I’m Playing Hooky From My Blog Today

October 12, 2024 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

I'm playing hooky from my blog today bathroom-tiles-and cabinet-choices — Yes, once again I’ve got too much on my to-do list. But life still has its pleasures. One of them is showing off the tile and cabinetry I’ve picked out for the bathroom remodel . . . The bathroom will look great. The time with the kids will be fun. I’ll sleep better with a rearranged septum. And, with a little luck, I won’t get covid this winter. Photo by Barbara Newhall

I’m playing hooky from my blog today.

Which means this is not a blog post. This is me complaining — again — about my ever-present, ever-unforgiving to-do list.

Which this month includes:

Signing a contract for a bathroom remodel.
A visit from the kids and grandkids.
Surgery on a deviated septum.
Work on the re-release of my 2015 book, “Wrestling with God.”
Getting the gutters cleaned before the winter rains arrive.
Getting the latest covid shot.
Feeling achy and sleepy from the covid shot.
Taking a nap.

Yes, I’m playing hooky from my blog today. But luckily, I’ve written lots of stuff for blog posts past. Check out, “A Child Is Born. And So Is a Grandpa.” Also, “Theologian Harvey Cox: You Don’t Have to Believe to Be a Christian.”

Comments

ginger says

October 13, 2024 at 2:47 pm

why are our to-do lists still so long?
- Barbara Falconer Newhall says
  
  October 14, 2024 at 10:54 am
  
  And I hear that retirement does not help.

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