Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

February In Review

March 1, 2018

I started the month off not in a great mood. December had been troublesome, and then Old Man Winter really settled in. Both made for a difficult January and by February, I was feeling lazy. When I started watching depressing shows on TLC that was my cue that things had to change.

I decided to get off my butt and back into my Flylady routines – just the routines – to get in the groove again. That pulled me out of my funk and my house and me are feeling a little better.

I took on one extra project and that is the paper jam in the house. Loads of backed up paperwork – most of which needs to be tossed – and files that need to be re-done. I’ve got a long way to go and I haven’t touched anything in a week, so it’s time to get back to that. Fifteen to twenty minutes a day is all it’s going to take.

Somehow I had fallen off my Friday Ritual as well and so I got back into that, including going through my makeup and skincare. Although, I mostly used this Fresh set and I really, really liked it! The products are pricey, but they worked really well on my sensitive skin.

I also cracked out “My So-Called Life” again. I don’t remember the last time I watched it, so felt it was time again. This very short lived series still holds up in my opinion. And, since it was created by the creators of thirtysomething, you know you’re getting something good.

On the reading end of things, I thought I’d try the Read Your Way to Heaven lists again but start on a year with less intense books. I started Year 4 and that lined up really well with my desire to read the Wisdom books of the Bible. The titles seemed low key but interesting and so I started with Malcolm Muggeridge’s “Something Beautiful For God” about Mother Teresa. It was amazing and left me with a lot to think about. I started on the next book, “Hidden Power of Kindness” and got stuck – I knew I wasn’t going to be able to slog through it. So, I decided to go with, “A Mother’s Rule of Life” which I’d read a long time ago and decided to go over it again. It’s a loaner from the library so it has to go back soon and I’m only half way through. Le sigh. Maybe I need to re-think this whole thing, and start reading the pile of books on my shelf that I bought in the hopes of reading but never did.

So, overall, feeling better at the beginning of March. Winter is fading and giving way to blue skies and warmer weather and that always raises my spirits. Maybe as I add to my housekeeping routines, I should also add a little more on the self-care beyond the basics. Lots to think about and plan. My life keeps changing and the ground beneath is not solid but shifting all the time and I’m just feeling lost. But keeping those things which give me stability will pull me through.

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On March 2, 2018 at 9:55 PM, Matt said:

Does TLC have anything that's _not_ depressing? I've been depressed with their line up for years >_>

On March 3, 2018 at 5:23 AM, java_queen said:

No, they don't. It's all crap now. The last year i was watching TLC - around 2008/2009, was probably the last good year. Sad, because it had promise.

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March 1, 2018

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