More sunshine

We had a day of sunshine. It wasn't a very warm day, but hey, there was sunshine.

One more birthday & we'll be through with our April birthdays. Don's mother started out our April birthdays on April 10, she would have been 82 this year. Mother's is on April 14, & she turned 85. I went into the bank that day to withdraw some money. I was filling out the withdrawal slip & wrote 4/14 & started writing '26. I stopped & had to specifically think what year it is.

Don's birthday was yesterday, April 18. I didn't have any trouble writing 4/18/11, but then I don't fill out forms & stuff for him, like I do Mother. Nick will be 24 on April 22. I may have trouble with the year that day. It's hard to believe my sons are in their mid-20s.

Things I Talk About

On my Quoghts to Ponder blog I have every label showing, which makes it really handy when I want to search for a quote by name or date, since those are really the only labels I use. So, it kind of bothered me that I could never find all the labels on this blog. I decided to do some research.

The guys had gone to Logan without me & I was a little upset. I need to go to Logan, but didn't want to run down for my two little errands. I can't justify spending the money for gas & wear & tear on my car. They, however, didn't want to take me & go out of their way to run my errands.

What has the guys going to Logan without me have to do with researching labels? It's MY thing. I can sit here at the computer & do this without being interrupted. It's soothing & I'm using this to gain control of my hurt.

I discovered I had a different gadget to keep track of labels on this blog than I do on Quoghts. I like the one on Quoghts better, so I deleted this one & added the other one. I discovered I have almost 700 labels for this blog, 700!!! I went through & chose what labels I would show. I thought I would show all labels that appeared at least twice. Still too many. I went back in & chose every label that appeared 3 times or more. Still a lot of labels. I also discovered I'm not consistent when I label my posts. I break them down too much. I have both pro-time & INR, basically the same thing. I have BratFactor & Brat Factor or whatever that website was. One with a space, one without. I think they've changed the name of it now anyway.

If I could start over, knowing what I know now, I would be more general when labeling an entry. I wouldn't label it Sunday dinner, Sunday School, Sunday paper, Sunday ride, work on Sunday. It would be either Sunday, church or work & Sunday.

Oh, well, today is the first day of the rest of my life & I'm glad the sun is shining.

Mt. Washmore

Ugh! Fly Lady's habit for August is laundry!!!!! OK, I have to admit that laundry is not one of my favorite activities. I have a batch of laundry that got left in the washer & soured. These clothes are still sour-smelling several washings later.

I do better with the washer & dryer on the same level. When we lived in Woodruff, Utah, near Evanston, Wyo., it would be days before I'd remember the laundry because the laundry "room" was in the basement. But, I still have a hard time with laundry. Out of sight, out of mind, until, of course, I've run out of pants &/or underwear.

So, for August I will try to get on top of Mt. Washmore & stay on top. Rebooting is my big problem. Wish the washer had a buzzer button on it, like the dryer does. Buzzzzzzz, your load is finished, time to take it out.

A quick recap of July's habit, swishing & swiping. Started out great & slipped quite a bit, but I'm aware of it & I swish & swipe more than I don't, LOL.

On another note, a few entries ago, I talked about reverse SAD here and here. In reading a friend's blog I found an interesting e-book, Brighten Your Life. Never knew too much light could cause mania. See Chapter 7, "Side Effects of Bright Light." Maybe that's why in June I was so depressed. Not enough sunlight. Flashing lights will give me a headache faster than anything, but causing mania???