Mish Mash.

On my stereo right now:

Black Eyed Peas
Joss Stone
Gwen Stefani
Duffy
Kesha
Jay-Z
Amy Winehouse
Lilly Allen

And that's who I clean to. You think those songs are bad? You should see me bust my moves to them. Now that is bad.

I've been trying something different with my to-do lists. I get really bored with tasks that take longer than 10 minutes and tend to stop and do something dumb, like play Yahtzee Adventure on my iPod instead.

Yahtzee Adventure can get you into real bad trouble.

Like when your husband needs clean undies and you think...hmmm...I know I put them in the wash....and then I remember scoring 514 on Rainbow Yahtzee for the first time ever....and then I jumped and screamed for joy...and then....it's all a blur from there.

Well the blur is cleared when you check the washing machine and they are all still there. Not dry. And not wearable. And he needs to leave in 5 minutes.

See, real bad trouble.

So my new way of doing my to-do list is simple. I do what I call the to-do list circuit. I make a list but each task can not take longer than 10 minutes and the following task has to be totally different and in a different part of the house. This keeps me not bored, up and going, and truly more productive.

For example, my to-do list on Friday went like this:

• start a load of laundry
• empty dishwasher
• make beds
• straighten up guest bathroom and master bathroom
  
• 10 minute break
• Switch laundry to dryer and start another load
  
• load dishwasher for 10 minutes (there was a LOT of dishes)
• pick up everything off of floors of bedrooms
• straighten living room
  
• sweep all hard floors
  
• break
• fold clothes and put up, switch other load to dryer
• load dishwasher for 10 minutes
• straighten office
• wipe down bathrooms (quickly...toilets, sink, countertops, and mirrors)
• Break
• vacuum
• fold and put up last load of laundry

Can you believe I got it all done? Every last thing. Levi was thinking that maybe I hired some help it was so good. It didn't take me all day either, only about 4 hours. The key is, however, to not start doing something stupid like cleaning the door hinges with a toothbrush. In the scheme of things, that's not important. And those of you who do that sort of thing know exactly what I'm talking about.

And if you have a newborn or a very busy young toddler....this doesn't exactly apply unless you have an extra set of arms to tend to your sweet bundle of won't-let-you-get-anything-done :) You might try just putting ONE thing on your list and see if it gets done within 24 hours.

So, if you are in a rut try something different. Change up your normal routine and see if it helps give you a boost.

And lastly for today:

-Ping is gone...YAY!
-Black Eyed Peas should have won best album Sunday night.
-Lady Gaga makes me ill. All DJ's should boycott her just because she has the dumbest name ever and them saying her name makes them sound dumb too.
-Kinda miss Paula on AI.
-Lost another pound.
-Speaking of Lost...Premiere comes on tonight. Last season. But it's SO time. Let me guess....we will find out that it WAS a smoke monster. The end. And then I will cuss the last 5 years spent watching it.
-I was really pissed off yesterday and I think it was b/c I wanted to eat junk food. Crazy how addictive that stuff is. I didn't cave though. I had a mock apple crisp instead. Recipe coming soon.

I would love to post pictures of the girls' room. But my camera has been lost for a week. Mia decided to hide it from her sister so it wouldn't get broken. Only she can't remember exactly where she hid it. *SIGH* I'm trying to be sweet, patient, and kind. Prompting her ever so gently to try to remember...

But I want my gall-darn camera, dang-it.