I'm not yet to the schedules of Unfuck Your Habitat--though I could be more proactive on the dishes--but the theories have been very helpful.

Buffistas with no particular allegiances in this year's NCAA basketball final may find this compelling reason to pick a side: [link]

Adorable, especially the interviews at the end.

That has been probably the most helpful to me, especially the idea of not expending all my energy all at once.

Yeah, that part of it definitely rings true to me. With us, having the cleaners come once a month means that at least once a month, we pick stuff up, and it's way easier to get the house looking neat when it's an ongoing thing, rather than a panicked scramble.

it's also for things like the new roof I'll need eventually.

Just in case no one has ever pointed this out - there are times when you have the savings to afford something like this, that it is wiser to take out the loan for it anyway. I had friends who inherited a modest amount of money and were going to use it for legal fees for adopting a child. They decided to leave the money in the bank and take a loan for the adoption fees (using the money as collateral - on the grounds that if the adoption did not work out, they could pay it off fast and try again. Whereas if they had used the money in the bank and they had to try again, they would have to take out a loan but would have nothing for collateral.

I take vicarious pleasure in people getting rid of stuff. To a greater degree than pretty much any other third party life event. When my office moved last year after 20 years in the same place I practically stroked out with joy at co-workers confronting years of pointless accrual. So, bottom line: get rid of stuff! You will make ME happy!

I've hosed off the porch, prepped the deck furniture for staining, in the middle of a load of laundry.

I'm thwarted in trimming the bushes because the battery is dead.

And A & I acquired a power washer from a neighbor who overheard us talking about renting one, and he lent us his!

At work I'm still slowly getting rid of things my late boss had collected over 40 years. I have to keep it gradual just because my crew can be sentimental over some pretty odd things sometimes.

At home, I just pulled a dozen old textbooks that I sometimes referred to when I was teaching. I've found someone to take them so they're not gone yet, but they will be. What I really need to do is organize and cull from my storage locker in the basement enough that I can put boxes of old files down there. I've got some things that I could eBay, but I've never dealt with that before. How much of a hassle is it?

Buffistas with no particular allegiances in this year's NCAA basketball final may find this compelling reason to pick a side

That's kind of delightful.

I have a headache that is not a migraine but definitely hurts less if I sit still, so I've done nothing today. So it goes.

Brunch, check. Lamb (curry) in slow cooker for dinner, check. Bidding farewell to Megan Walker and msbelle, check. t Sob , check.

-t, taking care of yourself is not nothing.

I did pilates yesterday for the first time in yonks. I expected to feel it in my abs today, and I do a little, but I didn't expect my upper back to be uncomfortably tight. I wonder if a walk would help loosen me up.