No more procrastinating...

Being active doesn't mean I'm not allowed to write. If anything, it means I should be writing more.

I've spent the last couple of days in a flurry of sick children (thankfully, they recovered quickly), neglected house work (sick kids + finishing up my project management course) and today, I ploughed through it all.

Le film

With kiddies recovered and off to school, I first treated myself to watching "Camille" (movie starring Sienna Miller and James Franco). If I had shame, I would pretend I hadn't watched the movie but I'm feeling bold and want to put it out there. It's good for the laugh. I must say though...James Franco looks especially HOT in this movie. No Spiderman James Franco here. He is bad-boy-rugged-take-my-breath-away in Camille. So, not a total waste, I guess.

Let your fingers do the walking

Having indulged myself, I turned my sights to productivity. First, I noticed that I hadn't yet received my course confirmation for the online course I just signed up for: Supervisory and Leadership. The last time I enrolled with the school, confirmation was fast and furious. Sensing a red flag, I called the admissions office this morning. Sure enough, they weren't showing any payment information. I promptly gave my payment information and got confirmation via email. Now, I just need access to the course. If I don't see that by Monday, I'm calling in again. Yes, I've always been a keener.


Wash, rinse, repeat

Laundry, the unceasing ever essential evil in our lives, awaited me. Load after load of bed clothes, T-shirts, and of course the occasional piece stained beyond saving (only 2 items and they were minor, no risk of dupioni silk disasters in this household..) While making jaunts back and forth from laundry to living room (makeshift folding room), I came to terms that today was the day to purge and reorganize the laundry. A few issues with my laundry room, the lighting is poor. Poor lighting makes it difficult for me to see the dust animals that collect. Dust fiends be gone, I declared. Cupboard was reorganized, standing shelf was reorganized. I was itching to get myself to Bed, Bath and Beyond but I told myself to wait and do an assessment of the entire house before doing some damage to my plastic card.

Le frigo

Over the past few days, I've noticed that my fridge needed a reorg. I picked up these handy shelf liners (yes, from Bed, Bath and Beyond) for the fridge the other day and love them. I even showed my visiting friend the other day and she loved them too. The less chance of staining the actual fridge hardware, the better! So, off I went throwing out past-expiry-date items and categorizing items by type: dairy, condiments, etc.

Out to lunch

It wasn't all work, I did play as well. Met a friend and her 1 year old son at Sunset Grill for brunch. I ordered a burger (not bad but a tad dry) and she ordered an omelette. Conversation was great and I got my fix of seeing an adorable little boy. I pretended the jam packets were cars and went "vroom, vroom" to his amusement.

Home again

After the break, I returned home where the *ribs that had been sitting in the slow cooker (I did that right after cleaning out the fridge) filled the air with deliciousness.

My cookbooks have been irritating me lately...as in they're not orgatnized in an eye-pleasing manner so I fixed those as well. I still have some odds and ends left to do and as I type this, the guilt mounts.

Off to finish up the cookbooks, shouldn't take too long.

Now, if only I could tell my stomach to ignore the smell of slow cooked ribs...


*Canadian Living Recipe http://www.canadianliving.com/food/fall_off_the_bone_ribs_in_barbecue_sauce.php