The sky was full of promise tonight.
I’ve had many days much like this sky–days when I couldn’t feel the sun, couldn’t see it, but if I looked good and hard, I knew it was there–hidden behind thick clouds and spilling a tiny preview of the brilliance to come.
*****
Days when I’m frantically flying to finish tasks and chisel away at to-do lists? You’d never know it by my actions.
Take this week.
Setting: Today, late afternoon, master bath (that happens to be littered with clothes, a lone sandal and a headless Polly Pocket). I’m submerged neck-high in warm bubbles and casually flipping through the Garnet Hill catalogue, dog-earring pages with quilts I can’t afford, a gauzy skirt I don’t need and a model’s hairstyle I want to duplicate. Brett walks in, cocks his head, raises his brow.
Brett: “I thought you said you have more to do than you’ve ever had in your entire life.”
Me: (still casually flipping pages and making a point not to look at him) “This is true. I said that.” (flip page, flip page)
Brett smiles, turns and walks away. He knows me too well. Not to mention he thinks he’s going to prove me wrong when, ten minutes before we head to the airport tomorrow, I pathetically fall to the ground and cry that we can’t go because I’m not ready. But this has never happened. And despite the fact I indeed said I’ve never had more to do in my entire life, I was lying. I’ve had more and even then, I’ve finished it. And took time for a bath.
And yes, while I yearn for the relaxed mindlessness of THIS or THIS again soon, there’s something about restless diligence and prioritizing to-dos that make me aware and present just as hammocks and adirondacks challenge me to be aware in present in a different way–or maybe it’s really the same.
It’s a balance challenge. And Lord knows I love a challenge. So, during my most chaotic schedules, I find myself not only pushing myself to finish tasks but searching for “escape hatch” rituals to balance out the stress. In the process, I realize all the little things that ground me most.
Answer e-mails.
Break to nurse.
And by break to nurse, I mean forget about everything in the universe for just a moment. Fixating on her chubby fingers comfortingly pawing, her trance-like slump into my arms, her lock-eyed gaze and my favorite–the way she stretches her leg with impressive calisthenics and hooks her fingers over her toes. Who needs a security blanket when you have huggable leg?
Switch laundry. Fold clothes.
Break to have breakfast playdate with friend.
Nella and the pug had a face off. No words. No barking. Just a silent stare down. The dog won.
Return phone calls. Edit a few photos. Clean up bottle of balsamic vinegar that spilled in pantry.
Break to play outside with the hose.
Answer more e-mails. Fold clothes. Unpack New York suitcase. Step in a ball of smooshed PlayDoh. Oh wait, did I say PlayDoh? Clarify: dog poop. There’s nothing like sinking your foot into a warm pile of PlayDoh. Dog poop.
Break to play Elefun outside.
Have you played it? It’s–how do I say this without sounding Valley Girl?–nope can’t do it. It’s totally super fun. Every time we play this, I get strangely competitive with myself. Like if last time I caught six butterflies, something bad’s going to happen if I don’t at least catch seven. And my heart is racing and I’m anxiously sweating, oblivious of my kids, while I’m diving with my outstretched net to catch these fluttering pieces of plastic like they’ll detonate if they hit the ground.
So, I suppose it’s noble to say I play these games to give my kids a good time but sometimes? Sometimes, I play them for me. Thankfully, Lainey likes it too.
For the record, I caught ten in one swoop today. Lucky green net.
Work on Lainey’s party. Switch another laundry load. Lay out piles of clothes to be packed.
Break to get the mail (an event, let me tell you), have a snack and smile as I watch my kids play while I pretend I’m the past version of myself who dreamed one day she’d have littles, looking in at what’s to come.
Damn that Ghost of Christmas Future delivers. Tiny Tim just done went and lost his crutches…he’s doing a happy dance.
Lainey sorts all mail before we get to touch it. It’s the rule. Hers, of course. I once broke it. Let’s just say I won’t break it again.
Write. Dinner. Clean. More packing.
Break to swim with my girl whose “watch me, mom!” and “mom, mom, look!” make me feel needed in a way that pulls out the best compliments, the biggest smiles and the most genuine of praise.
Run to store, pack toiletries, pre-bed rituals.
Break for a moon walk.
Bonding and reflecting, we take them sometimes with both kids, sometimes with just Nella, sometimes with just the big sister. Last night it was just me and Lainey, and we made it past the second street light, through the mob of loitering june bugs, and over the repaired sidewalk crack that used to trip us, when I looked down to see she was sound asleep.
We didn’t even have a chance to look for Orion’s Belt.
Edit photos. Compile thoughts. Scribble words. Blog. Except I don’t know whether to italicize or bold print that. Because it’s both a task and an escape hatch.
The line blurs a lot really–what’s a task and what is grounding? I have to do laundry and clean, write and answer e-mails, but just when I’m ready to complain about the monotony and the responsibility of it all, I find the “to-do” elements are an important part of my life too. Call me crazy but folding laundry can be grounding. And going to the post office makes me feel like a capable adult. I connect with people when I answer e-mails, and picking out clothes to pack in our suitcase reminds me of childhood paper dolls…I have two real-life dolls and choosing what they’re going to wear makes me happy.
Or maybe that’s just the unicorns talking.
Either way, there are stresses, there are challenges, but there is always the escape hatch of sinking into a tub of bubbles mid-day and flipping through a catalogue.
And fake smiles, a right of passage for three-year-olds.
Comes in two varieties: ferocious teeth or grimacing tight-lip. We like options.
I have two little presents for you.
One: photo questions? Aspiring to snap better pictures of your babies? Well, well. There’s a new book out. It’s fabulous. The art alone in it (photographer Stacy Wasmuth) will have you drooling. Mamarazzi: Every Mom’s Guide to Photographing Kids.
There’re some familiar faces in it too.
I’m honored to have an essay tucked between the work of some amazing photographers I admire. I got my book in the mail today, flipped to see our little part and then sat on the couch and looked through the rest of it and realized this book is dripping with fantastic advice for capturing genuine emotion, learning the photography basics, editing your photos, and displaying them in your home. I can’t wait to pour over it some more tomorrow on the plane!
And finally, it’s May–bring the swimsuits on. I’m still wearing my favorite suit from Popina but just scored a couple more from the Portland swimsuit boutique and our new sponsor. They are amazing. Not to be all talkin’ about butts on the blog, but I’m going to talk about butts on the blog. Dude, the butts of these suits are gloves. Bootie huggers and extremely comfortable. I love their retro swimwear styles (hello? yellow buttercup and polka dot and ruffles?), but Popina also features bikinis, tankinis, you name it. The suits are extremely well made and flattering for all body types. Loving my new white maillot.
Suit up now! One lucky commenter on this post will win a free suit of her choice. But tell me, what is your least favorite to-do task, and what is your procrastinatory weapon of choice?
I take baths and make crafts to pretend I don’t have to clean my house or go to the post office.
Also, there were many questions re: Lainey’s Fourth Year Book. Shutterfly Book questions are answered in the Photography F.A.Q., but I’ll be adding it to list of things to expound on later.
I *LOVE* your bathing suit! I loathe mopping with a passion. I hem and haw and drink coffee and take a bath and eventually bribe my husband to do it…
Oh My gosh! I would love to win a suit! I loved your red polkadot one last year!!!!! My least favorite to do task… laundry! I keep coming up with very creative outfits for a few weeks before I realize… I have hit my limit!!
I was about to ask about your fabulous suit! My favorite form of procrastination these days is snuggling my fresh little six-week old babe. Least favorite task? I’ve got lots. Cleaning ranks high.
I wash dishes…something about looking out the window the water and soap in my hands gets me into a trance…
avoiding…. putting laundry away, finishing a school project.
escaping…. long run, hot bath, cuddling ellie, new camera.
in need of… a new swimsuit for this post-babt body!
Your suit is so great!! Hmm, I would have to say my least favorite thing to do is a toss up between putting laudry away and filing paperwork! Yuck!
I nap. I work nights so during the day when I really need to put up laundry (the washing, then drying part doesnt bother me. its the folding and hanging part) I take a nap…because “I need all the sleep I can get so I dont get tired at work” So I push the newly clean pile of clothes off my bed onto the floor and take a nap. I’m not even ashamed. I don’t have a problem sweeping so my floor is clean enough for the clothes to land on 😉
Like you, my least favorite to-do task is housework, but more specifically washing window and cleaning the bathroom. Yuck. I choose to read your blog or a magazine to forget about real life. You take me to a different place, where laundry, dirty toilets and windows, and dishes don’t exist! And then I hear my kids yelling for me and snap back into reality!
The bath is definitely my escape hatch…I can literally stop in the middle of chaos, notify the kids and sink in…my least favorite to-do thing is dishes…..for sure.
Wow, gorgeous suits! My least favourite to-do task would have to be dusting… it always seems to need to be done. and i procrastinate by…reading blogs like this one 🙂
one of my hated housekeeping chores is vacuuming. instead i read, drink Pepsi, and eat cheddar cheese popcorn. or do something that falsely identifies itself as production…like sorting through all my earrings to make sure they have backs.
Okay, so ordering that book for mother’s day!! My escape is some sort of delicious dessert on the couch while I read blogs 🙂 This works out nicely because the dishes from said dessert add to the pile in the kitchen, which is the chore I loath more than any other. Okay, I don’t like putting laundry away either.
loveeeee those bathing suits! my least favorite task is doing dishes and i avoid it by…..reading blogs, looking at vintage dresses on ebay, taking my dog for a walk…..the list goes on!
My least favorite chore is folding laundry (I do not mind sorting, washing, or putting it away…..hate to fold it though!) and my fave mode of procrastination is emailing pics to friends and family. Even random someecards to friends… :o)
Oh my gosh- oh my gosh! I am #9- so excited!
Ummm- mundane task I could totally do without… cleaning my 1-year-old’s highchair/tray on a 20-times-a-day basis.
To avoid this, I blog (or read Nella’s birth story over and over). But- the tray always gets clean before each meal so that Rusty has a blank canvas to finger pain on with his Nutella!
Adorable suit on you! My least favorite task is most definitely putting the folded laundry away. Argh. My latest procrastination tactic has been Pinterest. I could spend hours just pinning my heart out!
Folding laundry. I hate it. I stack it in piles on the bed, which are then moved to the chair and then they are thrown off by the kids.. and there, they lay there… for at least a week.. after being picked through a few hundred times. 🙂
I run another load of the girls clothes and fold it and put it all away.. that’s how I ignore my husband and my laundry. 🙂 Oh and blogging.
I have never left a comment for you before, it is truly hard to believe that you have the time to read all of them!
I am at the stage of life now where I’m imagining my own littles and how my life will change in such an amazing way. I look forward to reading your blogs!
My least favorite task is folding laundry, the washing and drying is easy, but the folding…I usually convince myself that I shouldnt bother starting the process because I wont have time, I just keep busy, lunch with friends, dinner with my boyfriend, a hike, anything to get out of the house.
I thought I was reading about my own life in this blog post!! I’m an expert procrastinator!!!
I avoid… folding laundry, DUSTING!, grading papers (I’m a teacher)
My distractions… reading my blogs (I save yours for last:0)), catching up with my People mags, reconnecting with my DVR which is about to explode…
I love these swimsuits!! Can’t wait for summer, warm weather and the pool!!
My e-mails all pile up and I put them off FOREVER…and of course the best way to do that is one click away, by reading blogs!!
Well, now I know who white bathing suits were made for : )
I HATE to fold clothes. Hate it. And my excuse is dumb. Its always, “I’m too tired. I’ll do it tomorrow.” Instead of something interesting like, “the kids and I, living in the desert and lacking autumn leaves to rake and jump in, are going to indulge our inner jumping in the leaves hunger by making use of the giant pile of unfolded laundry.”
I just had one of these days that felt exactly like you’ve described it here…!
My procrastination these days is either to snuggle up in the sofa with my little 7-weeks old girl or to read a book for my 2-year old girl!
I just adore your blog, your photos, your words, your beautiful family…so lovely. I would be uber thankful for a new swimming suit too, as i’ve been losing weight & running…my new “must take care of mama so she can take care of everyone else” motto! 🙂
I totally procrastinate doing laundry, but of course the dog may need a walk, so the laundry may not get done 😉
Would LOVE to win a suit! I loathe cleaning – I love dancing….so the ritual is usually, jam radio while cleaning, break after five minutes to dance, resume cleaning, dance, etc. Procrastination weapon of choice? Quick calls with girlfriends to meet up for coffee/breakfast/lunch/walks around the lake.
Have a great trip!
oh procrastination….how i loathe and welcome thee!
I DESPISE folding laundry. I love the act of throwing it in the wash, transferring it to the dryer with a bounce sheet or 2 but when that buzzer dings I cringe. that is when I grab a book and a glass of wine and sink into the tub (it happens daily….like I NEED to fit it in amongst real jobs)
Anyways, loving that white suit! I got mine from Popina last summer (the red with white polka dots one you have) and LOVE IT!! can’t wait to add to the collection 🙂
Have a great time at your mama’s wedding!!!
I HATE to pack for a trip. I love traveling and going on adventurous, but I SUCK at packing the right amount of clothing, too hot/too cold, forget my glasses, etc.
Too escape, I begin surfing the net and three hours later, and it’s going on midnight and my suitcase is not packed:(
I blog/catch up on my favorite blogs to avoid doing homework. I’m currently suffering from a BAD case of senioritis!
That bathing suit is a MUST have!
I dread cleaning the bathroom…ugh, scrubbing toilets is the pits! And I procrastinate by reading your blog and shopping online!
All of it! I hate being tied down by a to do list!!! I particularly hate folding laundry and cleaning up after I cook dinner. My procrastination weapons of choice- playing with my girls or nursing my 16 month old. What can I say? Sometimes she just needs mommy!!!
me, I hate most chores, but I do love a tidy house! always going to end in tears really!! lol.
can I ask the photo of lainey drinking from the hose, what are your camera settings {me trying to master the art of photography} love the blurred background and slow motion water.
Gorgeous.
Mandy
My least favorite task is getting ready for bed. Isn’t that stupid? I really don’t mind cleaning — in fact, I find it grounding, as you say, and I find I can think more clearly in a house that isn’t a disaster. But I hate washing my face at night. I actually think of it as “a chore.”
hmm…I am the typical college student – I sit and do NOTHING on facebook in order to procrastinate doing homework. It’s always something, I guess, no matter what stage of life you’re in!
Joanne
I absolutely hate laundry, HATE IT. This past week, I decided to paint the bathroom to avoid laundry. Yes, I’m a tad extreme.
Oh, I DESPISE vacuuming. I lock myself away in my craft room and scrapbook, in the hope that my husband feels kind enough to do the vacuuming for me!
Oh, dear Kelle, how did you know this mama needs a new swim suit?!
Least favorite task? Any form of deep cleaning. Makes me face the reality of how gross some things get. Bleh!
My procrastinations are ever so many – facebook, reading blogs or magazines or books, editing photos, watching favorite tv with my boys (big bang theory and glee), looking through itunes for some new music. All to avoid vacuuming, the most dreaded of my household tasks.
I dread having to do dishes. No dishwasher in this house so it’s all by hand and it gets old! My escape is usually reading. It use to be books but now my reading tends to come in the form of magazines or blogs. My daughter won’t let me escape long enough to make reading books satisfying for me.
My procrastination pleasure is making my baby registry, for that day when we are finally able to take our baby home. One day!!! In the mean time I am creating the most perfect nursery!
that swimsuit is SO ADORABLE!!!!! LOVE IT!!!! funny you should ask what my least favorite to-do task is because I’m avoiding it right now as I catch up on your blog!! that task would be making lunches, prepping coffee and emptying/reloading the dishwasher…absolutely dread it! alright, I suppose I should hop to it, eh?!
to avoid doing things like diaper changes… I nurse my baby and let daddy do the dirty work on big sister(s). When my girls are napping.. I lazily catch up on a show or fall asleep when I should be cleaning or cooking or sewing… but it can wait til after bedtime.
I LOVE the swim suits and how modest and flattering they are 🙂
DIshes. And I NEVER EVER EVER clean my oven.
I hate housework in general, but I do it so that when I add flowers to the bud vases they have a happy home to live in. Because I love flowers, and I have a feeling they don’t like messy houses.
I love your blog and am so happy to have found it. My least favorite chore is laundry, I don’t mind the sorting and the washing, nor the drying, or even the folding… I hate to put it away!!! now i am a bit sneaky with my procrastination techniques, I tell my dear sweet hubby I have Girl Scout stuff to work on,, then I go into my studio and set out my books and computer and read your blog!!! or i watch some T.V. in peace, or some other fun crafty thing i have on my project ( therapy list)
I hate doing the dishes! I check my email or read to to when I just don’t want to cross things off of my to do list.
I love cleaning, I’m a bit obsessive. But I loath laundry, it seems I am always behind(and when people come over..I hide it in my closet.. because I am embarrassed:).
I love pretending like I am doing homework on the computer… so I don’t feel so guilty about blogging!
P.S. My favorite color is yellow:)
i’m obsessed with your suit! once i saw the first pic i was hoping you’d tell where it’s from! my least favorite thing to do is washing dishes by hand (damn dishwasher is broken!) and my favorite procrastinatory weapon of choice is my four year old’s neverending needs!!!
The dreaded to do: paying bills. The escape: internet!
I really dislike putting the laundry away. It takes forever and then there is the ironing….
I love to procrastinate by doing anything crafty and admit I get sucked into the web!
Love the bathing suits!
Folding Laundry would be my least favorite to do task. I had a conversation with my laundry room the other day and we decided our relationship has been broken from the start and I am sure I cannot fix…my poor husband:) Good thing he thinks I am cute it makes up for it. Plus the dryer is a girls best friend when the clean stuff stays dormant in baskets or piles for a week….or two lets be honest:)
Least favorite thing…DISHES! And I occupy myself with anything but the dishes, hoping that they will magically clean themselves….
I get into funks where I do not want to do the paperwork that needs to be done for some clubs I am a part of on post- so to justify not doing it- I will actually clean! Weird right??
I need your balancing act… please tell me you did not do all that in one day!
Brenna
I put off filing our weekly reciepts and paperwork like it’s the plague. I let it stack up, pile high before giving it any attention. It’s stupid, it takes 20 minutes tops, but the thought of pulling out my files from the desk, the bin from under my bed and the case in the closet drive me to Pinterest, Facebook and calling my mother 🙂
Love the suit, will come in handy after this baby girl is out of my belly in a weekend a half!
I wait too long to fill up at the gas station. I just hate to stop and do it! So, I drive around and pretend that the little marker is really not that low. Of course panic sets in and the job gets done!
My least favorite chore is returning phone calls. I hate, hate, hate talking on the phone. In person? Love it. On the phone? I feel like phone calls are just possible explosions waiting to happen – I can’t see the other person’s face, so I don’t know what their emotions are. It runs in my family, luckily we all like to talk to each other on the phone :). My favorite procrastinating tactic is, you’ve got it, calling my sister. Aren’t I a puzzle wrapped in an enigma?
Have a lovely trip!
Fantastically ‘aware’ post here Kelle – I loved reading it and the images – well they are perfect as ever! Love the fake smile. It helps to feel grounded, even if we feel we live a small life of repeated events, it’s what we make of those events that counts. Lou x
I DO NOT LIKE vacuuming- isn’t that terrible?! I take a bath almost everyday and I love baking something wonderful and also checking beautiful blogs- such as yours! 🙂
With all the time and energy I put into folding clothes it’s rare for them to make it to their home in our bedroom. I’m seriously considering cutting out the step of folding and go straight to hanging them in our closet. Weapon of choice, going over to my girlfriends clean house.
Have a wonderful time at your Mom’s wedding! Gosh how exciting for her. Looking forward to the pictures….
Well, looking at your blog is a great way for me to procrastinate! :o)
I have a love hate relatioship with organization. :o/
Safe travels and looking forward to read all about it in the days to come.
:o)
I hate cleaning the bathrooms and so leave them until they are disgusting and even worse to clean. I procrastinate with trips to the zoo/park/museum.
I despise unloading the dishwasher. How silly is that when I didn’t have to wash them in the first place?
Favorite means of procrastination: napping. Well, if I can get my 15 month old to nap too. Which is a feat of procrastination within itself.
Love your suit!
Ah! That bathing suit is lovely!
I HATE cleaning my kitchen… hate it. So I’ll call on my little sister and take her for a smoothie or pull my bestie out of her house for a walk around the neighborhood.
-Kieran
Even though I love writing, I sometimes put it on the back-burner because I’m afraid I won’t write anything good. So I clean my house. A LOT. I vacuum and wash dishes and fold laundry and scrub counters and toilets. I even polish furniture! As a result, my house stays very clean and my blog/journals/future books collect dust. I know. It doesn’t make sense.
I have been wanting a new bathing suit for a LONG time now and thinking about being daring and going retro. Let’s face it though, anything would be better than what I have now — a top from high school (5 years ago) and shorts because I somehow lost the bottoms.
least favorite todo task: go to the post office, dishes and organizing toys.
i procrastinate by: shopping and reading and internet surfing. hope you have a wonderful trip!!! we are going to michigan in a month
Least favorite task… Laundry. I’m not sure how it can ground you; I despise it and put it off until I’m literally pulling leggings out of the back of my drawer because I have NO clean pants left to wear. My procrastination weapon of choice? Blogging about my journey as a birthmom… and reading other FABULOUS blogs 😉 Of course, you can throw in a few episodes of “Criminal Minds” and a good book or two while you’re at it!
My least favorite chore? Unloading the dishwasher… Bah! I’m going to culinary school and am constantly making messes in the kitchen, which is exactly how I end up avoiding that darned machine… more cooking and more mess!! It’s just so much fun.
Thank you for sharing your life, Kelle. You are an inspiration to a girl who is still in the “dreaming of future littles” phase of her life. And thanks in advance for choosing me to snag a new, snazzy suit… 🙂
I NEVER want to fold the laundry!!! I don’t mind throwing it in the washer and dryer, but when it comes time to fold……I will find just about anything else to do!
I read blogs while I should be sleeping. Yes sleeping is the task I am the WORST at. I have two toddlers, and clean house and quiet time always conquer sleep late at night 🙂 But this blog is well worth the circles under my eyes come morning 🙂
easy-peasy. folding laundry.
but you’re right, when I actually sit down, nestle myself amongst the warmth and the clean, fresh from the dryer, it nurtures my spirit to fold and organize and stack and drink in the memories of each item and its corresponding owner.
but my procrastinatory weapon of choice? music. all the way, baby. and snuggling while dancing with babies. all four of them. even if they’re eleven now. or eight. or two. or nearly one. and drinking steaming swirling coffee in between dances around piles of laundry and paperwork and sewing and dishes.
we dance the cares away. it’s good for the soul. as is the music.
and then when we finally clean, fold, and put away, we have come full circle and our souls are nurtured and fulfilled.
yah.
You said it best sister – the challenge of balance!! Let’s see…I don’t mind washing clothes or putting them away, but HATE stain treating them (does it really matter) and spreading them out from dryer (like wrinkles matter). I can be so busy, but will take hiatus and smell the roses…well, really wander into my bedroom and take whiffs from my favorite lotions, perfumes, and baby baths (have a newborn at home!) Actually…not sure when I’m going to rid those bottles of baby baths/washes from my other little ones…they just smell too darn good!!!!!!
Can I just say that I really want that Mamarazzi book even though I don’t have any kids? Looks like I’ll be making a trip to the bookstore tomorrow…
Speaking of books, that’s what I do when I procrastinate…I read. I can get lost in a book for ohhhhh, 4 hours or so, and not even think about switching the laundry. Talk about being unproductive.
Oh, and my least favorite task is a tie between doing the dishes and cleaning the showers. Anything that requires elbow grease is just not for me.
Love the swimsuits!
My absolute LEAST favorite to-do task is all aspects of laundry. Starting it, switching it, folding it, putting it away…ALL of it. And the procrastinatory weapon of choice? Naps, reading, watching TV, or any combination thereof. Because I can procrastinate for a LONG time before that laundry gets done completely!
That suit is fabulous, by the way! Enjoy your mom’s wedding and trip!!
My least favorite to do task would most definitely have to be proofreading and editing papers for class, which is pretty inevitable when you are an English major. Instead, I will look through, literally, hundreds of pages on various food blogs and just salivate. My heart also skips a beat when I’m blog browsing and I see that you have a new post. Sugar for the soul, this blog is.
Least favorite thing…grocery shopping.
Weapon of choice…when we’re down to the bare minimum I order in pizza and buy myself one more day.
