Failing My Goals

I think that it is normal to set goals (even mini goals) for the day. Well maybe "goal" is too heavy of a word: it's good to intend to accomplish things in a day, and therefore work to accomplish these things. Or is this my own warped thinking: every day must have purpose; we have responsibilities to ourselves, our loved ones, and our community.

I have recently come to the realization that I don't ever set "napping" as a goal. It is never something that I intend to do. It is in fact, something I fight against doing. Napping gets in the way of the other goals I have set, like beading, dead heading flowers, sweeping, or making cookies. Napping takes precious time away from my REAL goals (my average nap is 2 hours long and then I require cobweb shaking after that).

So by not setting out to nap every day (making it a goal), I fail at accomplishing my daily goals.

Can you see how that works?

What I Learned About Garlic

I'm so glad that I watch television. Where else would I learn about how to select garlic at the grocery store? I mean, who just decides to Google garlic (I confess, I just did in preparation for this post).

 Anatomy of the Garlic Plant

Have you ever brought a garlic bulb home and had it fall apart? Or gone to chop up a clove, and it was all dry? Let me share some hints with you, so that doesn't happen again...

1. don't buy a bulb that is falling apart or starting to open up - it's old

2. bulbs with pink-purplish bits are fairly fresh (picked recently)

3. toss the bulb in the air - the faster it comes down, the younger it is (older bulbs are lighter and don't fall as fast)

A One Photo Vacation

We (Jason and I) are now entering the second phase of our Summer Vacay 2011. This is the "stay at home and be quiet after surviving 7 days with an 8 year old and a 6 year old" portion. The energy of our nieces is amazing (which makes the energy of my sister even more amazing) and endless.

The energy would have been fun to capture on camera, but it was a Catch 22 for me. Pulling out my camera and clicking away (even mindlessly) would have required energy on my part, and when R & R see a camera, they have to see the photo, plus take a photo themselves, then redo the action that prompted getting out the camera in the first place. Energy.

Realizing this, on the last day away from home, Jason and I snapped this one of us leaving our hotel room.

P.S. Annie (my sister) noticed that I wasn't "doing my MS shots"