tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163902.post1779408828020666071..comments2009-10-30T05:55:45.738-07:00amy turn sharp of doobleh-vayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02464390111666094856amytsharp@gmail.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163902.post-20021997737583430212009-10-30T05:01:36.727-07:002009-10-30T05:01:36.727-07:00hey ats - i am looking to give my bissell floormate a good home. it is like new and cleans the floors in seconds. i even have the cleaner for the wood and tile. it is yours if you want to pick it up when you come see the baby next week! (i just upgraded to a steam mop - can you hear my heart fluttering?) xoxo buttsmellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163902.post-73393459856692347052009-10-29T17:23:23.604-07:002009-10-29T17:23:23.604-07:00Sex weekend.Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149071375558799305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163902.post-44974586994435498812009-10-28T22:05:57.283-07:002009-10-28T22:05:57.283-07:00I&#39;m not so good at saying no to a lot of things, but I&#39;m getting better. Practice by saying no to phone solicitors, etc. Those are pretty easy. Then move up to things that are a little more difficult. Learn now because it only gets harder as your kids get older. (Read room mom, team mom, etc. That&#39;s where I&#39;m getting tripped up.) Hang in there, girly, this is the busy season. Soon all of those orders will be out and you can relax a little!Headless Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613321200230079978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163902.post-81228635778903372462009-10-28T19:02:55.251-07:002009-10-28T19:02:55.251-07:00Saying NO to some things is really saying YES to the people and things that are the most important to you. When you say NO to something you don&#39;t have time for you say YES to the things you have committed to, YES to your family, YES to work, YES to the love you have and want to cultivate.<br /><br />I don&#39;t say no (on the outside) I say, &quot;I need to let someone else take advantage of that opportunity.&quot;<br /><br /><br />But when a person has a heart as big as yours, of course you want to share it with everyone and everything. It&#39;s why we love you!barchbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163902.post-34707346855840828822009-10-28T18:26:56.786-07:002009-10-28T18:26:56.786-07:00I need to do some of the same things. I&#39;m going to start organizing my life and at the same time, take some time out for me.Angry Julie Mondayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482539881072896606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163902.post-54856775390580167902009-10-28T18:02:14.180-07:002009-10-28T18:02:14.180-07:001) Change your default response to &quot;let me get back to you on that&quot;. <br /><br />Give it a day or two.<br /><br />Then only say YES to one thing a week that feels like it won&#39;t completely compromise your sanity.<br /><br />Say NO to things that just don&#39;t jibe with your core values. Simply say, &quot;I really can&#39;t take that on right now.&quot; And leave it at that.<br /><br />2) Recharge: Trade services with a massage therapist or Reiki practioner. Or...a liquor store owner? ;) <br /><br />I also find frequent, short &quot;recharge&quot; breaks every 25 minutes of work keep me more balanced, with longer 30 min breaks after 4 stretches of work, much like the Pomodoro Technique: http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ <br />(And I just saw that the Design Sponge gal tweeted about loving this tonight, too! It works.)<br />During the recharge breaks? Do anything that makes you laugh.<br /><br />3) Go to the playground. Find a swing. Swing as high as you can for 5 minutes. You&#39;ll feel better. Promise.jen_k_http://www.jenkearneycreative.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163902.post-77456662245577067402009-10-28T17:43:32.778-07:002009-10-28T17:43:32.778-07:00take the kids to the gym daycare and sit in the locker room and read the whole time!linwood avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05551343147225390628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163902.post-81074507065828514912009-10-28T17:03:44.289-07:002009-10-28T17:03:44.289-07:00I am terrible at recharging. Terrible! I&#39;ve been feeling completely at the end of my rope since my middle daughter was 1 and she&#39;s about to turn 7.<br /><br />I&#39;m going to go look at the blogs you posted about and maybe they&#39;ll offer some solace...Alexishttp://www.knotsewcrafty.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163902.post-493223140841786602009-10-28T16:51:50.624-07:002009-10-28T16:51:50.624-07:00Hell yes on outsourcing the floor cleaning! Or anything else you don&#39;t enjoy when time could be better spent doing something you do. I get a great thrill to say yes but oh, the burnout. Sometimes saying &quot;no&quot; is like saying yes to yourself.AmberDusickhttp://www.amberdusick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163902.post-3608658212598416602009-10-28T15:29:33.463-07:002009-10-28T15:29:33.463-07:00I say YES all the time too. It feels good to say yes!<br /><br />But when it comes time to all the things I said I would do and they are piling up, I ask for help. I hire out what I can when I can afford it. Usually that&#39;s a little bit of babysitting to get something done to completion or someone to fill orders. <br /><br />If the floors are bugging you, have you ever tried a roomba? We have scrounging hounds as vacuums, but that might be a bigger long term commitment than you want. ;)Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00110389997672888522noreply@blogger.com