I adore that suit. Not sure how cute it would be on an enormous pregnant lady but if I win it at least I’ll have something to motivate me to lose the baby weight.
such a cute suit! I hate getting the mail and doing bills, so instead i read blogs, do laundry, watch tv, i would rather do the toilets even just take me away from my bills! lol
Great post and super cute suit! Running errands (especially grocery shopping) with all three kids is a task that I avoid if at all possible. We’ll start making pb&j sandwiches on tortillas, hot dog buns, Ritz crackers, whatever I can find to avoid having to take the crew to town for bread. In fact, we ran out of juice the other day (which is the ONLY thing my 18 month will drink! I know, bad mom…but she eats cheese and yogurt so I don’t have to worry about her lack of milk consumption, right?!) anyway, I put off going to the store for FIVE days by opening cans of peaches and draining the juice into her cup of water. Yeah, I know, ridiculous…
Swim season eeep 🙂 Super excited for lazy beach days. I. hate. folding. laundry! I don’t mind washing it, but I totally hate folding and putting away. I don’t even know why I’ve built up this big stigma about it but I loathe folding laundry. I actually started this new deal -if I get all my chores done early in the week I can save laundry for fridays and watch t.v. while I fold. So far I haven’t had a marathon t.v. day as I haven’t gotten my chores done and the baby and schedule. But this week… I think I’m on track! My favorite procrastinator -the internet. You, younghouselove.com, clover lane, styleyourlife.com … the list goes on!
I rarely get around to putting all the laundry away.. by the time I get to it it’s all unfolded or dirty again.. and I waste WAY too much time on the internet!
So excited for swim suit season here in Oregon. Unfortunately I think I’ll be waiting a while … it doesn’t really warm up here until July 🙁
My kryptonite chore? Emptying the dishwasher. I have no problem doing dirty dishes, but for some reason those clean dishes are just not a good thing for me. I’ll do just about anything to avoid it, but my top choice for procrastination would be board games. My girls LOVE them some games, and I love to indulge; especially when a machine full of warm freshly washed dishes is beckoning me!
Have a great vacation and congrats to your mom! Everyone deserves a little extra love in their life!
I love how real this post is! And that photo of the hose? Amazing. Have a safe and delightful trip!
lllllaaauuunnndrrrryyyyy. its always there!
I HATE scrubbing the tub and toilets…so I just read a bunch of blogs/Facebook instead or take my boy to the park. Much better. 🙂
I hate putting away the clean laundry. Folding is fine, but actually lugging it around and putting it in the dressers and closets makes me crazy. My fav. escape is blogging and staying up too late 🙂
I love ur swimsuit! I hate doing work and am the queen of procrastination.. reading blogs is my favourite:D
My least favorite task is laundry. I just pretend I can’t see the hamper piling up and occupy myself with making jewelry or cross-stitching instead.
Least favorite task would be mopping the floor. How do I avoid…play with my littles! They seem to make everything better 🙂
I procrastinate all housework by holding and cuddling with the baby. I also pretend I can’t do these chores with one hand.
I would have to say that I spend hours walking my son around the house cause he is starting to learn. To me that is more important then the pile of dishes in the sink or the load of laundry on my bed waiting to be folded.
I love that your still nursing your girl. It’s such a precious time, isn’t it?
Least favorite task? Being pregnant with three little boys, it’s definitely cleaning bathrooms right now. Completely gag worthy.
And my favorite escape hatch is readingreadingreading. Oh, and eating pickles and stinky cheeses, at least right now!
Least favorite task? Easy – folding and putting away laundry. I have been known to leave the clothes in a pile and then rewash them to get rid of wrinkles rather than actually put them away. BUT I hide the pile in the closet, so to the average eye – I’m incredibly neat 🙂
Procrastinatory weapon of choice – disappearing with a new book to “just read a chapter or two” and then finishing the entire book, no matter how much reading I have left for class tomorrow, it can wait.
Putting clean clothes away!!! reading blogs, i get lost like now at a 3 am feeding!!
just broke the elefun game for the first time the other day! i don’t know who loved it more, my boys or me!!
i loathe cleaning the shower with a dreaded passion and can find anything (naps, playing, errands, mopping…yes even mopping) to procrastinate even further!
sparked my interest with the Mamarazzi book, since i’m finishing up a 6 week basic photog class next week! trying to make it all come together….ahhh!
as always, adore reading your blog!
I despise hand washing the pots and pans and the rest of the things that can’t go into the dishwasher. I procrastinate by playing pretend kitchen w/my 2 year old, who at the moment loves to make mommy pancakes with one strawberry on top.
I loved this post today- I always wonder how you do it all! Enjoy your trip!
I hate cleaning the kitchen or tackling my four year old’s mess we call her room. But probably the kitchen most. I’m very picky about what is hand washed (pots, pans, knives, babas and sippys) and what goes in the dishwasher (everything else, dog too if it would fit). And I’m the only one who cleans it the way I like so it turns into two hours… to put it off I hide in my bathroom with my kindle and blackberry turned onto pandora radio and slip into my own world to meet up with Mr. Darcy or the dreadful Heathcliff. Lol. I’m a sucker for classic books and my kindle so I come out like a prum but it’s my personal heaven till I realize those baba’s and sippys are starting to call my name.
I hate unloading the dishwasher. Just can’t stand it. In fact, the dishwasher is full of clean stuff right now, and the countertop is full of dirty stuff waiting its turn to be washed. But I can’t bring myself to do it (even though I just had my third cup of tea from the same mug. Yep)
Fortunately for me.. one of my procrastinatory weapons has been handed me (in the form of a new blog post by your lovely self). But since I’ve come to the end I guess I’m going to have to do it!
I love your blog, and I would much rather read your latest writings, than do dishes and dusting. Besides, I’m back in school (37 years and a single mom to Samson, 3 and Isak, 5) and homework is funnier than housework.
You have a beautiful family 🙂 Reading your blog I’ve both laughed and cried. You are very good at writing, and sometimes I feel like I’m sitting in the sofa next to you, listening to you talk 🙂
Hugs from Norway 🙂
My least favorite thing to do is fold and put away laundry. If you stepped into my house you would never suspect that anything was out of place. I’m sort of the Bree Vandacamp of my friends. If you open my laundry room you would die because it’s a volcano of laundry. I’m great about washing it, and then stacking the pile on the counter. I end up folding clothes about every other week. It happens when my husband finally tells me he is out of underwear, or I find him searching in the pile for clothes. I get out of it by just closing the door. If it’s out of sight then it’s out of mind!
Love the suit (and your writing!)! My least-fav activity is picking-up (not cleaning, I like cleaning, it’s the part before actual cleaning that I don’t like…picking up, organizing…). My excuse – there are many – playing with my little one and “running errands” (which usually means hopping from store to store, feeling like I have really important things to do in each. Thanks!
This post-baby bod of mine could definitely use a flattering swimsuit. That’s all I will say about that! 😉
I’m awesome at reading blogs… and following links to other blogs.. and following links… when really I should be sweeping. I hate sweeping.
I hate cleaning up the kitchen after dinner and after the kids are tucked up. If I get to the computer first I sit reading blogs, writing mine and sifting through the weeks photo’s before I get around to washing dishes (which I’ve been doing by candle light as the main kitchen light went a while back and I haven’t been bothered to replace it – washing up by candle light rocks, its so much softer than the usual harsh artificial light!
X
My most procrastinated task is putting laundry away. Sorting – no problem. Washing – no problem. Hanging out/drying and folding – likewise. But actually putting it away…
Weapon of choice is blog reading, sewing, gardening, a good cup of coffee – oh, who am I kidding, I have whole arsenal for avoiding that job.
Least favorite tasks would be laundry and straightening up my room, which becomes the dumping ground for any unfinished projects. And the internet is my escape hatch, I have several forum boards that I have frequented for years, but my favorite is a board for local moms, many of whome are “crunchy” like me and about the only people who really “get me” and my parenting style. And my other favorites are facebook and your blog Kelle. No brown nosing here, just the honest truth, I love reading through posts, old and new, and sometimes changing my outlook on those tough-to-get- through days. And if anyone knows of any good forum boards for parents of children with Ds, especially ones that embrace a not so mainstream parenting style, please shoot me an email, I’ve been looking but not finding much.
It feels so good to be back on your blog again, since I’ve been offline for a while. My sweet Sarah (also with Ds) had her heart surgery this past week, (which she came through fabulously!) And in the midst of it we’ve also been displaced from our home due to the tornados that riped through central Alabama. By the grace of God our house is still standing, and we’ll be back in it soon. But seeing other’s and helping them pick through the rubble that used to be their homes, is just heartbreaking. A photo here, a shoe there, a treasured handprint from a child now lost… There are no words.
My favorite dislike must be…. picking up stuff and putting them in their right places. That’s the worst, running up and down the stairs time and again.
It never ends 🙂
Procrastinatory. I can’t find a translation in Google but I guess it means “recouperatory thing” and that is definately jumping into a foam bath with a magazine. I do it all the time and it works all the time!!!
I recognice myself totally in the post: I do that and now I realize it’s ALL good! 😀
My least favorite task (besides studying) is cleaning my room and doing laundry… i use the computer and anything crafty as an escape!
Doing the dishes without a doubt is my least favorite task followed closely by putting away clean laundry.
As an escape, like you, I love me a nice, hot bubble bath. Also, a game of Trouble or Yahtzee Jr are always good too.
I was reading this thinking to myself, “Would Kelle think I’m totally creepy if I emailed her and asked about where she got her suit?” And then… I kept reading and you totally let me off the hook. Yay! I would love to win. Actually, I would love to win the Mamarazzi book too. (It’s already one of my many nicknames given to me by hubs & friends:) And my least favorite chore? Laundry, for sure! It used to be the dishes, but then last month I got a dishwasher *cue Hallelujah Chorus here*… so laundry it is. (It was already a VERY close second anyway!!) And how do I avoid it? Um, the better question is how do I NOT try to avoid it?! Lately I’ve been avoiding it by recruiting people to make and sponsor clean birthing kits for women in developing nations. I also avoid it with taking naps.
I dread going to the gym on many nights after a long day at work… so I procrastinate by catching up on my DVR shows (that is a to-do list item, right?) or organizing something, which I love to do.
And I would love to win a new suit! Woohoo!
Does going to the gym count? I’ve been meaning to go for weeks! I guess that’s why I need a new suit though…
I procrastinate by reading library books on my lunch break instead. Or sometimes playing Angry Birds…!
OH my goodness, Kelle! The instant I saw the first photograph of your bathing suit, I thought, “I wish I knew where that was from! I LOVE it!” And I keep reading & keep reading and then you say where it’s from! Wow, best day ever? AND THEN you say I could possibly win one?! College girl here has never been so happy during exam week.
College girl here is also not too fond of doing homework at times, and I’ve recently discovered blogging is an excellent procrastination tool. However, father dearest likes to point out how many times I’ve blogged in the past week when I’m stressing about an upcoming project I have to get done. Facebook is a much more discreet procrastination tool…
Mine’s an at-work task :- catching up book-keeping! My usual escape hatch is catching up on the blogs I read — Way more fun! x
P.S. I LOVE the one pic in your last post – there’s just something perfect about blue/white polka dot dresses with red mary-janes!
I enjoy folding the ritual of doing laundry… when I have the time. I do hate it when it piles up on me. I enjoy organizing and folding and hanging and putting everything in neat little rows. I don’t like for anyone else to do the laundry in our house because they don’t do it “right”, i.e. the same way as me. I’m not always that OCD, and I’m not one of those moms you can just drop in on and her house is clean… ever. (but really, have you met one of those moms? me neither.)
I despise doing the dishes. I don’t like dirty hands, unless I’m crafting or gardening. But the dishes are the worst, especially when it’s husbands and daughters’ lunch dishes that sat in the lunchbox in the car for a few days.
My procrastinatory weapon of choice is the internet… mom blogs, home decorating blogs and a little window shopping on etsy.com.
So you told us where you got your adorable retro swimsuit, but where did you get Lainey’s super-cute polka dot retro swimsuit?
Great suit! I need to find a cute one-piece!
My least favorite chore is putting away laundry. I will literally let it pile up on my dresser until I can’t see myself in the mirror before I put it away. Just typing about it makes me cringe. I’d rather clean the bathroom!
My procrastination comes in the form of either blogging or playing with my boy. I figure hubby can’t gripe at me for spending time with my son. 😉
I’ve told this earlier, I live in north of Norway. In winter the sun is gone for two months, we live two months in darkness… But I know it’s there somewhere… and it WILL be back. That’s what keeps me going in winter. Now it’s springtime here, and the sun will be up 24/7 for two months, have a little trouble sleeping, but that we can do later… when it’s winter… Today I’m going to prepare my garden for the summer. Put together the trampoline for my kids, gather all the things that has been hiding under the snow for six months and toss it, and enjoy the sun and the birds, smell the spring and have coffee outside in the sun… Fantastic!!
i hate unpacking from a trip. love to pack. despise unpacking. funny thing is though… i can not rest until it is done. i dread of second of it soi do it the second i walk in the house. no matter if we are starving, exhausted, whatever…i can’t wait.
i procrastinate on mopping. hate it. give me any other chore……
pick me for the suits! please. desperate here:)
courtney
I procrastinate about sweeping… and putting away the laundry. I procrastinate by blogging or reading or playing with the kids or going for a a walk or… 😉
Great post. I can’t wait to see the pictures of your mom’s wedding! I’m so excited for her!
My most dreaded to-do is weeding. Which is pathetic because I live in New England so I only have to do it half the year. I procrastinate mostly by taking photos, editing photos. anything really to get out of weeding.
I am the queen of procrastinating and either go blog hopping or play Words with Friends instead of washing dishes (which seems to be a never-ending chore in my household) or scrubbing a toilet (what more needs to be said on that topic right?)
While the rest of my house is [fairly] clean, I tuck away my piles in our bedroom and then pretend they are not there. Piles of paper from the kids’ schools, random receipts, and just piles of stuff. So I walk by them and play a game with the kiddos. I avoid the room and go for a run. And weeks later when they are driving my husband CRAZY, I finally ending up throwing most of the pile away.
The task I most dislike is emptying the dish washer! I will even wash all the other left over pots and pans but I dislike emptying the dishwasher!
My procrastination weapon. . . crocheting and crafts!
I loved this post! I could so relate to you in the bath when you had so much to do!
Thanks! Can’t wait to check out the photography book!
The bathing suits are gorgeous!
I put off everything, but especially cleaning the bathrooms with, what else? Blog hopping. Happy day to you.
I hate putting the clothes away, and washing the dishes with stuck-on bits that didn’t get clean in the dishwasher. I usually get on the computer, or check on the kids, or just go to the bathroom, anything to skip the ‘bits’. Hope you have a great vacation!
ifeel like this is a long shot even commenting BUT I am forever in love with your story and the days i get to read your blog make me smile. i would like to be you when i grow up (ps, i am 22) :). Most hated taks: FOLDING CLOTHES! ew.
What I hate the most – is cleaning the fish tank once a month (so they say.. I hardly do it once in 2 months). But to watch an absolutely crystal water and happy fish afterwards – this is something hypnotizing.
I read blogs and pretend to be searching for inspiration when I procrastinate.
But, Kelle, your blog IS inspiring! You are great!
My least favorite chore? Putting away clean dishes. I love cleaning them, but hate having to out them away! Same goes for clean clothes.
My method of procastination is always changing. Right now, it’s ready your blog and trying to win a swim suit. Later, it will be eating chocolate and reading a book. Or going on a walk. Or calling a friend. Or…
My worst chore ever is laundry and I procrastinate on things by reading blogs 🙂
But… I really clicked to comment and tell you you look AWESOME in that white swimsuit – gorgeous!
I “love” reading blogs, and I loathe folding the clothes, usually they just stay in the basket until we need something out of it 🙂
I don’t like to put clothes away! Can I hire someone to fold it and organize my closet?
A phone call from my mom 🙂 We call to ask a simple question and end up talking for an hour. Or two. Talking about babies, husbands and things we should be getting done. I love it when we finally hang up and I still have a smile left on my face 🙂
GREAT SUIT!
Least favorite task: disturbing the sound of the morning silence. I LOVE mornings! Just me, a mug of perfectly made java, and a comfy chair that beckons my presence for a sunrise solo. Ahhh! It’s always unique and amazing. The rest of the household is asleep and I dare not share the beauty of this morning ritual for fear of losing it. They all will discover it for themselves at some point, as I did. I should go for a morning run. I may. Sometimes I do. But, if I sit and meditate long enough, a self imposed paralysis sets in and I can’t move. (procrastination technique #1) But, all good things must come to an end eventually. Snap back into reality. Onward to the shower and the silence is dispelled until morn.
Laundry – I hate doing laundry! I take it out of the dryer and toss it on my bed and wait for it to fold it’s self. And lately my “I’ll do it later” excuse is cleaning the pool, we recently opened it and it seems during Spring that it’s always collecting leaves and whatnot so I go out several times a day to just stand and lazily skim it and watch the water race in circles around and around until I feel hypnotized. Then I wake up and go back to the reality of the hill of laundry on my bed!
Worst chore…cleaning the shower stall in my bathroom. It’s not hard, but I hate it!
I read blogs to procrastinate, call up a friend to chat, play with the kids.
My least favorite to do is unloading the dishwasher. Loading it, no problem. Unloading? Tedious. My procrastination of choice? Pour another cup of coffee…pretending the dirty dishes aren’t mounting up.
My very least favorite chore is scrubbing the bathroom sinks and shower 🙁
But I can procrastinate by sitting on a blanket outside with the baby and watching my older two playing soccer in the sunshine!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that swimsuit!!! I’m a procrastinator by nature, I put everything off until the last day, hour, minute, second… But, I think it’s more fun to squeeze it all in while I’m racing the clock!
I, Like many others, love to read your blog! My least favorite to do task is cleaning the garage! as evidenced by our over loaded, piles of useless items, crowded garage. My husband has been hounding me to start the project…but I keep putting it off-because I hate to get rid of stuff!! It will happen eventually!
I hate putting away laundry. Oh, I’m fine with doing it, but by the third or fourth load when its time to start putting it away, I’m pooped. Give me a good book any day. Or, a not so great trashy romance as long as I don’t have to finish the laundry!
Oh how I procrastinate about folding the laundry! I avoid it by getting online and reading blogs and chatting with my hubby.
I love your blogs Kelle, you make me feel like not such a slacker when there are things I don’t get done 🙂
How is the amber teething necklace working for Nella?
I hate hate hate cleaning bathrooms & showers and it is usually to the point of REALLY needing to be done and my husband is getting on to me b/c I run and hide and play computer games with my 5 year old.
Audrey loves to play Icarly games online and I take any excuse I can to sit down and play those games with her (it’s a guilty pleasure) I mean what grown adult enjoys Icarly games and clips LOL But it makes me happy to see her happy and it’s our time.
Eventually I get up and clean the bathrooms b/c I refuse to let my hubby do it when he works all day!!
Least favorite task? Without a doubt, cleaning the bathroom. The only way to avoid it is to watch Ice Age 2 with my daughter – which we do at least three times a week!
I avoid laundry at all costs especially since I now live in the UK and the machine is 1/3 the size as American ones and it’s one of those washer/dryer in one that doesn’t actually dry so EVERYTHING has to be hung, even socks. I buy more underwear instead of cleaning the dirty ones! My favorite procrastination activities include blogging and calling/skyping with my family and friends!
I hate to put away laundry…will fold then leave itin piles. To look like I am being busy I sew instead of house chores!
My least favorite task is to put laundry away….but I love folding it! I procrastinate by playing with the kids….it’s always worth it!!
I love to do the laundry but HATE putting it away!
I precrastinate on cleaning the house too! I’ll vacuum but dusting and moldings that deep cleaning.. NO WAY!!! I usually plan fun family activities so I can’t complete these tasks:) How can you say no I have to clean to your beautiful children? I can’t!!!
We have two dogs, a cat, and a toddler. The floors take the brunt of random dirt and shame. I hate mopping/vacuuming, but it need to be done ALL the time. So, I read, I make elaborate meals occasionally, dust (dust accumulates shockingly fast here in TN). Anything to avoid the floors. Vaccines? Sure! As long as it’s not vacuuming.
My least favorite task is grading papers (from my college kiddos)… It’s grueling and that’s what T.A.’s and research assistants were made for (I should know… I used to be one myself!). How do I procrastinate? By doing ANYTHING else! I’d even rather clean our house than grade papers! 🙂
Definitely my least favorite task is dishes. I loathe dishes. Thankfully, my husband doesn’t mind them so he often times ends up doing them.
To procrastinate, er, escape… I get on the computer, comment on everyone’s stuff on fb, read blogs, etc.
Love Lainey’s suit! Adorable! I hate packing. We live in Michigand my Mother in law and my parents both live in the same little town 2 1/2 hours away. It always feels like such a big task to try and get everything ready to go up there for the weekend. I have to remember everything, gather everything, pack everything, reassess when everything doesn’t fit, then load everything. I try to get everything done so that we can leave as soon as my husband gets home from work and it always makes me stressed! Pluse I ALWAYS forget something!! ; )
My least favorite “chore” is sweeping…. but not the middle of the floor mindless, make patterns in the carpet sweeping. I like that. I dislike the move all the furniture, get in every corner to sweep up pet hair that astounds you, because “How do our pets have any hair left” and “I swear I just did this” and every few feet I forget the length of the hose limitations and the sweeper falls and hits me or scares a pet who is curiously watching trying to figure out what in the world I am doing crawling around making so much noise.
I despise doing dishes. We don’t have a dishwasher (I’m the dishwasher!). They pile up if hubby and I are both in procrastination mode and I get angry (but not angry enough to actually wash the dishes). I’ll wash what I need, then use those, then they’re dirty again so I’m back where I started. I’ll sit on the sofa and stare out the back window, read a book, or flip through magazines at outrageously priced underwear that I still want regardless of how outrageously priced. Usually, though, I find something else to actually do that’s more important than what I should be doing — like folding laundry that’ll then sit in the basket for the next week until there’s a mad washing dash for underwear. See? Should have bought the overpriced underwear earlier in the week.
I have been known to drive the car until only fumes are left testing the accuracy of the car’s “10 miles until empty”.
Loathe putting away laundry…but love coming to check out your blog as I procrastinate. Ok, gotta go! Love ya, love your girls and love your suit! Have a great trip!
I hate to put away laundry – my tactic of choice – denial, diversion. I keep doing laundry and piling it up on my bed until it threatens to erupt like a valcano!! Folding clothes is always my very last chore when I clean house and I pile it on my bed so I can’t go to sleep until its done! (It keeps me honest)
LOVE the new bathing suite, Kelle. You look FANTASTIC…as always.
I despise emptying the dishwasher and I am not sure why. I will do pretty much anything to avoid it…but it’s a daily task and it just bums me out.
And my procrastination weapon of choice? Nursing my baby…..I look at his sweet cherubic face and think, “oh he MUST be hungry”….so I scoop him up and take a load off while I watch his sweet little sucks….heaven.
Laundry is my least favorite. I pretend I do it by getting it to folding point. Outdoor play, library stories, coloring on the floor, homeschooling. Anything to avoid the dreaded task.
Clean the kitchen of the food my 2 year old spilled all over everything every day – especially the floor. And my computer is where I procrastinate reading blogs like yours, facebook, twitter, or blog myself when I should be doing something else.
My least favourite task to do for sure would be putting the laundry away.. No problems doing the laundry and folding it while watching pointless TV but putting it away… good thing I have a lot of laundry baskets 🙂
How I procrastinate??? I organize my Scentsy office… over and over, or pretend to organize old magazines but instead leaf through them for way too long!
Give me laundry or cleaning any day, I loathe washing dishes for some reason. I try to put it off by taking my 1 year old to the park or for walks, or by hiding away in a good book. It usually works pretty well 🙂
ooohhh that bathing suit is cute! my least favorite task is putting the laundry away. I don’t mind doing it, but putting it away is a whole other mountain…literally. I like to procrastinate by losing myself in a novel while my little one sleeps 🙂
I just know you will get it all done because you are aMAZING like that : ) Fershizzle.
i totally want to buy the elephant game today.
My go to procrastinator…the good ol’ computer :o) hense me being on this now instead of cleaning up after the puppy who’s upstairs runnin’ a muck.
I really don’t enjoy cleaning the cat litter. I pretty much do anything to convince my husband to do it.
Loved this post! Now I feel like I can do it all. Even the yucky stuff like cleaning toilets! I usually shut the door and pretend there is nothing behind it! Sometimes when the house is really messy, I just load the kids in the car and head ANYWHERE! While I’m gone I imagine the “cleaning fairy” is working away! Love your blog Kelle. Like really love it! Thank you…
least favourite to do = making phone calls of any kind
way i procrastinate = read way too many wonderful blogs
great post as always!!
Hate: Cleaning toilets, but it must be done. But what am I complaining about? Husband knows I hate it and has been cleaning them for at least a year!!
Like: Singing and playing the piano. My excuse? That’s my art, and it’s easy to get caught up in that!
