Sep
02
I so enjoyed your answers to yesterday’s question–what would you do if I handed you seven bucks? Little did you know, I wasn’t messing around. One of you is getting $7 in the mail this week, and the lucky winner is based on nothing more than my own whimsy.
Welcome to MarlaTaviano.com where Dreams! Come! True!
Or where Marla tries to buy new friends for a measly seven dollars. (hey, 7 bucks is nothing to sneeze at, as evidenced by all the cool things you all were planning to do with it!)
I was tempted to pick Janelle, my MIL, because three of the seven dollars would be going to my offspring. And then there’s dear Holly, who was going to make us a tasty meal with it. And Lori wanted Chick-Fil-A, and goodness knows, I hate denying someone that particular brand of deliciousness. And Ali–what new mama doesn’t need a trip through the drive-thru car wash? I mean, seriously.
But one of your answers just jumped up and down and hollered my name. “I would go to McDonalds and get 3 iced coffees for coworkers and an iced tea for the 4th. We would then all have a happy day at the library today!!!”
Anjanette, you had me at library.
I met Anjanette at a MOPS meeting a couple years ago and then saw her again at a Mother/Daughter banquet this spring. She is delightful and (as you know) works at a library, which hello! is so cool. And the thought of contributing to a Happy Day at the Library just punched my Giddy Button.
So, Anjanette, e-mail/message me your mailing address, and your $7 will arrive shortly. And please report back to us after your Happy Day, if you’d be so sweet.
And I do have another question (which may or may not but most likely may not involve cash rewards). It concerns procrastination. What is one chore/duty/responsibility that you constantly find yourself putting off? And what activity do you find yourself engaging in while you procrastinate?
Do me a favor, and have a delightful Wednesday, would you?
I’m totally craving Chick-fil-A now, and it’s way too far away to get some anytime soon!
I put off lots of things, namely: mopping, dusting, and bathroom-cleaning. I love doing laundry and vacuuming. I wish I could say I get on the computer when I’m procrastinating, but I do it lots of other times too. When I’m procrastinating I just stay on too long.
Things I put off: doing the laundry, sweeping under the bed (no carpet!), cleaning out the litter box, mowing the lawn. Wow, that sounds like a lot of procrastinating. What do I do instead? School, work, facebook, read blogs… you know, the good things in life
I dislike folding laundry.
SO instead I check facebook and read emails!!!
I too, hate the dishes. Right now I’m sitting at the kitchen table steeping some tea and looking at a sink full. *sigh* I need a kitchen fairy. I also hate putting away the clean laundry. I’ll put away everyone’s but mine which sits in a folded pile on my dresser, WHY do I do that?
Putting the laundry away. My procrastination leads to reading, watching TV shows that I have already seen before, checking facebook, marlas blog…meanwhile the clothes keep piling up in the baskets and I just keep digging through them to find what I need.
I procrastinate on cleaning the bathroom!! It’s the one “chore” that I don’t like and I have no idea why. I just don’t like cleaning the bathroom so I put it off until it’s starting to gross me out!
I usually find myself playing with the kitten or surfing the web to aid in my procrastination with not cleaning my bathroom.
I procrastinate on grocery shopping. Something about the grocery store stresses me out. Maybe it’s that I’m still learning how to cook, and so half the aisles seem daunting to me. Or maybe it’s that all the other people in there appear to know what they’re doing…while I wander aimlessly for 2 hours (that’s right, last time I went, i was there 2 HOURS). So, my procrastination usually results in watching Gilmore Girls and buying WAY TOO MUCH take out. Whoops.
Cleaning of course!
doesn’t anyone put off making dinner??
really…4:00 rolls around every day, and unless i have a specific plan…i hem & haw around trying to decide what to make until the 11th hour when my entire family is starving. i seem to always think someone will magically come along and make it for me.
i love cooking–but only cooking show style, when all the ingredients are ready in little bowls for me.
Mopping the floors…. I’ll do ANYTHING instead of that! I spend too much time on the computer.
I always put off doing dishes. I HATE washing dishes.
I love organizing when I procrastinating. And re-organizing and re-organizing and re-organizing. Anyone need organization in their lives? I’m you’re girl!
I always manage to put off laundry until I put on my last pair of clean unmentionables!! Reading is my greatest procrastination tool, can be books, Marla’s blog, Facebook or just window shopping on ebay!
Even though my hubby helps me with housecleaning (we are both retired), I still hate it, and try talking him out of doing it just this once.
And the one activity I do when I am procrastinating is to log on my facebook………what did we ever do without it, even though I get frustrated sometimes…..
That was a really cute idea, Marla.
I am a procratinator of making our menu for the week….It helps me immensly to have one, but to put it together takes so much of my time and energy. I desire to be the look in the fridge and come up with a meal cook, rather I am a follow the recipe to the t kind of a cook. (and could the recipe suggest a side too). I’m trying and getting better.
Aw man, how did I miss that 7 dollar question – I would have used it for diapers for P.
As far as chores – pretty much any chore, but mostly the deep cleaning stuff – and I watch tv or get on the computer.
I need to stop procrastinating!
Mopping the floors. Thoroughly dislike this chore. And I will do just about anything else (including other chores) before I will do that.
But if I really want to procrastinate on any chore, I will say that I need some “me” time, get out a good book, and hunker down and read! 
I’ve never had Chick-Fil-A but from what I read on your blog, it must be really good. If I lived near one, I’d try it, but I don’t think they have gotten as far as CA.
I had sweeping and mopping the floors. And I have hard wood floors, so it’s a big job……I read or nap instead!