Ahhh...Progress

“I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.” -Charles R. Swindoll

Dude, I didn't know the top of my desk was wood...

And the word of the day is...

PROCRASTINATE

OOOOO! AHHHH! **applause** whistle**

Dictionary.com:

pro·cras·ti·nate (prō-krās'tə-nāt', prə-)

–verb (used without object)
1.
to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.

–verb (used with object)
2.
to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.

[Origin: 1580–90; <>pro-1 + -crāstināre, deriv. of crāstinus of tomorrow; crās tomorrow + -tinus suffix forming adjs. from temporal advs.); see -ate1]

—Related forms
pro·cras·ti·nat·ing·ly, pro·cras·ti·na·tive·ly, adverb
pro·cras·ti·na·tion, noun
pro·cras·ti·na·tive, pro·cras·ti·na·to·ry /proʊˈkræstənəˌtɔri, -ˌtoʊri, prə-/ Pronunciation Key - [proh-kras-tuh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, pruh-] adjective
pro·cras·ti·na·tive·ness, noun
pro·cras·ti·na·tor, noun
—Synonyms 2. prolong, postpone.

Procrastinativeness is a cool word. I just can't say it fast. Pro-cras-ti-native-ness. Try it! Statistics is also a hard word for me to say quickly.

American Heritage definition:

pro·cras·ti·nate (prō-krās'tə-nāt', prə-)

v. pro·cras·ti·nat·ed, pro·cras·ti·nat·ing, pro·cras·ti·nates

v. intr. To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.

That's a little critical, don't cha think, A.H.? Don't judge me!

Procrastinate around the world!

Arabic:يُماطِل، يُسَوِّف

Chinese (Simplified):拖延，延迟，耽搁
Chinese (Traditional):拖延，延遲，耽擱
Czech:otálet, odkládat
Danish:udskyde
Dutch:talmen, uitstellen
Estonian:edasi lükkama, viivitama
Finnish:vitkutella
French:remettre à plus tard
German:verzögern
Greek:χρονοτριβώ, αναβάλλω
Hungarian:halogat
Icelandic:fresta
Indonesian:menunda-nunda
Italian:procrastinare
Japanese:ぐずぐずする
Korean:지연시키다
Latvian:atlikt; novilcināt
Lithuanian:atidėlioti, vilkinti
Norwegian:utsette, somle (med)
Polish:odwlekać
Portuguese (Brazil):procrastinar, protelar
Portuguese (Portugal):protelar
Romanian:a amâna; a lăsa pe mai târziu
Russian:медлить; откладывать
Slovak:odkladať
Slovenian:odlašati
Spanish:aplazar una decisión, *tarea
Swedish:skjuta ngt framför sig
Turkish:bugünün işini yarına bırakmak, ertelemek

What? Get off my what? You get off yours!

We'll call these the "before" pictures...

I am posting this so I can be accountable to someone. I am ashamed that I say this is where I expect my kids to learn! I am committing to organizing this room this week! I'll post the "after" pictures Friday.

Rich with forks

Look at all of my forks, man!

I am in the process of de-crapping my house. I am a terrible housekeeper. The book I'm reading says I shouldn't say things like that about myself but it's a fact and I want to change. So, I started last week by shining my sink. It has stayed clean for five days! Every morning I am waking up and getting dressed to the shoes. It has really helped me stay motivated and I've gotten a lot accomplished. Today, I got rid of 27 books and I organized my utensil drawers. When DH and I combined our two households, I failed to get rid of extra stuff. Along with what we've accumulated in the last 3 1/2 years, well, we have a lot of crap. We have 42 forks. 42! We have 4 peelers and 7 mixer thingys.(looked this up...they're called beaters) Not sure where the eighth one went. Or why I didn't know they were called beaters. Don't say beaters again. Or crap.

So, I mentioned I love my thesaurus. I think I sound unclassy using the word crap so I got out my little buddy and tried to find another word. I really liked horse$**t, but that kind of defeats the purpose and doesn't convey the meaning I'm looking for here. Other choices were piffle, bilge, ca-ca, guano, poppycock and malarky. None of these really work either. So I went to junk. Riff raff, scrap, debris and folderol. I'll stick with crap. Sorry, Nana.

Anyhoo...I'll be posting regularly my progress so I have some accountability. I'm also learning the whole picture "thang", so bear with me.