Love the “moon walk” idea Kelle, maybe when it warms up here in Wisconsin! 🙂
Love the bathing suit…I really need to invest in a new one since I’ve lost over 50 lbs since last summer. Yea me… I hate cleaning the bathroom, I’ll do anything before that.
OK…..first of all, LOVE your bathing suit. Love all retro styles and this one is particularly flattering and very glam! Next….love the idea of the “escape hatch”…..good way to phrase it! Ok…now….laundry? How the heck can you keep up with your laundry when the kids are wearing so many different clothes? I was thinking that changing their outfits alone would take up half the day…lol! I struggle to even just get mine dressed in a fury before the school run in the morning and hope for the best that I don’t have to change them again. Love the new book, great that you have a feature in it as well. Will definitely have a look out for it! Thanks again for the lovely post!
I would love to win the Mamarazzi photo book OR the lovely swimming suit!
I am a horrible procrastinator, in fact I am putting off doing a report for work and opting to look at my favorite blogs. 🙂 In fact my favorite saying (got through fb) ‘Procrastinators Unit….Tomorrow!!’
My least favorite task is dishes….and my favorite procrastinatory weapon of choice is the blog world!
Goodness, those are some beautiful swimsuits! I really need a new one – last summer’s constant pulling-boobs-out-the-top to nurse my daughter in the pool apparently stretched the tops out so bad that now my girls keep falling out while we’re swimming & I end up flashing everyone. Whoops!
My least favorite task is dusting, which badly needs to be done, and I procrastinate by heading outside to the pool or park with my toddler, or sometimes we just lay down for a long, restful nap.
I don’t like scrubbing my kitchen floor….so I very, very rarely do it! I also hit the wall when it’s time to fold laundry. I get behind and overwhelmed. So I read, I check your blog and my emails, and I make excuses to avoid the basement (let’s go the park! the backyard is perfect for bubbles today! etc., etc.).
I love the bathing suit. I hope you have a good trip!
I’m on the Internet every time the bathroom needs a deep cleanse 🙂
I love that swimsuit. It looks great on you!
My least favorite task is putting laundry away. There is always just SO much of it and I know I’ll have another basket to put away the next day! My procrastinatory weapon of choice is photo editing. I get completely lost in it. It doesn’t help put away the laundry…
i will procrastinate my ironing with every fiber of my being. Until there is a greys anatomy episode available online… and then i will put aside everything else just to have an excuse to watch. and iron.
I hate dishes and the fact that in this day and age we suffer with out a dishwasher. We have to handwash every disgusting food-caked item. Hate it. Procrastination: Bubbles. Always bubble blowing or bubbly wands. Indoors where we watch the wind catch them and take them soaring or shamefully, indoors, where they land gently on the rug where we get the satisfaction of sending through their bursting doom with the poke of our own fingers.
I hate hate hate cleaning bathrooms. HATE it. To put that off I read blogs, write in my own blogs, or watch some reality tv.
Laundry. Oh, it’s bad. I usually get it going on monday, but today is Thursday and it’s still in a basket waiting to be folded and put away. Oh, how I hate laundry.
I usually procrastinate on the computer. Write. Answer emails. Stalk my kids on Facebook. Whatever it takes.
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Most hated task…vaccuming stairs. Not once has the vaccuum stayed in place. Instead, it catapults itself to the bottom at the most inconvenient time!
Break…walking my dog. Sometimes it’s forced, but once I’m out there I love it every time.
Food shopping!!!
Escape? Loading new pictures into my Mac and forgetting I still need to food shop 😉
I HATE folding laundry unless I have lots of time to do it and good stuff to watch in the DVR. I also hate scrubbing bathrooms. I like to pretend that spraying clorox bleach cleaning spray take away the need to clean really often though.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Love the new swimsuit!
I hate any house cleaning, absolutely hate it! I just tell my husband that I can’t clean because my 3 year old wants to help and it just creates more work for me so I can’t get anything done.
i hate folding laundry and snuggle up with my son to watch thomas the train instead!
awesome, awesome, awesome pics. seriously!!
My least favorite to do task-folding and putting away laundry.
My favorite way to procrastinate? Also a bubble bath, the longer the better-or “blog research” where really all I’m doing is checking out blogs. If you say research it sounds more official. 😉
first of all, I love your blog. second of all, I’d have to say my least favorite ‘task’ is working full time and then having to come home and still do all the laundry, dishes, mail, cleaning etc. I wish I had the ability (funds) to stay at home with my child (soon to be children). spending time with my child in the afternoon involves him helping me switch the loads of laundry and putting away dirty clothes…he thinks that’s fun… at least at a year and a half old…ha. my procrastinatory weapon of choice would most certainly be playing with my son. he’s my reason for everything. i miss him constantly and can never get enough. thanks for taking the time to read my comment.
That suit is adorable!!
My least favorite task is folding laundry. It sits in the laundry basket all wrinkly and then I have to spend forever ironing. I’m an expert at leaving the laundry basket on the bed and immediately realizing I haven’t played peek-a-boo yet today and my little man hasn’t had enough tickles…
Oh how I hate to fold laundry. I much prefer flipping through Pinterest looking for some great ideas for my back yard – if we ever get any warm weather. Living in Buffalo, your blog is sometimes the only ray of sunshine I get in a day!
Folding laundry and vacuuming. I’ll usually clean or bake.
I so need a new suit! love the retro styles! I absolutely hate grocery shopping- I can stretch it for quite a while by having other people pick up the essentials (milk, bananas, etc.) while they “happen to be going”!
Cute suit! My most hated task is putting laundry away! I currently have five baskets of clean clothes to put away, but I am avoiding it with my procrastinatory weapon of choice, blog reading! 🙂
Oh my…there are so many thing I procrastinate doing. Mopping my floors is probably #1 on the list though and I try to forget about it by blogging, going outside…anything to keep from mopping the floors.
Great suits! I excel at procrastinating the task of grocery shopping. I can always come up with some sort of adventure to bring the kids on instead:)
I’m so glad you posted the link to where you got the swimsuit… Cos I saw it in the first picture and was dying to know where it was from! Gorgeous!!
I absolutely HATE doing dishes. We have no dishwasher and our sinks are about 6-7 inches deep so you HAVE to do them or they pile up so much you can’t use the faucet. Fortunately, Husband can easily be coerced into doing them enough so I don’t go insane.
My biggest procrastinating tool, ironically is cleaning. ha. I feel like I can’t get anything done (anything = schoolwork [I’m not yet a mommy]) until the house is spotless. Once it’s clean I have nothing to hold me back.
My favorite escape is scrapbooking! Or my 9 year old and I will escape to the bedroom and slip under the covers and watch Dr. Quinn! I LOVE the suit looks great also love the book, and LOVE LOVE the pictures of Nella with the wooden rabbit. You know girl just a thought, you just may cut down on laundry if your girls didn’t have 8 different outfits on in one day! hahaha it is fun though!
woops! In my eagerness to share what I LOVE I forgot to share my least favorite thing to do- Mop floors only because I think I have to do it daily!
I hate to put away laundry. I’m great at throwing a load in the wash, and sometimes that load even makes it to the dryer, but it rarely makes it any further unless my husband takes charge. I get sidetracked every time by my literary friends. I get myself so lost in the lives of the characters in my Kindle, the laundry ALWAYS falls by the wayside. 🙂
My least favorite task is making the beds. I love the look but dislike the actual making of the beds. I usually hear my mother in my head telling me to just do it and I trudge along 🙂
LOVE your suit! So freaking cute! I loathe cleaning the bathrooms, just hate it! 2ndly Laundry..I don’t mind putting it in the washing Machine..its the folding and the putting away that i cannot stand!! Have a fantastic time this weekend!!
I totally agree that those days with the longest to-do lists reveal the most joy in the mundane escape rituals…and the most productivity in the task-completion department.
My least favorite to-do?? BATHROOMS! I LoVe a sparkly clean bathroom, but I dread the work to get it there (although, once begun – it can be a very therapeutic process!). My weapon? baking…mmm…..!
Must get that book.
Must look for bathing suit…adoring these.
Love this post and all the sweet memories captured!! You’re such an inspiration to many!! My procrastinatory weapon of choice ~ with Springs grand entrance and Summer fast approaching, I pour a glass of cold herbal tea and sit in the sunshine with a good book, because you know for sure my kitchen is spotless. 😉
That suit is fantastic! I was admiring it all throughout your post and was so happy to see a giveaway at the end 🙂 My least favorite household task is putting away laundry! My procrastination strategy is as follows, in order of effectiveness:
1. craft (“Surely the laundry can wait while I make just one more tissue paper pom-pom!”)
2. take a bath (“Well, I’ll get around to the laundry just as soon as I test out this new bubble bath.”)
3. blog reading/pinterest
4. running (this last one only surfaces when I’m really desperate!)
I’m really embarrassed to admit this, but sometimes I’ll leave the clothes in the dryer too long and have to use the “rapid refresh” cycle to get rid of the wrinkles. Oops!
Can you tell me the story behind Nella’s Amber necklace?
Darlene
desaucier at bellsouth dot net
I seriously hate to do the laundry. Giveme anything else to do (even the bathroom) but laundry? blah
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That white maillot is the bomb! Seriously, you look amazing. I covet your thighs. lol
I HATE to mop. I will do anything…put in another load of laundry, iron a shirt, you name it, I’ll do it out of avoidance. It’s weird though, because I always feel so good when I know my littlest isn’t going to be crawling on a dirty floor.
oh good lord…. i hate to clean…. i’m just bad at it… i never seem to completely finish one task before trying to squeeze another on top of it… my weapon of choice against all that drudgery?… i love to go outside now that it’s warmer… and plant vegetables… i love planting vegetables…. and i don’t even eat 98 percent of them…. just give them to the neighbors…. i may have a cluttered house… but my neighbors love me…
-e
My least favorite thing to do WASH DISHES. I lounge around in my big over sized chair with a blanket and my labtop and read blogs instead. I’ll get around to them dishes later.
Love, love, love the swimsuits. I hate putting the laundry away. I will wash, dry, and fold, but hate to put it away. I read blogs, magazines, or my kindle instead.
My procrastination weapon of choice…getting lost in the garden. Our vegetable garden is starting to come to life and I can spend hours out there just admiring it!
Like so many others to comment before me, putting away laundry is my least favorite chore. I crave the rhythm of sorting, washing and folding. It’s just the putting away I find so irritating. Once clean, my t-shirts never seem to get along well enough to all fit back into the drawer! There is usually a LARGE pile of folded laundry on top of my dresser. Ha! If Channing’s awake, we play a rousing game of Follow Me! (self explanatory). If he’s napping, I curl up with a good read which eventually turns into a nap.
Doing housework on any given day, can be one of those ” cant we just move” experiences…
FACEBOOK- all I have to do is stare at the computer, and pretend my house is clean..
…at least until it starts to smell…
i really hate cleaning bathrooms.
my procrastination method is to do other chores that don’t need to be done as much as the bathroom does and then pretend that it’s ok that the shower hasn’t been cleaned in weeks. 😉
I totally dispise mating socks! I have this “thing” about a really white sock being paired with a not so white sock…not acceptable in my book! I will hunt for an hour looking for the mate. At the end of that time, both socks get dumped into a basket and put in the closet. I now have 3 big baskets of unmated socks.
I avoid that closet and those 3 baskets by heading to the kitchen to get creative with food. Needless to say we are eating like kings and queens right now! The socks? They are still in the closet…waiting. Maybe a trip to WalMart is in order since the sock drawer is pretty empty!
Dusting…. I hate dusting! Such a daunting task and always the absolute last thing to get done. My weapon: enjoy a cup ‘o joe. I love the aroma, the taste and holding it in my hand.
I loooove the pic of Lainey drinking from the hose. It took my breath away. My least favorite to-do chore is putting stuff away- laundry, groceries (I often only put away the perishable items!), crap piled on stairs to find their home. It’s annoying. I usually avoid it by walking away and playing with my kids. : )
I will do anything to avoid going to the grocery store. I’d be happy to eat cereal for a week straight if that meant I could get out of my weekly trip.
I was just thinking, “where does she find these great suits?!”
I would definitely have to say putting away the clean laundry is my least favorite task… I would rather clean toilets.. weird right! but to distract myself I would rather read blogs, craft, and learn more about our first baby that is due in October!!
I Love the Swimsuit, I’m in SA and have never seen one like that… really hoping thumbs that I’m the lucky winner (LOL). My least favourite task to do task is washing the dishes and ironing clothes for the next day so instead I go and bath the kids and moan moan and moan to hubby how much work it is and that I still have to do the dishes, and iron for the next day that he gets sick of the nagging and gives in hehehehehehehe….. Would I be able to order one of the books online???
I REALLY dislike laundry but love to bake…so I bake and bake to avoid my laundry. Then I use the spoils to get my husband to do the laundry 🙂 Mission accomplished!
My least favourite to-do item is laundry. Theres just so much of it and its never ending!
Procrastination weapon of choice? crafts and baking! I can always find a craft that needs to be done or cookies that need to be baked.
I stalk Matilda Jane Platinum to avoid making a grocery list.
This has been a challenging week @ work, my least favorite to-do task is to answer the phone and file, I have paper falling in front of me right now! and my procrastinatory weapon of choice is your blog!!! I love reading it in the middle of the craziness of the day, it grounds me!
I so want the bathing suit, pick me, pick me 🙂
My least favorite to-do task is cleaning the house, mostly the bathrooms, of course. My procrastination tactic – reading your blog…over and over and over!
LOVE your blog! Least favorite task: Dishes! Procrastination: teching my almost 2 year old to “skip” outside…he is hilarious 🙂
First, I can’t recall how I found your blog, but every time you post, I find myself thanking the universe for sending it my way. Your words speak to me in a way that makes me feel calm, reminds me to look at myself, swells my heart…
Second, I was going to ask about that bathing suit you’re wearing, then you linked to it! LOVE IT. MUST HAVE IT.
Third, my least favorite to-do task is picking up all of the crap that gets left around our house and getting it to where it’s supposed to be. How and why do we have so much STUFF and why can’t we put it where it goes?! Procrastination is my specialty… couch + magazine + DVR = Calgon for me. 🙂
I love your swim suit, as i have had a baby (well 18 months ago) and my body is just not bikini ready. Well it ever be really? just saying. my least favorite task to do is laundry, and i will go as far as buying new underwear to avoid it. The mountains are starting to get ridiculous.
i’m getting my masters in special education and your sentence about the lines being blurred on whether its a task or something you enjoy is exactly how i feel. i feel the pressure of ever looming due dates, but i find myself doing extra research and loving every minute of my school “work”. but this is my task and my avoidance task is watching friends on theWB.com, every monday morning new episodes…thankfully only a couple are posted or my degree would be THAT much more difficult…
Yay for the new book!
I loathe laundry. I find every excuse not to do it and full-time grad school uped-the-ante of excuses. The up side? I get really creative with the clothes in my closet.
As much as I love clean sheets, I hate putting them on. I already know this will be a chore for my future hubby.
You look fabulous in your new suit! Love the white! My least favorite task is stuffing my cloth diapers. You know I have pushed it off too far when I am digging in the basket trying to match up inserts with the right diaper while my little man streaks through the house. I will even clean windows as a procrastination tool…HA HA! Have a great trip! Congratulations to your Mom!!
love the swimsuit! Cleaning the cat box has to be the most dreaded chore, but the one that if you put it off, it only gets worse!
I procrastinate laundry and dishes…in this family of 7 and running a daycare both of these things pile up FAST! I escape w/ blogs, snuggling and reading, coloring, and just sitting drinking coffee. Thanks again for making us all feel we are all human too:)
Least favorite task-dishes!!!! I procrastinate by taking my 14month old outside to play. You can’t see the sink/counter full of dishes when your outside playing, therefor, they don’t exist. 🙂
Just *one* chore? Oh man, that’s gonna be tough to wittle down … though I would have to say PULLING MY LONG HAIR OUT OF THE SHOWER DRAIN!!! Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew. And so, I’ve taken the route of permanent procrastination and made it a blue job (aka: my husband’s job) and while he does that I *still* feel the need to procrastinate and do baking so that a) I don’t feel guilty that I’ve gotten him to do it and b) that I have something to reward him with when he’s done. It’s a win/win I think – though he might still tell you it’s a win/lose 😉
Also, that buttercup yellow with ruffle and polka dot is killer! Your generosity to include opportunities like this on your blog never fails to amaze me.
I can’t stand to iron and will pretty much do anything to get out of it…even making deals with my husband that aren’t the best deal for me but I just can’t stand to do it.
Woo! I need me a new bathing suit! If I win, I probably will have to get the tankini so that I can fit my 21-weeks belly and still wear it after the birth.
You make giant to do lists sound fun!! I love your bathing suit and all of the ones that Lainey wears!
Laundry – no problem. Vacuuming – I kinda enjoy. But the bathrooms – Ugh. I’ll do just about anything to get out of that. Get on the computer, have a conversation with my little boy who’s now 20, even go to the big box hardware store with the hubs. But yet, the bathroom is still dirtly.
I loathe mopping and folding/putting away laundry. My fave method of procrastination now is sitting on the couch nursing my baby while I read blogs or watch tv 🙂
Love those bathing suits! I’m definitely in the market for some cute one-piece suits since pregnancy (x3) was NOT kind to my belly 🙁
Oh my – how I despise cleaning the bathrooms! Procrastination method? Well, almost anything however exiting the house to play baseball with my kids ranks right up there!
Such cute bathing suits!!!
I do NOT like to unload the dishwasher. Luckily it goes by quickly. My best procrastinator is surfin’ the web. I waste SOOOOO much time on it.
My least favorite to do is clean house! There are so many more options to do that are way more fun! I usually edit photos, update my blog, read a few pages of whatever book I am reading; anything, but starting that daunting chore of cleaning house!
oooo me me-i would love a new swim suit-i have way to many to-dos that i put off-probably my least favorite is washing those pots and pans. they sit on the stove “soaking” because i think maybe tomorrow i’ll feel like scrubbing…favorite procrastination-reading photography blogs!
Least favorite to do: clean the bathroom.
Weapon of choice: falling asleep on the couch and using the bathroom that I make my husband clean to pretend it’s not that bad. 🙂
I really hate putting folded clothes away!! I will pile them up and then go check email, read your blog, eat, …… Have fun on your trip!!
I use nursing to put off a whole host of things… “oh look, I’m sitting down holding a hungry baby, I can’t fold laundry/clear the table/let the dog out!”
My least favorite task is folding the socks. There are never enough matches, and I end up with half a basket full of lonely socks.
My favorite ways to procrastinate are to read a book, take a bath, or waste time online.
Washing the dishes, I don’t have a dishwasher so it’s all by my hands. I hate it. And to get around it I will Always start a movie or tv show and clean all around the kitchen until I have nothing left but the dishes in the sink.
Love the suit!!! Very cute! I cannot stand dusting… I will do pretty much anything to avoid it
I LOVE your suit! You look AWESOME in it! My least favorite household chore is the bathrooms. I DESPISE cleaning toilets! But, I can’t stand for them to be dirty- so onward I trudge :). I have many tactics for avoiding the housework. Luckily, the early summer days are here and I keep telling myself to go outside with the kids and enjoy it….the house can wait! thanks for the giveaway!
My least favorite to do task is wash the dishes and my weapon? My sweet little baby boy who craves for my attention and refuses to be put down so he has to be carried by Mommy.
I hate hate hate cleaning the shower! Bring on scrubbing the toilet, just don’t make me clean the bathtub!
My least favorite task ever is socks. Trying to find them, washing them, matching them, wrestling them on children, wearing them…just socks in general.Hate. I like to counter the sock hate with blog love. I also have a special needs child and find so much comfort in the blogs of other moms who are doing it, making it work. Beautifully. So thanks.
i would like a new bathing suit please. hope i win.
i do not like to unload the dishwasher. but instead i like to watch ava play in the sprinkler.
I will usually do anything to not clean the bathroom. I will vacuum, scrub, and sanitize the rest of the house..but, ugh, the bathrooms. I love to read instead of cleaning. 🙂
I love the “real life doll” comment, I am less than a month away from giving birth to my first daughter after 2 boys and sometimes I sit in her closet and swoon over all the cute clothes I get to play with!
My least favorite to-do…folding laundry, so tedious.
My procrastinatory weapon…mindless facebook games, and nature walks (when the MI weather coopeates) with my kiddos!
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My least favorite to-do is cleaning mine and my husband’s room and bathroom. The rest of the house, no problem. Our room really isn’t even messy or anything, I just hate doing it for some reason.
My escapes include hiding to eat a Little Debbie without my daughter knowing, coloring, scrapbooking, reading/writing blogs, and browsing diy home improvement type sites.
You always have the cutest suits!
Love the retro look!
Least favorite thing to do is definitely clean the bathrooms. Instead, I head outside with the kids and pretend they need me out there the entire time.
I HATE cleaning behind the toilet…living with two boys in my house, you will understand why…they have a poor aim!!!
I have 2 of these GORGEOUS suites and want the b&w polka dot one…..These suites are incredible and do fit like a glove!!
My $20 shipping on top of a $100 suite…eekk…..hope I win 🙂
I HATE cleaning toilets…bathrooms in general! And I love crafting to get away from it…there is always something that needs stitching in order to get me away from the bathroom!
Love the post today..I feel the same way about to do lists and escape hatches…Well, I have to admit laundry is my least favorite thing to do…It can be therapeutic sometimes but most days I really struggle to whip those clothes out, fold ’em and put them away. Slow weekly torture for me! My way to procrastinate would be to get online and surf..Read articles, play on google, drool at some online item that’s too pricey, enjoy blogs…Love the white swimsuit by the way!
Cleaning the bathroom…ugh. I do anything to not clean the bathroom. Mainly cook and convince my new hubby he does it better than I do : )
I feel the same way this week, preparing for son’s First Communion, cleaning house , planning menu, etc. – but then I just go to my desk and scrapbook like i have nothing else in the world to do – it is comforting and heals my bruised brain!
My least favourite chore is putting laundry away. I’ll sort it, wash it and fold it like a champ, but oh those baskets linger in the hallway way to long.
I procrastinate by searching out creative blogs like eighteen25. They have such amazing do-it-yourself ideas. I pin those great ideas on Pinterest. I am a great idea hoarder! I guess that just makes my to do list even longer… but boy it’s fun.
I really dislike cleaning the bathroom, scrubbing the tub and toilet…ugh! So in avoidance I usually end up outside weeding my flowers or surfing the internet reading fabulous blogs 🙂
My least favorite to-do task is cleaning up the kids toys . . . there are so SO many and I have no idea how to organize them so they don’t wind up in a huge messy pile at the end of the day (even after many reminders to “put away what you’re playing with before you take something else out!!!”)
My escape – reading blogs by other mommas and playing with my camera trying to figure out how to take good pictures of my kiddos.
Really, I work to dodge almost any form of housework. I hate it so much! Lately my procrastination has been perusing pinterest.com; I love all the inspiration I find there.
Love your suit!! And I love your perspective about to-do lists. Yes, it all has to get done, but it’s so important to stop and take time to slow down, enjoy life, and play on the floor with your kids! Least fav: any kind of cleaning. Instead I play with my girls, read, watch tv, or play Words with Friends (my new addiction!)
My least favorite task is cleaning the bathroom… I’ll have the rest of the apartment sparkling before I touch the bathroom. My biggest procrastination is reading blogs… lots and lots of blogs:)
LOVE the suit…my stretchmarks politely asked to be covered up this year…maybe I will oblige…maybe!
I don’t mind folding laundry…the warmth, the smell, seeing my kids small things….BUT putting it all away is another story! I have been known to let piles of perfectly folded laundry sit for a whole week if my husband is out of town. Ooops! Magazine reading with coffee sipping or blog browsing is my go-to escape hatch of choice…and I love every minute of it! xo
I loathe doing dishes. LOATHE it! I like to spip to the back porch for some sunshine while my little one splashes in her duck pond.
I . hate . ironing . What makes this a more infuriating task is that my Mum and sister LOVE ironing. They would probably do mine if an ocean didn’t separate us from each other. I saved up my ironing once but my Mum visit once a year SO…that was impractical. Fun, but impractical.
I am the queen of procrastination. If it is winter, I bake. I bake just to eat the raw dough and share the goodies with others. There is something comforting about kneading and mixing and that SMELL. Well, you just can’t beat the smell of freshly baked yumminess. If it is summer and I can’t bear to heat up the oven, catalogues and magazines are my vice. I can so relate to your “flip, flip” in the tub…I am into home decorating mags and European clothing catalogues.
Love your swimsuit.
Love from Switzerland.
Lx
I love to sit in our little one’s nursery and await his arrival. 6 weeks to go! I could clean the house, but this is so much more fun.
I love all of Nella’s outfits! Little girl clothes are just so sweet. My most detested task is dish washing…..our dishwasher broke and I’ve been stuck hand washing them until we get it fixed. I procrastinate like a pro by “needing” to clip/organize coupons or playing outside with the kids.
i clean to procrastinate. i know, usually you stop cleaning in order to procrastinate, but cleaning, makes my house feel relaxed. Oh yeah, and I don’t have to do my five thousand pages of research papers. College Student.
