Yep, today was great--and I got a *lot* done. Shona took a 2 hour nap at one point, and I realized once again just how much I can get done in two hours. I re-organized our closet, tidied and dusted the sitting room, dusted/washed the ceiling fan, did a load of diapers, did a load of clothes, vacuumed, tidied the nursery, cooked bacon-stuffed chicken breasts with sauteed mushrooms on top (for supper), and sorted through a lot of papers, clothes, and random junk.
The weather is FANTASTIC right now. I took Shona to the park but we were swarmed by mosquitoes and had to go right back home. I thought the cooler weather would drive them away, but apparently not.
This is kind of off topic, but I have to agree with those who left comments on Of shopping woes and other things and said that they don't always find shopping lists to be incredibly helpful. I almost never go to the store without a list...but my lists often say something like: Milk, juice, stuff for supper, water, flour. Okay, obviously, I intend to buy more than those few things; but when I sit down (or rather, stand at the kitchen counter with Shona on my hip) to make a list before going to the store, I can't really remember what to put on the list. Or Shona is getting really fussy and I don't have time to write a detailed list. (Seriously, if I hardly have time to eat, it's unlikely that I have time to write a fancy, organized list of What to Buy at the Store. But like Sharon said, my memory is usually triggered when I see something in the store. "Carrots. Oh yeah, I need carrots." And like Mercy said, even when I have a list, I still wander from one end of the store to the other. And finally, as Rachel commented, even with a list, I still get home to find that I forgot things.
Okay, pity party over. But I do hope I recover my brain someday so I can enjoy it before Alzheimer's sets in.
Photos to come in next post.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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Since my brain failure/confusion has occured (ie, since becoming a mum! LOL) I've found the best way to remember what I need is to have a big "everything shopping list", in fact, I have a pile of about a dozen different weekly shopping lists. Then, each week, as I'm making my new list for the week, I read over the old ones so my memory can be triggered to see if I need anything from the previous lists. There are always the staple items like milk, cheese, butter, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, onions, eggplant, swede, sweet potato, celery, lettuce, tomatoes, mince, chicken, juice, yoghurts, etc which we need EVERY week, but it's good to have a list to remind me! And it helps me to get through shopping more quickly - though sometimes I still walk around the shop in a daze, not really able to even concentrate on my shopping list! :)
.... lets just hope no non-mothers read these blogs and decide to not have children, for fear of brain damage! LOL :) Cause it's really NOT all bad!
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