Still working

Hey, y'all! I'm still working on those home projects, including trouble-shooting on one that turned out to be not as child-proof as I'd expected. When your child is a genius, you are the proudest mom on the block but also the mom that has to be the most hyper-vigilant.

Just didn't want you to think that I forgot.

Setting up home

Hi, all! I haven't posted for a while, but I did want to mention that I've been working on some homemaking tasks, which tend to be somewhat challenging for me. I excelled in physics and ancient Greek, but keeping a clutter-free home is a difficult problem for me to solve.

In the process of tackling the above problem, I have discovered the truth of my father's highly regarded platitude, "Many tasks can be made simple, as long as you have the right tools." Getting the correct tools for cleaning and organization have begun to make all the difference in my homemaking routine.* I am hoping to have commentary with pictures up by this weekend.


*Now, if only I can figure out how to clone myself and/or obtain a timeturner, I'll be all set.

Simplify, simplify

I think that a primary (and useful) facet of having a "simple life" is orchestrating one's day-to-day operations in such a manner that it becomes easier to just get stuff done in an effective way. As a single parent who works full-time, my available hours are at a premium, and no matter how much I do, my task list always grows, never diminishes. Add to that the fact that it really is difficult to accomplish just about anything with children underfoot, and my accomplishments at home have dropped precipitously since I became a mama. It finally occurred to me that I could do stuff on my lunch break at work! It will make things so much easier.

Things I can do at work:

• Pay bills online
• Take a walk outside (I may make it a goal to do this a few times per week until the snow comes)
• Update blogs

Things I can do with a quick car ride from and back to work:

• Go to the bank
• Go to the post office
• Go to the insurance agent
• Go to the grocery store (buying non-perishables and leaving them in the trunk or back seat of the car till I go home later in the day)

Sometimes, obvious solutions are simply staring us in the face.