August 01, 2018

August 1, 2018

Working

  • Writing and editing Support answers on sasktel.com and internal knowledge centres - so busy!
  • Selling beer at all the Rider home games to earn money for ringette
  • Improving the house... Just now, mid summer, I feel on the verge of making greater progress in clearing out stuff we don't need and don't have room for

 

Reading - Read (listened mostly) since last post

 

Reading - On deck

  • Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
  • Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
  • Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain - For Life by David Perlmutter
  • The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
  • Mastery by Robert Greene
  • The Signature of All Things: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert
  • Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
  • Crush It! Why Now is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
  • The Book of Negroes: A Novel by Lawrence Hill
  • The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein
  • You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero

 

Planning to

  • Make progress on the house before school and ringette are in full swing

 

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April 05, 2018

April 5, 2018

Working


Learning

  • About ADHD
    • Attending parent education sessions
    • Read Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction by Edward Hallowell
  • Dabbling in drawing and lettering
  • Excited to attend the 2018 Editors Canada conference in May (my focus will be the Plain Language sessions)


Listening to (podcasts)

  • None at the moment... not walking enough, and listening to my own thoughts while I do chores


On deck (books) - I don't know when...


Planning to

  • Get the bookkeeping and taxes done ASAP
  • Resume tidying using the Konmari method - very little accomplished on this front in 2017; planning to go hard in 2018

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June 23, 2017

June 23, 2017

Working


Learning


Listening to (podcasts)

On deck (books)


Planning to

  • Resume tidying using the Konmari method
  • Launch a new business (side hustle)

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April 04, 2017

April 4, 2017

Working


Learning

  • What life looks like without ringette 7 days a week... (for now)


Listening to (podcasts)

On deck (books)


Planning to

  • Post on Instagram (@kkbyrns) an expression of gratitude for 100 days in a row, starting today!
  • Do our taxes and housework, and resume tidying using the Konmari method (on hold during ringette season)

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November 08, 2016

November 8, 2016

Working


Learning


Reading (listening to)

On deck:


Planning to

  • Enjoy the ringette season with my family

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July 12, 2016

July 12, 2016

Working


Reading (listening to)

Just finished and started again (third time in 2016)

On deck:


Planning to

  • Tidy our house using the Konmari method over the next 7 weekends.

    I've been waiting for this all year!
    We've just concluded the events & painting phase of our off season.
    We dealt with clothes (except shoes and accessories) 2 weekends ago.
    We cleaned the kitchen and fridge the weekend before that.
    Ready, set, go...


Neglecting

  • The yard. Oh, how it pains me to let the yard go while working on the house, but I can't do both or each one will be half done.

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May 12, 2016

May 12, 2016

Working


Learning


Reading (listening to)

  • Spark Joy by Marie Kondo. I will get my house in order! [finished May 17 and July 11]

On deck:


Planning to

  • Paint the girls' bedrooms by the end of June - filling cracks and other prep starting tomorrow [finished June 24]
  • Tidy our house using the Konmari method - starting with weekday evenings in May and June (along with dishes and yard work!), and every weekend in July and August, except one (I'm quite certain this isn't enough time) [didn't do much on weekday evenings]

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April 04, 2016

1 year after 11 years of blogging

I haven't posted in 1 year. Can't really say I've been blogging for 12 years, now can I? I've thought about this place several times. I've wondered what I would post here that I'm not posting in other places which seem more suited to my life at the moment. I'm still thinking about it. I haven't completely abandoned this place in my mind. I'm in London, Ontario today. It's after 10 pm and I have to get up at 5 am. I won't be figuring it out here and now...

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April 04, 2015

11 things to mark 11 years

  1. I was lucky to see the lunar eclipse this morning. I didn't know about it until that moment.
  2. I'm looking forward to Sophia's volleyball provincials in Saskatoon later this month. So glad to have a sub for papers lined up already.
  3. The girls are super excited about the Easter bunny coming tonight.
  4. A few days ago Facebook asked me if I wanted to publish a page I created 2 years ago. If not, I would lose the name/address. So I published it: Food Scraps.
  5. Neil and I are both planning to play in the parents vs. U14 Inferno for Sophia's ringette wind-up 3 weeks from today.
  6. Can't wait to get my hair cut on Tuesday. It's much too long!
  7. I've been working on the books for Grocery Freedom. About 10 hours so far and I estimate another 30-40 hours before I can work on our taxes. Ugggh.
  8. I went through a long-neglected box of papers today. Because I had to. I wish it was the only one.
  9. Last weekend, I listened to Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up on Hoopla (borrowed using my library card!). I am SO doing this. As soon as our taxes are done.
  10. Just 2 more weeks of driving the ring road to work! Which reminds me, I need to get a bus pass.
  11. This blog was born 11 years ago today. I was hoping to post more often this year.

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February 21, 2015

My book of daily pics

 
I enjoyed using Blurb Bookify to make this. Can't wait to see it in print. :)
(My book is 138 pages. This preview is only 15 pages.)

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