Love the bumpersticker, Majick Muffin!!
Hey, FirstLight, I did the same thing you did today! Different situation, but the same thing. Must be in the air.
And you know what, it really is a gift that you have a Mom to take you shopping, kids to help get ready for school, and that all three of you can go to lunch together. Making memories, indeed.
Here's my story. I only have about 10 days before I go back to work for the semester. I finished a renovation on my home, and while there are a few things left to do, I can put away all the things I took out of the cabinets, etc. There are boxes and boxes around here and they need to find their way to the new cabinetry.
But ugh, how I didn't want to do it. I did the same thing you did: read the news from the Breaking News page and I wasted time until 11:30!!
Then I decided to change my attitude.
I decided I would put away all things on the surfaces: tables, counters, etc. I set the timer for 30" for each surface. Every 60 minutes, I could take a break and read a book for 15 minutes.
I also took pictures of "Before" and "After" so I could look at my accomplishment.
Another idea hit me: for every counter, desktop, or table I cleaned up, I wrote out the three top reasons the area was cluttered. Under that, I wrote out what I could do to eliminate those causes. For example, if I found receipts on the table, I said I could start a big box where I could drop all receipts. After a year, I could throw those receipts away.
I hit on lots of ideas for keeping clutter to a minimum.
At the end of the day, I was very pleased to look through some of my rooms and see clear, clean surfaces!
Cher