30 Days of Lists: Day 4

Day 4's topic was things you do when you need a time out.

What it says: When I need to decompress, I go sit by my river. There is nothing like listening to the sound of the running water, watching the shore birds, feeling the sun on my face, and letting all my cares just ... drift away... And on the rocks, there are other destressors listed:

• Music
• Painting
• Pottery
• Tea
• Drawing
• Calling my mom
• Bird watching
• Reading
• Poetry
• Coffee
• Take a nap
• Laughing with my sweet son
• A big hug from my husband
• Taking a walk
• Going out with friends
• Research obsessively
• Unfortunately, also spending money...

30 Days of Lists: Day 3

My friends and family would describe me as:

• Intense
• Creative
• A good listener
• Caring, Compassionate
• A dreamer with her head in the clouds
• A screwball comic
• Addicted to coffee
• Smart, Geeky
• Gimpy
• Sloppy
• A total bookworm
• Silly
• Sometimes over dramatic to an operatic degree
• Klutzy
• Potty mouth.

30 Days of Lists: Day 2

Goals for the month:

• To enjoy my family.
• To work on being more organized.
• To get myself doing something "just for me."
• To do something creative.
• To document my life so I don't forget it.
• To get off to a good start for our homeschool year.
• To slow down enough to hear myself think.

30 Days of Lists: Day 1

I have not blogged here in ages, since most of my life is tied up in homeschooling my very gifted 9 year old and I rarely get to paint. But I recently came across a fun art journaling project, and I have been meaning to find something creative to do that's just for me, so I'm reviving the blog to post my daily pages for 30 Days of Lists here. I found this wonderful project rather late in the game, but for ease of correlating my entries to the Daily List topics, I'm going to back date my catch up posts to when they should have appeared. So today is actually September 20th, but I'm posting the first Daily List on September 1st, as I would have if I had signed up at the beginning...

Here is My Day 1 List. The topic is "I am a "lister" because..."

What that chicken scratch says: Ever since the accident, I have had short term memory problems. What I don't write down flies right out of my head. Lists are sanity saving for me. They help me not freak out over not being able to remember. Also because:

• I like crossing things off.
• Helps me not procrastinate.
• Gives me a game plan.

Mikro's further adventures

are here...  <a href="http://homeschoolingonhudson.blogspot.com">Our homeschool blog.