What would make my day smoother?

I awoke this morning in a great mood after a good night's sleep and pleasant dreams. However as the day went on I was feeling more drained from my job. The amount of work will take longer than the time I can clock in for the week. I cannot work overtime, so I guess I need to only put in the hours that for the week and anything extra will have to wait.

While that will be great, I also think that I need to do something to get myself in a better mood to handle the stresses related to my job. What can I do to start my morning off on a better foot? I have not had the time to organize my to do list for the following day. Perhaps I need to get into work a little earlier to help me get a few things organized before the barrage of other to do's pop up.

Something to think about while I work on my homework.

Tossing out the old and unused

Wouldn't it be great and wonderful to part with all that is old and unused?

I struggle with tossing out things, clothes in particular, just in case I will need them. How many times have I decided to purge and then 2 months later wish I had kept that one item? Too many to count.

For what ever reason I am in the mood to declutter my life. Surprisingly I have made the big decision to not by holiday cards and pull together the odds and ends I have from the past few years to mail out to family and friends.

The same holds true for my birthday cards - next year will be the year to use up the stash of photo notecards I have tucked into nooks and free space. A few months ago I wanted to consolidate my stash of stationery and photo cards only to realize I had a lot more than I realized. Some had never been sent out. As much as I would love to purchase more cards and photo gifts, I decided to use up what I have and start a list of my absolutely favorite photos for use in future projects!

Cool!

Now, time for my homework....

Where did the month go?

It is hard to believe that October is gone. Plus I haven't written anything in almost 2 months. What have I been doing? Perhaps the warm sunny weather of October lulled me into a great feeling of being off the computer and out and about.

On the bright side, I did find a comfortable feeling - enjoying a lazy Sunday doing the things I wanted to do without feeling I was being pulled into anything. I miss those days- reading the Sunday paper, a little bit of laundry, a nice talk with my mom on the phone with us chatting about the little things in life and not about the troubles, aches or pains.

Ahh, so relaxing...