Why I don't "Facebook"

I am asked on a several times daily basis, "are you on Facebook?" to which I simply respond no. In case you wonder why or even if you don't really care, my answer is because I do NOT need anything else to help feed my addiction of procrastination. I understand the reconnecting with old friends and communicating with people aspect of Facebook, but I barely have time for my friends and family now - why would I want to take away any of that time? Facebook is something that my kids enjoy and I don't want to move into their territory. I know - I can only see their info if they are my "friends," but what if I am nosy or think I want to know where they are and what they are doing??? They will tell me what they want me to know and to the best of my knowledge, they have never tried to hide anything horrendous from me. I don't think they've done anything horrendous, but hopefully, you get my point. I respect their privacy. Sure, I'd love to know where my college roommate is and what she is doing - is she still working at John's Hopkins - and maybe one day we will reconnect. The last time I heard from her was almost 25 years ago. I wonder if she is on Facebook....
As I have engaged in my worst pasttime, procrastinating for over an hour now, I really need to jerk myself up and get on with my plan for the afternoon. I do have work to do and I really want to start the week off on a good note.
So I will continue to "Say NO to Facebook" and work at curing my addiction....after I check out another website and look for that long lost book that was on my table in the den for months until it disappeared....

Canned laughter and other ramblings

I hate watching a television show with canned laughter or laugh tracks. I especially hate reruns when the laugh track is so much louder than the show. Why do producers think they are necessary? Is the show not funny enough that the audience will know when to laugh? I just don't understand. I do know it is annoying. I wish someone would start a campaign to stop the canned laughter. Such a miniscule topic in the whole scheme of things, yet so irritating. Let me laugh when I want to laugh and listen quietly when I don't.
I like my new writing schedule. Small projects with short deadlines. I function much better. Evan as a last minute Lucy, it doesn't seem so overwhelming. I finished revising a chapter this morning and sent it in with a much better feeling about it.
My daughter moved this week to a new city and new life. The working life. She hasn't found the perfect job yet, but she hasn't really started looking. I wish the best for her. She is very talented and any company would be lucky to have her. I think she is excited, but that is somewhat overshadowed by having to leave a place she has called home for the past seven years.
My son is moving as well. I use the current tense because he is out of his old apartment, not into his new apartment and the majority of his posessions are in my living room. He is staying with friends until he can move into the new place.
I am really proud of my children. There are each becoming their own person and I am proud to say that I had a part in raising them to be the people they are. I never spanked them - well, they say I did once - because I didn't have to. They just learned right from wrong early in life and never gave us any cause for too much punishment. I owe that part to my parents.
Life is good.

Lazy Day

Woke up this morning to a welcome cool. I opened the house and let everything "air out." I am so surprised it hasn't been hot today. I hear the hot weather is coming back tomorrow, so for today, I am enjoying life here in all the splendor of fresh air. I haven't worked much today, just graded a few pitiful papers in Anatomy, some better ones in my Diseases class. And now it is Saturday morning and I am back from the Farmer's Market and a couple of other places. Bought some new local honey from a place in Brooklet. I think they must be a new honey farm, so I'll give them a go since the place I usually buy from was not there. We got a couple of Crepe Myrtle trees and another lime tree. I am going to replant some of my broken hen and biddie plants in the planters outside the front door. They have been pretty hearty, so maybe they'll grow like the ones on Mrs. Iris' front porch in Nevils!
Got some more fabric for a blue quilt. I am determined to learn how to do quilt. Anne is going to help me, but I want to be able to go from fabric to quilty by myself!! I think I have to invest in a walking presser foot, and can't find one of those here in town yet.
Time to get up and get busy.

Still on vacation - technically

I am still on vacation but have done quite a bit of work over the last few days. Also had to make some decisions about my inability to say no. Today I contacted the coordinator of the meeting I was supposed to go to in Chicago at the end of the month. I really really appreciate the opportunity, but as my book slowly sinks and my blood pressure rises, I think I need to back off some extracurricular activities. This Chicago trip was the easiest to let go. Hopefully my quarter will be a little less hectic than the last one. I know that I need to get organized because I work so much better when I have a plan. I am going back to working from a list. Write it down, do it, and cross it off. I need to have a home list and a work list - I'll work on that!!
As for the book, I found the way I started - with a notebook and a plan. It really worked in the beginning, so I'll go back to that format.
The key to my getting organized is getting off my keister and getting things done. Good example - a couple of months ago, I asked my Mama to make some side panel curtains for my front door. SO much heat comes through those windows in the afternoons. She made them and they have been on my dining room table since. Yesterday, I decided to put them up. What a piece of cake - there were already nail holes in the windows and all I had to do was put the brackets up (30 seconds at most) and hang the panels. Done in less than 5 minutes and what a difference it makes in the temperature of the house! Pretty amazing.
I am going to finish reviewing a textbook. Probably another thing I should give up until the book is done, but the money is so tempting.