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brpm app download our free app at google play or in the apple app store amy foreman-plaisance publisher/editor in chief in every issue / a m o t h e r ? s v o i c e it seems i?ve missed the past few springs, and i?ve missed planting flowers. and this year, i am buried again with projects to
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plete and errands to run. not to mention the ongoing jobs of wife, mom, stepmom, daughter, sister, and friend. but this year,
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are going to be different. i must have popped my head out of a hole in my office about the same time as the groundhog did, and i haven?t been able to settle down since. it?s spring, and i?ve got the fever. with months of hibernation behind me, i?m in a mood to take on the world, or at least take on my flowerbeds because visions of potting soil keep calling me. i also hear sounds of the children next door enjoying the weather. i watch as they tumble in their front lawn together and practice cartwheels. i bet they even smell like grass. i always loved to see my own children with dirty faces, smelling like the yard or sometimes a new puppy. to play again, i think i remember how. it would be great, but i k
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there are responsible ?adult?
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i need to be doing? paying bills, doing taxes?maybe tomorrow. there?s an endless list of
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i want to do, but i like having a lot of exciting projects stirring in my head. my thoughts are growing like new buds on the trees. the only problem is there just aren?t enough hours in the day to do them all, not even when we spring forward into daylight savings time. maybe if i just manage my time more wisely. you k
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, if i take my list of projects and set some realistic priorities then i could schedule some days off from work for the fun stuff.
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, that?s a plan. my neighbors are on their bikes
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. hmm, should i go bike riding? i?d love to be wheeling through the neighborhood right
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. but first, i have to fill the tires with air, locate the new mileage meter i got for christmas, change clothes, and find a hat. what i need is a special session like the legislature has. a time created specifically for doing really important
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that can?t wait. yeah, i should stick to my priorities if i ever want to get
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done. that?s it. no more fooling around. ?just do what ya gotta do, amy,? i tell myself. my husband, michael, just came inside. can i go fishing with him? right
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? just go to the levee near maringouin, only 30 minutes away?
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, that sounds great. but i need to get to work on my errands, and if i went fishing
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, i?d really be falling behind schedule. let?s see. what was i doing? right, i was going over my want-to-do list and setting my priorities. i look outside the window...he?s loading my brand new tackle box and his rod into the boat. it?s a great day to be outside...priorities... hmm...i?m outta here. 12 brparents.
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