BRRRR

[donutsweeper]

Just spent an hour shoveling. It's -4°F before windchill or -27°F with it (that's -20/-33 C).  Holy cow I'm cold.

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[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

yes, too easy a trend to continue. Hopefully, she'll learn!

[tejas.livejournal.com]

I've got my fingers crossed that she'll carry through with her winter project plans. She's got to read a book and do an assignment during the break. I suggested she get it done *before* Christmas, which would then free her up for the rest of her break to actually *break*. :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

although I'm thinking a nudge or two might not go amiss. I'll be 'gently' nudging my kids

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Yes, nudging is already happening. Nudging as in "have this done before you come home from your dad's". ;-) She only has one major project at home for the break: clean her room. :-) It sounds worse than it is. Or rather, it's as bad as it sounds, but she's been wanting to get the time to get to it and do a serious job - still got elementary school stuff hanging around that never got purged.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

sometimes I think a cyclone snuck into my kids rooms when I wasn't looking

[tejas.livejournal.com]

I can't really say much, given my, um, lack of organization. (Yeah, that sounds better than "I'm a slob". :-) However, I draw the line when it keeps me (or her) from being able to find stuff after a reasonable search or get to places in a room. :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

yeah, the trip over things and be unable to get from bed to door is always a bad sign...

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Or the "I can't find my shoes" or "have you seen my laptop?" thing. :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

or the notice from the library for the 12 overdue books... *nods*

[tejas.livejournal.com]

ARGH!

Been there, lost that... and the 12 overdue books. ;-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

the books aren't usually 'lost' here, just misplaced until around the second overdue notice or so. (now all notices go to me, not the munchkins, in hopes of avoiding that to at least some extent)

[tejas.livejournal.com]

She recently referred to her room as an archeological site. She'd been looking for something and found the "fifth grade strata". :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh, that's just awesome!

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Even her *messes* are more organized than mine. :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I always find things eventually... just usually months after they were helpful

[tejas.livejournal.com]

I can usually lay hands on anything I need, but I couldn't *tell* anyone where anything is. :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

The WORST is when you have a stupid place where you keep something. It's dumb, in the way or hard to get to, but it's always been where you put X. Then one day you think of the PERFECT PLACE for X. Easy to get at, to the side and not out and in the way anymore... so you move X there.

and the next time you need X all you can remember is your original place for it and the decision to move it. *headdesk*

Or is that just me?

[tejas.livejournal.com]

LOL!!! No, it's not just you! It's why, for example, I always have to move the large funnel out of the quart measuring cup whenever I want to use said cup. I *only* ever use the funnel to fill my CPAP reservoir, while I use that large measure cup for lots of things.

I still can't figure out why the funnel is in the kitchen instead of the bathroom with the vinegar (that is also only used to clean the CPAP reservoir).

But there it is. :-)

We are *such* creatures of habit.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

and god forbid if that habit is disrupted!

[tejas.livejournal.com]

YES!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

and if someone *helps* you clean or put things away you are SO DOOMED

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Oh, god. That's the worst of both worlds.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

If you're lucky you'll still be finding things three years later. Otherwise, it's gone for good!

[tejas.livejournal.com]

And contrary to popular belief, just because you haven't used it in 6 months, doesn't mean you don't need it.

Think about that box of papers you tossed the next time you can't find your birth certificate, your passport or your social security card. ;-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

ooooh, losing those would be bad. I tend never to toss thing, but then go through a cleaning binge and organize and toss and box and give away... and regret it like mad 3 months later when I'm desperately searching for something and it's GONE