I'm enjoying the preparations for Baby's wedding and the activities connected to this happy family occasion. And Christmas is just over a month away - I love this time of year.
Things are busy in our home. I guess it is true that I am a list making control freak and when I look down at a To Do List that looks more like a state road map than a cute little list of ten items or less, I feel a bit 'off.' I feel like... you know that queasy feeling you get when you're going to fly, not because you're about to sit in a chair in the sky, but because you have to be at the airport at a specific time or they won't let you go with them? I feel a bit like that.
Everything, fun stuff to serious stuff has a deadline, there are no "When you get around to it" kind of projects that I like. Yes, I have my priorities and I'm working my list from the top to the bottom, but sometimes I find myself working on a project in the middle of another project and making a list for something else.
Lately, standing in the check out line, I feel the covers of magazines are shouting to me that I would be more efficient if I did one task at a time "Stop Multi-Tasking, take control of your time and your life and get more done!" One human to another - please tell me when did people not multi-task? We used to call it life. Maybe we just notice the multi-tasking because we now take the time to write down the all the stuff that has to get done.
I'm trying to do it all with a smile on my face, maybe even a song in my heart. A smile - not a grimace. A song in my heart - a happy song, not "Wanted Dead or Alive."
One of my non-wedding tasks to accomplish was "Put up outside Christmas lights." Scheduled for after the wedding - I have it right here on my list. Guess what, I did it. Well, actually I hired a company to do it (sometimes you just have to delegate). A little ahead of our usual time, but they were in the neighborhood on Wednesday so I worked with their schedule. We can wait to turn the lights on.
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| Turned them on for just a few minutes to take this shot. Probably somewhere in the neighborhood someone is commenting on the crazy neighbors who already have their Christmas lights up. |
Job done, check mark on To Do List, ready to move on to another task. Smile on my face, song in my heart - a Christmas song, I think. Yep, I can hear it now, "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer."
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