September Morn...well afternoon

Now that Godforsaken Neil Diamond song is in my head...arrrggghhhh

So happy happy September to all! What a month that's coming.

September is . . . . Self Improvement Month, Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month, International Square Dance Month, Cable TV Month, National Bed Check Month, National Chicken Month, National Courtesy Month, National Honey Month, National Mind Mapping Month, National Piano Month, National Rice Month, National Papaya Month, and Classical Music Month

Didya get all that? (credit to http://library.thinkquest.org/2886/sep.htm) So...Self Improvement Month...yep. Umm I tried that last month and that was probably why it didn't work.

What a world lately...My babies started school. So did everyone else's kids too. We had a hurricane. We are gearing up for another hurricane. It's the 10 year Anniversary of 9/11 (stay tuned there WILL be a blog about that...). I am getting hitched. So yea alot is happening. Still looking for that neat little way to sort it and box it and organize it. How do you box away a Summer and take out for the Fall when it was never done before? New season, new month, new time. That's my goal. My goal is to get rid of the summer carelessness and get my Fall and wedding, charity and holidays done.

First major accomplishement!! I organized all of both princes stuff for school to present to their father in a neat little bag. I was very proud of myself. My list is still here and some of it is getting checked off. Piece by piece it's getting done. I still don't have a handle on this but I have an accomplishment in trying. I will not lie and say the Junior High Back to School Night was easy for me because in my mind I am thinking there is no way in hell my child will be able to keep up with this pace of organization. There are 3 (count em 3) different places for him to have a book, he needs folders for every class, his homework may or may not be checked daily. This is all something that I am trying to get a handle on to better show him. If I keep my bag organized maybe he will too. If I clean up the house maybe he will keep his space neat. If I use my datebook religiously maybe he will do the same with his homework agenda. I have to have to lead by example or I will be the one that sets him up for failure. I have to dictate a stick to a routine. I have to do this but I have to come up with a plan that works for me and for him. This is one of the "Self Improvement Month" goals.

Second major accomplishment!!! I am getting the wedding stuff done and planning ahead and holding myself accountable for my dates and what happens. I know exactly what I want and I am not budging. I am getting it done when I say I will and it's being done the way I want it. I have the best help in the family and friends that love and support me. I don't want or need a Platinum Wedding...I just need my wedding (to him)...

I am watching my entire llife change in a matter of weeks and I recently got the best advice about positivity. It is true that what I put out will come back to me. I need to put out positive. I need to get it done. In no way am I claiming that life is perfect cause it isn't but I am going to get what I take out of it and if it means leaving something that I used to be behind then so be it. I've done more in the last month that I haven't done in years. I auditioned for a show, I had dinner with a friend, I had lunch with another, I did my job, I've grown by leaps and bounds as a mother, I've travelled, I've planned, I read a book, I volunteered, I'm a class Mom for the best Kindergartner EVAR, I came out of the "blog closet" and told my family I've been writing, I've celebrated with friends and family. Some days are worse than others and I need to jump on the upswing and take it. I get excited about things. I'm in love with a less than perfect person and that's fine cause he's my perfect. I have to learn to plan appropriately and take it as it comes which is a lesson that all of us have to learn at one point or the next.

So yea September is "Self Improvement Month"....