The post where I will not complain about Daylight Savings Time but will talk about the advantage of making lists.

For the record, that subject title up there was inspired by The Bloggess, (www.thebloggess.com) which is a wild and crazy blog, but funny, and written by a fellow Texan, like myself. Not for the kids, is all I’m going to say about that! In my effort to keep up with the one- blog-a-day challenge (am I cheating if it’s from my cell phone?), brought to you by NaBloPoMo, I wanted to talk about being overwhelmed and why lists are our friend.

For some strange reason, I hate making lists. I think it’s the accountability factor, or the procrastination? But whatever it is, when I get overwhelmed, I’ll sit there and stare at the wall or watch internet tv. It’s ridiculous, really. I have so much to do on top of a bunch of auditions coming up and the only way to get through it all is to write the lists. I was talking to my husband about this and he asked me, “do you make lists for vacations?” For which I eagerly said that I did. Of course! I have fun plotting and planning. And the packing list! How I love that list! He said, “well…why isn’t life exciting enough for one?”

Good point. And a blog post for another day.

So, what will combat and help with procrastination is making the list. I know I will feel better when I’m done. Why wouldn’t I want to get things done? Those things are keeping me from those enjoyable-vacation-like things as is the singing. I promise you, my readers and the internet that I will make my list tonight and will let you know how it went.

The alternative isn’t pretty.

NaBloPoMo – on your marks….

As you may, or may not know, and what I had forgotten about until 5 minutes ago with only an hour and a half to spare, even with daylight savings time, is that it’s NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month: http://www.nablopomo.com/#) in which, to be successful, you have to blog every day of the month without fail for which the prize is, well, your pride (or shame if you fail). So, kick off! The only amazing thing that happened to me this weekend is that I didn’t devour all of our Halloween Candy (for which we had 100% left – not one tricker treater, how depressing) but I did manage to fall completely off the wagon by eating the dreaded pizza. But WOW, it was so good, and then it was so bad. (Sigh). So, if you are a blogger – join the NaBloPoMo challenge!