What Are You Waiting For?

The other day I was thinking, "Once we get past the wedding, things will slow down and I can..."  Then I realized how many times I have said something similar over all the years.

"After the baby is a little bigger, I can ____"

"Once the kids are in school, I'll have more free time to _____"

"After the holidays, things won't be so busy and I'll be able to _____"

Do you find yourself saying the same things?  Why do we do that?  The truth is, things are never going to slow down.  We very rarely have the ideal conditions - if ever.  There is always going to be some reason, some excuse, why we haven't gotten around to doing something we claim we want to do.

Maybe it's time to stop waiting for whatever it is we're waiting to happen or to be in the past before we do the next thing. 

Do today.  Tomorrow may be too late.  Or, you may find yourself at the end of you life saying " I never found time to _____"

Go back to school.

Take that class.

Declutter that closet.

Join that club or group.

Set your goal and take the first step toward making it happen!

Speaking of goals - my weekly goals for last week didn't go so very well.  It's my own fault.  I kept letting myself get distracted and off schedule.  This week will be better.

My goals for October 7 - 13:

•  Create Sunday blog posts for November
•  Ship 3 orders for Etsy shop
•  Find shoes for wedding
•  Make boutonnieres for wedding

What are your goals for this week?  What's on your To Do list? Share them in the comments!

Then it was a week and a half later...

Things were going pretty smoothly there for about a week or two.  I had a bit of a routine going and blog posts were flowing semi-regularly.  Then spring break arrived.  And well... nothing much got accomplished.

I'm not sure how I always fool myself into thinking it's going to be so much easier during school breaks and how I'm going to get oh-so-much done when everyone isn't running around in all different directions.  Because the truth is, if they aren't running off in different directions - they're here.  Which means I am continually allowing myself to get distracted by what they're doing right here in front of me.

Please don't think I'm blaming the offspring for my lack of productivity.  That's all on me.  Sometimes I think I have more than a touch of the ADD.  Or maybe I am just the Queen of Procrastination.  Or may I'm just a little lazy.  Whatever.  It is what it is...

It's not like I've been doing absolutely nothing for almost two weeks:

I'm working on some big orders for my Etsy shop.

I've been spending time with the grand. We're enjoying the warmer days by eating lunch on the back porch and playing outside whenever we can.

We also had more fun than we probably should have making Powerpuffs of ourselves.

Powerpuff Girl Me

Powerpuff Guy Grand baby  

I have made a half-hearted attempt at Spring cleaning the kitchen.

We went to a ceremony where the female offspring received the academic award for her degree program.

So, as you can see - things are happening.  With more to come.  The Man of the House and I have a hiking date at Biltmore planned for this month.  Sunday officially marks 2 months until the male offspring graduates from high school.  Summer is coming.

Lots and lots to write about.  But, if you don't hear from me for awhile - it's probably because I got distracted by the grand baby making silly faces or something like that.

Three Of Me... And A Maid

Things were sailing along so smoothly.  I couldn't believe how stress free the Christmas preparations seems to be for me this year.  I wasn't stressing.  I didn't feel pressed for time.  All of that has changed. 

I now realize that it was the calm before the storm.  I wasn't stressed because I didn't realize how much still needed to be done.  I thought I had plenty of time.  I was WRONG!!

This week I am stressed.  I feel pressed for time.  To be completely honest - I am freaking out a little bit.  My to-do list keeps getting longer, rather than decreasing in size.  I keep realizing what else needs done.  Projects finished.  Presents wrapped.  Baking done.  Much of it before tomorrow's dueling Christmas gatherings at both my own and The Man of the House's places of work.  Much more of it before Thursday when family starts arriving.

Today I look at that ever growing list and think to myself  "I need about 3 of me, and a maid!" 

And yet, I sit here blogging about it, procrastinating - rather than diving right in.  Apparently I still have not learned my lesson.