Making a list...

This morning I made a list.   It was a to-do list.   I had a few things that I really needed to get done.   So I put them on paper...    Get kids haircuts (before 1pm),   Get to DUMP (before 3pm), make meal plan, make grocery list, get groceries, do laundry.   But I also put on the list - Play T's new NCIS game that she got for Christmas.  

What good is a list, if it's just stuff you don't want to do.   Not that I mind making a meal plan, but it's not really a fun-family-activity.  Well, bad example, that one actually *is* a fun family activity - well, it's fun for ME when it's a family activity!   I hate to sit here and try to dream up food that they will all like.   When I go around the table and ask each one to make a suggestion, I know that at least SOMEONE will be happy if I make that meal!!! 

But in my ever-restarting-quest for balance in my life, I decided that I need to WRITE DOWN the fun things we need to do, just as important and the chores that need to get done.   Life is too short to wait to do the things you want, spinning your wheels in the "must-do" before you do the "get-to-do".   I try to make the "must-do" be fun, or at least be brief and non-intrusive.  

Every morning is a new chance for "New Year's Resolutions".   I can't imagine promising to do something every day "forever", or even "all year" -- but I can manage "Just For Today" - and by doing that, every day, somehow it gets easier.   Like this BLOG thing...   yep, here I am.   And the words are coming easier, and starting to show a little more reflection and less of a "to-do, been-done" tone.  

And who do I write for?   Mostly, myself...   knowing that there ARE words that are for certain target audiences.  Knowing that one day I may hit blogging gold, like the Herding Cats blog about the word Retarded....  it's just gotten its author her 15 minutes of fame!   Or the college student who wrote about welfare fraud, and had her column go viral.   One of these days, I'm going to write something that people  - lots of people - want to read.   (I just hope that I've figured out how to make a few bucks when they do!) 

But I don't blog for cash...   not for fame...   I blog, partially because I like sharing my thoughts with my friends and family...  which is why I've liked Facebook .   But I like this blog, because I am in full control of what is visible, not some secret algorithm.   So as Facebook moves toward its timeline, I will be creating my own timeline, here...  outside of their control.   And you get to watch it happen!  :)

Welcome.  Once again, welcome.   Every day is a new day.  I am going to get a new, fresh start tomorrow, on all of the things I want to do, on living the way I want to live.   Every day above ground is a good one!