Today, my “Tackle It” is going to have to be working on Sword & Illusion – I’d love to get Chapters 9 & 10 edited. I dearly want this book to be done by the end of March. I’m beginning to think that’s a pipe dream.
Also, I need to clean up the kitchen. It’s supposed to be the Girl’s job, but she, being 17 and totally resentful that she should have even the slightest chore, does only the minimum, i.e., loading the dishwasher and doing a cursory wipe-down of the counters. Most of the time my beautiful new Emeril Cookware (a Christmas gift from my mom) doesn’t get washed and it’s so simple. The food practically slides out with just a spray of water, but she never washes up the pots and pans and most of the time the sink is still full of dishes because (a) she didn’t fill the dishwasher full or (b) she missed a night doing the dishes so there’s so many that one load won’t do it and she ALWAYS does them so late at night (right before bed) that there’s no time for a second load before morning. I often try to straighten up in the morning but yesterday there just wasn’t time.
A more minor tackle is Valentine’s cards. I’m going to a Stampin’ Up Hostess club meeting on Thursday and need 5-6 cards to swap.
Well, time to get ready to take the Boy to school. The Girl is home sick with a cold which actually makes my life a bit easier as I won’t have to pick her up from school and take her to bowling practice.
Valentines cards ? I don’t know your uses apparently, but here you only celebrate your sweetheart and nobody else !
OH wow, sounds like you got such a plan! Good luck!
Hope you enjoy your work. It does feel good to finish writing something, really finish.
Maybe you need to sit down with the Girl and lay out the expectations of what it means to “clean up dinner” very explicitly. Perhaps even in writing??? It may reduce some of the friction if there is a very objective standard of what is considered “cleaned up”. Either that or she has to get you or DH to “sign off” on her cleaning. Perhaps she needs to look at it as if she’s working in a restaurant and you are her manager. The jobs not done until the manager says it is! Just a thought!
Good luck with your tackles. I would ditch the others and do the cards, lol. They sound much more fun, besides, I love to stamp.
Maybe one of my tackles should be to finish the 50 Christmas cards I stamped for Christmas but never finished in time to send out. Next year though right? LOL
Blessings,
Theresa
Editing is a tough tackle!! I think stamping Valentine’s Day cards sounds fun…
Valentines cards!! – oh I remember the old days when I actually USED all my scrapping supplies! alas – since I started blogging I haven’t done one lay out! 🙁
good luck on the editing! 🙂