I love coming home to good mail. Blair’s still-sparkly-eyed 96 year old grandma has a mail system that I’ve adopted: handle each piece only once if possible. Since I’ve gotten serious about it, a lovely paperless-ness has settled over our kitchen. Yesterday was a very good mail day – I came home to a big brown Chapters Indigo box. I’ve tried to cut back on buying books and now the arrival of a new book usually sets into motion the following sequence of events: 1. boil water for french press 2. find something, anything, for the kids to do 3. scavenge the pantry for something, anything, sweet to go with aforementioned coffee 4. find the perfect reading blanket that Roslyn made for us a few Christmases ago. 5. tear open that box. Unfortunately, I had to forgo 1-4 yesterday and now “Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys To Creativity” sits plaintively on the kitchen shelf, just waiting to be part of the coffee/cookie/blanket extravaganza. I bought it largely because of one quote out of it that I came across (key #14): “Never compare your inside with somebody else’s outside”. We had friends over for dinner a couple of weeks ago – Stephanie is a marathon runner, a witty writer, a dedicated and loving mama and also happens to be gorgeous. Definite fodder for an insecurity complex to one comparing insides to outsides. After dinner I opened the cupboard to make coffee and Steph gasped, “Are your coffee canisters LABELED? You seem so relaxed on the outside but then you open your cupboards and everything is LABELED”. When things in life overwhelm me, I label. The more scattered I feel, the more militarily my linen closet is organized. It’s just how I deal with stress. Inside…Outside. Well, labeling and chocolate. Maybe I should ask Steph if she’d like a running partner.
Cute! Have you considered getting an e-reader? Everyone mocks Kent cuz he is like an unofficial e-reader salesman! He LOVES the thing… or a Kindle or whatever kind you like. New books are cheaper (and many are free if they are old classics) and you can download them right to your thing whenever you want! Also, next time you go to Hawaii or Mexico you can have like 150 books with you at your whim and it only weights like 2 pounds! Wow, okay now I see Kent is rubbing off on me. 🙂
One more thing, is there any way for me to see other people’s comments on your blog? Or can only you see the comments? I am not as literate on the computer as my hubby.
Oh KARA! It’s you! I didn’t know your email address. So fun to chat with you here. I have thought about Kindle – especially for travelling. I’ll see if I can figure out how to enable comments and ask my computer-savvy friends. It’s a bit of a steep learning curve, figuring out how to post everything properly. Thanks for reading it!
Cute! Have you considered getting an e-reader? Everyone mocks Kent cuz he is like an unofficial e-reader salesman! He LOVES the thing… or a Kindle or whatever kind you like. New books are cheaper (and many are free if they are old classics) and you can download them right to your thing whenever you want! Also, next time you go to Hawaii or Mexico you can have like 150 books with you at your whim and it only weights like 2 pounds! Wow, okay now I see Kent is rubbing off on me. 🙂
One more thing, is there any way for me to see other people’s comments on your blog? Or can only you see the comments? I am not as literate on the computer as my hubby.
Oh KARA! It’s you! I didn’t know your email address. So fun to chat with you here. I have thought about Kindle – especially for travelling. I’ll see if I can figure out how to enable comments and ask my computer-savvy friends. It’s a bit of a steep learning curve, figuring out how to post everything properly. Thanks for reading it!
I’ve noticed that the more stressed I am the cleaner my house is and the less time I have the more I can accomplish. This is coming from a person who only does her errands in a clockwise direction to save time by avoiding left hand turns.
If we would slow down enough to see the beauty in people instead of trying to acquire beautiful things I’m sure our lives would be more fulfilling.
Do you have to have a clean room to work in, or can you create in the midst of other stuff?
I’ve noticed that the more stressed I am the cleaner my house is and the less time I have the more I can accomplish. This is coming from a person who only does her errands in a clockwise direction to save time by avoiding left hand turns.
If we would slow down enough to see the beauty in people instead of trying to acquire beautiful things I’m sure our lives would be more fulfilling.
Do you have to have a clean room to work in, or can you create in the midst of other stuff?
If you ever want to start reviewing books on here you can get them for free – I can hook you up with contacts 🙂 Seriously. I get about 4 or 5 free book per week. I love it.
Maybe I should try and label away the chaos of my life 🙂
Do you get up early in the morning to read? I’ve never considered reviewing books but that would be fun…how often do you do a book review?
If you ever want to start reviewing books on here you can get them for free – I can hook you up with contacts 🙂 Seriously. I get about 4 or 5 free book per week. I love it.
Maybe I should try and label away the chaos of my life 🙂
Do you get up early in the morning to read? I’ve never considered reviewing books but that would be fun…how often do you do a book review?
This made me smile…inside and out 🙂 You are an amazing writer.
I think I’ll take a page from your book. Maybe if I actually had canisters for my coffee, I could label them. That way, I would be able to see a tangible result to my stress…and I would have a more friendly relationship with my knees. Hey! We can run to Staples and buy labels together.
I’m on my way to the couch for my own personal popcorn/blanket extravaganza. See you soon 🙂
Did you seriously log that entry at 3:21am? Mmmmm…. Staples. Better than a bakery. 🙂
This made me smile…inside and out 🙂 You are an amazing writer.
I think I’ll take a page from your book. Maybe if I actually had canisters for my coffee, I could label them. That way, I would be able to see a tangible result to my stress…and I would have a more friendly relationship with my knees. Hey! We can run to Staples and buy labels together.
I’m on my way to the couch for my own personal popcorn/blanket extravaganza. See you soon 🙂
Did you seriously log that entry at 3:21am? Mmmmm…. Staples. Better than a bakery. 🙂
OK no…something’s up with my computer clock…it just didn’t seem like you – haha. Thanks for joining in on the blog 🙂
OK no…something’s up with my computer clock…it just didn’t seem like you – haha. Thanks for joining in on the blog 🙂
Love your writing style, Kirsten. And pretty darn gorgeous yourself, I’d say.
Best wishes as you get the kids back to school and then maybe some time to savour that book.
Warmly, Katharine
Love your writing style, Kirsten. And pretty darn gorgeous yourself, I’d say.
Best wishes as you get the kids back to school and then maybe some time to savour that book.
Warmly, Katharine
What fun you are, Kirsten! Being relegated to the acreage most of the time, and hence to internet shopping if I want to do any at all, I too find enormous delight in “good mail days”. What adds to the charm of it here is the trip down the lane to the mail box. My most recent purchase… a punky, extra wide belly band to give me more options to pull from my t-shirt drawer. No more exposed tummy to grapple with… Lol! Seriously.
Hi Melissa ~ Thanks for reading the blog! I just bought my sister-in-law a belly band – she’s due in February – it’s fabulous. In fact, I might just order myself one…On a random note, I didn’t realize just how much you and Andrea look alike. You could be twins in your side profiles. Lovelies! Genetics are fascinating.
What fun you are, Kirsten! Being relegated to the acreage most of the time, and hence to internet shopping if I want to do any at all, I too find enormous delight in “good mail days”. What adds to the charm of it here is the trip down the lane to the mail box. My most recent purchase… a punky, extra wide belly band to give me more options to pull from my t-shirt drawer. No more exposed tummy to grapple with… Lol! Seriously.
Hi Melissa ~ Thanks for reading the blog! I just bought my sister-in-law a belly band – she’s due in February – it’s fabulous. In fact, I might just order myself one…On a random note, I didn’t realize just how much you and Andrea look alike. You could be twins in your side profiles. Lovelies! Genetics are fascinating.