What do you do when you have a job to do that you don't want to do? This is what I have done so far this morning to keep from starting the vacuum sweeper.
The dishwasher is running. I even remembered to put the coffee pot in.
I have played several games of solitaire to see if I can buy a lottery ticket today.
I was going to start a load of clothes but Bud was sitting on the hamper and I couldn't get into it.
I have considered carrying my house plants out to the back porch for the summer, but it might be a bit too early yet.
I have a favorite CD playing.
I have watched the dark clouds out in the west, wondering if they were coming my way.
I have admired the apple tree that is blooming right outside my bedroom window and wished the sun were shining on it. I could maybe get a good picture through the window.
I have estimated how many tulip bulbs it would take to plant a strip out front, 3 rows deep.
I have thought about finishing the pair of pants that I have been working on for 3 weeks now.
I have started a new book that I could be reading.
I have sat at the east window and wished I had a sprig of the lilac that is blooming across the alley.
I have just about run out of excuses, so maybe, just maybe, I will go do the vacuuming. Who knows, maybe the old thing won't start.
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Oh MW...( that is short for Mama Wilma ::))
That's just so cute and what's more, I love the way that you see all the
wonderful positive things about getting out of sweeping..(http://www.cascity.com/howard/animations/grind.gif)
Thank you, MS. T, but even I, the great procrastinator, runs out of excuses after awhile.
I must have the same problem as you Wilma!
I should be sewing up Billy's ripped jeans, the third pair this week! But the sewing machine is in the same room as the computer, and I look at it and think "Well, I'll just check the forum." That was an hour ago!
I connected to the internet, and Lane started fussing. So we went out and checked on the dogs...looked up at the dark clouds. Dumped out the rain guage.
We came back in, folded some laundry. Watched Sesame Street. I logged into Tupperware, put in some new orders. And here I am. The jeans are still not sewn.
It's going to be a long day.
Good girl, you are learning fast.
Haha, wouldn't you know...The jeans are still laying here, not sewn. Not ready for wearing. So, after I posted yesterday, I decided to run into town and visit my grandma and my aunt who is home from Iowa. Grandpa took the boys all fishing. So we visited for a bit, and then I went to see my mother. She was getting ready to take my sisters to Wichita for prom dresses. The begged me to go with them, but I absolutely hate shopping. Especially at the mall. Then, mom decided she didn't want to go as she has been coming down with a cold. The twins asked if I could drive them. Soooo, guess who ended up taking two 18 year old girls to Wichita for prom dresses on the rainiest day of the week? ME! It actually wasn't too bad. Until we were leaving Wichita and it started storming terribly. We finally reached Leon, about a mile away from Kistler's station when I decided to pull over, I couldn't see anything and the wind was carrying on and blowing so hard. We finally made it home a quarter til 8. What a day!
So today, the jeans will be sewn, the kitchen floor mopped, and the bathrooms cleaned. No slacking today, and definitly no shopping trips.
Hope everyone has a terrific Saturday!
That has to be the ultimate way of getting out of doing something. But wasn't it fun being with your sisters?
It was very fun being with my sisters. I always love spending time with them, they are my best friends. Lane, on the other hand, does not like to ride in the stroller. So, we had to keep him happy. The twins finally found their dresses, and at a bargain price! I know they will look beautiful. Lindsey picked out a champagne colored strapless long dress, while Laura went for a short almost rust colored with gold polka dots, it is ruffled at the bottom. She wants to go for an Audrey Hepburn look. I'm glad I don't have to worry about prom anymore. Unless someday Lane has a sister.
I am sure the girls will be beautiful in their dresses. Kinda wish I could see them. How about some pictures when the time comes?
When I have a job to do, that I do not want to do.........I PROCRASTINATE. I find everything else to do, that I enjoy doing, unless it's something really pressing and needs immediate attention. I'm at the age where I have the attitude of "Who cares, anyway?" I put things off until "tomorrow" and then if my "tomorrow" doesn't come, then I won't have to do it. And I have plenty of things that I enjoy doing......so what I've procrastinated about can just wait awhile longer.
