Thursday, August 25, 2011

We Want to Know Q&A

Housework that needs to be done:
  • Mostly the same as the last post, but fewer dishes and laundry!

But instead of doing that.....

I am going to reveal a bit about myself through Mamarazzi and Queso's linky party
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The questions this week are:
1. What is the best advice someone has ever given you?
2. What is your greatest accomplishment?
3. Who do you admire?
4. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
5. How do you want to be remembered?

So, here we go.....

What is the best advice someone has ever given you?
To be master of my own destiny and to stop using my past as an excuse for crippling my future.

What is your greatest accomplishment?
Sometimes I think it is getting through each day! :)
To be honest, I can't give a definitive answer on this as it changes depending on what perspective I have at the time. And some things, such as my awesome little family, are not really what I would consider as my personal achievement. But I do think my hubby and kids are fantastic and they round out my life beautifully.

Who do you admire?
I really admire people who take control of their destiny through hard work, tenacity and integrity. I'm not so good at the whole tenacity thing, so I think it is marvellous that other people possess the trait. I also marvel at people who are people magnets with their beautiful personalities.

If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
I would really like to be able to do social events better. I am terrible at social chit chat and I always feel like a real nonce in social situations.

How do you want to be remembered?

I hope my family & friends will remember me for loving them and respecting their individuality. I hope everyone else forgets me - I don't feel the need to be memorable. The thought of it makes me uncomfortable.

OMG - I've Found my Desk!!!!!!

Housework that needs to be done:
  • Do the Dishes
  • Launder the Clothes)
  • Fold Laundry
  • Put Away Folded Clothes
  • Tidy the Play Room
  • Clean the Floors

But instead of doing that.....

I have tidied my desk!.

I didn't do it because I really wanted to - honest. It's just that it is tax time and I needed to file everything so that I could find all of the documents I need. Surprisingly (given the utter chaos that I have lived in for the past 18 months), I am only missing 1 document.

Now, just to set you straight, I really detest having a messy desk. I am not proud of what my desk had morphed into - think Marjorie the Trash Heap from Fraggle Rock:



My friend Mamarazzi from Our Dandelion Wishes...
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...hosted a VLOG challenge back in July asking participants to show something we would be embarrassed by if someone found it our house. My desk was it. In fact, I was so embarrassed by it, there was no way there was going to be photographic evidence of it so I didn't participate in the challenge! I have even hated having visitors because my desk is in a public place and the mess was just so unsightly!

I am not the type of person to clean surfaces by shoving things out of sight - things must be put away in their correct, organised places. When I lose control over the desk-monsters, this becomes quite a time consuming job and I have been putting it off. Well, after several hours (yes, hours!) I am now sitting at a desk with perfectly visible flat surfaces! Oh my!!!!!!

Now! Where is the floor in the Play Room????