My hatred of Dumb Stupid Time is rooteddeeply in my brain I’m a little slow in posting my annual I-Hate-Dumb-Stupid-Time-and-Mitch-Daniels blog post. You can thank Dumb Stupid Time for that. I could barely function yesterday since we all, like well-programmed robots, dutifully moved our clocks forward one hour in an inane effort to “save daylight.” Well, I didn’t. I haven’t changed a clock since we were forced to start doing… Continue Reading
Facing the Book
If there was a 12-Step Program for Facebook addiction, I probably might have found myself in a meeting some night. Hello, my name is Dawn. I’m a Facebookie. I’ve been on FB now for two years. At first, it was great…it was new, exciting, lots of fun…but then after a while, it started to take over my life… I would look out at the rows of cold, flesh-colored folding chairs… Continue Reading
If You Give A Cranky Neighbor a Video Camera…
Those of you who know me fairly well probably know about my frustration with our city’s Chamber of Commerce. They are playing music over a loudspeaker from 8 am to 5 pm EVERY DAY. The problem here is that I am 2 1/2 blocks from the middle of downtown. And maybe half a block away is a speaker that is pointed right at my house. I hear this music in… Continue Reading
DIY Planner: Revised and Improved for 2011-12
It’s that time of year again! Do you have your planner ready? Do you buy one already made or do you design your own? Last year, I learned that I can make my own planner very inexpensively. AND I could make it however I wanted. Determined to not end up with a bunch of pages unused because they just don’t suit my record-keeping style, I designed my own and took… Continue Reading
The Miracle Pill (Updated 8-3-11)
Have you ever wished you could just take a pill and everything would be all better? It’s hard to believe that it could be that simple, but for me…well, I think I really have found a “miracle pill.” You don’t really know how bad you feel until you suddenly feel good. I mean really, really good. And you actually feel like living, not just surviving, each day. Let me introduce… Continue Reading
The Perfectionist Kitchen…Grace Under Fire
I wish this was my kitchen, but it’s fromwww.remodelingmyspace.com Do you struggle with perfectionism? I always believed perfectionists live in those House Beautiful centerfolds, have perfectly behaved families, and never have a hair out of place. Then I discovered that I was one. And believe me, House Beautiful couldn’t be paid enough to photograph my home, my family is not perfectly behaved, and I often have hairs out of place…in… Continue Reading
