The theory behind "ugly" day is that there are certain tasks you put off and put off because you think they are going to be difficult, time consuming, messy, whatever....   So you put these jobs on your to do list and feel guilty because they never get done and every day you write them down again and again you don't do them.  So instead of this guilt cycle you should pick one day of the month and just do those "ugly" jobs.  Don't even think about doing them on any other day.  Don't harass yourself with guilty thoughts, because you are going to do that job on "ugly" day.  This concept is discussed on the Make Today Matter website at brooknoelstudio.com.  I think I've heard other folk call this a "just do it" day or "anti-procrastination" day.

   So TODAY is ugly day and this morning I'm going to finish cleaning out the van and make a decent start on cleaning out the unfinished area of the basement.  Maybe even get the ping pong table unloaded enough that we could play a game of ping pong.  Maybe even set up some band equipment so that we could do some recording which is something I really really want to do.  I won't have time today, but maybe on next months "ugly" day I'll finish all the mending that's piling up.  Bethany and Tom are even doing something "ugly" today.  They are going to go to the Thaxton Youth and Community Center and rake up leaves with the youth group of our church and the baptist church on a joint project.