I’ve moved!
Lackadaisical Motivation cane now be found at www.CraigandJessica.com.
For now you’ll have to click a link to get there, but in the next few days, you’ll just go to craigandjessica.com and it’ll redirect you automatically.
Come leave me love at my new home!
My blog (LM) needs a therapist. It’s true, she told me so.
LM recently began wondering if she was meant to be a Blogger blog and not a Wordpress blog. She feels like she’s a Blogger mind trapped in a Wordpress body and she needs help.
She thinks that if she were a Blogger blog that I would dress her up more. Wordpress is nice, but it’s sooooooo much work, especially for me since I’m a self-taught web designer and I still don’t understand most of what I’ve accomplished.
Maybe if LM was a Blogger blog, she would get a facelift every few months like she wants.
But, I don’t necessarily want to make the switch if I can’t import LMs previous posts. We have a long history together and I can’t just toss that history aside.
And, what if I switch her over and then I can’t do as much designing with Blogger as I thought??
Anyone know a good blog therapist? LM needs help. Badly.
I’ve changed my work schedule so that one Tuesday/month, I have the day off. During those weeks, I’ll work 4 longer days and this is my first week on the new schedule. I LOVE IT!
I got to work about 6:30am yesterday and go so much accomplished before 7:30am, it was awesome. I tend to leave work between 5-5:30pm, but stayed last night until 6:15pm. From 4pm until I left, I was even more focused and got a ton of stuff done.
Due to the nature of my job, I get a lot of visitors throughout the day…staff stop by my office with questions, I get TONS of sales calls (which inevitably go to voicemail), and I’m constantly being sought out by others. But, in those early hours and then again towards the end of the day, it was relatively quiet and I was able to accomplish a good amount of work during that time.
What started off as a schedule change to allow me one weekday off work has so far improved my work itself. I realize I’m saying this after one day, but that one day has made a big difference already.
Today won’t really be a day off– it’ll just be a day away from work. I have a To-Do list that has 14 items on it so I’ll keep myself very busy.
Laura over at I’m an Organizing Junkie took a technology vacation of sorts. She and her family went to the lake and during that week, she didn’t use her cell phone and didn’t get online.
Her post about how much she enjoyed the slowed pace of life as well as her rediscovery of her love for reading reminded me of my trips to visit my grandparents.
Every couple of years, we would travel to New England to visit my grandma Mac and my Gma and Gpa on my moms side. While visiting my gma and gpa in Cape Code, we spent most of the day driving around the coast, usually spending time at the beach where I would read and occasionally listen to music (when I wasn’t in the ocean swimming). At least once, we’d trip to Hyannis to my fav store…The Christmas Tree Shoppe.
After our trip to the Cape, we’d then travel to Connecticut and visit with my Grandma Mac and my uncles and aunt and cousins. It was in CT where I would read for hours at a time. I’d sit in the back room, curled up with a book and just read. In fact, it was pretty much the only time of year where I would actually finish a book.
In a previous post, I recall writing:
“Retreating to New England every few years while growing up was a nice reprieve for me. Typically, it was the only time I ever read books for pleasure. In the fast paced world that surrounded me as a military child, it was one of the few constants. Several times last week, I thought to myself, “Hubs and I are really going to have to make an effort to continue our trips up here.” I forget how much I enjoy visiting until I make a trip.”
Life moved at such a comfortable pace while visiting my relatives. Having lost of all of my grandparents over the past 3 years, the trips back home were more frequent due to the necessity of attending funerals. And although they were emotional trips, I still got my reading done and enjoyed the peace and quiet. The enjoyment I felt every year for the past 3 years has come to a screeching halt. Although I know that my other relatives (Shennie, Sarah/Doug, Karen/Joan, Kevin, etc) would welcome me with open arms, my visits back East will inevitably be different. Everyone has internet, cell phones, and blogs; I know for sure I’d enjoy my time with them, but it would still be my life, just being lived in a different place.
When I would visit my grandparents, it didn’t feel like my life. It was better 
All of this recollecting just to say that I’ve decided to name my new room in the basement “Grandma’s.” It’s where I’ll spend hours reading and scrapbooking. It’s where I hope to retreat to at the end of a long day where I can cuddle up in my oversized chair with a blanket, a glass of wine and a book and pretend I’m back at Grandmas.
Come this Friday when I finally have the room in order, I’ll call out to Hubs while I’m heading downstairs, “I’m going to grandma’s!” He’ll know where to find me.
Today we’re celebrating the fourth with a big picnic at my parents house.
There will be about 15 of us gathering for the festivities. We’ll swim, play cornhole (a Kentucky favorite!), grill out, drink beer, and relax.
I’ve got quite a bit of work to do before we head over; I’m making deviled eggs right now (YUM), then we’re heading out for breakfast with the fam and the street geeks. After that, we’ll come home and I’ll plan out the week. About 2pm, we’ll head over to the ‘rents pad and prepare for the festivities. I think people will start arriving around 4pm or so.
I’m bringing the camera and will take lots of good pics to share.
I know you can’t wait to see ‘em.
I love the 4th of July. It’s one of my favorite holidays.
With my brother currently serving in Iraq as a member of the United States Army, the pride I feel as an American consumes me even more this year.
Outwardly, I’m the gal who makes the Good Housekeeping flag cake and sports an American flag do-rag.
Privately, I thank God for the liberties I have as an American and pray that our leaders possess the wisdom, maturity, and selflessness needed to keep Americans safe and enduring.
With our six American flags planted firmly in our yard this weekend, we’ll celebrate America’s birthday!
Cheers!
It's finally done! After many, many hours spent starring at my laptop, I finally got my design complete! I have other things I want to do, but for now, enjoy the new design!
3/23 Happy Easter!
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