I hate dusting. (So I never do it.) When I have something else I actually need to do and I don’t want to, I usually read the internet. Or clean something else for avoidance.
IRONING! enough said…hate it! i usually stuff it in the bottom on the laundry room closet so i can’t see it. that means it’s not really there, right? 🙂
ps. love your swimsuits!!
my very least favorite to do tast is cleaning the kitchen floor. It pretty much never gets done since I’ll do almost anything instead… like blogging, reading, spring cleaning (any time of year) and yes taking baths.
Well, that’s an easy one. Cleaning and laundry. And what I do to procrastinate? Even easier! I remember that this is the only time this day will ever happen, and I go outside and dance.
-Anna
Laundry? No problem! Dishes? Got it! Scrub the toilet? Gladly! VACUUMING? I’d rather do anything but vaccuum. It is the worst worst worst chore to me. So instead, I hoola hoop or go outside to read or cook a new recipe. Anything but vacuuming!
I hope you have a wonderful trip. I hate unpacking when I return from a trip. I will go to the grocery store, go to the post office to get the mail that was put on hold, and clean the house before I decide it is time to tackle that suitcase full of dirty vacation clothes.
Hmm…my favorite escape hatches are an indulgent second pot of coffee, Anthropologie magazines, or a good book, while my 3 littles nap!
I avoid the dishes (I have to do them by hand! Blah.) by blog hopping, being lazy outside with my munchkin or watching a movie with my husband.
Great giveaway! I’d get the same one in red or black.
I’d love a new suit after recently losing weight and discovering a “2 pack!” I hate ironing my husband’s work shirts! I will do anything to put it off – scrub toilets, clean cat litter boxes…
Least fav household task – bathrooms! And I can come up with any number of distractions to procrastinate. From making “To-Do” lists (complete with cleaning the bathroom on it), to post office runs (also low on the fav list) to crafts (anyone up for finger painting?).
Great suit! I’m all about great butts in a suit – bring it!
swimmers! me me me! my least favorite household task: dishes. fo shizzle.
Adorable suits!! I hate cleaning the bathroom. I will procrastinate by scrubbing the rest of my house before cleaning the bathroom!
I would love a new swim suit, This will be the first summer in a longtime that I will be physically able to swim, due to nerve damage in my back so what better way than to have a BEAUTIFUL swimsuit? I have not been able to do alot of housework due to my back but I would have to say it would be taking care of laundry…
I hate to do the dishes so I simply ignore them until my husband does them 🙂
I love having a clean kitchen, but I despise cleaning it!! I can usually find a million other things to do besides that…like play with my kiddo’s, take a bath, blog, read other peoples blog, take a nap…this list could go on and on when it come to cleaning my kitchen!!
I loathe putting away laundry. I have no issues washing it, but putting it away is just too much. I typically get all the clothes upstairs, where, ironically the computer is located too. And what better way to procrastinate than spend some time reading blogs and Facebook!
Super cute suit, too!
I haaaate loading and unloading the dishwasher. Silly, right? I’d actually rather wash them by hand, I swear. My biggest procrastinary task would be reading….sitting for just a few minutes with my book always makes me feel better. That, and a nice hot shower (unfortunately, no tub over here).
Have a wonderful trip!
I am a terrible house cleaner, but my least favorite task is probably folding and putting away laundry. I never feel like I can get ahead of the growing pile. To avoid my chores, I am most likely reading blogs or facebook. Guilty guilty pleasures.
I love love love those bathing suits!
Definite least favorite chore for me is doing dishes.
I can find many ways of getting out of doing them: must call my sister!, the dog needs to be walked!, Just one more blog to read!, ooOooh Oprah is on! and the list goes on and on until I am so ashamed of the mountain of dishes in the sink(s) that I MUST do them!!
Love your suit, and the book looks great, too!
Kudos Kelle! Another great entry…I love starting my day with your blog 🙂
I hate to put laundry away…don’t mind the washing, drying and folding…put I just wish that I could snap my fingers and everything would be in it’s place.
LOVE your bathing suit. Also Laineys. (oh and in the last post, I just adore that she is running and jumping into that pool looking oh so excited and happy and the whole time with her goggles–i think–upside down. Way to be awesome kid and only focus on the fun and the run and the jump and the splash. who cares how you wear your goggles?!)
Okay, task that takes me forever to get done. Laundry. Seriously, I get dressed out of a laundry basket everyday. I have no trouble washing it. It’s the putting-it-away that falls apart for me. Yes, that does mean that I end up with more ironing to do.
Procrastination tool of choice? The internet. A run. A good game of squirrel-chasing outside with my dog. Oh, and somehow I like to take on elaborate cooking projects when I should be doing 45hundred other things instead.
I avoid emptying the dishwasher and cleaning the high-chair. I check my email and my blogs to procrastinate – love the suits!
I hate unloading the dishwasher. I can kill time crocheting without batting an eye lash. Great swim suit!
I despise cleaning those little corner nooks in the bathroom. I figure if you have time to look behind my toilet at the dust bunnies, you have too much time on your hands. I would much rather spend my time procrastinating watching my 6 year old play, read, draw and show off her many talents. These days I am spending a splendid maternity leave procrastinating by soaking in every minute with my new little guy in our lives.
Goodness Ther suits would solve my dilemma of “new stretchmarks are not letting me go anywhere near a swimsuit this season!”
My three-month-old has this thing where he will wake up screaming if you lay him in his bed too soon. So, anyone I have something I don’t want to do I simply cuddle with my sleeping babe. Afterall, he needs his sleep right? So, I shouldn’t put him down…
That suit is so cute!
Least fave task: laundry. Baskets pile up around my house while I’m off cooking to avoid it.
I HATE packing… but even more I hate unpacking! Washing the dishes is up there too. I procrastinate by reading blogs 😀
I hate folding clothes. I’d rather shop for a new outfit than wash clothes 🙂 My favorite proscatination tool—surfing the net and reading blogs. They are so much more fun than dealing with chores.
This is a confession…sometimes I procrastinate other things that need done WITH cleaning. How sad (& funny) that I find me time with doing the dishes.
My least favorite to-do task is dishes. Yuck! To avoid doing them I read books and play dress up with my little lady!
Love your new suit!
least fave task – easy – cleaning the bathrooms. fave denial tactic – coloring, playdoh, etc… in the name of – geez, how can i clean the bathrooms – my girlies need more time with momma. which is true. girlies always need more time with mommas. so then my bathrooms become a gage of how well i am doing in hanging with my girlies. currently, i am rocking it. 😉
You know what’s so funny, is that you make it look like there are 48 hours in a day– and I honestly think you get it all done because you DO make time for those important escape & relax activities. My least favorite task of the day is trying to get my 17 month old to eat meals because he’s NOT HAVING IT right now. And my procrastination tactic is making schedules. I spend more time making lists and scheduling my time than actually doing the things on the list 🙂
My least favorite task would have to be poop-scooping the backyard! To conveniently avoid something that needs doing around the house I often hop online and browse blogs or visit a holiday board i’m a member of.
My least fave – cleaning bathrooms…
procrastinate – spending too much time online!
OMG – After reading this I just realized that I use crafting as a excuse to clean my house!!!!! My fixation is goody bags for every occasion I can dream of. I have three different goody bag projects going on right now. I love very carefully trying to decide what to put in it that will have meaning..and love to add a special monogrammed piece even if it’s just a pen that I paint names on…& I admit to being a little judgemental of other people’s goody bags that my kids receive at parties!!!I can’t remember what your other question was now—-I’m in goody bag dream heaven. Lovely post and very well said–balance is everything. Happy Mother’s Day–you rock mama…xo
least favorite task is probably wiping off the counters after my roommates cook. the crumbs? THEY ARE INVISIBLE TO ALL BUT ME. grrr.
i procrastinate by laying in bed and listening to podcasts. namely, this american life.
love the suits and congrats on the essay.
Least favorite chore right now is dishes because we do not have a dishwasher. The dishes never stop coming, no matter how far I think I have gotten ahead the next time I turn around they have multiplied AGAIN. Most favorite chore is folding laundry straight out of the dryer. Warm and wonderful smelling 🙂
Another one of my favorite posts!!
“Break to get the mail (an event, let me tell you”, LOL, my husband always asks why I didn’t get the mail at the end of the day! ” I watch my kids play while I pretend I’m the past version of myself who dreamed one day…” This quote is the best. I’m going to try that. I often think about it, but not while watching my kids!! I love Popina, and ordered a suit after seeing your red one. Wouldn’t mind a second one though!! My least favorite to-do: mopping the kt floor, procrastinator tool? Taking a wet washcloth and “spot cleaning”.
I love your white bathing suit. Absolutely beautiful!! Thank you for this post & the music. 2 kids with bloody noses to clean up= time to dance. Your blog reminded me of that!
I hate laundry. Namely the folding and hanging up of the laundry. It sits in piles for days, before and after the wash and dry. I love to go for a walk in the park instead or spend the day on the beach! And those suits are perfect for it 🙂
Beautiful, beautiful post!!! And GAWSH that white suit looks so cute on you! Um, I’ve never heard of an Elefun… HAVE to get one! Too cute! 🙂 Your day sounded productive and sounds like you deserved that soak in the tub! 🙂 I’m kinda loving that we will be in the same state this weekend. LOVE MICHIGAN! And my Aunt and Uncle are headed down to Naples tomorrow for a two week vaca. I told them I was so jealous that they were going to your town! They have vaca’d there before and I asked them if they’ve ever heard of Isle of Capri… and they said, “Oh heavens, yes! We LOVE IT!” And the chances that they could run into you… I would die if I ever did. Seriously… I couldn’t think of anyone else I’d rather keel over from meeting than you! No celebrity or movie star… just let me see Kelle Hampton! 🙂 Enjoy your time at the wedding! Can’t wait to see pictures! And I’m always so amazed at how you do balance everything and still manage to look so dang cute. 🙂 My escape hatch would definitely be crafting, knitting, crocheting, or painting my nails a really pretty color! 🙂
What’s my least favorite task? Scrubbing the bathtub. I think I might take stepping on “Play-Doh” on occasion if I could get out of scrubbing the bathtub. And the way I get out of it? Refreshing facebook over. and over. and over. And the Real Housewives. 🙂
Oh! And gotta get that book!!! Congrats that you are IN it!!! Thanks for sharing!! 🙂
I don’t know why but my least favorite task has always been vacuuming. It’s not like it’s difficult – but I just don’t like it. If at all possible, I’ll make the hubs do it.
Procrastinating is definitely a problem for any task — I can get distracted by almost anything on the internet (fbook, blogs, pinterest, youtube, etc), I nap like it’s nobody’s business, and I’ve definitely been known to just sit around listening to to music while my house gains another inch of to-do.
My least favorite = grocery shopping. So BORING to me! And I usually sit and lose myself in a book before I have to go on Saturday afternoons to dull the dread of going.
Although I don’t have children yet, it seems that the chores just never stop. I also work full-time. Which I guess I shouldn’t say is my least favorite task. So, the next “best” thing; laundry is my arch nemesis. And it’s not so much the folding or the washing part, but the putting away. It always seems to make it just about everywhere but the drawers and hangers. My weapon of choice s more like an arsenal, reading magazines, catching up on my dvr, exploring new iphone apps, reading blogs, even cleaning other areas of the house!
My least favorite to do: Vacuuming, which right now is impossible as my vacuum is broken. Hooray.
Procrastination tool? I am embarassed to say I am currently addicted to Mystery Manor on Facebook. sigh last year I had to go cold turkey on Bejeweled.
Can I just add, ho wvery much I need a decent bathing suit? 🙂
I avoid dishes. I hate loading and unloading the dishwasher. What will I do instead….anything….bead, craft, paint, run, play barbies. Anyhting to avoid the dishwasher.
Love your swimsuit!
it’s got to be putting away the clean laundry! I just shut the laundry room doors so I can pretend there aren’t piles of clean clothes on top of the dryer. 🙂 instead I’ll open up google reader and check out all the updates of blogs that I follow. great suits!!
I will do ANYTHING to avoid doing whatever it is I’m supposed to be doing:
If I need to clean the house I’ll read a book.
If I need to pack my suitcase, I’ll clean the house.
If I need to clean up dog poop, I’ll bake cookies.
And on and on, so that we live in a perpetual state of chaos – The good news is, it always smells like cookies.
I hate cleaning when I’m not in the mood. Sometimes I’ll suddenly get inspired, about once a month ;), and clean everything… But if it’s not that once-a-month time, forget it! I curl up with a book and some coffee… Definitely my favorite way to procrastinate. Or, if it’s nice out, a nice LONG walk will suffice!
LOVE the swimsuit by the way! I’m in desperate need of a new one, ha. College has NOT been good to me!
I always put off making lunches. And it’s just two lunches! I either work on something crafty or sit and read blogs until I absolutely have to make lunches.
ah, i love that suit!!
i hate hate hate loading & emptying the dishwasher. so much. i usually find things i ‘have’ to do, like reorganizing the mail stacks, going through my planner, etc, until it’s 10 pm & i realize that the two year old isn’t going to load the dishwasher. 🙂
Sounds crazy but I clean to procrastinate completing my “to do” list or yard work. Cleaning gives me this crazy sense of gratification as you can see your results along the way. Thanks for the chance to win!
Susan
I love their suits! Would love even more to win one.
I hate doing the dishes, my escape~playing outside with the kids.
Least favorite? Definitely washing the floors. Best way to procrastinate? Bake brownies! No loud beater noises to scare the kids and a delicious treat to follow.
holy. guacamole. those suits. least favorite task: putting laundry away. favorite way to procrastinate: edit pictures of my girls!
Vacuuming and going to the grocery store. Ugh.
I procrastinate in oh-so-many ways, but the most vicious time sucking culprit is checking email and catching up on my google reader. So, in essence, it’s partly your fault. ;o)
Love the swimsuit!
Oh, I just loathe cleaning the bathroom! Everything about it grosses me out. But I really don’t mind doing dishes or laundry– those repetitive motions kind of soothe me.
Of course, I’d rather be reading or daydreaming, or messing around in the garden.
I love your blog!
I think the better question is “what don’t I do to procrastinate?” when it comes to housework. I hate house work and all that it entails. :0)
I think my least favorite is laudry. I do all the laundry for our family of four and it never goes away. There never seems to be a point where I can say, “yep, that is checked off” because as soon as I say it, some body strips off a food covered shirt/pants/ or blanket.
I hop online and “window” shop while I pretend I don’t have to go to the grocery store (again) or fold that giant heap of clean laundry.
Your bathing suit is adorable! Love it! My least favorite chore to do is laundry. I can’t tell you how many times I re-start the dryer to de-wrinkle the clothes that have been sitting in there for a day or two. 😉 I procrastinate by taking scavenger hunt walks with my kids or baking with them. Nothing makes folding laundry better than a nice warm brownie as my reward for finally doing it!
Least fav to do’s: put laundry and dishes from dishwasher away…procrastination tool: jumping online to read/email/fb.
Can’t wait to check out that book, I just got my first slr and I’ve been looking for a couple of books for tips…
I surf blogs and pretend I don’t have laundry to fold. 🙂
Elefun (I think is the name of that anxiety producing game) is one of my girls favorites. Not mine so much…I really do break out into a sweat. Finishing laundry, I mean actually finishing it is my least favorite chore. I have been known to leave some in the wash (which needs to be rewashed by the time I get back to it), some in the dryer, wrinkled and tangled, some in the basket needing to be folded (still tangled and wrinkled) and the rest folded and put in a chair. And what do I do instead of finishing all of my chores…read your blog of course!!
Hmmm, laundry (the washing and switching and sorting) is probably one of my less favorite tasks. But I like the folding. As for procrastination, a call to my mom or bestie usually does the trick!
Oh, blog reading, blog writing, and giveaway entering causes me to put off organizing my basement & cleaning my house. I could get lost in other people’s words …
My least favorite to do is for sure folding and putting laundry away! It drives my husband crazy hah! I will find anything else to do, play outside, read blogs, heck do the dishes!
By the way your blog has inspired me to start a new blog, I had one but quit about 6 months ago, thank you kelly for your beautiful pictures and inspiring words!
LOVE this swimsuit! My least favorite thing to do around the house is cleaning the bathroom…AND dusting, dishes, laundry. My most favorite getaway is grabbing a coffee and heading to the park with my daughter to meet friends. Sometimes I even do it a few times a day so I feel like I am to busy to clean. 😉
iron. ugh. i let it pile up and up until i notice my husband has snuck in and started wearing wrinkly shirts. to procrastinate it… i walk with friends and garden… ahhh when you are soaking in the rays who cares if your clothes wrinkle?
I, like many others, don’t enjoy the laundry load. It seems to be never ending!!
I also take baths and make crafts (sew) to pretend I don’t need to clean, cook or go to the store!
Sewing is my task and release – The time it takes to make something can be consuming, but the end result makes me smile and feel so proud of myself (I’m not that great, for the record hah).
this is my procrastination of choice-reading blogs. I am reading now instead of cleaning the kitchen which still has this mornings dishes. I also color with my girls or read them books when I should be doing laundry or something more grown up. But, I think the kitchen and laundry can wait. My beauties cannot.
My least favorite task is unloading the dish washer the dishes are some how (even using jet dry) always still wet and I have to add the extra step of drying them by hand before putting them away!
Fav escape: I read blogs like its my job 🙂 Shout out to me though bc this week I went through my blog and only keep about 7 blog links that I love and those are the only ones I get to read…yours, kellys korner, matt and maddy, kate mcrae journal, and a few others!
I sometimes even act like a naughty kid and pretend to be doing banking or something essential but really i’m, nosing through other peoples lives on the computer like my life depends on it, reading blogs! Now, when my husband walks by I “flip” (is that what its called) to the checking account 🙂 Yes Maam professional blog reader 🙂
I laugh because the first picture you posted of your swimsuit- I thought- AHH! I WANT THAT! And the whole time I was reading your blog I kept thinking about googling it- or how I could find it. I was even going to email you! lol Then you actually showed it off in detail- woohoo! Thanks 🙂
Love reading your blog- you document things so artistically- love it!
I absolutely hate folding laundry…to get out of I just leave in sitting in the basket or the dryer “dinging” until my husband, who can’t stand it, does the folding. LOVE the suits.:)
My least favorite task has got to be laudry. I’m a firm believer in the “if it’s in the dryer, it’s clean so you can leave it in” and just fluff to get out the wrinkles when you need something. 🙂 My weapon of choice is playing with my kids – always a unarguable reason to skip the chores for an hour or four.
cute, cute suits!
my least favorite to-do task is a toss up. hate laundry and mopping. i guess laundry wins though because i can’t put it off as long as i can mopping.
my favorite procrastination activity when i have to get things done is to find other things that need to be done that i’ve been putting off forever–like organizing my seven year olds baby photos. seriously.
i despise cleaning. although i’m a neat freak.
weapon of choice: reading blogs, watching grey’s re-runs, running.
love your blog.
You have such a hot body. Kinda hate you for it 😉
My least favorite chore to do is LAUNDRY! I’d rather scrub. My bathroom with a toothbrush than do it…I usually bake to procrastinate or read blogs. 😉
LOVE the Bridgette in red with white straps and the white bow. *swoon*
I procrastinate putting ht elaundry away the most. I don’t mind the wash/dry/fold part but for some reason putting it away and getting that last load out and switched is absolute agony!
The best way I know how to procrastinate doing so is to find something else equally important. The garden, or a nap for instance. 😀
I hate all housework in general 🙂 It does eventually get done, after I have made muffins for my 2yr old for breakfast, played on the computer, worked on his scrapbook, etc. That bathingsuit is Devine! and looks great on you as well. Always a plus! Happy Traveling.
I seriously LOVE your bathing suit. My least favorite to-do task is cleaning and I usually put it off by surfing the web. I can read blogs for hours to put off cleaning.
…washing dishes! We often go outside to escape dishes!
whaaaaaat? a matchbox car rolled under the couch? didn’t see it. can’t find it. can’t reach it. (cause if i could see it, find it, or reach it…that means i’d have to sweep under there too!!!) ha!
Least favorite is folding laundry, and it never catches up. With 3 boys and a husband, there is always SO MUCH LAUNDRY!
I let it pile up until everyone runs out of t-shirts or socks or underwear, and then I dump it all out and fold it while I look out the window at the trees and daydream.
definitely the cleaning…especially organizing and switching out clothes in the closet or picking up clothes and sorting them (dirty v clean)…ugh.
procrastination weapon of choice: a nap, magazine or book depending on what sort of sane I want to momentarily feel!!
I will simply pretend that my showers are self-cleaning until I can bear it no longer.
Cutest.Suit.Ever.
I hate grocery shopping, so I sit and clip coupons and pretend that I am organizing my list while I am secretly reading blogs on the internet. The kids will starve but I will be entertained!
My least favorite task is dusting!
Cleaning the bathroom. Because I HATE the bathroom. It’s gross even when it’s clean, so my motivation to clean it is almost nil. Instead I do important things like go to my sister’s for peach margaritas. By the way, try this: (This makes a few, depending on portion size…)
3/4 Cup Lime Juice
3/4 Cup Triple Sec
1 and 1/2 Cup Tequila
1 Cup (or to taste) Trader Joe’s Dixie Peach Juice.
I like salt on the rim. But you do what you want.
I avoid laundry like the plague…to the point that my husband has only his “old, ratty” underwear available and the kids are digging for socks. (Side note: why would anyone have old, ratty underwear? just buy some new ones and throw the old ones away!!) I read your blog and work on school assignments to justify not doing the laundry!
I have a red suit like your white one that I love but can’t wear this year since I am having a baby this August!! A new suit for next summer would be pretty nice!!
I most hate steaming the floors…the downstairs is all hardwoods, and it’s a chore to get all of those fruit stickers and mushed banana bits up! So instead I come to my room (where I don’t have to see the filthy floors) and read a chapter on my Kindle or play a little Bejeweled Blitz. 🙂
Oh, I am SO in need of a new suit…
I least like to get ready for work in the morning – not like I don’t like work, but the ritual of actually getting myself ready is a nuisance, when I could be doing much more fun things.
I procrastinate by sitting at the computer, composing blog posts. Breakfast becomes a much longer affair each morning for this reason, encroaching deeply into my ‘get-ready-for-work’ time, making me late for work each. and. every. day. Oops.
I hate cleaning the bathroom. Alergic to all cleaning sprays. I have to wear a mask with a filter to clean it. I get on the computer to pretend pay the bills to not clean.lol
I seem to procrastinate over most things!
I like to use the weather as an excuse if it’s nice out then we MUST go outside and if it’s rainy and gross then we MUST snuggle and read books.
My little girl Colbie has the most amazing flexibility and constantly chews on her toes. That picture of Nella so reminds me of Colbie.
My least favorite task is cleaning the toilets. I actually don’t know the last time I cleaned them because I bribe my husband every single time.
My escape is playing Words With Friends. My husband thinks I’m reading some very important article on-line or looking up information but little does he know, I’m simply playing a game.
Cleaning the kitchen floor! Hate it. But ironically I get the most satisfaction when it’s done!
The major task I’ve been avoiding for the past several months is cleaning out my office- Its in the basement and in the winter I justified just not going down there because it was cold… now, I don’t want to be out of the sunshine when we have it!
Good escape routes for me- cooking, spending too much time on google reader and just finding a sunny spot to stare out the window as my garden comes to life.
To procrastinate, I grab the latest US weekly or People magazine and pour over every detail (like I havent already flipped through all the pictues a million times already…)
So I have to ask….the toy car garage that Nella is playing with….I had one as a child…same one, actually. Is this one yours from when you were little or was it the boys’ or did you buy it somewhere?!?!?! SUPER jealous….they dont make em like this anymore!
You look absolutely amazing in that white bathing suit! I have a very similar one but mine is black… hides my curves a little better. I actually got mine at Target, but the ones on the Popina website are stunning and beautiful! I especially love the “Grace” style ones.
Congrats on having your essay & photos included in Mamarazzi. Wicked! Totally can’t wait to check that book out!
Enjoy your trip. Can’t wait to read all about and see all the killer pictures I know you will take!
That white suit is adorable!
The worst chore ever is cleaning the bathroom and I will do ANYTHING to avoid completing it. My favorite procrastinating move is jumping on the computer.
I procrastinate on balancing our checkbook. DETEST it! I don’t really ever pick the same thing to procrastinate but any other house work… even bathing the dog rules over that checkbook biz! Thanks for recommending the photography book! Waiting for my DSLR fairy now 😉 Godspeed to Michigan!
Least favorite task is dealing with dirty cloth diapers- fortunately I have a husband that takes care of 80% of all diapers in the house but on those lucky days when I’m home with the wee one, I put it off until the last minute. Yuck.
