One step at a time

When I started this blog it was to post about who I am – who I REALLY am – and I haven’t exactly done that.

A couple of weeks ago I read a blog that discussed not focusing on the bad and focusing more on the good in yourself. While that is a great concept, I personally feel like not focusing on my “bad” is keeping me from being the person I want to be and taking proper care of M.

I know my definition of “bad” is probably very different from what others define it as. If it makes me feel guilty it’s “bad.” I also know others who don’t live in a “head of household” (HOH) lifestyle won’t understand how I feel, but that’s okay. I put that “take it or leave it” in my header for a reason 😉

Anyway, I’m wanting to adopt a good habit every month that will help me adjust my bad into good. A couple of examples:

I leave dirty dishes in my sink every day. Sometimes for two or more days. It’s just M and I and while during the week we may only each use a few dishes each day, they’re still put in the sink, and then multiply…because I hate unloading the dishwasher! It bothers me to see those dirty dishes, but there they sit! The “bad” in this scenario is my unloading the dishwasher. I need to adjust that attitude because several of the houses that M and I are looking at have a very open floor plan and I don’t want to feel embarrassed about having company because I have two days of dishes in my sink.

Another example is my failure to follow through on certain things. Again, may be small, like offering to provide photos here and then never getting around to doing it. I used to be really good about following through but somehow over the past couple of years I’ve lost that good habit. The “bad” in this scenario is my not making notes to remind myself of little things that need to be done (I have no problem remembering the ‘big’ things).

Other things include procrastination, budgeting, decluttering, exercise, menu planning, etc., some of which overlap, and things that might not be important to anyone but me, or more importantly, M.

So I plan on posting what “good” I’m trying to create and my progress.

In other news. I pulled my shaker box back out and will photograph it this weekend. It looks very much like the one that’s in the link from my last post – only darker in color. I also made myself a note 😉 to post my small ‘sampler wall’ I’ve started in my bedroom, and the finished and framed Home of a Needleworker Too that M hung up in my hallway this past weekend. I guess while I’ve got the camera out I should also post a progress picture of my needlepoint design that features the stiletto and purse.

M and I will be spending Thanksgiving with Mickey and Minnie again this year and eating lunch at the Blue Bayou and having turkey and dressing that evening at Brennan’s. Black Friday will find us attending a Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert – so no Thanksgiving cooking for me this year. I’m very sad about that since I love to cook. Here’s hoping for lots of stitching time this coming weekend.

M also turned in his retirement paperwork yesterday. Now we wait. He’s not expecting to hear anything back until some time next month. If it’s accepted we will begin a one year countdown. I need to get busy!