Pigs and sharks!

I am NOT a crafty person ... AT ALL!!! So the following project we completed to create four Valentine's boxes was a major accomplishment.

First, we washed, cut mouths out of and painted four 2-liter soda bottles.

How to keep up with that feel-good-and-clean feeling

I think it's no secret that back in the day, most housewives organized the household chores by doing certain tasks on certain days. Generally speaking,

SUNDAY = Day of rest
MONDAY = washing
TUESDAY = ironing
WEDNESDAY = sewing
THURSDAY = shopping
FRIDAY = cleaning
SATURDAY = baking

Personality Plus!

I attended a personality conference a few weeks ago with Matt.
It was an all-day training on what motivates you and how to be aware of and modify negative traits associated with your personality type.
The way it works is the personalities are broken down into four colors. Red=power. Blue=intimacy. White=peace. Yellow=fun. Each person’s personality is displayed in a pie chart showing his or her primary color, along with secondary and so on.
Of course, Matt was white.
And, of course, I was red.
To me, red was the worst one to be. While all the colors listed good and bad attributes, it seemed to me that all the red attributes were a little bad. A little annoying. A little hard to get along with.
But I already knew that about myself.

When you feel like I do

I have acquired my husband's cold. He always has been a good sharer. Me...not so much. But I'm learning. Almost every day I feel like I am heading or veering more toward the way I want to be as a person, not that I really could define what that is. 

But days like today, when I feel like a fresh, steaming pile of manure, it's hard to do the right thing. All I want to do is veg. Be selfish and sleep. I don't want to take care of children, laundry, work or chores or anything else. The last thing I want to do is curb the tone and speak kindly to my fellow sojourners. I want to do what I want to do. Which is nothing. (Man, I sound so mature.)

What I've been reading

I love to read what others are reading. So, I assume you do too!

Here's what I've been reading the last couple months:

• The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
• Making Your Small Farm Profitable by Ron Macher
• Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow
• Her Mother's Hope and Her Daughter's Dream both by Francine Rivers
• Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
• Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Fearless by Max Lucado
• Lydia's Charm by Wanda Brunstetter

I also follow several blogs and have downloaded several e-books I can't wait to read.

My parents, both excellent writers, say that reading is a major part of good writing. So here's to reading!

Comment and let me know of any good books you've read lately. I'm always on the look-out!