self promotion

I am completely tired of and frustrated with books that are nothing more than advertisements for someone's blog. I am about to scream during the book I am currently listening to, there is not a page that goes by that the author's website is mentioned. If I wanted to go to the blog I would go to the blog but I checked out the book so I could listen to it. This may be a book I do not finish.

ear infection

Was trucking along pretty good I thought despite being worn completely out but then an ear infection struck. I knew it was coming on last night and it has now been confirmed......also waiting to hear how Phillip's ultrasound goes. That one will warrant a longer post which I will have to get to tonight after the thousand or so other chores I need to do.

tabs! awesome tabs!

Feeling a little triumphant, I just figured out how to get the tabs to come up on my page. I know I am the only one excited by this but there it is and I will continue with my happy dance!

why must I divide my life into categories????

I have fretted with something lately....by lately I mean over the last couple of years. Why must my life be divided into sections, why can I not listen to a true mix station on the radio? I like country, classical, jazz, reggae, pop, classic rock,etc yet I am forced to pick one even by the prolific satellite radio and the choice stations my cable provider offers. I was very recently freed from this at least at home with my new fancy Roku box which allows me to listen to my fabulous Pandora station while I clean the house which by the way is a mix of all the above types as well as a few other choice stations. Now if the world could just be ok with a blog that covers all aspects of my life. I mean why do blogs have to specialize...like I only can cook or organize or clean or be frugal. My life is all of these plus 100 other things on a daily basis and I hate to be forced into a box. This may be why this blog will never be seen by anyone but me, I am amazingly ok with this although it would be quite awesome to be a blogging millionaire with a billion followers hanging on my every rambling thought but I am quite a realist. Enough "deep" thinking for tonight, on to the dishes and getting a certain toddler to bed despite his really cute please one more puzzle argument.

keeping up

What is sad is this is my outlet for the craziness that goes on in my life and yet I can not seem to find the time in the day to type anything up. I am super stressed right now and I need to really evaluate how I spend my time each day and prioritize things. We were in the process of simplifying our material possession so I do not have to spend as much time during the week cleaning up and caring for stuff but that time gets filled with other tasks that had been put off initially. I thought I would eventually get these tasks done (scrapbooking, crafts,  garden, house remodling) but they can take up all the extra free time I created. Of course, since I have OCD I keep putting tasks on the list even when I have not completed the others. Last month I decided to work on getting my grocery budget to a consistent $200 a month including all toiletries and non food items.....came close at $268 last month and so working on it again this month. This will be an ongoing project but then I thought I need to come up with something else to do to save money in addition to selling all the items we are culling out of our lives. What I need to do is tell myself to slow down or stop but not going to happen.

Random change of topic:::: I am trying to figure out how to get tabs on my page so that I can have a tab for all the recipes friends throw our way or I find to use up leftovers, also need a tab to keep a running total on the $200 grocery project.....Any help?