6:30

Up early this morning – I thought that I would get up with the dog. The funny thing is I don’t really know what to do with myself when the house is quiet and I am alone in the morning. Any suggestions?

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Thanks,

Jacqueline

Decluttering has become a PRIORITY!

I can not stand living like a packrat any longer! The truth of the matter is our actual living areas look lovely. That is because everything is hidden in closets, under the stairs, shoved in the shed, or crammed in some other spot. It is time to stop this.

This all happened when 4 years ago we had 1 week to move from the house we were renting to this house that we bought. It was raining, we had to have friends help us pack, and I had no idea where to put anything. So we just shoved things in boxes and then piled them in closets.

There are boxes full of things that I have not seen for over 4 years.

Pathetic. SO, I am going to do this in incremental steps. 10 minutes a day with full days devoted to this. I am going to be ruthless. I will always get more stuff, so why hold onto this stuff.

My goal is to be done before December 1… just in time to decorate for the holidays.

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For 21 Days I got up earlier!

I don’t know if this makes me a morning person, but I do know that I have accomplished this little goal. I feel ok. The crazy thing is I have been working until 1:00 in the morning and don’t feel too dazed. It is almost like I have tapped into some secret energy thing. Granted the coffee helps!

I am just SO proud of myself for trying to do this and I hope that it has now become a habit.

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Watch, Copy and Taste!

Copy and Taste

What a great idea for a blog! If you have a recipe that they like they will post it on the site. It comes with video and if you are a cooking show lover you will love this. It is kind of funny because they don't talk much and the shots are odd, but that is what makes it so fantastic! Not to mention the food looks great! Have to try the White Bean Salad, a great summer recipe.

I know I am always looking for new recipes to brighten up my cooking arsenal and it is great that they are the guinea pigs on something new rather then my poor little family.

Not Watching TV

Well, if you work every night until 1:00am, like I have been doing, then watching TV isn’t an option. Not that I recommend working long hours like that either. I just have some very crazy deadlines!!! It is a good thing though. Work brings money brings less anxiety makes happy Jackie!

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7:11

I have really come along way with the goal of getting up earlier. In fact, I think I have this down. I have done a few things to help: I have mostly given up watching TV, I have been keeping really busy in the evening, I have been just getting up when I wake up rather then allowing myself to fall back to sleep, and I have had real things that I wanted to do or get done in the morning. Granted, I am not YET a morning person, but I have achieved the goal to “get up earlier”. The best thing about this is that I have more energy. I guess the quantum physics people are right that energy begets energy!

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Playing with new toys and reading about blogging

I, thanks to the grace of family and friends, have a new toy. My very old Mac G3 suffered it's first near fatal hard drive crash while in the midst of a huge project. Due to that heart attack I have been given the gift (via being pre-paid) of a new MacBook Pro with all new design software. I thrilled. We are talking, going from driving a jalopy to speeding down the freeway in a BMW.

AND I have been reading about blogging, yes I know that seems kind of lame, but I am so interested in the whole phenomenon. The "experts" all say you need themes, and privately hosted blogs, and more, but I am thinking that free (blogger/wordpress.com) is great. I do think though you will begin to see changes on the blog. We'll see.