I not only can easily put things off, but I can use the excuse that I have adult onset ADHD. I will try to do 10 other things at a time to try to save time, and not end up getting any of them done well or to the completed stage. In my case, if I procrastinate long enough, I may very well forget what it was that I was going to do anyway, because 18 other things have entered my mind that I think I can do all at the same time. So, I may begin to scrub and wax my hard wood floors, but when I get the mops out it will remind me that I was going to do something on the stairway where I keep the mops. THen that will lead me down to the basement, where all my seasonal things are stored, which will remind me there was something upstairs I was going to put with the things in the basement. Going up the upstairs steps, I will notice a picture hanging crooked which will lead me look through other pictures I might want to frame. I have a whole box of frames in the basement, so I will go back down there, but not before trying to find a certain picture that I have in mind to hang. See what I mean? By the end of the day, I am too worn out to do anything about the hard wood floors and besides that, I can't remember where I put my mops anyway! The mind is an amazing thing, huh?
Well, I got my sprig of lilacs, but not from the bush across the alley. And more than a sprig. Janet brought me several big branches from her neighbors. I love the fragrance of them
I have been reading this thread again because I am at that place again. Something that needs to be done and I am finding all sorts of things to keep me from doing it. This time it is some sewing that needs to be finished, but by the time that I have unloaded the sewing machine, it is time to do something else. I thought I would start it this morning, then remembered that I had to write some checks and get them in the mail. I did get the sewing machine unloaded, put everything on my bed and I have just now piled it all back on the sewing machine. I used to sew in another room, away from my bed, where if I laid something down it could just stay there until I got back to it. But whatever lands on my bed has to be taken care of so I can go to bed.
So has it gone all day and I never did find the time to actually start to sew. Maybe tomorrow, after all, tomorrow is another day. If anyone has a cure for this malady, I wish you would share it. That sewing really needs to get done.
I think I do have the onset of adult ADHD!! What was I saying?? What was I doing??? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Wilma, you don't ADHD, you have a case of procrastination. I know cause I got it to, bad. :-\
Lists. I make lists. And I make lists about my lists. That helps keep me on track for what needs to be done. If I have a list sitting on the bar, then I see it all the time and it makes me procrastinate less. But if I don't have a list, then I just think about the things I "should" be doing... and do nothing.
In fact, I'm making a list right now about needing to make a list! Just kidding. :P
I'm a list maker too, plus my big master calendar. Right now I should be working up a bit of a lesson plan for next Tuesday. A friend is bringing her teen aged autistic summer program kids to the fire house for a tour and a program. I've never done this particular group before so I've got to work up something age and skill level appropriate for them. I just can't get started. Maybe I'll go check the tomatoes first. :laugh:
I am amazed at how busy I can feel, getting so little done, in an attempt to avoid paper work. :-[
Well, I went out to check on the toms. The critters (deer) savaged my plants last night. I'm not sure how they got through the fence. They finished the lettuce, enjoyed the last of the peas and pruned everything else. I think the green beans will survive and I did take a nice picking from them, but the cukes look pretty funny with their flattop hair cuts. I doubt it will bother them too much. The toms got a bit of a trim, which frankly they needed. I should have some nice ones in a few days. We've only had a couple so far.. They left the squash alone and I'm getting tons of them now. As usual, the neighbors will get some nice ones tomorrow, and cukes too.
Diane, I just checked my Tomatoes and Peppers a few minutes ago, I have some more Bananna Peppers ready to pick and a some big tomatoes and some Cherry tomatoes. Myrna splits the Bananna Peppers and puts Pieapple cream cheese in them and I really like them, she said we would have BLTs tonite. I raised my garden and it has really done well in all of the rain, we have had 40 inches of rain so far this year, that is just 2 inches less than our annual total rainfall.