I love that bathing suit! It’s awesome.
I enjoy washing dishes. Sometimes it takes me 3 times as long to do it because it’s an escape for me. And I love the warmth of the water. Sometimes I play with the bubbles too…just for fun!
I absolutely hate folding laundry and putting it away AND cleaning the bathroom.
My least favorite task is scrubbing the shower, my favorite procrastinating tool is curling up on the couch with a comfy blanket, candles lit, reading a good book or magazine article.
I hate mopping! Unfortunately I don’t have an escape hatch (never thought to have one). So, new plan for this weekend; give birth and come up with an escape hatch!
My least favorite thing to do is definitely writing papers for my grad school class and my procrastinatory weapon of choice is usually a trashy tv show on Bravo.
Well, I loathe laundry but someone somewhere told me you can’t wear dirty clothes so this vicious cycle never ends. So, to pass the time, I try to get lost in blogs from every walk of life. I especially love yours. 🙂
I am loving your new suit. So classic. And for procrastination, I can always count on kitchen dancing and backroad ridin’ to make it all better.
LOVE the suit! My least favorite task to do…fold laundry and put it away. I try to get the hubby to do it as often as possible. My most favorite procratinatory weapon of choice is to hide myself in our bedroom on a nicely made bed (love how it feels when it actually gets made) watching my DVR’ed shows.
Cleaning the window sills is my least favorite chore. It’s also a necessary one because we have very deep sills that are at what we call Toddler Bistro height – the toddler gets to eat there so it’s always covered in grime.
We dance while we procrastinate here. Turn up the music and shake it all over the kitchen. Then I pull curtains over the sill and pretend it’s not covered in grossness.
Oh my word, Kelle. Even your straws are super cute! I dislike putting laundry away. I will fold it and separate each persons clothing into nice piles. I just can’t bring myself to move it from the kitchen table to the bedrooms closets. I can be found dog earring pages of catalogs too. I love to shop for stuff I’ll probably never get. Love the swimsuit! I could sure use it for my dream trip to Hawaii this month.
Ok I’ll bite because I LOVE those suits. I don’t mind doing the laundry, it’s the folding and the putting away that drive me bonkers!! Why is that? I pretty much do anything to procrastinate that part, but my favorite method is to take a nap. True escape, true recharge.
I try to put off doing laundry at all costs (especially because I don’t have a washer/dryer at home). Thankfully, I have a ton of clothes that I can wear before I’m totally out of things to wear!
I’m best at procrastinating by curling up on the couch with a movie, or a book, or a crafty project.
Believe it or not, I escape to blog and read your blog in the evenings most days with a cocktail in hand escaping the bathrooms that need to be cleaned.
Least favorite task – cleaning the bathroom or folding laundry, I dread both!
Procastinating – read a book or workout, sometimes i can manage to do both at once 🙂
BTW, Lainey and Nella get even more beautiful with each post, both growing up so quickly! Loved today’s post – very refreshing! Enjoy your trip!!
Yard work gets a great, big thumbs down. Baths, reading (both at once, of course!) & hopping around blogs are the things I love to do when I’m supposed to be doing something else 🙂
LOL…Your blog is my procrastination weapon…seriously =). I feel like if I stare long enough at the pictures you are taking somehow I will pick it up. Question: how long does it take you to create a page of your scrapbook? I am on my 5th and it still takes me 2 hrs…sight
I absolutely hate ironing, I avoid it like a plague. I’ll play with my camera, trying to learn more about photography or paint canvases…it keeps me sane. 🙂
Oh, where to begin . . . I was pondering this very thought the other day . . . I am a mother of three girls and LOVE being their mom . . . however, I have come to the realization that I hate almost all mom-chores. The cooking, the cleaning, the laundry, the gorcery shopping . . . you name it, and I probably hate it 🙂
Love your bathing suit! I absolutely loathe doing the dishes, and my procrastination weapon of choice is definitely the internet… checking my emails and reading the blogs! 🙂
UGH…first of all so glad you mentioned where you got your suit. You look adorable. Who doesn’t need some bootie help?
My least favorite chore…there is more than one.
1.) putting away laundry. have no idea why this is such a pain but it is!
2.) picking up dog poop from the yard…ick.
3.) dusting. it doesn’t get done much.
4.) toilets…need i say more.
this list can go on. what i need to be thankful for is a toilet, clothes, objects with dust and a sweet little furry creature that makes my days better:)
I least favorite thing to do is LAUNDRY…it never ends or begins. I hate is so much that sometimes we run out of things to wear before I am forced to revisit the “pile”. 🙂
Love your suit!
My least favorite ‘to-do’ is definitely washing the dishes! Hate those greasy grimy things!
I procrastinate with a glass of wine and a bubble bath or catch a laugh with old modern family episodes! 🙂
The Laundry is my least favorite task…secret trips to the beach save me daily!
Least favorite task: ironing. To escape I usually take a hot shower or take my kids on some ridiculous “adventure”. Love the swimsuit!
Oh I want a swimmsuit! those are so great! I don’t like cleaning bathrooms… my escape? playing with my two kids in our king bed doing tickle war
Love the suits!! They are adorable!!! I would have to say that my most dreaded task would be dusting! The minute I finish it seems like the dust magically reappears!!! My procrastination tool is snuggling on the floor with my kiddo for some snuggle time. Snuggling with him means dusting can wait!!! 🙂
I HATE grocery shopping… I hate how many times you move the food before it gets into your cupboards… shelf to cart, cart to checkout, checkout to cart, cart to car, car to kitchen, kitchen to shelves. UGH. How do I procrastinate? Unfortunately, I LOVE to eat… so I can’t procrastinate TOO much. But sometimes my hubby will go FOR me and that, my dear, is glorious.
I paint. I paint my nails, furniture, canvas, wood, or anything really, or grab a good book {cause readings good for you right?!} – and proceed to imagine that my pantry is NOT empty, nor that dishes are in the sink… just so I do not have to go grocery shopping or do any cleaning.
I love a clean house – but not when it’s been piled up. I’m definitely a pick-up-as-you-go-through-life kinda gal.
p.s. the yellow buttercup with ruffles… A-mazing find!
My least favorite task is putting away clothes! I hate doing it with a passion. I leave them cleaned and wrinkled in the laundry basket for way too long!
LOVE your white suit! it looks awesome on you! I hate cleaning the house in general so I get a cup of coffee and read blogs:)Its my me time. is that pathetic?
Least favorite: the sorting that *finally* gets rid of the piles of paper on my kitchen counter. Favorite procrastination: reading blogs. Love those retro suits! Thanks for the chance to win. And now I’m going to have to go get Elefun & try it with my kiddos. I think they’ll love it. 🙂
Oh my gosh – you got lots of stuff done! So much productivity, and so much play! Can going to work count as my least favorite “to-do task”? I think so. And I procrastinate whole-heartedly every morning by giving my baby boy just a few more snuggles and kisses before I have to run out the door. Fingers crossed for a cute new suit that will flatter my post-baby bod 🙂
I absolutely hate doing the dishes! I’d rather play with my baby instead! But alas, when he’s off to bed, it’s time to clean the kitchen. I do have a wonderful husband who takes care of the kitchen on his own, for the most part. (lucky me, I know!)
I hate cleaning bathrooms! I sew and answer YES! to, “Mommy can I go swing?” to avoid cleaning!
I hate mopping and my hubby thinks it needs to happen every night! I just grab the 3 y/o and run up stairs to give her a bath…it’s much more fun to play with bath tub paints than mop…hubby always gets stuck doing it. I also hate folding and putting away laundry…our “dewrinkle” mode really gets used more than it should!
Thank you so much for sharing the book, Mamarrazzi. I’ve been looking for a great book on photography. I would LOVE to be able to take pictures that compare (even 1/100th) to yours. You are awesome.
I HATE to fold socks. When I take them out of the dryer, I simply throw all the socks and undies into a basket. After days and days of making my husband dig through them every morning to find a matching pair, I give in. But, MAN, it’s a pain. 🙂
My least favorite task is folding and putting away laundry.. I’m okay with the actual washing and drying process, though. I pretend I’m too busy and make up things I “have” to do with Stella…today it’s the Peagasus Parade in anticipation of the KY Derby.
Cleaning the bathroom is top of things I loathe to do. I will pick up a book, get lost in it’s pages and pretend I have a maid to clean my bathroom for me.
By far my least favourite chore is to clean the toilets and this is how I get out of doing it:
ASHLEY “Hey hun! It’s time clean the bathrooms!”
AARON “Yeah I know.”
ASHLEY ” *sigh* Oh alright, I guess I’ll do it!”
AARON “Fine! I’ll do it”
He knows me so well hehehe!
Love the new suit! So cute! We have a vacation to Miami at the end of the month and can’t thinkof a better reson to buy (or win!) a cute new suit!
My least favorite task is putting away the laundry…I don’t mind the washing, drying, folding but somehow actually shoving all that stuff into drawers and closets is just too much. I’m embarrassed to say that I procratinate by washing it all over again just so I don’t have to see it sitting on the “laundry couch” anymore. I know, I’m the worst!
Least fav. to-do: folding laundry!!! Best thing to procrastinate: make a to-do list. haha! 🙂
I would have to say, my least favorite thing is cleaning the bathrooms. Which is gross for me to say that, I know. I will do anything else in the world to get out of doing it!!!
The bathing suit is fabulous.
I loathe doing the dishes…I just blame that dang maid (who doesn’t exist) and usually my husband does them for me…bless his heart. I love your blog, love your girls, love it all. You are awesome. Keep rockin’ it girl!
Ohhh, I hate the post office too. I usually just tell myself that the package doesn’t really need to be sent today, or maybe at all… This results in a lot of late birthday presents for my siblings. Oops.
I despise putting away clean laundry. I would rather clean toilets. My favorite way to procrastinate is to grab a cup of coffee and play scrabble or read a book.
Ah, I totally forgot to mention my LOVE for Elefun! I find myself competing with 3 year olds {who are also competitive} and I can’t help but feel disappointed if I only got 5 little butterflies in one round.
Haha, so congratulations on 10! Pretty impressive in my I-can-relate opinion. 😉
as we are heading to the beach this weekend, i have decided i need a new stash of suits… sadly, between formula and diapers, it will be a while!
i hate putting away clean, folded clothes… i will procrastinate for days, leaving them in neat piles on my cedar chest, until ultimately i have to open said chest… the piles have to be removed, thus put in their correct location. bummer…
The suit is wonderful! Stunning, actually! I like to work on crafts with my kids or read blogs if the kids are asleep to trick myself that I don’t have anything to do (like the huge laundry pile sitting behind me right this minute). Good times.
I dont mind folding laundry or putting it in the wash… I hate however switching it once washed over to the dryer… I have a 2 year old an a 1 year old who will do it for me…but the 2 year old put the one year old in there too…so I have to do it myself…
PUTTING LAUNDRY AWAY….AND I CHOOSE TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT! LOL
OH THE BABIES NEED TO SNUGGLE, OH I NEED TO PAINT MY NAILS, ETC ETC:)
I despise housework of any kind but I especially avoid sorting and putting away those mountains of laundry. Ick. My favourite avoidance tactics include playing cars with my two-year-old, baking (anything at all) and knitting. We go on vacation for 5 weeks every summer and I manage to do every bit of the packing in the 36 hours before we leave (I hate packing too).
Fantastic giveaway! My procrastinatory weapon is seemingly innocent… list making. I spend so much time making to-do lists that I take time away from getting things done. Then I do easiest/favorite things on the list first, giving myself a false sense of accomplishment. In the meantime, the less desirable tasks keep lingering and lingering… Especially if the chore is cleaning the bathtub/shower. HATE that one!
I LOATHE with the power of a thousand hot firey suns cleaning my floors. Instead, we color or blow bubbles 🙂
I don’t know how to compete with 422 other deserving mothers in need of a swimsuit to cover the souvenir of pregnancy! My least favorite task is washing diapers, but at the same time I love it! I’m due with my second son in June(WOW that’s next month) and I really need a flattering suit for after the baby so I can still take my 1st son to the pool!
This is my first comment on your blog, Kelle but please let me say how wonderful this blog is! I spent the last week reading through from start to finish and I must say it was one of my most enjoyable procrastination techniques, ever! As far as my least favorite task to do, I must say dealing with clutter is it. I try to keep myself as clutter free as possible, but sometimes it just seems overwhelming and impossible to get a handle on. That and cleaning toilets too! I love that you mentioned taking time to nurse as that has been my favorite “take time” event since my daughter was born 3 months ago. Keep up the great work!
Cleaning the bathroom… Ugh! Procrastination at it’s best is when I’m indulging in a glass of Muscato, catching up with the blogging world. 🙂
It’s so hard to choose just one chore. They are ALL my least favorite. Although I understand what you’re saying about feeling adult and capable when I actually step it up and do it. It’s sort of like working out in that way. I dread it dread it dread it and when it’s over I feel great and I wonder why I was avoiding it so much.
Anyway, my most least favorite is probably dusting. It feels like Herculean effort for something that doesn’t look very different when I’m done (and I’m all about tangible results when chore-ing). To procrastinate, I cuddle with my little one, or we leave the house and do something outside. If I can’t see it, it’s not dirty 🙂
I have to give a big “ditto” to putting clean clothes away. They have a tendency to sit in brightly colored stacks for days.
My distractions of choice: redecorating a room, impromptu sing-a-longs/guitar jam sessions
Safe travels! xxo
Love this post…my least favorite thing is folding laundry :/ I happily sit at the computer, reading your blog and ignore the monsterous pile right next to me on the couch 🙂
I loved this post, (as always)….
So fun, so much to do!
It’s amazing all the things we do in one day.
My least favorite thing is to clean the kitchen after dinner.
My favorite thing is to go for walks at night after dinner so we can pretend we don’t have to clean the kitchen.
Have a great trip!!!!
Safe travels!
XOXO
Oh, also, Elefun was such a huge hit at the daycare I used to work at. After awhile we lost a lot of pieces and tried to make our own little tissue butterflies to replace them. It was never the same. Sigh.
I take dance breaks with my own 15-month-old to avoid folding loads of laundry… or stuffing the cloth diapers… or cooking dinner… or dusting. Well, let’s be honest here, is there a bad reason for a dance break?
Things I cannot stand:
Cleaning out my fridge (GAG!)
scrubbing our glass shower
dusting
cleaning out my email inbox:)
Things I do instead:
play with my adorable 8 month old
facebook
blogger
nap
long evening runs
I love love love this blog
and would love love love a new summer suit!
Amanda
My husband and I own a restaurant. Somedays, I just don’t want to deal with the customers! We are able to bring our daughter to work with us everyday so when I need a break, she suddenly needs to eat!
Pictures are beautiful as always! I dispise laundry and avoid it by talking on the phone – reminding myself I need to catch up with friends and family I haven’t spoken with for too long 🙂
my least favorite? would have to be cleaning the kitchen. I am embarrassed to say I just let junk pile up until there is ZERO counter space so to anything on. It usually takes the call from a pending visitor for me to clean it. amazingly enough i can clear that baby in under 5 minutes. too bad I can’t motivate to just clean it off every day…
Least Favorite: putting laundry away, getting it in the washer is easy, finishing the cycle, not so much.
My Escape: Running and playing with my 14 month old daughter!
Would love a new swimsuit for the summer 🙂
A friend refered me to your blog and I am so glad she did. I love reading about your beautiful family and viewing your breathtaking photos! Thanks for the book rec; I will definitely be checking that out! My least favorite to do task is unloading the dishwasher, and I procrastinate by convincing myself that my 9 month old son needs more snuggle time =)
I am a new follower of your blog and I love it! I’ve gone back and read so many of your old posts and looked at all your pictures. Your family is beautiful!
My least favorite chore to do is anything to do with laundry (actuallying doing it, folding it and putting it away). Instead of laundry, I’ll take my son and puggle for a walk or pick up my camera and try out new settings. I’d love to master the pictures you take out in the sun with the sun flare!
Ooooh, a new suit would be fabulous! I hate putting away laundry. I’ll wash and dry as many loads as you can throw at me, but ask me to put it away and suddenly I have a ton to do. My weapon of choice: baking. And Bejewled on my phone. And playing with the pups. Pretty much anything, but mostly baking.
Cleaning the bathrooms
Reading, watching TV, playing with the kiddos, getting on the computer to “look for something” which usually means I buy something I do not need! In the summer, it is sitting out on the back deck with a beer and fireflies and my husband!
These suits are awesome!
As always – beautiful pictures! Can’t wait to see Lainey’s fourth year book. You inspired me to do one for my daughter last year and over a hundred pages later I finished it by her 1st birthday. Now she will be 2 in 3 months and I haven’t even started it 🙁
Awesome suits! I procrastinate most on folding laundry. Washing it, no problem. But I always end up with 7 loads piled high just staring at me. I’ll do anything to not do it…dishes, crafts, and just plain ignore it until I’m ready to tackle it.
Putting away laundry. I’ll do almost anything to get out of it. Usually I just NEED a cup of tea before I can get to it 🙂
I don’t mind cooking or cleaning or running errands. It’s when I actually have to sit down and start a new project [I do freelance journalism] that I think of everything else I would rather do. I love writing- it’s just getting started that I hate. And my weapon of choice? Getting up to get drinks of water. At least I’m well-hydrated.
my least favorite task is totally dishes. i can put them in the dishwasher like no one’s business but having to actually wash anything is awful! The swimsuits are to-die-for! I’ve been wearing the same tankini from target for like 5 years, I hope this is my chance to try something new!
It sounds like a busy day turned out to be a great one! I really hate doing laundry. Not all of the time, but right now I live on the third floor of an apartment building and laundry’s in the basement. The inconvenience (aka I always forget there’s laundry on the go) PLUS having to dish out 1.75 for every load that only comes out half clean really makes me crazy. To try and make laundry days better I’m sure to take a little time for my knitting and maybe try out a great new recipe to keep me happy. Have fun in Michigan!
Least favorite to-do-task? Filling up the van with gas. I drive it til it’s dinging EMPTY at me for miles, praying I’ll just make it home. Procrastinatory weapon of choice? Baths. A glass of wine. And a leg rubs with my husband. BOO-YA.
As of late while trying to get ready for a move, the dishes have been neglected. Thankfully, my husband has been picking up my slack. And I tend to procrastinate via reading blogs and watching hulu. 🙂
In the 5th pic of this post – Nella looks more like Lainey than I’ve ever thought before. They are both absolutely precious! I love the way you enjoy them!
Cleaning the kitchen/dishes, you name it. I’d rather be reading a fave book with a glass of wine in hand or reading all my blogs I read on google reader! It’s my escape hatch! And it takes me away! :o) Your swimsuits are fantabulous. I’ve earmarked the site so when I get home from work today I can go through it and find my favorites! Then hope to save up for one or two!
My least liked to-do, dishes. Definitely dishes. Because I always let them sit too long and they pile up.. reading this makes me feel silly but there it is.
Procrastination tool of choice? Usually block towers, sometimes coloring “all the colors fans”, and occasionally an obstacle course in the living room per my 3 year old’s request.
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Least favorite–Dusting! I don’t like it…at all. I feel like I just move the dust around the room and it never actually “gets gone”. So, why not just leave it settled, on my nightstand, where it will stay put for the most part!?!?
Procrastinatory weapon–Reading!! A book or one of my favorite blogs will do…just one more page before I go dust…PROMISE!!
Oh my goodness, I’ve seriously been wanting one of these suits! My least favorite thing to do definitely is mopping. Procrastination strategy includes playing tball outside with my boy, or surfing the web catching up on my favorite blogs, or random other things that don’t involve MOPPING! 🙂
Picking up and organizing clutter, I’d rather shove it in a drawer or closet. I surf the internet instead.
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When my day is packed with chores I usually opt for SVU and Hersheys drops instead.
Your suit is absolutely FABULOUS! Love it and it so fits your personality.
My least favorite to-do? Changing sheets on all the beds. My weapon would be running. “Bye baby, I’m going running!” My husband hears that a lot…
least fav task…hmmm…i’m going to have to go with dishes…we don’t have a dishwasher, although my husband would say, ‘yes we do, her name is rachel’ (he’s hilarious)…and my way of avoiding the dishes to stack them neatly in the sink so they don’t appear to be overflowing and head outside with the kiddos where there are gators to ride, dandelions to pick and fun to be had!
LEAST favorite thing to do is dust my bedroom… LEAST!!! I just don’t do it, unless company is coming, and then I am sooo happy it is dust free.. It looks clean from afar, but it is dusty.. You can’t see it, but I know it is there…
I am so glad that you posted where you got your suit!!! I love it. I have been browsing around for a nice retro suit this year. So cute.
i LEAST like to put laundry away. i dont mind the washing. or drying. or folding & separating each kid’s in neat little stacks on the spare bed. it usually takes a week to make it’s way in to their drawers.
proacrastination tactic: close the door. 😉
It’s a tie between scrubbing the tub and mopping floors. Reading is my all-time-lifelong-fave procrastinating/escape. Congrats to the winner – hope it’s me! xo
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I adore that bathing suit! So cute on you.
When my day is too full of chores I usually tend to turn on SVU and get out the Hersheys drops and don’t look back!
I have to say, my least favorite household chore is laundry. Sometimes I wash the same load a few times and run the dryer a few times just so I dont have to fold the clothes. When I want to procrastinate I too find things to do outside of the home with my kids. We walk, we have playdates, go to the park. Anything other than what we are suppose to do so I can say “we were busy!”. Then I get the “mom, I dont have any clean school pants”. I know its time to get back to business.
I very much loathe washing dishes. I overfill the dishwasher with as much as I can (we used to not even have a dishwasher, so I am VERY THANKFUL for it!), but then the items that aren’t supposed to go in the dishwasher rear their ugly heads… and I find myself wasting time on the internets, specifically facebook and blogger, tee. ^_^ When I’m finally ready to buckle down and scrub some grease off some dishes, I turn on iTunes and sing along to distract myself from the task at hand.
My least favorite to-do is go bathing suit shopping, so to avoid that I wash dishes. Which is my next least favorite thing to do .
You know that way I can be bathingsuit-less and miserable!
Cheers!
I blog read.
It’s a bad habit, really.
But in blog world most everything is clean — unlike the room I sit in while reading them.
Least favorite thing to do right now…study for the final I have in two hours :/
I procrastinate best by walking around Micheals and Joanne Fabrics…and reading your blog of course 🙂
Happy Weekend
Melissa.
Least fav task – cleaning the bath tub!
My choice procrastination tactic – searching anthropologie!
You look great in your suit 🙂
My least favorite to do task is mop. I HATE having to wring out the mop and then after just one or two swipes of my floor, the water is already dirty and so I’m just spreading dirty water all over my floor. Instead, I like to go for walks around the duck pond w/ my Autumn girl. Memories of throwing nasty moldy bread to the ducks is much more important than mopping, right?
I love your bathing suit and love that you and Lainey have identical legs. :o)
It’s 7:24 and the house is quiet. I’m enjoying a cup of coffee and your blog. I’m procrastinating. I have to wake up the kids in 6 (well 5 now) minutes and the day will start. Making breakfast, packing lunches, finding homework, brushing hair. Not that it’s a bad task, but I rather sit here for another hour and enjoy the silence. It gives me strength.
Apparently now that I’m mere minutes from the beach sunsets are my means of procrastination. There is NO food, and by no food I mean a rotten tomato and the top and bottom slice of bread, in my new apartment. I was supposed to go grocery shopping last night but I saw that cloud that you posted pictures of and HAD to see what that looked like setting over the Gulf. *see my blog – there’s more pics :)* And I’m gonna go with grocery shopping as my least favorite task… I hate spending that much money on food…
Enjoy your trip!!
~Beth
My least favorite “to do” is going to the grocery store. I hate it! So I always head out to the mall first to “window shop” for my 19 month old girl Mollie. Then I just run out of time to go to the store usually 😉
I hate dusting. and to avoid it, I pretend I need to do work on the computer.
I hate putting laundry away. I’ll fold it and put it in baskets, but I HATE putting in the dressers where it belongs. So instead, I play with my kids and remind myself that I will regret missing out on this precious time with them but the stinkin’ laundry can wait.
Poop patrol in the back yard has got to be the worst…although it probably is firmly tied with kitty litter clean up. Gross.
I will grab a good book and hide away in a room for a few chapters…or hours…
Least favorite task is changing my bed sheets… I dont know why. I avoid it by telling myself most nights I take a bath before bed.. so they arent that dirty right?!
Then I get in bed and read my kindle and tell myself i’ll do it tomorrow.. 🙂
I love that swimsuit! Glad it is finally suit season again!
Laundry…plain and simple has had me in tears many times. I get overwhelmed with the fact that it never ends. There are 7 people in my house and it is overwhelming!!!
