It was only £8 and is battery powered and not very bright, but it brings a little light to a dark corner after the crow fell and broke. I called into Aldi as well. They have the Turkish delight that DH likes and I wanted to get some in for Christmas.
While I was in IKEA, I picked up a couple of frames. One was for a pic of the daughter of good friends and the other was, well, me being odd.
It's around the size of a playing card, and I thought it looked incredibly striking. The pic doesn't do it justice as it's an iridescent green and gold and I thought that I would hang it somewhere discreet on the stairs. It's actually a card that has the product details from my big lamp I got a while back.
I missed a few bits from my list, but I'm still optimistic. For example, instead of changing the bath towels when I remembered, I have it on a rotation to make sure that the towels are always fresh. I didn't get the fridge cleaned, but checking the list meant that I had the bins sorted out nice and early. I'm feeling quite positive.
On another positive note, bear was cleaning out his backpack and said, 'by the way, I got a gold certificate in a computer test.' For him, it's just Tuesday. I was so impressed. It's more than one school and quite a few people took part so I'm really proud. He's been doing this sort of thing since primary school. I used to hear about his achievements from the teachers. He's driving me nuts and making me so proud at the same time!
I also booked myself in to the optician. My eyes feel strained and I wonder if I need new glasses. That may relieve a lot of the symptoms I've been having.
Writing stuff - a minor note here. I'm starting up with writing prompts again as a way of keeping me writing. If anyone wants to use the prompts, help yourselves. The prompts are here, there are no expectations apart from that you have fun writing and you can take it in your own direction.
Hang in there with your check off list. I write a to do list every day, then do whatever I can to check everything off, as it's completed. Do I get everything done? Of course not, but seeing a long list with 2/3rds of it done is very satisfying. It also helps me to remember things that I mean to get to but forget. Anything that I don't get done, gets added to my list for the next day. Often times these are things that I procrastinate doing and may get passed over to the next days list for several days in a row, but eventually, with all other chores mostly done, I will attack at least one of the unfavorable projects and get one of them done. This is so satisfying, that I am more likely to get to the next unfavorable project within a couple of days instead of putting it off for days and days. I have been more motivated the last week and still managed to hang onto enough energy to keep at the lists this week. I have gotten a lot of things accomplished and feel good about that, but I also have 4 things that have traveled the lists for the past week and a half. I do plan on working on at least one of them tomorrow, maybe two. Wish me luck. Ranee (MN) USA
ReplyDeleteSending you all the good vibes, Ranee. I think having a 'holdover' list is a good way to go. Sharing the journey, I think, helps.
DeleteI think the thing with lists - at least for me - is that I do a weekly one and then a new one each day. I break down the week tasks into days and, when I have a bad day, I can just add the task to the next list. It helps a bit. I still get distracted a lot.
ReplyDeleteI'm still finding my feet, but at the moment I have a combo of weekly and daily and that's working for me. It means that I don't forget stuff that I need to do that day of the week, but the daily list helps keep me on track.
DeleteSometimes, you have to tweak the lists to make them work for you. Well done bear!
ReplyDeleteThank you, and I'll be working on the lists.
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