Monday, April 17, 2017

WordGirl #1 Week 15 Sort

This was fun! I had a box under the pool table with magazines and other reading material in it . . . almost all of it went straight to the recycle bin! (If it's more than four years old and I've not had time to look at it, it's not likely to happen.) I saved a few things like quilting mags or things torn out of a newspaper to peruse; those went into a more current box of reading material.

Bonus! I found a book from my school media center on grant-writing that I had been looking for and thinking I'd have to pay for! I don't plan on writing any grants, so this one went back to school and got off my checkout record.

The other sort happened when I was filing financial papers from 2016 (now that taxes are done, filed, etc.). I thought we were only saving seven years' worth of info just in case we're ever audited. No, I had bank statements from 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009! So I emptied a box by getting rid of the oldest paperwork and making the last seven years' worth fit more neatly.

Now we have a "shredding" date tonight to get rid of those papers that we no longer need. There's always more to do!

I had hoped to do even more sorting, but it was good to get cleaning and cooking done for Easter dinner. I may have to have a "greatest hits" of the 52 weeks when I get to summer break . . .

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

WordGirl Week 14 #6

Item #6 was "Snack on veggies at least one day this week." This is another great one for *every* day of *every* week! That said, I was only successful on 5 out of 7 days . . . it is a great motivator / reminder to snack on yummy, healthy veggies instead of less nutritious options.

I still haven't called the Harveys . . . . which is just getting ridiculous.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Word Girl Item #25 Less Salt!

This was a good one for me . . . at age 50, I have high blood pressure and have already had two small strokes. My cardiologist said I need to eat less salt! It's hard for me, because I would rather eat a bag of Doritoes than a candy bar. I did pretty well on this last week, but I already talked about it in my "catch up" entry. Having the sign on the door is a motivator / reminder for me that helps.


Sadly, I *still* have not called my friends the Harveys. I'm not sure what my problem is . . . except that I think the longer I go without calling them, the harder it gets to pick up the phone. For Heaven's sake, I was going to invite them to the cabin for President's Day weekend! (a month and a half past . . . )

So it's staying on my white board for this week until I make that call!