I usually don’t have time to procrastinate if that makes any sense. Stuff doesn’t get done, usually simply because I don’t have the time. Doing something fun with the kids is probably my favorite way to procrastinate.
I LOVE that white swimsuit!
The tasks I don’t like to do are sweep the floor and clean the cat litter. I use books and TV to procrastinate at home. And sometimes walks with the kids.
Least favorite thing to do? Dishes. I was the dishwasher at my house growing up and my rite of passage into adulthood was buying my own dishwasher and proclaiming I’d never make my kids wash dishes (Ryan, by the way, begs to wash the dishes…sigh). So when the dishwasher is full and I need to address the pots, pans and other non-dishwasher-safe items…I put them into a neat pyramid pile, so they take up as little space as possible, and tell myself “they need to soak for a few” or “I’ll get them in the morning” all with the hopes that Ryan will volunteer for the role before I cave-in to my desire for an empty sink.
WOW…I’d love your white swimsuit, of course not your exactly but one just like it. ; )
My least favorite task is dishes. I will let it pile a mile high then if “they” are lucky I will do them and that is only if a.) there is no dishes left to use or b.) the pile is too high to see out the window so I can see the kiddos play.
The Internet is a good procrastination method for me, I’ll start reading blogs and looking at who knows what and then before you know it, it’s time for bed.
“I have two real-life dolls and choosing what they’re going to wear makes me happy.”
I love this! I’m the same way, and luckily I have a boy who doesn’t care if Momma picks out his clothes. He’s five now though, so I don’t know how much longer I can hold onto that. My least favorite task would be putting laundry away. I don’t mind washing, drying and folding…it’s the putting away I’m not a fan of. And I’m a huge procrastinator. I hide the baskets of freshly dried clothes in another room where I can’t see them and go outside and play t-ball with my boy.
I love Lainey’s fake smiles. I just put Elefun in the “to donate” pile last night-no lie. We needed a car battery to get our butterflies out of that trunk. lol
Putting..playing with the hose…at the top of our to do list when the weather breaks here.
xo
Kris
I dread cleaning the bathroom, because I don’t like to do it around the kids, and I don’t like to spend my “me” time cleaning!
Instead I blog, run, or organize something!
the weather isnt nice enough to take my baby out and work on weeding the flower beds.. oh and i am getting laundry done today, so who cares about a dirty bathroom! -Kayla
Dishes, especially when company is coming. Dare I say I sometimes just hide them in, well, in the oven or under the sink. There, my dirty little secret. My favorite escape is to buckle the kids into the car for a trip to Starbucks for momma’s coffee and for Keegan’s “coffee” aka cold chocolate milk with whip. She will NOT call it chocolate milk for anything she wants to have coffee like momma and it just melts my heart and makes me smile.
I would lve to win a new suit!!! It would come just in time of our “us” vacation!!!!
Least favorite (BY FAR): cleaning the kitchen
Procrastination method of choice: my Kindle! 🙂
LOVE the new suit! I am dreading finding a good one, I put it off every summer until my child has realized our local pool has opened, and begs to make the short walk. I wish my body would remain the same and I could wear the same ones from previous years… The first born wrecked me though, and this baby yet to come is doing his own number! I make every attempt at putting it off with kiddie pools in the yard and slip-n-slides!
My least favorite task at the moment is studying for my masters nursing classes. Is it December graduation yet?! Best procrastination tools are reading your blog and cleaning!
Scrubbing the floors. No fun at all. I typically pretend I *need* to run errands instead. And let’s be real, shopping regardless where you are going is way more fun.
Putting laundry away — I will have baskets of it in the basement before I finally get my husband to carry it upstairs — where it sits for a few more days. Taking the dog and baby for a walk to avoid laundry — isn’t enjoying the sunshine more important!
i hate doing the dishes. and we have a dishwasher but i haaaate it. I do love to dance around with my little guy tho. First thing in the morning, a good cup of joe, snuggly baby, and some Bon Iver on the stereo. Best way to procrastinate!!!
My least favourite task is to clean…and I clean when I procrastinate! That’s how desperate I sometimes am!!
grocery shopping. i loathe grocery shopping….. actually, the shopping part isn’t terrible…. it’s the carry-it-up-the-stairs-to-our-second-floor-apartment-and-put-it-away. i feel the same way about bringing laundry in from the laundromat. unfortunately, i can’t procrastinate when putting groceries away. so, after it is done, i bring a snack fresh from the grocery store to the computer and blog.
My least favorite task is cleaning bathrooms. I usually end up on the sofa reading a book instead and totally forget that the bathrooms even need to be cleaned.
Ah my least favorite thing to do is dishes, by far! I will clean the entire house top to bottom without a problem, but dishes are not my friend!
P.S. Love that photo of Lainey drinking from the hose!
Chore I hate… dusting, vacuuming, pretty much anything more than just picking up the house.
Procrastination tools? Surfing the web, reading, watching TV, hanging with the husband (who likes to procrastinate too… which is handy 🙂 )
My most hated task is putting them away (hence the piles and piles of folded laundry all over my house and the heaps of craft supplies littering my kitchen island). Usually when I start doing it I end up making a bigger mess than I started with, and then giving up on the whole thing and going shopping!
I LOVE your swimsuit!! My least-favorite to-do task would be washing dishes… and putting laundry away. They tie for worst. 🙂 I avoid both by reading blogs, reading novels and watching shows that I’ve missed.
funny blog…love it!
Ok…I can not stand unloading the dishwasher and cleaning the stovetop! ugh!!
Have a safe flight and lots of fun at the wedding!!
Folding laundry is my kryptonite. My one escape from responsibilities would have to be blogging! But let’s be totally honest…it’s the hours of email checking and facebooking every time I sit down at the computer that cause me to procrastinate the most.
P.S. I love those suits!
My least favourite task is definitely the filing… I’m forever looking at a pile of mail and statements and other assorted paperwork and promising to do it twice a week. Hahahaha.
My favourite activity to put off my to-dos, tough, is afternoon naps with my baby. I love when he’s snuggly and warm under the duvet and breathing hypnotically and my back hurts from lying on one side too long, but I don’t want to roll away from him.
I procrastinate by reading the blog or crafting- so fun! My least favorite to do task (because that is how it is ordered in my head, which is my most favorite to least favorite-ha ya right!) is… the huge pile of dishes to deal with. The sink is never empty!!
Folding and putting away laundry. Our machine was broken for two weeks so I pretended like I never had to do laundry again, and it was sheer bliss. Now reality has sunk in and the piles and piles of laundry around me is rapidly pulling me under.
Procrastination strategies are:
1. Get the hell out of dodge, head the park for some much needed outdoor play with friends
2. Cook! Its so much more fun, the end result is much more satisfying, plus, we NEED to eat. Can’t deny that.
3. Take the girls outside to garden. Again, such a more enjoyable task, and hey – it needed to be done.
4. Read with the girls or play with them in the playroom
5. blog and read blogs
6. Craft with the girls (also not my most enjoyable task, so it really comes last)
My least favorite to-do tasks are definatly folding laundry and unloading the dishwasher- not sure why I don’t mind dirty clothes and dishes, but when it comes to putting away the clean items, I just put it off.
I would much rather be outside in the garden, even if nothing needs done there.
Love your blog!
The chore I hate the most is laundry…no matter how much I do, it is always piling up! My best procrastination method is browsing my favorite blogs, of course!
I absolutely adore your little family & your blog. I feel enlightened with every post I read.
I detest emptying the dishwasher. Everything about it makes me cringe — Tupperware that isn’t quite dry, mugs that hold puddles in their bases, the smell & steam, food still encrusted to a knife…
I am the master of procrastination but my number 1 delay tactic is to spend time with our 12 year old golden retriever. Since our son came along, she admittedly gets a bit less attention but not the love. It’s the moments when I *should* be doing something that I am reminded of that sleeping giant and the snuggles she needs.
I’ll make up just about anything to do to get out of the laundry or cleaning the bathroom. Lately I have decided that the outside of our house is more important than the inside. I’ll pull weeds, dig in the garden, or just sit on the back deck with a nice glass of white wine. I’m currently acting in a play and even though I have my lines memorized I’ll say “Oh I really need to look over these scenes. I’ll get to the laundry tomorrow”. My husband is amazed that I have enough clothes to sustain my procrastination of laundry for at least three weeks! I do get low on the underwear though. Can you say trip to Costco?!?
Thanks for taking the time to give me yet another reason not to scrub a toilet….Oh I need to check to see the latest post of Enjoying the Small Things instead!
Hate to mop! So instead, I surf the web!
I just finished making phone calls and am about to get started on some paperwork, but thought I’d stop at your blog for a quick break. What an appropriate post!
Love your swimsuit too!
I despise doing dishes. Without a doubt it’s my least favorite thing and I will most likely sit myself in front of the computer to email, blog read, or shop:)
I hate cleaning the house. Used to love it when it was just me and the hubs, but 2 kids and 2 dogs later, it takes too much of my precious time. A necessary evil. To pretend I don’t need or have to clean, I shop and look at fun blogs – like yours. Love that book! Congrats!
My least favorite task? How do I pick…cleaning the shower. It makes me gag, literally. I avoid it until it can’t be avoided anymore, which makes it worse. Ugh.
What do I do to procrastinate? What don’t I do…
My ideal procrastination involves looking up crafts that I will never have the time for (this made me giggle while reading your post – I am forever spending time on things that will never go anywhere, but it doesn’t make it less enjoyable!)
My favorite procrastination strategy is working in the garden or playing with our animals.
I just finished making some phone calls and was about to start doing some paperwork, but decided to stop at your blog for a quick break. What an appropriate post to find! Thanks for helping me rationalize the little things I do to stay sane during the hectic days.
LOVE your suit!
My least favorite to do task is sorting things I don’t need/use to donate to goodwill. I just have SOOO much crap I don’t need. I’m pretty sure I could get rid of it all without missing too much! To procrastinate? I play with my boy & blog 🙂
My least favorite to-do task… the kitchen. Anything in the kitchen, and this includes making dinner. UGH.
My escape? Walks around our complex. I will be standing in the kitchen staring at a pile of dishes, dreading them when my baby girl tumbles into the room saying, “shide!” Meaning outside!
We walk. We say hi to neighbors, pet the friendly dogs, let the older little girls swing her around, check the mail, feed the ducks, lay on the grass, and stop to see the tulips before heading back in to dishes and dinner.
They don’t seem so awful after our walks outshide. 🙂
Ooh, I dread the post office, too. I procrastinate by looking at your blog 😀
I HATE laundry, mainly folding and putting away! I try to ignore it until it piles so high I get overwhelmed with it! I color, walk, and play with my babes…anything to escape the overflowing heap!!
Least favorite task? That’s easy – ironing. I try to buy only clothing that doesn’t need to be ironed.
I hate doing the dishes. I read extra stories to the kids, rub my husband’s feet on the couch, and throw more laundry in the wash…But dang it- those dishes are always still there in the morning. Sigh.
OMG! Taking a bath right after I feed the kids dinner… I feed them at 5:45 bath time at 6:15 for mamma with a glass of wine. It re engerizes me for the evening!
My least favorite task? Most definitely cleaning the shower. I snuggle with my hubby watching movies or reading and convince myself “i’ll do it tomorrow…”
My least favorite to-do task is packing when we move. In the past year my hubby and I have moved 3 times. I was telling him the other day that if I could hire someone to do one thing for me it would be packing up my house when we move. My procrastinatory weapon of choice is finding something fun to bake or watching a favorite TV show or movie.
I put off cleaning the kitchen, and my procrastination tool of choice is the internet – blogs, my message board, facebook. You name it.
My least favorite to-do is probably washing dishes (we don’t have a dish washer right now) or filing/organizing. I am currently 20 weeks pregnant with my first baby, so my go-to procrastination is laying down with my hands on my tummy feeling the baby kick and jab. I love it!
I LOVE that game, Elefun and your suit…gorgeous!
My fav to-do is clean the kitchen after a well-cooked and eaten meal and I procrastinate by crafting and blog reading.
My least favorite to-do task is mopping the kitchen floor. I procrastinate against this my literally doing every other thing in the world that I can think of. And with two kids, there is much to do (and the floor really must be mopped soon).
I was just admiring your gorgeous white suit and here you are giving one away! My least favorite task is dishes and my procrastination of choice is to have a glass of wine while dancing with the kids before bed (and leaving the dishes piled in the sink for another day)!
I look forward to new blog posts every day! And it’s my escape from the reality that is the laundry baskets. They sit, they wrinkle, they get moved to every corner of my room. That is until I stub my toe on it and get frustrated enough to fold the clothes and put them away. I love vintage suits and they absolutely DO flatter every body type; even my motherly hips and thighs.
I hope you guys have a great trip this weekend!!! Least favorite task: turning the closets over for seasons (sorting through all the clothes, figuring out which are the hand-me-downs and which are the give-a-ways). My next house is going to have closets the size of the bedrooms so I never have to pack away seasonal clothes. I procrastinate by pretending I am doing some essential paperwork task such as paying bills or reviewing homework, and I am actually reading People hidden behind the faux paperwork. 🙂
oh the mess in my laundry room sometimes…my least favorite room and my least favorite job. I love the smell of fresh, clean little clothes but getting them there is always a chore. I always seemed to get detoured with a bottle of modpodge or a sewing task that just has to be done.
Going to have to get that photography book.
I hate cleaning the bathrooms with a passion. We just got an Ipad, and I have been playing Angry Birds (too much fun and a guilty pleasure!)
Oh how I loathe to do dishes…they are my kryptonite!
Vacuuming. I loathe the vacuum. My procrastination weapon of choice…reading blogs. 🙂
I need to check out those swimsuits….although I can’t fully fathom right now the thought of squeezing this 10-week post-baby body into a bathing suit right now. My least favorite chore is cleaning bathrooms….I convince myself that if I put everything away and wipe down the counter with a Clorox wipe, I can put off the deep-clean for another week. Hope you guys have safe travel!
Their suits are awesome I would love to win one but I’ll probably buy one either way!
I hate to clean the bathrooms so usually I just go to the gym, grocery, anywhere really to pretend my bathrooms are clean.
Laundry is my nemesis! My husband has gone underwear-less to work on few occasions—yes, we’re still happily married. LOL I take the kids out for a long walk, make myself a cup of tea, cook, pretend to clean, and it’s all to avoid laundry. Ha!
Much love to you Kelly! All the best to your mom! Karolina
A glass of wine is all i need for an escape.
oh…the least favorite task… It must be putting up laundry. Putting it the washer/dryer..not such a big deal, but man, the folding and putting up/hanging, that really get’s me dragging. My source of procrasitination last night was watching lifetime’s William and Kate. It had been DVR’d for a few weeks, so I chose to ignore the buzzing dryer and induldge in a love story last night. And it was great….
I loathe cleaning out lunch boxes and making lunches for the next day. A very simple task, but it’s wearing! Bathrooms and grading papers also rank high on the avoidance list.
My escapes range from aimlessly playing on the computer to doing other chores that don’t seem as daunting. Depends how desperate I am!
I check email and just surf my fav sites when there is something I don’t want to do. But the diaper laundry calls and I finished reading your newest blog post so off I go to wash the diapers.
I avoid folding laundry at all costs. To justify this, I find a good excuse to try a new baking recipe. “I need to practice my baking skills!” (A yummy treat for the sacrifice of doing laundry).
What don’t I procrastinate at? Currently I’m not balancing the bank account at work because I’m reading your blog! 😉
OMG! I think I need that suit! 3 months post partum…. pretty sure I need something flattering 🙂
Least fave- sweeping up dog hair from the wood floor.Every.day.of.the.week.
Procrastination- “cook with me mommy- in my kitchen!” from the 3 year old. Which lately involves putting the Little People baby Jesus into the play kitchen oven….
One task that I hate to do is unload the dishwasher…ugh.
How I procrastinate? I organize anything else in the house, laundry room, closets, drawers etc!
Ah, I was just getting really concerned about how to get a cute suit for this summer. Thanks for the recommendations!
Okay, least favorite to-do has to be buying things I don’t want to buy. I hate having to go to the store just for a random light bulb or battery.
Favorite procrastination technique would be knitting/crafting or writing/visiting blogs.
i hate cleaning toilets. with.a.passion. makes me crazy every time i have to do it. my procrastination technique always includes coffee and some kind of book. that book may be the girl with the dragon tattoo or it might be the hungry caterpillar. whatever it is, the little guy is on my lap!
Love the suit! My least favorite task is cleaning my beast of a minivan, it is always a disaster, for Mother’s day, please have husband clean it!
My favorite chores is laundry.
my least favorite is emptying the dishwasher. so I hand wash photos all day and spread them on the counter, then I say to my husband, “look at all these dishes I did, do you think you could put them away, oh and the dishwasher is full too”….ha ha!!!
to avoid doing chores I spend time with the kids (2 girls also) take them on a walk, go to a park, scrapbook. anything to avoid cleaning!
have a great trip!
tara
I loath ironing! I keep the pile in our guest room and keep the door closed so I can’t see how high the pile has grown! I wait to do it on those dreary days with no sun and no excuses not to tackle it! Love the swim wear!!!
I despise menu planning and grocery list making. I sit at the computer looking at recipes and get sucked into the interwebs to distract myself from the task at hand.
I would LOVE one of those swimsuits. I go grocery shopping or take naps on the couches at my sorority to avoid washing dishes or lugging my laundry up to the 5th floor of my dorm. Yuck.
Just stumbled across your blog a couple days ago – completely enamored with it! I’m in awe over the beautiful photos and words that capture the details of your days.
That said, I procrastinate by making lists. Grand, detailed lists of all the things I’m going to accomplish. Before I get to the bottom of the list and realize there is no hope of actually doing all those things, I’ll add a “gimme” – something that will usually get done, just so I have something to check off! And the main thing I like to procrastinate for is cleaning up. Not actually ‘sponge, vacuum, mop’ cleaning but the ‘cleaning up’ of all the clutter that you have to do before you can even get to that part. I feel like all I do is manage our ever increasing mass of stuff!
I hate putting away clean clothes. I will let them sit for days. I usually run off and read or watch a movie, but really anything will do so I don’t have to put them away..
I would love to win one of those swimsuits.
My least favorite chore would either be washing dishes or vacuuming. My procrastination weapon of choice would be playing with my son. He’s 10 months old and these times are flying by way to quick.
I love that yellow suit with the white polka dots. So cute! My least favorite chore is cleaning the SHOWER! Ick, I avoid it at all costs! My favorite form of procrastination – it’s a tie between laying out by the pool and editing pictures!
I loth unloading the dishwasher!
The suit looks amazing on you! I would love to win one for my (very damaged) post baby body.
The girls look adorable as always 🙂
I hate to clean! It seems like such a waste of time. It seems like our master bedroom and our basement are never clean. I need a maid but a new bathing suit would be nice also 🙂
Love the suit. I procrastinate most when it comes to laundry…I mean pile it up on the guest bed and keep the door closed until we have to host guests in said bedroom. I usually organize another area of the house when I am avoiding laundry though often it’s a long walk with my favorite little guy.
Love watching Nella’s “Ohhhs” mature : )
Oh and my least favorite task is dish duty so there is a big pile to be done while I sit and enjoy Enjoying the Small Things.
Congrats on the essay in the book, can’t wait to check it out! And, yes….please: hook a girl up with a cute bathing suit 🙂
Least favorite chore: folding and putting away laundry!
Ways to procrastinate? 1. stop to ‘work’ a little (I make children’s hair accessories), it’s more therapeutic than work 2. an impromptu dance session with my 3 & 4 year old daughters 3. escape into your blog, which totally inspires me to have fun with my kids rather than organize/clean
Thanks for blogging!
Love that bathing suit!
The chore I dislike the most is unloading the dishwasher….HATE it!,
I usually procrastinate by either blogging or knitting…my new favorite hobby!
LOVE those bathing suits!
I HATE doing the dishes and cleaning the bathroom. But I LOVE reading your blog, so that’s one of my favourite modes of procrastination!
I’m kind of a packrat, so I HATE trying to put things up! I’m fine with sweeping, mopping, scrubbing–but finding places for things so my house isn’t a giant heap? It seems impossible sometimes!
My getaway is reading or doing conceptis puzzles. But baths are always a treat, too!
I like to play the wii with my 4-yr.-old son OR rock my 7-mos.-old baby girl a little longer than normal to put off going to the grocery…I loathe grocery shopping.
Least favorite task… vacuum. I’ll pretend I do not see the dirt and avoid it like the plague. Only allowing my girls to play on the wood or tile… making it a fun game {grin}
I hate hate hate cleaning floors. Have been known to ignore the floors until they make little sticky sounds that drive my husband crazy and he mops. Yea, works for us.
Favorite is laundry. Seems like work but it isn’t. Just the folding and that’s easy peasy, fresh warm soft, what’s not to like.
Favorite procrastination chore, working in my flower garden. This year I’ve started a cutting garden and I love gardening now like I never have before.
I love your blog. . .you have such a way with words and I totally relate!! My least favorite thing to do is washing the floors . . . can’t stand it. I will put it off for as long as I can but when I start to see dirty sock feet . . I know I have to do it. So, I will take the easy way out – Swiffer Wet Jet or my new Shark Vac and Steam Mop. . . but nothing beats a good floor washing when it is done on your hands and knees. Would love to win a swimsuit 🙂
Mopping the kitchen, I hate it. My mother tells me I shouldn’t tell people this but I just never do it. I sweep everyday and if there’s a major spill I call in the dogs. And maybe every few weeks it might get mopped. I no longer have a crawling baby so I feel it is justified!
Ha! I read blogs to procrastinate. 🙂
Candice
I’d love a new swimsuit! I really do not cleaning the bathroom. It’s the last on my list and often gets pasted by until there is a party to have! Reading my favorite blogs or a good book is always more important that that to-do list!
Loading and unloading the dishwasher are what I hate the most. The Internet (especially facebook) were invented for procrastinators.
P.S. I need a new swimsuit!
Love your new bathing suit. So cute!
I think the most hated task for me is cleaning out the fridge. Can you even imagine having a glass door on the fridge? Then it would have to be clean all the time. I like that I can just close the door and forget about it. No excuses needed. 🙂
Folding laundry! I don’t mind sorting and washing it, but folding it and putting it away makes me batty! I really hate folding warm laundry – it makes me sweat.
I hate doing dishes! I’ll do anything to avoid it: read blogs, watch TV, add books to my to-read list on Goodreads.com, all the while holding my 3-week-old baby boy. He’s the perfect excuse for having my hands full!
I hate putting laundry away, don’t mind so much doing it and folding it, but then you’re on your own to dig it out of the basket for the next week. & what I do when I need an escape? get online and read blogs/FB 🙂
I hate cleaning and our house is a disaster right now! Laundry (clean) heaped on the the kitchen table waiting to be folded, more laundry (dirty) covering the floor of our bedroom waiting to be washed. our son pulled all the DVD’s out of their shelves in our left area and my living room looks like lego land threw up on it.
I know I need to clean, but instead I keep playing the pregnancy card (we are expecting in October). This wouldn’t be so bad if I was using this excuse with someone like my husband, but I’m playing it on myself. I know I need to clean but I tell myself, “Oh, your pregnant. You’re tired. You could probably use a nap. You deserve to relax for a little.” untill I have convinced myself that I do indeed need a nap or to relax….. Shameful, I know. 🙂
I stalk Matilda Jane Platinum to avoid making a grocery list…
I hate mopping or cleaning anything in the kitchen really. When I have too much to do I often edit & organize photos. It’s more interesting than grading papers or doing real work on the computer.
Mine’s kind of funny because it doesn’t take very long and I’m very grateful to have one but I loathe unloading the dish washer! Don’t mind rinsing and loading but when it comes to unloading I just don’t like it and I put it off as long as possible…which is hard to do since it needs to be run once a day! 🙂
Have a great trip and a wonderful and your mom’s wedding!
Love snuggling w/ my kids. Avoid putting away laundry. Surf the web and tell my hubby “got to check to see if any of my students have emailed me” as an excuse (I teach online for a college).
Can’t access the website to look @ suits from work, get the “sex filter” block when I click on the link. HAHA!
I feel the same way about picking out my kids clothes! And I get to help pick out the doll’s clothes sometimes too. Love it.
Least favorite to do task: change out my kids clothes from the now mostly too small size to the still a little big size.
Procrastinatory weapon of choice: reading blogs : ) After which I feel better about the state of my to dos and am inspired to focus and be present with my kids and knock a few more things off the to do list!
this is just what I needed this morning as I sit surrounded by the aftermath of a road trip… where we learned just how long is NOT okay to have an 8 month old strapped in a carseat!
I don’t mind dishes, laundry, reigning in the chaos…. it’s just there aren’t enough hours in the day to do that AND bliss out by nursing or snuggling to take a nap with my baby. or checking in to see what’s up on my favorite blogs. or looking at recipes that I probably won’t make but like to make shopping lists for.
haha, I keep putting bathingsuits into the shopping cart at popina and never finalizing. maybe I was waiting to win one?!
