tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post5936285722851063917..comments2023-10-28T05:33:15.060-05:00Comments on The Writing Playground: A Little Bit Here... A Little Bit There...Marilyn Puetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134550080890157noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-82470114011201404362011-07-26T06:42:13.070-05:002011-07-26T06:42:13.070-05:00Well, when it comes to yard work, of of the "...Well, when it comes to yard work, of of the "only as much as I have to" group If the HOA can't see it, it doesn't get done...<br /><br />I'm also a "hit the big stuff" -- the biggest project gets tackled first. Of course by the time I finish that, I'm exhausted. But I can move on because I have something concrete to point to! :-)Problem Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456049865200737618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-6555511552830075462011-07-25T15:26:32.940-05:002011-07-25T15:26:32.940-05:00I'm a 'do it all at once' person. I h...I'm a 'do it all at once' person. I have to finish something I start and I want it finished yesterday. Patience is not my middle name. I am with SP - I want the house clean so at least once I get to see how everything looks before we trash the place again.Cherylhttp://www.okaylistenhere.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-20102414186306570602011-07-25T12:09:46.987-05:002011-07-25T12:09:46.987-05:00Hmmm... looks like the "do it all at once&quo...Hmmm... looks like the "do it all at once" are edging out the others. Glad to know that tendency is not just another one of my unique quirks. :)<br /><br />AngelAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010424240956906870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-82737229295148227742011-07-25T10:07:26.238-05:002011-07-25T10:07:26.238-05:00I'm with PM, I am a little of both. Yesterday,...I'm with PM, I am a little of both. Yesterday, I mowed, weed wacked, and blowed my yard. Great satisfaction is seeing it look so wonderful. Picked up some in the home but needed to finish reading Sunday's paper. Not happening, so this evening I hope to finish reading the paper and get it outta there. Fold 1 load of laundry and very little afterwards.robertsonreadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030659336161679069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-23684466882257464462011-07-25T09:45:09.433-05:002011-07-25T09:45:09.433-05:00Well, I got out in the yard to do some work this m...Well, I got out in the yard to do some work this morning, reached the end of my 30 minutes and started cleaning up debris, only to remember we had to take my car to the shop before hubby went to work. Yep, I got to go to the mechanic sweaty and covered in leafy bits, but its worth it if they can fix my ac...<br /><br />AngelAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010424240956906870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-74219091518273136212011-07-25T09:37:33.720-05:002011-07-25T09:37:33.720-05:00I'm an all or nothing kinda girl. I get excit...I'm an all or nothing kinda girl. I get excited about something and want to rush headlong into it - ignoring everything else. But like you, that doesn't exactly work with my life. I've had to adjust to doing what I can when I can and leaving the rest until later. <br /><br />And we don't even want to talk about my yard. I need to do a major landscaping overhaul. I've decided though that it's going to wait until after the summer. I can't do it right now. It isn't my favorite chore to begin with and I doubly hate it in the heat. So I'll wait until fall, rip everything out and start fresh. <br /><br />InstigatorKira Sinclair - AKA Instigatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274056066229852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-3785523033494774892011-07-25T08:43:28.335-05:002011-07-25T08:43:28.335-05:00I am and all at once person but after my brother-i...I am and all at once person but after my brother-in-law died and a whole moving truck arrived at my house with furniture and boxes, I took the little at a time approach. I worked on it an hour every morning and my husband and I worked on it an hour every night before dinner. No more. It took us close to a month and anyone who knows me knows how I detest a mess. But dealing with the mess was easier in this case. Not only was it physically overwhelming, these boxes were packed with memories.Alicia Hunter Pace (aka Jean Hovey and Stephanie Jones)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13844329805282121486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-69100998578775304352011-07-25T08:20:02.470-05:002011-07-25T08:20:02.470-05:00I have no doubt I am an 'all at once' pers...I have no doubt I am an 'all at once' person. I have attempted to do the 'clean a little each night' thing, but it doesn't really work for me. I just look around and see everything else that's dirty. I like the satisfaction of looking around and seeing everything clean at once. If that costs me three hours on a Sunday morning, okay, I just need to schedule for it. I'm all or nothing with most stuff, most notably diet and exercise.<br /><br />With writing, I think its the same for me. I sat in my 'thinking chair' this weekend and wrote nearly 8k words / 2.5 chapters. But that's the process I've had to develop to work around my other responsibilities. The weekends DB works, I write as much as I can to make up for all the times I can't. The rest of the time, I edit, revise, piddle, etc. If I can snatch time to write, great, but if not, I'm ok with it, because I have that scheduled time coming up. The key is to be prepared and ready to go when the time does come.Andrea Laurence AKA Smarty Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518751514879244662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-39257752626679984102011-07-25T07:57:51.839-05:002011-07-25T07:57:51.839-05:00I think I am both. It just depends on what needs ...I think I am both. It just depends on what needs to be done. If I really, really dread a task, I'll just dig in and get it over with. Other things, like housework, I can do in bits -- scrub toilets one day, dust another, vacuum another.Playground Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444337591281145863noreply@blogger.com