10-10-10 By Suzy Welch - A review of sorts

So I will admit this at the outset. I picked up this book because at my local Chapters store it was on the shelf that had HEATHER's Picks on it. The book is 10-10-10 by Suzy Welch

The basic premise of the book is how to guide decision making in your life by looking at how your choice will affect the next 10 minutes of your life, 10 months and 10 years.

For example I am procrastinating exercising to write this blog post. For the next 10 minutes I will be happy that I am sitting in my comfy chair and I have one more post off my chest that I have been meaning to write for the past two weeks. However, upon closer examination if I don't start exercising tonight how will I look and feel in the next 10 months especially if I make the same excuse every night. Well I will feel like crap and likely look like I am 5 months pregnant when I am not and that will SUCK! 10 years from now. My sedentary choices will probably have taken hold and I will have heart disease, diabetes or high blood pressure. hhmmmmm.

This may be a little over the top but you get my drift. Now speaking of over the top. Although the book is peppered with some great stories and examples of how this decision making process has worked for other and how it can work for you. I cannot help but wish she had written it from a more Woman, Mom, Wife place instead of a journalist, scientist, harvard business review place.

I mean I have an outstanding vocabulary and I had to have a dictionary handy on more then one occasion. Who uses the word "insouciance" okay, please, tell me... No, I mean it, leave me a comment and tell me if you knew what it meant or had to go look it up like me.

Not a bad book, definitely a quick read, the concept is sound and can be used for just about any decision. bigger decision require a little more work on your values but she goes through that as well. I was pleasantly surprised with the results when i put the concept in to practice. Back to the book, don't pay full price for it. Look for it at the library or used book store. that's where my copy will be. I take that back, if anyone wants to give this baby a try, leave me a comment and I'll send you my copy it might be just what you need.

Let me know!

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Friday Post - I'm ill'in - But I have good news!

After the oh so fun bout with Tonsillitis. I am happy to announce that I have a wonderful sinus cold and I'm lubbin it! Work is so busy I can't really take any time off. I am looking forward to a quiet weekend to recoup.

So. Grab a cup oh joe and catch up with me.

My sister went into labour on Monday (my brief day of wellness, thanks fate)and had her baby on Monday night (two weeks early) 1/2 hour of hard labour and 3 pushes (what a bitch)she knows it she owns it and she flips the rest of us off.

So I have a beautiful, no handsome new nephew who was 6lbs, 10oz and he is positively adorable. I wish I could tell you his name but I don't have permission so I will call him Baby B. Not to be confused with my niece Baby Button.

My grandfather is doing extremely well recovering from his triple by-pass surgery, he has experienced a few panic attacks which where scary for him but not life threatening. I would panic too if a doc was holding my heart in his hands and picking and poking at it.

I found these beauties that have solved my problem of Labeling all of the things BugaLoo has to take to school, equipment, lunch containers, hats, sweaters and stuff. I love them! Canadian company to boot.

Held a scrapbooking intro class for a group of parents at my children's treatment centre. It was so fulfilling to be able to introduce these parents to memory keeping and documenting their child's lives and their own thoughts as they work through parenting a child with special needs. Loved IT!

Gearing up for a workshop in October and teaching a session on Christmas cards and tags! Sweet.

Both hubby and I have this cold so far the kids are doing well. The thing I hate the most is no kissing my hubby. We have declared abstinence for a week period to see if we can stop passing this back and forth and clear our house. But I miss him! Sigh!

I still have people search for Buggy info so I am going to post THIS again since it kinda got lost at the bottom of a previous post.

If you are looking for some art inspiration HERE at KAL's is my favorite place to go.

Also planning a book review for Monday or Tuesday. check back to find out who.

Everything is Okay!

A quick shout out to my friend Jenn, before she has a cow and calls the cops. The Bang I heard while doing last post was indeed nothing. Just the kids screwing around in the living room and knocking the wipes container off the coffee table.

If you are interested in a well written interesting blog, be sure to check out my friend Tracey.

Went running today at lunch. It was nice in the cooler weather we have today. I didn't sweat sooooo much.

We had our TOPS weigh in yesterday and I lost 2.3 lbs, so it appears the running is working. Hopefully, I can maintain the loss into the next week. But I won't be disappointed if I don't. I already fit into a pair of capris that were tagged for donation because they were too tight when I tried them on at the beginning of April. WOOT! I am so excited.

Nothing particularly witting or interesting to say today.

I have read sTORI Telling by Tori Spelling. It was a quick read and not a bad book. But tragically I think that is because I got hooked on Tori and Dean : INN LOVE because I am mentally unstable. So take that for what it is worth.

I guess I have a better appreciation for the fact that what you see on the outside is not always how it is on the inside. This book is a great read for anyone who enjoys knowing that everybody else's problems are just like yours.

Clutter ahhh!

As I am packing for the weekend I am realizing that I have some clutter that I need to get rid of.

Why do we hang on to these things? I sheet of stickers with 2 stickers left on it, I don't even like the stickers! So not wanting to waste anything I quickly made a little love note to stick in Hubby's lunch pail and managed to feel good about myself and getting rid of a piece of clutter.

Now what about the other 50lbs of crap in my house. Baby Steps!

I found a couple of sites that may help me out.

http://www.clutterdietblog.com/ and http://www.changeyourlifechallenge.com/

I also picked up the book, It's All too Much by Peter Walsh.

One tip that makes sense to me is going through each room and deciding what it's purpose is, what you want out of the room. then you get rid of what does not belong and lend itself to this purpose. Great Idea! But at some point you have a load of shit left over and that's the scary part for me.

Hubby already thinks I am trying to get rid of all his "stuff" he has a hard time realizing that I am getting rid of stuff too.

When you don't get married and settle down until your in your 30's you just don't realize how much crap you have to get rid of.

So next week I will post some photos of our crap so you can feel my pain and travel on the journey.

everyone worth knowing - Book Review

everyone worth knowing - Lauren Weisberger
Previous titles - the devil wears prada

I read this book so quickly that I didn't have time to put in on my list.

This is a story about a girl who has spent 5 years in investment banking in New York (poor girl) and has become disenchanted with her life. Through a series of connections she moves on to be one of Manhattan's premiere party planners and PR people and how she deals with the bells and whistles and papparazzi that goes with that.

It starts out slow, what I think is painfully slow. The first third of the book actually still leaves me wondering if I really needed to know that much about the main character. Finally, something interest actually happens and it definately picks up in the end. It was hard to put down during the last few chapters.

You can tell it is the second out for an author who had a first smash hit and was asked to push something out sooner rather than later.

It will probably still get made into a movie.

Over all a great read for the beach!

PS. We still have copious amounts of snow, I will try to load a photo this weekend, but I guess I will be too busy shovelling, ahh! (this photo is from the last storm we had but the view out my window today is exactly the same)