PS: your NY post gave me happy tears.
PPS: travelling has such interesting effect on little ones. which makes me realize it does the same to me
Wow Kelle….you always deliver! I haven’t commented in ages but I’m still reading every day! Love all the new photos of the girls and I’m so excited for you to go back home and be with your family. Super excited to see how gorgeous your mom looks at her wedding too.
Most hated task? Definitely laundry. It’s not really so much the washing and the folding as much as the putting away. I procrastinate a LOT with that. What do I procrastinate with? Socializing online. Tweeting/facebook/blog reading/blog writing…anything that keeps me connected to people while I watch my 2 year old play or take a nap. A recent stay at home mom am I and I love it. Socializing online is grounding for me…a task and yet, I love it.
Have a great trip 🙂
I tend to blog read/ pinterest to put off grocery shopping.
Don’t need a suit…certainly won’t flatter me as I am at this moment UGGGG!!!
Just want to tell you… YOU ROCK!
I want to be you when I grow up!!
Hugs to you and your girls!!
Least favorite task?…….Conquering the piles and to-do’s on my desk at work.
Escape hatch?…..Balancing my laptop on top of the huge pile on my desk, carefully opening it so as not to knock the entire mess into my lap and reading your newest blog entries. Seriously.
I tried to read your entry slowly today and savor ever beautiful image. It’s now almost 10:30 and I suppose I should finally start my work. Thank you for your beautiful words, Kelle! Have a wonderful trip with your family this weekend!
I HATE doing laundry in our dark, damp basement. I’ll avoid it for a bit with a good book.
I HATE to clean! I usually tell people that I can’t hang out because I have to clean, then I decide that I don’t wanna and do a craft or something which makes more of a mess! Basically my house is a pit!
I garden and make the yard beautiful while the house rapidly accumulates piles of dust and dog hair.
I *heart* your first statement. I have a plaque on my mantle I got when we found out our last baby had died in utero. It says, “I believe in the sun, even when it is not shining. I believe in love, even when I am alone. I believe in God, even when he is silent. LOVE!!
My least favorite to-do is the dishes…so I will procrastinate with homeschool in the mornings and family bike rides in the evening. But the times I *have* to do them, I do find a huge satisfaction in the sparkling dishes and clear counter.
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Cleaning the fridge or folding the last load of laundry- then I leave it in too long and always have to refresh it! I always wait until the last minute and then get mad at my to-do list, who invented those 🙂 🙂
The line blurs a lot around here as well. I have to sew to complete orders but I enjoy sewing and giving others some of my latest creations.
My Mom just bought Elefun for the kids, it is hard to catch those d*#% butterflies!
Hmmm, what don’t I do to avoid housework, laundry, etc. lol Sewing, knitting or reading a magazine/book are probably my favorites. Oh, can’t forget the computer, your blog is one of my favorite escapes as well : )
least favorite to-do would be cleaning the bathroom. like, *really* cleaning it. way i procrastinate: spend too much time reading blogs. 🙂
I absolutely hate putting the laundry AWAY! I will do ANYTHING to get around it. Anything. Like, cleaning our and reorganizing my pantry…yet the 6 shirts that need to be hung up continue to get moved all around the bedroom!
laundry & to break it up a little i go to your blog and listen to the wonderful music you choose.
Least favorite: Clutter control. It builds up SO fast!
Procrastination technique: blog-reading, baking, and budgeting (odd).
Love that Nella leg hug – and Lainey’s attempts at smiling are HILARIOUS!
I must say I’m jealous of your swim suit – owning it AND being able to wear it. How nice it must be to live in Florida right now….!
Oh, I loathe all household tasks. I procrastinate on the most on dusting (eeek!) and FOLDING the laundry (looooved your post where you revealed your laundry piles on the living room couch/floor!). The clean laundry usually sits in a basket in the corner of the living room while I pretend that taking care of 2 kids (playing, crafts, making breakfast/lunch/dinner) is all I can handle. That is, until my husband and I are crashed on the couch watching tv and I have to get up and just start folding….
I much prefer outside chores, so when the weather is nice, the inside tends to get a little (or a lot) neglected. I HATE emptying the dishwasher, and putting the folded clothes in the basket away. My time suck is going for walks with my girl and her wagon and of course, the internet. Lots of times been wasted when I should have been cleaning!!
Love the suit!!! I hate with a passion unloading the dishwasher!! I would much rather be outside working in my garden or playing with my Step-son and puppy!!
No way! My hubby just brought that book home from the library for me the other day and I have been loving it. I hadn’t gotten to your part yet, how cool!
This post is particularly inspiring to me to day since my 2.5 yo is TESTING all day everyday and I feel the need to escape.
My least favorite task is cleaning the house, b/c it never stays that way for long. My escapes are napping, ice cream, or crafting.
Great post!
I really hate cleaning the kitchen. It always feel so dirty. With 2 little ones not having the best table manners just yet; the floor, counter, table and every other surface is covered.
No shocker here, but I most certainly love to procrastinate with reading blogs, talking on the phone and taking baths too!
I hate to clean the floors. I have 3 kids and a husband who are all oblivious to the floors but they scream “CLEAN ME” all the time…and I hate it…and my husband does it for me!
I hate putting up clothes. I will take them out of the dryer, lay them nicely on the guest bed so they don’t wrinkle, and then they will sit there – in a mountain – until I finally get so frustrated that I can’t find anything and I have to put them up!
I simply turn out the light, shut the door and “forget” about them until I need something to wear!
I can wash and dry my clothes no problem. But when it comes to folding and putting them away you’ll find me sitting on the couch knitting away! Love the suit!
I despise doing laundry – it takes forever (the sorting, the rotating, the folding, the putting away) and it never ends! I procrastinate by calling my mom or blog hopping.
amazing suits! im much further north than you are and so so ready for summery dresses and flip flops and bathing suits!
Adore the suit!
Hate cleaning the oven … I will admit that my old oven smoked on a regular basis because it was so dirty. Now I got a new self-cleaning oven!
Procrastination = crafting, photo editing, reading. I have more procrastination tools than one girl needs.
oh i am embarrased to admit it, but I loathe making dinner. And I truly only get to it about 3 times a week (don’t worry the hubs steps in and my kids are indeed fed 7 nights a week!) I will – plan a playdate at the park in the hours leading up to 5 and oops! no time to take something out of the freezer! Or I’ll scrub the toilets and make the bathroom shine and sparkle and smell divine (so as to show hubby that look i cleaned your bathroom, so don’t be mad i didn’t get around to dinner!)oh those swimsuits are dreamy!
YOur day sounded like loads of fun!!! Looking forward to days like that <3 I bake & cook instead of cleaning & laundering…U gotta eat, right??
My least favorite task is cleaning the shower. I would rather do ANYTHING else! Before we had kids, I would sometimes mow the lawn on my days off to guilt my husband into cleaning the shower!
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Floors…..bluck.
Weapon of choice—computer.
You look amazing in your suit—great legs!!! Do they come with knee-length skirts, though? To cover my cellulite? It’s even starting to grow on my calves hahahahaha!
Have a wonderful trip 🙂
Kelly
Your bathing suit is adorable! I can’t wait to check out that photography book! My least favorite chore would have to be laundry. I can never seem to stay on top of it, no matter how hard I try. You have no idea how many times I have prayed to find a clean pair of underwear…
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Love your swimsuit…And My record for butterflies caught: 16 (lucky green net for me as well!) I walk my dog as a task, when really theres nothing better than seeing his happy tail wag knowing it’s his favorite time of day, which makes it my favorite time of day! There’s nothing worse for me than washing dishes!!
My favorite “to-do” is to get the house clean, like REALLY clean, but I often procrastinate that by reading blogs.
I must say, I am very anxious to see photos of the wedding, AND of Lainey’s birthday! You always pull things together so beautifully! As for hated chore, it’s definitely deep cleaning bathrooms. An every other week chore in our house, and I always try to put it off! My procrastination weapon of choice this day is weather – as in “it’s WAY too nice a day out to be deep cleaning the bathrooms! Lets jump on the trampoline/take a bike ride/color with chalk instead” 🙂 I usually follow it up with “Well my girls will only be young once and I’d rather have them remember all the fun instead of a spotless bathroom!” haha
I dislike putting clothes away!
I wanted to tell you about some paper dolls that i recently purchased for my daughter…it is a must http://www.minimepaperdolls.com/
Super adorable & custom made to fit each child. 🙂
Enjoy your Mom and her wedding.
I loathe cleaning the shower/tub…ugh I don’t even like thinking about it. Pinterest is my fave procrastinatory weapon. Are you on it yet? It’s amazing, but it might give you one more thing to do!
I have two lil boys (1 and 2..fun times lol) and the the “to do” I hate the most is washing dishes. Gross!! So if there is a sink full of dishes, we leave the house haha. Doesnt matter where shopping, park, splash pad ect. And when I return MOST the time they are gone..did i mention I have an amazing Husband too 😉
LOVE the swimsuits!!
least favorite: cleaning the bathrooms
escape: snuggling with baby long enough that hubby has to do it because people are coming over…
Love the swimsuit!!
I love to sort laundry and fold it, putting it in neat little piles but I hate putting it all away….
My least favorite chore in the household is cleaning the bathroom. HATE It!
Love the swimsuit. If I were tall and thin like you I would whip on a bathing suit every day, alas I short and tubby. LOL enough said!
I’m forever clicking photos of the kiddos, gotta just gotta! Love the book.
I loathe all things housework. And I’ll do just about anything to procrastinate, such as reading blogs 😉 But when I finally do I reward myself with chocolate. And the cycle continues…
BTW, the old school Fisher Price garage. LOVE! Classic Fisher Price rocks.
I hate washing dishes. We don’t have a dishwasher because our house was built in the 50’s without a place for one. We’d have to totally gut our kitchen to make room for one, and that’s not an option right now.
I’d do just about anything not to scrub another plate.
My least favorite? Does go to work count? I really can’t wait to be able to look for a new job. At home, I hate steaming/ironing clothes. Usually let the pile grow way to big.
To procrastinate, I like to bounce. From one thing to the other, not really doing much. As in go into the laundry room to fold clothes, see a rouge toy, go to put it away, notice the window looks dirty, go to get the windex and realize the cabinet is overflowing with paper bags, go to recycle those…and the story goes on and on….
Cleaning any part of the bathroom. Procrastination of choice: cleaning anything else in the house!
I always put off going to the grocery store, it just isn’t as fun with a 2 year old! And I always waste time in my sons fish tent that we have in his room. I (just about) fit into it and he will zip it all up and we just get to hang out, all snuggled together. Love it.
Most undesirable task, cleaning the bathroom.
Procrastinations of choice
1. surf the internet
2. go swimming
3. walk the dog
4. bride the hubby to do it.
As you can tell I love swimming and would love a new swim suit!
least favorite to do – cleaning the bathrooms. so gross, so guess what I kind of just don’t do it and eventually make my husband do it, that brave brave soul. and i’m a master at procrastinating – weapon of choice? well blogs but of course, especially yours!
My least favorite task is cleaning the floors (mopping and vacuuming!)…so I find pretty much anything else to do…read, blog, craft, waste time on facebook.
Least favorite to-do item: Laundry. Although I don’t really know why, it’s not like I have to go down to the river and break out my scrub board and lye. So maybe cleaning the bathroom. Best procrastination item: At work: reading blogs. At home, TV. It’s very importnat I watch America’s Next Top Model, okay? 🙂
I absolutely hate folding socks. I have to confess though – I don’t really procrastinate about it, I usually end up throwing them in an empty basket, and it’s help yourself if you need ’em. Luckily, Summer is here, and the need for them is limited.
Least favroite: Putting laundry away, taking the recycling out, making beds. I can’t pick only one.
Procrastination: Reading ONE more book to my girls….or maybe 12.
I hate mopping – I usually make my hubby do it!
The to-do chore that I hate the most has got to be cleaning. I pretty much change my clothes three or four times a day because I never like what I’m wearing, and things that I use somehow always find their way onto a coffee table or the floor instead of their original home. My procrastination weapon of choice has got to be cooking, which sounds odd. But cooking is my escape and I love spending time creating cook delicous works of art.
YAY!! New suit please 🙂 Hmm… I hate dusting, bathrooms, laundry so to avoid them I read, play with kids, watch a movie with the kids, go to park or go shopping for fun stuff. To me anything is an excuse to not do house work :0)
Thanks for reminding me that chores are not all bad 🙂 My least favorite is washing dishes… so usually I cook, and then give an exaggerated sigh with sad eyes to my husband, who hopefully get the hint and tells me not to worry about it as he rolls up his sleeves. Bless him!
And I LOVE your vintage suits… could use a “flattering” piece to cover these extra few pounds I’m dying to lose.
My least favorite chore ever is dishes. Growing up my sister and I actually would trade for other jobs like the toilets just so we wouldn’t have to do dishes! I put them off by reading, napping, crafting… you name it I do it just to put them off, and then most of the time I shove as much as I can in to the dishwasher to make less work 🙂
My least favorite chore ever is dishes. Growing up my sister and I actually would trade for other jobs like the toilets just so we wouldn’t have to do dishes! I put them off by reading, napping, crafting… you name it I do it just to put them off, and then most of the time I shove as much as I can in to the dishwasher to make less work 🙂
Loving your post… as always 🙂
My least favorite chore… well right now its unpacking my house. We just bought our first home. And by just I mean we moved in nearly 3 months ago and my spare bedroom is a danger zone. I get out of it by laying on the couch proclaiming how TIRED I am, or by saying my little needs memories and love from his mommy! Then my husband gets annoyed with the pile of dishes and washes them himself! He’s even unpacked quite a stash of boxes! ::sigh:: I think I’ll keep him!
I don’t mind folding the laundry, but I REALLY dislike matching up the socks!!! For some reason I’ve always dreaded this part of the laundry process. Probably because I’ve lived in Oregon all my life and we go through a lot of socks around here! 🙂
Procrastinatory weapon, oh I have many! Reading blogs, playing with my son, texting, baking, eating!
Folding Laundry will be the death of me. That and the dishwasher. I’ll load all day but when it comes to unloading I avoid it like the plague until there are piles upon piles just screaming to be folded. I guess that’s kind of my life story too – I’m not very good at unloading anything. I just keep taking on more and more and eventually “folding” it all. My weapon – loud music and dancing…whether it’s a concert in my car with the windows rolled down or a nursey rhyme I’ve heard a millions times…somehow just signing at the the top of my lungs is an amazing, sometime much needed, release!
My least favorite to do task is cleaning bathrooms! I have long dark thick hair so I should do it WAY more often then I do, but I would rather curl up on the couch with a glass of wine and read my book, so I do!
I’m glad you mentioned the suit! I love it!
I’m the queen of going for a “quick” hour long walk around the neighborhood with my girl to avoid folding the whites that no one wants to fold in the dryer.
I would love to have a new swimsuit that makes me look more slim! I loathe just about anything to do with cleaning my house. With 4 children it seems to be such an endless chore. I am the queen of procrastination. I hang with kids, watch tv, play computer games. It doesn’t take much to distract me!
laundry will get washed and rewashed (as it was forgotten) in lieu of crafting or just being with the family. oh well, it’s just clothes, right?
Loving every minute of this post!
I cannot stand to organize/pay the bills….they always seem to be piling up, like a perpetual cycle of pay, pay, pay…..ah well. Blessed to have a home.
If procrastination hits, I walk outback and brush out the horses. Sandy and Suzie love to have their noses scratched! I love snuggling with those girls!
Have a safe trip.
I’m going to have to echo a lot of people and say… laundry. I’m pretty sure all of my clothes are in the laundry basket.
So easy to sit and read my list of blogs and eat some tasty food instead of having to clean all of my clothes.
My least favorite task is hands-down, anything related to cleaning house. Looooathe it. And of course there are lots of baby-related tasks for my 9 mo old twins that I don’t love (mixing up formula by the pitcher, making bottles, etc), but I refuse to let them be anything but a privelege. They are my miracles. Fave procrastination? Reading blogs like yours. Such a guilty pleasure!
Wonderful post as always.
I always clean my kitchen when the rest of my house is a disaster that way at least one room is clean.
Love love the swimsuits and love Portland!
My least favorite to-do task is ironing! I dread it! I too like to take bathes or fall into a book as if nothing needs to be done.
My least favorite to-do task is ironing! I dread it! I too like to take bathes or fall into a book as if nothing needs to be done.
My least favorite to-do task is ironing! I dread it! I too like to take bathes or fall into a book as if nothing needs to be done.
Love the suit! havent had a new bathing suit in three years. and with twins I think its time…think 6-7 month twin girls are ready for summer and the hose and waiting pool??
My least favorite thing todo is dishes, really dislike. But I procrastionate by cooking…seems if I cook a lot I end up with a happy husband who will then clean the kitchen for me. Win win!
My least favorite task is folding the 5 piles of laundry my husband did (to try and help) and then piled on them on the couch.. 🙂 There’s no way to escape avoiding it unless it’s our daughters laundry and then I just put it in a basket and pick through it the rest of the week!
I just happen to be from Oregon, about 2 hours south of Portland (Sweet Home)I am in love with the Retro Sadie | Red White Polka Dot!
Worst chore by far has to be laundry, because there is always way too much! I always remember my mom and it inspires me to get up and fold! She never went to bed without making sure everything was folded and put away. She has been gone for two months now but I find her spirit in all sorts of daily “reminders”
I read blogs and get lost surfing the net for recipes to try, when I should be dusting or working on budgets…oh, the challenges of working from home. 🙂
oh, the packing process beings! it’s a love/hate for me. i love choosing all of the outfits for a trip but i hate limiting what i can take.
I build forts and write songs and pretend like my laundry pile isn’t the size of Mount Doom.
I love the new white suit on you! Who doesn’t love a good booty fitting bathing suit! 🙂
Me….I hate toilets and folding the laundry….I will turn the dryer on over and over to avoid actually having to get it out and fold it….usually because I’m curled up on the couch with a blanket and a good book…and you can’t forget the cold nose of the dog pressed up against me….
Thanks for sharing your life with us! You a true Rockstar!
Sudoku is my procrastination tool of choice. And trashy magazines. And “Keeping up with the Kardashians”. Wow – you must think really highly of me by now!
And that suit is AWESOME!
i hate hate hate cleaning the bathroom…so I nurse the baby, rock the baby, do the laundry, make cupcakes for the girls, read your blog. but I will get to it today anyway.
first time commenter, DEDICATED reader. a few of my escape hatches? reading blogs (eh-em, enjoying the small things…), painting my nails, peeling off my nail polish, 2 glasses of riesling (ok, 3), planning coordinating outfits for my 2 daughters and self, and an afternoon cup o joe.
I do pretty much ANYTHING (make up all sorts of other “important” tasks that need to be done) to pretend that I don’t have a sink full of dishes that need washed. And by washed I mean, simply place them in the dishwasher… yes, I hate doing dishes that bad! My husband is trying to convince me to convert to all paper products… 🙂
Love this post! Have a great trip!
What is my favorite to do list item? Probably grocery shopping. And my procrastination would have to be facebook.
Least favorite? Dishes. Hate ’em.
My escape? Reading blogs. 🙂
isn’t it nice to know you’re not the only one who gets all “crazy to-do lister” and then in the next breath is reading a magazine, watching your favorite show, or just sitting outside? i hate putting laundry away. wash = easy, folding = piece of cake, but the simple task of putting it away drives me bonkers! i go outside and sweep the patio, even though i just did it the day before, or even the hour before. it gets me outside to breath in the fresh air, but at the same time the simple action of sweeping makes me feel like i’m getting something done. it’s weird. i’m weird. OCD. short on fuzes. incapable of sitting still for 5 minutes (thanking my 3 boys for that). call it what you will, i wouldn’t trade it.
p.s. i love these swimsuits! i was just telling my little sister that i need to get away from the bikinis and into something a little more my age. something vintage, something that covers my “i’ve had 3 giant boys” belly, but still makes me feel like a sexy woman, not a dirty mommy. thanks for the giveaway!
My least favorite chore, cleaning the bathrooms (toilets specifically)procrastinatory weapon of choice = ignorance! Even if the 4-year old decides to “aim a little high” and put a ring around the seat I don’t budge (until I have guests over :). It’s a sign that my life is lived and I will get to it when I get to it!
Never ever commented but have read for YEARS. For shame, I know. When I saw your white suit I thought….if she does a give away, I might just have to comment. And you did! YEA! So *shaking hands* nice to meet you! Sorry it’s taken me so long! I don’t really like making dinner. There, I said it, but it does pay off when I’ve actually done it and my family is sitting around the table together cause of me 🙂
This is going to sound crazy, but I clean up the house to avoid my to-do list. Running from room to room forgetting why I was there in the first place allows me to put off those other chores I have been dreading.
Adore your swimsuit!
Least favorite to-do, hands down, mopping! Every floor in my house is hardwood so it takes FOREVER…favorite excuse not to do it…sit outside by our fountains & pond and watch my Golden Retriever chase birds & squirrels!
most hated task? Mopping. Pretty close is bathing suit shopping, but I’d be willing to try one of those you featured…they are adorable!
Least favorite to-do task is dishes. We constantly add to the already clean dishwasher, and re-wash, just to avoid having to put dishes away. My procrastinatory weapon is definitely blog hopping/internet searching. I could spend hours doing this! So, thanks for your help in my procrastination!
The task I put off is cleaning the floors! I will clean about everything else in the house twice before doing that! Love your blog!!
To avoid cleaning/ helping my fiance mow or work outside..I pretend to be busy inside cleaning the bathroom whist really OBSESSING on my face with the newest anti-aging/ wrinkle creams and masks and whatever Oprah tells me will keep me fresh forever 🙂 Love the swimsuits
Amy
I live with 8 potty trained boys and a husband…….needless to say, I hate cleaning the bathroom.
I HATE it so much, that I make one of the older boys clean it!!!
Cute bathing suit! I just realized that it’s nice to have more than one bathing suit. To have options.
Love the picture and commentary with Nella and the pug! I love pugs!
And I love the idea of the ‘moon walk’.
And I love how you said you love to play those kid games too! When I was a Nanny, I loved playing kid games too! Or reading them a certain story at bedtime. Good times.
CUTE suit!! I am thankful for the dishwasher, but ugh, hate unloading it.
Adorable suit! The book looks awesome cause I am a Mammarazzi!
Least favorite: Clean House
Procrastination: Recorded overfilled dvr, your blog :-), working on my girls’ books and crafting.
Also, if all those pics are in one day, your girls love a change of clothes. I love it! Can’t imagine your laundry piles 🙂
Least favorite–cleaning out the car in winter. Favorite procrastination tool–surfing cooking blogs, pretending like I’m looking for something to make for dinner.
Note to self: Enjoy nursing as an escape hatch instead of a task.
I detest putting laundry away. Doing it, folding it, putting it neatly into the basket – not a problem. Putting it into dresser drawers – UGH. I usually justify putting it off by playing with my son, reading to him, doing extra snuggling, so that there’s no time to put it away before he goes to bed. And don’t dare do it after, because he might wake up. 😀
Cleaning the shower. HATE.IT. When it gets real bad, I can literally time-travel through some tiny hole in the universe and it’s twenty seven years ago…I’m showering in a Youth Hostel in Amsterdam with flip-flops on. But then, my mother-in-law is famous for the surprise drop-by…terrified she’ll use the restroom and peek behind the shower curtain. That threat gets the Tilex out every time.
those suits are fab!
i procrastinate unloading the dishwasher…there is something about it that seems like it takes “so” long. this isn’t really my escape hatch, but i will defiantly hand wash a few dishes just to avoid needing a place for dirty dishes….
Least favorite task: I’m doing it right now… packing. We move tomorrow and I have exactly 10 boxes packed – for a family of 5!!
How am I procrasinating? You’re reading it!! Blogs!
I avoid putting up the laundry until I have to, I dont mind washing, just putting away! ha! 🙂
I often edit photos or play “hubbabaloo” with my little loves to avoid the mountain of clean clothes!
I avoid laundry by ignoring the dryer buzz and continuing to enjoy my coffee and my guilty pleasure of Soap Operas (yes I fit that stereotype about stay at home moms, lol!).
Okay – super awesome gifting!!
My worst task? – I suppose cleaning the firdge. AND it needs it right now – pretty bad.
Procrastination of choice… facebook or blogs (yup, doin’ it right now).
unloading the dishwasher – hands down. it sounds silly bc the machine did the hard work.
i procrastinate by reading your blog! 🙂
Always a treat… reading your thoughts! Thanks! Can’t wait to check out the new photo book you recommended… taking pics of my kiddos is my favorite thing. And Elefun is on of our fav games! Have a wonderful trip!
