Not the best start to 2013: A list

I know it seems that I've been AWOL around here for a while.  Truth is, I haven't had the best January.  There has been some good with the completely annoying though.  Here are the highlights:

• Government declared our strike illegal.  Morale lowered.
• I started knitting again.  I made some mittens and a hat. 
•  I got MRSA (antibiotic resistant staph infection) from a kid at school.  Was really sick and in the hospital.  Feeling better now.  I'm so done with child-carried plagues.  
• Started looking for a house.  Found 2, but lost out on both of them.  Sigh.
• Read 13 books this month.  It is so much easier to track them using an e-reader.  
• While I was working, I walked through a doorway, and a cockroach fell into my mouth.  I'm still not over that and its been almost a month.  I ate hand soap after it happened.  I am now weary of ALL doors.

It doesn't seem like much, but work and house hunting has been taking up all of my time.  Those things and trying to live my life avoiding doors. 

Listography: Things to do on a Sunday Morning

Here is list numero two in my listography.

Sunday mornings are great because its totally okay to be lazy, and it gives me time to do some of the things I've been meaning to catch up on.  I don't use Sunday mornings for work.  That way, I know that I have some time to just chill and do something relaxing.  So here it is, my favorite things to do on a Sunday Morning:

1. Sleep in.  I would say that I am pretty sleep deprived most of the time.  On Saturdays I like to get up early and go to the market, and do the groceries and any other chores that I need to do.  I'm a hit the ground running type of person, so Saturday is still part of the week to me, and the week is for getting stuff done.


2. Brunch!  My favorite meal of the day.  Not quite breakfast, not quite lunch... (Yay for Simpsons references!)  I love it because its totally okay to drink!  Mimosas anyone?

3. Coffee with a friend. It's good to catch up with people.  I like to do Skype coffee dates too.

4. Knitting.  I knit and watch Coronation Street sometimes.  So what?  Who cares!

5. Guitar Time.  This is when I practice the most.  If Donald is sleeping or busy, it gives me some time to try and song write, or practice.

6. Read my book. I usually have a book on the go, and if its really good, I will use Sunday morning to keep reading.

7.  Blog.  Prime blog time, this is.  I can recap Saturday.  Usually I think of what types of posts I should have for the week.  I like to be organized.

8. Antique market.  The best time to go to the Aberfoyle Antique Market is Sunday mornings.  The afternoons get really hot, and busy.  This is a great time if you want to browse.

9. Talk with D.  Even though we live together, we usually need time to catch up.  So sometimes we just sit and talk.

10. I do this almost everyday, but on Sunday I get to drink fancy coffee that I make in my french press.  It is so delicious, but it takes some time, so I save that ritual for Sundays.

What do you do Sunday mornings?

Listography: My life in lists

I don't know who I got this idea from (If it was you, please tell me so you can have some credit!) but I loved it.  I love making lists.  I have a daily to do list, and there is almost nothing more satisfying than crossing off something I've finished. Its one of the reasons why I still have a day-planner book instead of keeping everything on my phone.  Its not the same crossing off a completed task on a computer screen.  I think its the noise of the pen scratching across the paper.  Sounds like progress.

So, I thought I would bring some of that list joy to my blog here. The first list in my listography are my goals for the month.  I know then month is almost over, that's why its a pretty short list.  I like to keep my goals attainable.

1.  Book a vacay for me and D:
 D and I need a vacation.  Somewhere away from home.  We do the Staycation thing every year, and its nice, but we need a change.  Something always comes up when we are ready to hit the road, so I figure if we book it and pay for it up front, we won't let anything in our way.

2. Finish all my marking:
Since I started my new full time job, I've been focusing on lesson plans and stuff, so my marking has been on the back burner.  Not a good place to be.  I have a stack of marking to do.  I started some this morning, but the sun told me to stop and go and play.  I have to stop listening to the sun...

3.  Settle on a posting plan/ schedule for this blog
I am a fickle blogger.  And there is so much inspiration out there!  I need to sort out a plan for this space.  I would like more readers.  I would like more interaction with other bloggers.  "All in good time"  tell myself.  But besides being fickle, I'm also impaitent.

4. Write my french exam
I want to get my french language teaching qualifications parce que je parle francais. So I need to stop hesitating and write the exam.  A friend said it was really hard though...

5. Do one crafty thing a week
With my hectic sched, its been hard for me to find time to do what I love- making things!  So I will set aside 1 hour (at least) a week to do something creative.  Even if its working on my crochet blanket.  I have to or I will go crazy!

So even though it is the 21st of May, there are my goals.  What are your goals for the rest of the month?