctant joints.  

Watched Mr. Darcy on Tivo'd episodes of Inside the Actor's Studio and on Piers Morgan Tonight.  Surely watching Mr. Darcy carries same weight as reading about Mr. Darcy.

Give up soda - Coffee is new toxin.  Must eliminate it (as soon as this pot just made is finished. Wasteful to toss it out.) Joints clearly do not like coffee.  

Not wear shoes in the house - Fantastic - even enforced on guests this weekend.  

Write thank you notes - If one writes thank you notes and carries them in her purse for weeks on end - does the other person actually feel thanked in any way?  Confucious style question for the ages.  Much like tree falling in forrest.

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Organized pen drawer when arm still worked.  Perhaps over exertion of left arm from pen drawer activity?

De-clutter the house room by room - Lack of productivity given pass as have been convalescing joints.

Meal plan - Good - have used joint recovery as time to oversee husband making dinner and pizza ordering (also by husband as joints are needed for phone usage.)

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Shut. up.  3rd Saturday missed.  But have delightful Sunday photo that will be snuck in as if Saturday one.  But I will know.  Forever.  Beyond the days of remembering my children's birthdays.  

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy - Really, what can be expected with joint issues?

Pray / Bible study daily - (Will fill this in later once connection with joint issues can be made)

Not be a victim to technology - Have learned about Tumblr & set up account.  Taught Kelli Darr to set up her own account (am tech. teacher, now).  See potential for obsessive personality's enjoyment.  

Keep up with this list every Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy: Well done, considering previously mentioned joint issues.  Would pat back if left arm would allow it.  (Must protect right arm from over exertion, at this point.)

 

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 5

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week - Tragic.

Take my vitamins -  Disaster.

Read - Read rest of Darcy and Fitzwilliam and the read it again.   Reading way through Typepad for Dummies...appears as though my attention span is not equipped for actual follow through with information I have gleaned thus far.  Also, best not to read it late at night.  It seems that the conversion from my reading to doing with accuracy after midnight is really quite low.  Refer to previously mentioned misplaced sidebar.

Give up soda - Huge set back.  I blame my mother, and called her to tell her so, as I drank her 2 liter Pepsi (which I do not even like) she left at our house.

Not wear shoes in the house -Applause!  

Write thank you notes - No 1 cent stamps or 3 cent stamps to be found today at the grocery store.  Must go to actual post office.  Agony.

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Resorted and organized buffet / technology center of kitchen...including several sessions of "what does this charger thingie go to?. 

Craft room is now 78% clean.  (Up 7% form last week - noticeable, if only slightly cleaner).  

Tivo is at 28% availability, so well done there.

De-clutter the house room by room - All 3 boys' closets and clothes sorted through - too small garments removed.  David has 4 outfits, Alex has only golf shirts and bathing suits and Maxwell has enough clothes for 14 people.  Excellent.

Meal plan - Second crock pot meal had slight hic-up.  Turkey meat was tender and slid right off the bone. As did various other odd colored turkey pieces that I do not usually consume.  

Sauteed shrimp for first time and, unlike other kitchen first times, it was quite good. 

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Excellent!  Must actually scrapbook these pictures now!

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy -  Cold turned to sinus infection over road any plans.  Still snifflie after 10 days.  

Pray / Bible study daily - Had extra week to do lesson and have not used it well.  

Not be a victim to technology - Spent hours last week reorganizing and labeling 2006 /2007 blog posts. Am discouraged as 1. I can not spell a bit (spell check was not part of my account at the time...or existed on a plane unknown to me.  Most likely on a tool bar unknown to me then.)  2. I blogged about a few interesting things, a few helpful homeschool things and a lot of drivel.  Misspelled drivel.

Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy: Excellent!

 

 

 

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 4

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week - Blink.  Blink.  (She stares at this as if a totally new item)

Take my vitamins -  Did excellent at the beginning of the week.  Forgot on Wed.  Got  a cold on Thursday. Sciatic nerve began twitching every 17th step on Friday (have become 100).  Clear sign than I had acclimated to new vitamin regiment and body is mutinying without them.

Read - Read most of Darcy and Fitzwilliam.  Reading way through Typepad for Dummies. 

Give up soda - Slight set back, purchased and drank soda on Friday but strictly for the throat coating medicinal qualities as I was sick.  

Not wear shoes in the house - Hurrah!  A box to check!

 Write thank you notes - Has been so long since using mail service, no longer in touch with price of stamps.  Discovered whole web sites dedicated to telling one the price of stamps (clearly, not only person returning to the letter writing medium).  Have been searching for 1 and 3 cent stamps in effort to not waste extra postage and my 41 cent Yoda stamps.

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head -  Actually scrap booked for fun this week, worked on Valentine's idea. A clear roll has been established.

 De-clutter the house room by room - Bought shelves at Ikea last week for my albums to live on.  So, of course, had to pull everything out of drawers, cabinets, etc. to resort, purge and love on because that is what one does when adding a set of shelves to a room.  Naturally.  Project is 71% complete. Incidentally, area right outside craft room looks bad.

Meal plan - Roasted chicken was yum!  Surely I cooked dinner more than once.  Sure. Ly.

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Missed a Saturday.  Save: had child draw picture of family.   Ideal, as if planned to periodically miss a week in effort to document child's artistic ability. Brilliant. 

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy -  Once again - good Monday and Tuesday and by Wednesday...where is my chart?

Pray / Bible study daily - Much improved, have utilized time of just sitting in car and Bible on phone! 

Not be a victim to technology -  Have figured out several improvements to blog.  Experimenting with variety of things.  Periodic misplacing of whole side bars has kept me on my toes. 

Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy: Is Monday morning at 4:28 am......can only be considered excellent beginning to the week:)

 

 

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 3

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week - 1 of 6.  Counting the marathon day of vacuuming.  

Take my vitamins - 2 of 7.  Poo.

Read - Wrote review of To Have His Cake and Eat it Too, read most of The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy. 

Give up soda - Have replaced soda addiction with sweet tea.  Perhaps should revise list.

Not wear shoes in the house - Fail.

 Write thank you notes - What have I been doing??

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Purchased 2 sets of shelves at Ikea (turn into 180 year old rabbit when driving in the city.  V. stressful but apparently on 3 things can make me enter Atlanta proper: Ikea, The Container Store and jury duty.)

De-clutter the house room by room - re-organized kids' toy closet, relabeled all toy containers, sorted and stored all Lego and Transformer and Other toy instruction booklets.  (Note to self, more likely than not could have sent at least one child to at least second tier private college with the money we spent on Legos and Transformers.)

Meal plan - 1 meal of.....   Made my first crock pot roast under guidance of my visiting Mom.  It was good! The children rejoiced, the towns people had a small parade and put up a commemorative plaque and my husband said, "Just leave the crock pot out on the counter for next time."  What could it all mean?

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Will schedule this week's photo for today: Monday.  And will suppress perfectionist tendency to chuck the whole project.

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy - I printed out a chart for this...and failed to fill it in.  

Pray / Bible study daily - How am I unprepared for my Bible Study every week?  How? How? How? 

Not be a victim to technology - I have carried around the Typepad for Dummies book a bit this week.  A Clear precursor to reading it.

Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy: It is Monday....not my best week.

 

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 2

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week - elliptical and sit ups and stretching 3 of 6 days.  

Take my vitamins - 2 of 7 days.  Vitamins will expire at this rate. 

Read - Re-read To Have His Cake and Eat It Too but didn't review it because am torn on if I liked it or not, re-read  The Confessions of Fitzwilliam Darcy, yum!

Give up soda - Excellent.  Unless you count that sweet tea I had today..which is not technically soda but I clearly understood it was caffeine I was avoiding.  Have exploited loop hole in my own rule. Disappointed and impressed simultaneously.

Not wear shoes in the house - Simple as all shoes were covered in snow for the past week.

Write thank you notes - None.  I blame the snow and lack of mail service.

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Had John David build a cart for moving the rat cage.  Can not explain why this was essential to be done prior to de-cluttering all other rooms. Excellent outsourcing.

Also, efforts to train body to sleep on back as to avoid the increasingly resilient creases that leave my face looking like an unfolded origami crane until well after lunch time resulted in being quite tired most of the week.  This worked in direct competition with the avoiding soda.  

De-clutter the house room by room - Wait, give me a minute.  I am sure I did something.   I mean, I was snowed in for 5 days for crying out loud....Does de-cluttering my TIVO count?

Meal plan - Tragic.

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Photos 3 Saturdays running!  Will endeavor to not wear the same sweatshirt every Saturday as I am noticing a pattern to these photos.

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy - Also blaming this forgotten item on snow.

Pray / Bible study daily - 6 days of studies should be spread over 6 days.  It seems simple enough.  

Not be a victim to technology - Slurpee machine of 3 Christmases ago cleaned, put together and then chucked due to the fact it is far easier to make slurpees in the blender and less than a 30 minute clean up. New found cabinet space is +.  Yes, am counting Slurpee machine as technology as it came with a manual.

Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy: Possibly the only thing I am doing with regularity thus far....

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 1

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week - elliptical and sit ups 4 of 6 days this week, v.g.

Take my vitamins - 1 of 7 days, must improve.  

Read - Re-read Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason and Bridget Jones's Diary...oddly in that order.  Now must dilute spicy language echoes in my head with Pilgrim's Progress or similar.

Give up soda - VG! No caffeinated sodas ingested despite ample opportunities and great desire.  Am pillar of strength.  That surely can not be the proper spelling of caffeinated and if it is, then this is probably the first time I have spelled it correctly.  Ever.

Not wear shoes in the house - Done and enforced on guests.  Odd turn of events, kitchen floor cleanser left wood floor exceptionally slippery.  Look forward to seeing which of our guests are willing to return.

Write thank you notes - 2 of 8 done.  Must improve to keep up with pace of people doing nice things for me.  

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Interestingly, when a space opens up in my brain, it is immediately filled in by something else.  Much like water seeking its own level.  The cliche of "In over my head" is given new life.

De-clutter the house room by room - Cleaned out fridge (with full removal of shelves, etc) freezer, pantry and several kitchen drawers all in 1 day.  Spent next day exhausted.  Perhaps should space out projects.

Meal plan - Woops, completely forgot this one. 

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Took photos of the family 2 consecutive Saturdays.  Excellent. Must scrapbook asap before I forget details.  

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy - Made list of things to do but perhaps needs prioritizing as got plastic containers organized in the drawer where they belong in aesthetically pleasing way but still forgot to anticipate family's hunger.

Pray / Bible study daily - Improving, but still behind on Lady's Bible Study book.  Can I do 6 days of lessons in 1?  Perhaps not intended format and will do better next week.

Not be a victim to technology - Blog is still not reorganized despite having read the first chapter of Typepad for Dummies this week, my computer is still blue screened with a flashing file folder (can not be good) and scrap booking silhouette is still in sealed up box.  Poor.  (Possibly first time spelled silhouette correctly, as well.)

Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy: Two weeks running, smashing.