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Your Life is 48% Green

Your life is pretty green - and you know a lot about how to live an eco friendly life. So congratulate yourself for being good to the earth. And maybe think about implementing some of the ideas from this quiz!

How Green Is Your Life?

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...to start thinking about Christmas. I think I will wait until October 21st and start the Christmas Countdown http://organizedchristmas.com/christmas-countdown then. :)

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Is it too soon to start thinking about THAT? I haven't even got my homeschool courses for the year planned out yet! But I am bound and determined to have sacred Christmas season this year. And to me that means getting all the busy done and out of the early on so that when Advent arrives I--and my family--can WORSHIP!

If anyone cares to join me on this journey, you might check out http://organizedchristmas.com/

Merry Christmas! ;)

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In my quest for homemaking inspiration, I have stumbled on a few simply delightful refreshing blogs devoted to the lady's art of lovely homemaking. http://charmingthebirdsfromthetrees.blogspot.com/ has a sort of challenge to loveliness which she calls the "Commitment to Loveliness". You are asked to choose five tasks each week that will increase the loveliness in your life.

I have been feeling challenged in many areas of my life recently and must confess to having developed some very slovenly habits lately. It's not pretty! So this commitment seems very appropriate to me right now.

My Commitment to Loveliness for This Week:

1. Create a list of basic chores that MUST be taken care of daily or weekly (you know, things like feed the family, do the laundry, wash the dishes, make the bed......) and attend to them.

2. File current year's tax papers.

3. Deep clean master bathroom.

4. Wash windows, valances, and blinds.

Cleanliness is good, but where is the loveliness? How about......

5. Bringing a flower into the house for the dining table everyday.

Here is the post where you can read about the Commitment: http://charmingthebirdsfromthetrees.blogspot.com/2007/04/april-22nd.html

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I walked 6 days --  50% of my goal of 12 days in September.

Getting sick before I had even established a habit didn't help at all! I'm fine now and now it's October...... Time to set a new goal!  (Am I the only one who spends ten minutes picking out the perfect smiley??)