Step Two

Looking at today's title, I realize that I've created my own little twelve step program here. Yesterday, I got to bask in the success of the two project a month goal met and only going slightly over my time limit. And as a reward, I found a perfect bamboo fountain for the bedroom on Ebay and started bidding on it. I’m thinking that if I get the winning bid on it, that means the Gods are smiling down on me and the Zen bedroom is truly possible.


Now that January is over, I should probably give some thought to the coming month and decide somewhat in advance what the projects are going to be this month.
Month one is under my belt, I have proven that the one major and one minor project plan is possible so now we’ll test the theory and see if I can do it two months in a row. Considering how much time we spend in the house in February, I’m going for projects that might still be somewhat enjoyable…to forestall the inevitable grumpiness that will come when I’m feeling overwhelmed.
Major project for the month: A purge of clothing that is beyond acceptably stained and all outgrown or never worn by its intended wearer. The minor project (and we’ll see how minor it is) will be sorting through and putting into albums the boxes upon boxes of photographs scattered throughout the house. At this writing, I see both as achievable goals and possibly enjoyable. I think the first step in the photos project is going to be to make a sweep of the house to track down any and all undeveloped rolls of film and get them to the drug store. This shouldn’t take much and will be a fairly easy way to get into the swing of things for the month.
February is also the month of greeting card insanity for my family, we have at least two birthdays per week for the entire month. Let me think…starting with one niece on the 25th of January, brother in law on the 2nd, dear friend on the 4th, sister on the 7th, Andrew on the 9th, nephew on the 13th, mine on the 16th, Ruth (the best woman in our wedding) on the 23rd, a second niece on the 25th and another niece on March 3rd…SHEESH! What gets into my family during the month of May?! I should just buy cards in bulk and send them all out in the first week of the month to cover all the bases. You know what, I think I might just do that when I go to the drug store to drop off the film. The whole two birds with one stone thing and all. I could cheat and call that one of my projects but I won’t…give me a second here to indulge in a little smug self-congratulations…okay, I’m done.