What color is your mind?

Your Mind is Blue

Of all the mind types, yours is the most mellow. You tend to be in a meditative state most of the time. You don't try to think away your troubles. Your thoughts are realistic, fresh, and honest. You truly see things as how they are. You tend to spend a lot of time thinking about your friends, your surroundings, and your life.

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The lazy days of summer

1. What is your favorite summer drink? Lemonade, ice tea, pepsi (everything with ice)
2. What is the best summer sport to play? tennis
3. What’s the best summer sport to watch? I love sports, maybe baseball, swimming, track and field, etc. Thank goodness for the olympics
4. Do you like the ocean, the pool or the lake? Definately the ocean
5. Some folks drink whiskey in the winter and gin, tequila (margaritas) or rum drinks in the summer. Does you alcohol of choice change? margaritas and pineapple rum
6. What is your favorite summer song? Anything by the beach boys
7. What was your best summer growing up? How old were you and why was it best? All my summers were fun, maybe the year my younger brother was born
8. Have you ever had a summer romance that you knew would end? Just at camp one year when I was 13
9. How old were you when you first went skinny-dipping? Who were you with? Friends, 15 years old I think

Debt-Proof Living Summer Olympics

Part of my inspiration came from Mary Hunt’s Debt-Proof Living (DPL) Summer Olympics. You challenge yourself to a personal financial project (your event or events) that you start when the Olympics begin on Aug. 8 and finish before they end on Aug. 24. I remember when Hunt hosted a similar event in 2006, hundreds of people participated. You can get on board by : http://www.moneyrulesdebtstinks.com/?p=356#comment-6743

New Feature

I know I am late this week but I will be starting to implement Menu Planning Monday.

The rest of the week:

Wed: steak, potatoe, mixed veggies, mushrooms/onions, and herbed butter

Thurs: pork roast in crockpot and mushroom risotto

Fri: leftover steak and potatoes

Sat: leftover pork roast

Sun: chicken legs

Control Journal

What is it? A control journal is your own personal manual and a place to keep track of your routines. Can be a lifesaver in the case of an emergency.

Your control journal will grow with you, its a progress.

It can take many forms for ex. a scrapbook, notebook, binder, notepads, dividers, etc.

Uses and why you have one: You may want to divide it into 2-- for ex. one to leave at home and one to take with you. It can be used as a brain dump, contains information for your family (could be useful if you were sick or anything happenned to you). Its a back-up or safety net.

Note: Make it special-- think of it as a positive item--make it pretty and colorful- include pictures, mementos, calenders, quotes or poems you enjoy, motivate you, inspire you, and provide encouragement.

Some possible topics to include:
To do list (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
Daily Routines
Weekly Routines
Chore lists
Zone Cleaning lists
Meal Plans (with spare paper for shopping lists)
Recipes
A Year Planner/ Calender- note for ex. appointments, school events, etc.
Address Book section for useful numbers (emergency numbers)
Insurance information
Important dates to remember (birthdays/anniversarys, etc.)
Packing lists

Control Journal or Binder

This will be a re-occuring topic in the next couple of weeks.

What is it?
How to set one up?
Sample topics to include?
Why have one?
Uses?

Spring Cleaning....

Well in some places Spring has sprung, while I look out my window and I see piles upon piles of snow still. It doesn't feel very spring like, thats for sure.

How do you go about organizing once a year or even twice a year cleaning projects?