31 Days

It’s 10:48 PM on January 31, 2010.  Tomorrow we will all rip off the January page of our calendars and reveal a new set of days to be filled in with events, appointments and new memories and we will call it February. As I look back over the last thirty-one days, so much has happened.  I thought I’d share what was on my calendar before I toss it into the trash and it becomes but a passing thought. Here are a few of the things that filled the little boxes on my January page:

took down Christmas decorations

watched three RedBox movies

watched seven cub scouts make monster cookies

help sand a pinewood derby car

made dinner twenty-six times

played cheerleader at eight basketball games

sung hymns

worked-out sixteen times

read two books and eleven magazines

balanced the checkbook

folded forty-eight towels

had tea and homemade pumpkin muffins with my girlfriend

played sparkle with amazing fifth graders

took two naps

watched my little guy swim

started this blog

visited King Soopers six times

attended a cub-scout pack meeting

told the story of pandora’s jar to twenty-seven third graders

watched the boys ice skate

ordered pizza twice

made a world record scrapbook

prayed

made rice-krispie treats

drove 531 miles

made beds thirty times

ate lunch with my girlfriend

talked about baby names with my book club ladies

wrote about my thoughts and ideas

slept in twice

had a sleepover at my parent’s house

connected with old friends

visited the orthodontist’s office

watched the construction of a catapult

With three less days in the next month, how will we ever fit it all in?  I know my time management skills will pay off and that somehow I will find a way to make it work.  I can do it!  Here’s to a wonderful new page on your 2010 calendar.  Make each day count.