Well! How about that.
I took a little break from blogging. Kind of like that one time in 2006 when I took a little break from dieting that has continued to this day.
Anyway.
Since it's taken me twenty minutes to get this far, what with all the wondering how to sum up four months in pithy, interesting paragraphs, I'll give you bullet points. Be forewarned, they're mostly about cleaning and organizing. I'm sorry about that, but I have truly become that boring. Just be glad I was on my blog break on the day I cleaned out the junk drawer in the kitchen.
- After years of swearing that I hated "to-do" lists, I've actually discovered that I ENJOY "to-do" lists. (Don't tell Theodore, because I've been making fun of his lists for the past fifteen years.) The key, apparently, is to make the list realistic. Who knew? So, rather than covering two sheets of paper with things like, "index books with Dewey decimal system" and "clean attic, garage, and all closets," only to feel defeated if I don't get it all done in one day, I put down things that I can actually get done in a day. Revolutionary, I know. Remember, you read it here first, folks.
- The same holds true for meal planning. I've tried countless meal plans in the past. Here's one that I immortalized in a "Works for Me Wednesday" post. I used it for a total of a month, before tossing it aside. The binder has found a new life holding Peter's Language Arts papers. The problem, it seems, is I would plan a week's worth of things like fried chicken, stuffed pork chops, and a full turkey dinner, only to find myself so exhausted by Wednesday that I was slamming an opened can of beanie weenies on the table and calling it supper.
- This post is quickly turning into a commercial, because I used the Motivated Moms planner and Mealtime Makeover meal plan. I'm incapable or original solutions, so I must pay others for theirs.
- We are on Week 3 of school. I have never been this organized at the beginning of the year. (See the first bullet point above.) I've got lessons plans for the first half of the year completely done, and I'm nearly done with all the plans for the second half of the year. Since by February I tend to start thinking that only a special kind of crazy would take on homeschooling, and want to do nothing more than eat chocolate and watch TV adaptations of Victorian novels, I am hoping this helps carry me through.
- I love binders and 3-hole punches. Someday I hope to find a job where I can print papers, punch holes in them, and put them in binders. It would make me very happy.
- I found this tutorial via Megan's blog. I am going to make some of these. I think this is the one missing link to my achieving organizational bliss.
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