Comments on: Busy http://xtineblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/busy/ Motherhood and Life in General in the 21st Century Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:12:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Barbara Merry http://xtineblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/busy/#comment-18 Barbara Merry Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:00:34 +0000 http://xtineblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/busy/#comment-18 no joke christine, it's a slippery slope when you step away from the organic table. A friend of mine has descended from the heights of healthy eating to the realm of (gasp) chicken fingers and frozen pizza. That doesn't seem to bother her kids, but what worries me is that this woman is now also sipping beer from cans in her attic while chain-smoking. She grinds the butts out on her stylish side tables. So please whatever you do, don't give up the vegetables! no joke christine, it’s a slippery slope when you step away from the organic table. A friend of mine has descended from the heights of healthy eating to the realm of (gasp) chicken fingers and frozen pizza. That doesn’t seem to bother her kids, but what worries me is that this woman is now also sipping beer from cans in her attic while chain-smoking. She grinds the butts out on her stylish side tables. So please whatever you do, don’t give up the vegetables!

]]> By: kita http://xtineblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/busy/#comment-17 kita Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:08:07 +0000 http://xtineblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/busy/#comment-17 Another great blog, Christine. The thought of a day reading on the couch is a very blurry, distant memory but it amazes me to think that at one time Toby and I would wake up each weekend day and think, now what should we do to amuse ourselves today? Unfortunately, I think that even if you scrapped the science museum for a video, the boys would soon grow bored of it and would make a giant scupture out of pipe cleaners and you'd spend as much time as you would've at the museum cleaning pipe cleaners! Another great blog, Christine. The thought of a day reading on the couch is a very blurry, distant memory but it amazes me to think that at one time Toby and I would wake up each weekend day and think, now what should we do to amuse ourselves today? Unfortunately, I think that even if you scrapped the science museum for a video, the boys would soon grow bored of it and would make a giant scupture out of pipe cleaners and you’d spend as much time as you would’ve at the museum cleaning pipe cleaners!

]]> By: Dad http://xtineblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/busy/#comment-16 Dad Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:54:02 +0000 http://xtineblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/busy/#comment-16 Hi, honey. I'm enjoying reading your blogs. Very funny and on target. Love, Dad Hi, honey. I’m enjoying reading your blogs. Very funny and on target.

Love,

Dad

]]> By: tobymurdock http://xtineblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/busy/#comment-14 tobymurdock Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:38:04 +0000 http://xtineblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/busy/#comment-14 Christine: despite being male ;-) , I relate alot to your post. Part of why I like living in Frederick is that we avoid lots of the pressures that make our lives complex. I think that we all do a pretty good job of making things simple. One of the biggest elements, in fact, is how compact our lives our here. I think that time spent driving around is one of the great time drains in America, and we are all quite fortunate to avoid that. I think that business is also generated through isolation. There is so much that we do individually that we could accomplish much more efficiently if done collectively. Again, I think that our community does a better than average job with this, but we could do better. Co-housing is the next step. :-) At the end of the day the challenge is entirely inside ourselves to weed out the distractions. It is all about prioritization. But it is a great challenge for everyone. Christine: despite being male ;-) , I relate alot to your post. Part of why I like living in Frederick is that we avoid lots of the pressures that make our lives complex. I think that we all do a pretty good job of making things simple. One of the biggest elements, in fact, is how compact our lives our here. I think that time spent driving around is one of the great time drains in America, and we are all quite fortunate to avoid that.

I think that business is also generated through isolation. There is so much that we do individually that we could accomplish much more efficiently if done collectively. Again, I think that our community does a better than average job with this, but we could do better. Co-housing is the next step. :-)

At the end of the day the challenge is entirely inside ourselves to weed out the distractions. It is all about prioritization. But it is a great challenge for everyone.

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