Archive for October, 2006

Life Goes On

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

This morning I was folding laundry (another mundane chore that needs to be done–but I was thinking, “Hey, how great is it to have more than one set of clothes to wear? How convenient is it to have my own washer and dryer so that I don’t have to lug laundry to the laundrymat?).
Sometimes […]

Celebrate the Mundane

Friday, October 6th, 2006

This morning I ran three mundane errands. I went to the post office, the bank, and the grocery store.
Nothing inspirational or motivational there, right?
Wrong! It’s amazing how much joy you can find in doing the most mundane tasks.
For example, I went to the post office. Would you call this stop inconvenient? Pish-posh! I saw autumn-colored […]

Available vs. Optimal

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

My September project (yes, I know it’s October) has been to scrape and repaint the cedar shingles on the side of our home. This one side gets beat to crap by the sun, wind and rain. The rest of the house looks fine, but this one side was really showing it’s age.
I borrowed a Little […]