Cleaning out the Cat Litter Boxes. Taking a hot shower is my escape when I need a break. I need a new swimsuit to take my baby to swimming class this summer!
dishes. i hate doing dishes. i put it off until there are no dishes left and then i’m stuck with hours of dishes. and i just never learn. i’d rather procrastinate than keep up. and when i say procrastinate, what i really mean is ‘going to the beach, or to the park, or on a long sunny bike ride with my little man!!!”
love your swim suit! love your blog!
I totally avoid putting the laundry away, it usually sits in the baskets in piles and we dig em out as needed. I avoid it by long walks with the girls to the beach, pool,parks and sharping my photography skills! 🙂
Oh I’m so glad you listed about your bathing suit. I love it!! And it would be really awesome to win one…
I procrastinate on laundry folding and putting away like it’s my job. I end up having to put it all back in the dryer for a wrinkle release round. My stall tactic is to put it in the baby’s room (that is a work in progress for the baby due in August) and close the door… then I don’t have to see it. Somehow, I feel come September I’ll need a new stall tactic.
I would love love love an adorable bathing suit like that!
My least favorite chore is the dishes. And cleaning the bathroom. Ugh.
My procrastinatory weapon of choice is reading blogs. Guess what I’m doing right now? And guess what I SHOULD be doing? 😉
Love the suit! I dread folding socks, well any laundry really, but especially socks. My escape hatch is a book. Ha ha especially one with a due date from the library. I must finish it before I get fines levied against me, right????
I am working so hard to get back in shape and lose some weight after two back to back c-sections and a new suit would be the perfect reward! Cleaning the bathroom is the task I hate the most…I mean who really enjoys cleaning the bathroom? I procrastinate by reading all of my favorite blogs and I always start here! Yes, that means I should be cleaning the bathroom right now before my mother-in-law arrives tomorrow 🙂
Such inspiring pictures. What a simple reminder for us to enjoy life’s moments. Oh, and cute swimsuit.
Least favorite…hmm, probably emptying the inside compost container into one of the outdoor bins (It’s a three tier compost system- highly effective since we have bears in the yard and can’t do it outright) but SO stinky to deal with.
I escape by reading blogs, books, magazines and anything else with words!
Oh, and I redecorate little areas instead of clean big areas 🙂
I hate folding the laundry and I hate putting it away even more. HAH! So I usually end up blogging to procrastinate the job. no bueno.
I love your bathing suit! SO cute. I despise doing laundry. I let it pile up rather than just doing it. When my plate is full and I have more on my to do list than I think I can accomplish, I bake. It is so relaxing for me, and comes with a yummy dessert.
Thanks for your blog, Kelle. I love reading it, and always look forward to your next post.
Least favorite? the dishes, my oh my the dishes! I put it off for as long as I can.
But something that gets me going again? Washing the windows; it’s that feeling of being able to see cleary out of the hosue again that get me in the mood to get stuff done.
😀 These suits are gorgeous! Good Luck to everyone!
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Putting away the folded laundry- the WORST for me……Online time, reading blogs, facebook, etc… my Escape! 🙂
If I win a suit, wonder if I automatically can lose 10 pounds too?? 🙂
Ugh. Folding laundry. HATE IT. I will do ANY other house chore before I do that. Then watch an episdoe of Glee that turns into 2 or 3 episdoes of Glee… and more often than not the laundry sits in the dryer and I just pull out items as I need them.
Is it weired that I love to gut a filty closet?? Organizing soothes me, and I am often caught doing it as a procrastination for the other things like mopping. =)
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Gorgeous swimsuit! I would love to have the chance to pass one along to my youngest who is tall and also gorgeous and looks fabulous in those retro suits.
I think my most yucky and unlikeable chore is emptying the cat litter box. Every time I do it I am sorry that we have indoor cats! My procrastinator is my sewing..I can always convince myself that I need to get another purse, or pin cushion, or hair piece made for this or that boutique or to add to the etsy store.
xoxo
LOVE the swim suit! When I saw the first picture I was hoping you would mention where you got it because it’s to die for cute!
Favorite procrastination activities? #1 Clearing out my Google Reader, which can take HOURS…I follow way too many blogs. 🙂 #2 crafting and #3 reading a book. In fact, I’m supposed to be finishing getting things together for a trip we’re leaving on this afternoon, yet here I sit reading your latest post!
My least favorite to-do task is probably changing the sheets … mostly because that means I have to remake my daughter’s loft bed.
My favorite procrastination technique is calling up a friend, getting lost in the idle chat about our days, our kids, etc.
I’m going back to school for a 3rd degree and even still I loathe the idea of “homework”… So instead, I’ll use my escape hatch of a long run, or cleaning(yes.. I even enjoy laundry!) or I could cook and bake for hours!
The idea of a new suit for the pool sounds like the perfect item to add to my list of escape hatches!
A new suit would be amazing – I somehow managed to lose about 40 lbs over the winter and now mine don’t fit! Yours is so nice!
Laundry is my worst, worst, worst thing. Well, the act of folding it and putting it away. I have no trouble putting a load into the washer or dryer. Just the aftermath! Ugh. I choose to read a good book instead. 🙂
I loathe putting away the folded laundry, I don’t understand why, but it feels like so much more effort. And for me as my husband says “reading blogs of people you don’t even know” is my escape its nice to know I am not alone in the daily struggle of raising little kids and finding balance
My absolute least favorite thing to do is laundry…I swear, I wait until we are all down to our last pair of underwear!! then I have a marathon day of laundry doing…
I procrastinate by catching up on my favorite blogs while my little is napping..
As a Grammy, I’m downsizing. I have so many “things” that at some point in my life seemed worthy of saving, and now when I trip over them or open a drawer and see them taking up space I could SO use for other important stuff…well, I mostly think “garage sale!” while sitting on my sofa reading the news online, or playing “Words With Friends” with my sister and brother-in-law on my Ipod.
Oh – forgot to add, I hate doing dishes and of course reading blogs is how I procrastinate!
I LOVE these suits!!
I really hate the tedious cleaning work – dusting, scrubbing, etc. My procrastinatory weapon of choice – cooking. Which inevitably leads to an even bigger mess to clean up, but at least I have something to nibble on while I do it 🙂
I love your suit! I loathe loathe LOATHE putting away laundry and my weapon of choice is playing with my kids at their train table or painting my toe nails. 🙂
Love, love your swimsuit!!!
I hate cleaning. Hate it. Is there anything worse??? I use every excuse in the world not to do it (nobody is coming over, I have a ton of editing to do, my daughter needs a nap) and luckily I have a sweet husband who will come to my rescue and help out 🙂
i hate cleaning out my car. hate it. most of the time it gets put off and a nap ensues 🙂
I hate going to the post office! Finally headed there to day, because every single other thing is crossed off my to-do list. Procrastination can sometimes be productive!
Can I get an amen on the laundry situation!!
I hate it with a passion, because it is NEVER ENDING and with 3 boys (4 if you include the big guy), we have loads and loads of jeans (which have grass stained knees). I actually don’t mind the washing part of the task, but the folding… that’s another story. I usually let it sit and wrinkle (god forbid) and then a day or two later, I get it folded.
I play with my kids or sit at the computer reading great blogs, just to pretend that they are not sitting in the basket waiting to be folded.
Another fabulous post! I may have a new view of Elefun:-) My least favorite to do task is dusting…pointless! and it is so much work to just get the clutter picked up who has time for dusting! But, when it is all too much that is when it is time to drop it all and just head to the front yard. The huge tree shades us from the blistering afternoon sun and the breeze that comes down the street stops right in our front yard and shortly after we arrive out there so do all the neighbors and soon dusting(or anything else that has to be done) is quickly forgotten by the joy of a lazy afternoon outside:-)
Thank you for the info on the new book! I definitely will be buying that for myself and one for my sister.
My least favorte “chore” has to be folding laundry (as you could well see by the loads of it sitting in my bedroom waiting for me!). Sometimes I’ll be folding and look over and see my Kindle. I snatch it up, lay across the bed and read a few pages…until I feel guilty and realize that the laundry is NOT going to fold itself!
I’m in the middle of a writing project and the fear of not being “good enough” ushers in the procrastination! So, quite honestly, I read your blog and a couple of others which is entirely indulgent – and somehow puts-off the pain of work just a little while longer…. 🙂
I pretend that my kids beg me to watch yet another episode of Curious George, but really I am in love with that cute little monkey and the way he makes all my kids laugh. I often do this when it is time to load the dishwasher. I HATE DISHES. When I was growing up, I paid my sister 15 dollars to do the dishes whenever it was my turn. I still consider that money well spent!
Ooh love love the suit! My least favorite chores are moving the clothes from the washer to the dryer or cleaning the bathtubs. Ugggh!
I usually end up organizing my make up while I’m in there… or randomly deciding that I NEED to make a headband out of the fabric I just found.
Oh, to be a girl. 🙂
I love this post! along with many of your others!!
least favorite task…. dishes and laundry as they are an equally hated to do of mine!
I will just HAVE TO finish the book… even if i HAVENT picked it up yet! take a warm bubble bath..
or as of just recently… look at baby blogs, registry items, write in the pregnancy journal….
lets just say… I HAVE A PROBLEM! 🙂
I hate putting away the silverware. I laughed when I read your post about letting them go through one more round, like they were on some sort of dishwashing roller coaster. Ha! Sigh. Silverware.
On warm days, I sit on the porch (front if its too hot, and back if I want to soak in rays), eat chips and salsa and watch the world go by. I used to sip a diet coke, but these days its sparkly lime water. On cold days, I make a cup of tea or coffee, grab a cookie, and sit on the couch reading a magazine. Porch/Couch Time – the height of luxury!
Love the suit! OH cleaning the kitchen floor, I don’t even have to think twice about that one. . . I procrastinate by, well, reading blogs like yours. Could you post more often please, like two or three times a day? That way I could procrastinate longer. Thanks, you’re a doll. ; )
You always have the cutest bathing suits! I hope our weather here gets warm enough for me to swim outside this year- the time will come just not soon enough!
My least fav thing to do is dishes… Especially when we let them pile up- they don’t take long to do it’s just getting started which is sucky!!
Love the latest pictures of your girls!!
I love how you write going to the post office makes you feel like a capable adult. I could never figure out why I secretly loved going to the post office and that’s just it! Thanks for putting words to my silly secret joy. And, as always, love the photos and the new suit!
my least favorite task currently is cloth diaper washing, not such a big deal, but I like to avoid it by playing with my babe or by baking. and waiting for the hub to come home so I can lament how much they need to be dealt with,and then he does them 🙂
Dusting. I hate to dust and I have no idea why. I vacuum, wash windows, load the dishwasher, put toys away, scrub toilets, do laundry – no prob. Just don’t ask me to dust.
I can’t stand puttinig away clean laundry. I don’t mind putting in the wash, changing it to dry, and folding it…but for some reason I can’t stand putting it away… Thus the mountains of clothes in my room.
Instead, I read blogs and bake.
I love doing (as in sorting, washing) laundry, but hate the folding and putting away.
What is my distraction: Google Reader….many blogs, many hours of reading, admiring and loving….
love the suits!
Least favorite chore? mowing the grass.
I procrastinate by reading blogs and obsessively checking Facebook for updates. Which reminds me – the backyard is calling…
Love your suit! My least favorite to-do task is emptying the lint trap! Eww and yuck. My procrastination weapon of choice is to ask my husband to do it for me 😉
Hmmmm…. least favorite – dishes!
Procrastinating weapon of choice:
a GREAT book!
My least favorite task is DUSTING and when I dont want to do it– I check your blog to see if there is a new post and/or play on this computer!!!
My least favorite task? Scrubbing the bath tub! My husband and I always rock paper scissors for it.
i loathe having to do laundry…my procrastinaotry weapon of choice: playtime with the niece and nephew!! very good reason to not have to do any chore if you ask me 🙂
I hate doing the dishes and laundry and … all other housework. I procrastinate by Facebook-ing and drinking oh-just-one-more cuppa coffee. It’s not wasting time if I’m enjoying my morning coffee. (Even at 1 pm!) I hate cleaning the house but I love relaxing when it’s all tidy and sparkly!
Least favorite to do? That’s easy – I have a couple them: folding laundry, emptying the dishwasher and grocery shopping!
Love the new bathing suit and just when I think your girls couldn’t be any more beautiful – they are! Congratulations to your mom on her wedding! I hope the day is spectacular!
My least favorite task is arriving home from a journey and unpacking my bags. If I leave my bags packed, I can pretend for a bit or a day that I may just whisk away again at moment’s notice. My favorite procrastination is reading a great book. I only read really good ones because I don’t have time to waste on mediocre. I started with The Help and have made it through Bossypants, Freedom and Water For Elephants (which I read instead of filling moving boxes one day and had to stay up until midnight to get it done for the movers the next day.) Can’t wait to read Mamarazzi!
I dislike packing & unpacking; up against the wall in my bedroom is the latest suitcase from a few weeks ago. It’s nearly empty now because I’ve had to take a piece here & a piece there out to put my outfits together. To top it off, I tend to over pack. Sure I am only going away for two days but who said I can’t take eight different outfits? What if it’s too cold? or too hot? What if my cousin’s want to go out but I can’t go because I don’t have the right clothes (or shoes!!)? I mean, sure, five pairs of shoes seem excessive and I usually only end up wearing my flip flops all weekend, but one of these days, my over packing will pay off. So yes, I pack stuff ‘just in case!!’ I want to pretend or think that I am organized by thinking I am. I mentally pack days before I leave so I feel prepared. I know what I am wearing in case we go out or it’s cold or too hot.
I figure there are far more things I could be doing or am much better at doing; I’m sure I’d be great!! But reading blogs or books or surf the web always seem to win. However, I am great at procrastinating, this is true; I should be working right now!!
I love your suit!! So cute!
I use Pinterest collecting party ideas and pretend I don’t have a sink full of dirty dishes.
I hate vacuuming, and I love to sit outside in the warm MI weather (since we have so little of it) to delay all tasks!
I LOVE that swimsuit you have on and of course would love to win one but I’m going to order one either way 🙂
Your blog is amazing and so inpirational!
Ironing is NOT my favorite. I’d rather nap with my son who likes to spoon. 🙂
Least fave task is definitely folding laundry… I do the wash, take them out and then the sit in shameful piles on our floor and become origami. Fave procrastination? Napping in the sun. It happens so rarely that it is pure bliss.
i abhore folding laundry…i don’t mind shuffling it from washer to dryer, but wish i had a “Rosie” from the jetsons to fold it.
taking baths and/or going to the park with my 2 yr old are my favorite procastinatory actions! 🙂
I despise folding laundry. Sometimes it sits there unfolded for days! Depends on the day what I do to procrastinate, love reading blogs yours is a great one!
I avoid cleaning the bathroom, and mopping-my two least favorites. Instead I craft and bake, then I “straighten” other parts of the house to make myself feel better 🙂 I’m adoring those suits and am hoping I get lucky because I’m pretty sure after your post-they will be selling like hot cakes! 🙂 xoxo
This Momma needs a new swim suit… come on Canadian summer weather!
As I sit here, leaving my comment on your lovely blog, I have a lengthy “To Do” list waiting…calling my name. Among the tasks “to do” is laundry, my most dreaded… “folding” the socks and undies load! Boo. It can wait. I need to read my daily blogs and enjoy my chai tea latte…
I “heart” your blog and your wonderful sense of style!
Thanks!
It is hard for me to narrow down least favorite tasks to one 🙂
Probably folding and putting away laundry. I often dress out of the laundry basket!
And I wish I could look like you in a swimsuit
I hate washing whites…so many socks and small items. Folding takes an eternity. I usually procrastinate by reading my favorite blogs!
I hate, hate, hate doing laundry. I DREAD it! But then one day in Sunday school it hit me: I do laundry just like I pray. I do either only when stuff piles up and I need something. So now when I dread doing laundry, I try to remember that if I pray WHILE doing laundry, I’m killing two birds with one stone. And that maybe, just maybe, things won’t pile up quite so quickly next time.
Love this post and knowing that I’m not alone in trying to juggle so much yet still remain calm.
Folding clean clothes. I would sleep next to them for a week if it meant I didn’t have to face the task of putting them away nicely.
To avoid this job? I play “let’s simplify so you have less clean clothes to fold later!” and I add old college tee-shirts and ill-fitting dresses to the give-away pile. It’s like eliminating future laundry…sort of…
Hi Kelle!
Hmmm….I hate scrolling through Craigslists for jobs. It’s very disheartening. My favorite escape? Writing a letter home and walking to the mail box to send that square, crisp white envelope on its way….such a small thing with great satisfaction.
xoxo
Lina
Least favorite to-do task: Cleaning showers/baths. Ugh.
Favorite method of procrastination: sweating out the stress in the sauna at my gym
I HATE going through the clothes my boys have grown out of…It makes me sad to get rid of them and happy that they are growing and then sad again that I (hopefully) will have a girl next time and no little boy will wear the clothes again soon or until i have grandkids.
I procrastinate that with hanging my laundry outside. I dont know why but its really fun for me. I also like to sit on a blanket and read a book while watching my boys chase eachother and screach at bugs and the dog licking their faces. OH and I read your blog…I should be going through clothes…and putting clothes into dressers.
PS I LOVE Lainey’s fake smile with teeth! So hillarious…I am still getting a good happy chuckle.
loved seeing a glimpse into your day! I need to get that books. So awesome, and such a great title!
My least fave task is probably dishes! i hate everything about them, and even putting them away!
andreaworley@live.com
Right now my favorite to do list task is putting away my 3 month olds clothes. They are so tiny and lovely. My put-of-to-do list task? Having the baby nap on my chest instead of putting her in her crib. Nothings better than baby cuddles!
I hate unloading the dishwasher. But I love those bathing suits!
Oh my gosh, “ferocious Lainey” had me laughing to hard! Made my day!
My hated task is washing dishes. Instead, I spend time reading your blog and browsing status updates on Facebook. My knowledge of every newborn baby, wedding date, concert attendance, etc. always amazes my husband!
I have a feeling my ten year class reunion will be rather boring…
Least favorite? Cleaning the kitchen floor! To avoid it: cook something…I’ll just have to clean it later anyway! Love your outlook and cheers to grounding moments wherever they may find you!
It’s funny…I HATE doing the floors and used to find any reason NOT to. It takes too long and hurts my back.But my little guy is crawling now. and his little hands & knees get dirty & I hate that more than I hate cleaning the floors. so it’s not such a chore anymore…I clean them because he NEEDS them to be clean. And that makes it easier. Perspective is funny.
My least favorite to do – why choose just one when there are so many cleaning tasks to hate – the dishes, the laundry, you name it, I hate it!
As for procrastinating, the internet is my biggest time suck. That or making lists of things I have to do…and then not doing them!
I’ve been thinking about my least favorite thing to do and realizing that the list is so long and lateral that – I may not like to do anything that involves something I need to do. So then I had to think of what I never do while having the best intentions of doing. And the winner is ***** filing away important papers, medical, letters to save, bits & pieces. I always make a neat pile and put it somewhere safe in the closet, way out of sight. Last night I was reminded that this growing pile still exists when I had to find some former med tests and dates for an upcoming dr. appt. So I sat on the bed in my usual “get serious” pose and proceeded to sort through the popouri pile of mixed bits. Some went to the invisible garbage pail in the foor. It is a universal fact that if you wait long enough to file, most of it can get tossed. I made piles of similar papers, put aside what I needed to take with me, got hooked on some reminiscing (my pile includes photos to be scanned) and a bit of motivation. Well, of course, by the time I finished this emotional task of confronting avoidance I was exausted. My method at this point is to put all the little piles into one larger pile, feel like a slug, and put the new pile back in the closet.
SO I have a couple of procrastination methds.
1. just dont do it.
2. buy new underwear. who wants to do laundry today. folding is the biggest bummer. iron – did you ask if I own an iron?
3. done laundry takes a few days to put away. meanwhile the hamper is full of clean clothes and there’s no place to begin a new laundry pile.
4. lie down and contemplate what it would be like to be able to . . . .
I really do think you have an amazingly healthy balance in your life. Very healthy priorities, Youg children help with that. There’s too much fun and loving to miss out on by always tasking.
Folding laundry.
I don’t mind sorting it, or transferring it from washer to dryer, but folding it gets me every time!
I procrastinate the best by coming up with fun crafts to do. While the cloths are drying I start a craft that I just can’t seem to tear myself away from.
Oh, I detest mopping, even though it is so wonderful to have freshly mopped floors. I will do anything to procrastinate when it is mopping time – often reading your site!
least favorite chore? sorting through and filing the never ending paperwork and mail. i don’t even mind cleaning and doing laundry, just don’t make me deal with those papers!
how i escape? snuggling with my fresh 6-week old little girl while playing with my almost-three-year old girl. or reading a good book or a good blog (such as yours). all while drinking coffee.
spring is slowly starting to show up here in michigan, and summer is just around the corner, so a new suit would be a lovely addition to the post-baby summer wardrobe.
Least favorite task would have to be the folding and putting away of laundry…I always said I would put shelving next to my dryer and just put folded clean clothes there.
BTW…love the suit!!
I drink tea, and read blogs to help me forget about the mounds of dirty dishes. I would love to win a new bathing suit, after having my first daughter my old suits don’t fit any more, especially since I’m still nursing. I can’t wait to spend some quality time at the lake this summer, hopefully it will warm up soon here in Eastern Canada!
Love the pictures!!! My least favorite task is doing laundry, because it is in the basement. I procrastinate by playing with my kids.
I hate to clean anything…which involves vacuuming, mopping, and dusting. When I want to procrastinate I tell my husband that I was playing with the baby or running errands. He usually will do it then. 🙂
“like real life paper dolls”!!!!!!
Oh yes. I get it.
My least favorite to-do MIGHT be tackling my inbox. Or the toilet.
My weapon of choice is a magazine or an elaborate dinner at a most inopportune time.
i love your white suit! i have yet to go swim suit shopping this year, but it looks like our long winter is finally gone so bring on the suits!
Painting, crafting, writing, reading, it all MUST be done before I pick up a school book or clean my room. But lately I’ve been going through a huge spring cleaning phase (WHAT has come over me?!) and seeing white carpet has inspired me to go on. But crafting never fails to be the best procrastinator.
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I hate laundry. Our washer and dryer are in the basement and it is such a chore to go down there and switch them out, drag the baskets upstairs to fold, etc. I like to believe I would do better with a main floor laundry but I’m not sure. The nice this is we have a laundry shoot so there no dirty clothes on the main floor.
I procrastinate with the Internet. Reading blogs, twitter and Facebook. I’m supposed to be working right now!
I would love to win a suit. I have not found a good one since I had my son (almost 3 years ago)!
Well, lets just say I loathe folding laundry. Our laundry room is right off our kitchen nook and you should see my kitchen table! By weeks end the clean laundry is piled so high we have to push it to one end of the table in a mountain-like formation just to eat. Instead of folding laundry I escape/procrastinate by reading magazines or a good book!
And I just sent my hubby an email with a link to the Mamarazzi, subject line: “Mother’s Day Gift Idea!” Woot!
The Popina suits are BEAUTIFUL!! My least favorite to-do is to reorganize closets (i.e. when my son outgrows a size). It’s heartbreaking!! I procrastinate by turning on music and dancing around! I can do this for hours at a time.
I read the comments on your blog to avoid doing any work. I have 13 items on my to-do list today, but here I sit reading your blog!! LOVE the suits and could def use one for mother’s day!! Have a fabulous time at the wedding!!
Love the bathing suit! I think the thing I put off the most is putting away laundry. My escape is putting together a great scrapbook page or creating a handmade card!
My least favorite task? Folding all the laundry that gets done! And how do I procrastinate? I jump online and read your blog of course!!! And I am instantly feeling better. Your husband and you in a bathtub story made me laugh out loud!!!
your white swimsuit looks amazing on you! i just tried to submit this comment and it said “error” so i hope i’m not inadvertently entering this contest twice.
least favorite to-do item: go over my purchases and see if i’m over-budget!!! favorite procrastination method: writing long emails to my best friends 🙂
I HATE doing the dishes. I put that off on everyone else! To pretend they aren’t there, I read blogs like yours.
I don’t see any dishes…
my last favorite MUST do task would be folding laundry. sometimes I love it, but most of the time i let it sit in the laundry hamper too long so its gets wrinkled and i have another chore… ironing. My fault, but what can ya do?
As for procrastinating.. I am the procrastination QUEEN. I watch tv, I snack, I twiddle my thumbs, I browse expensive things online that I will never be able to afford.
I don’t really organize very well. I start to read old magazines and look through pictures – when I should be purging. 😉
Love the pics!!
I am over cleaning the shower, I’d much rather be in it. And, in general, that is how I procrastinate. Or I bake because baking cannot wait.
My least favorite task happens every Sunday. Every Sunday I pack a bag of clothes for childred and take it to my mom’s house on Monday with the kids. I hate doing it. I am so lucky that I have a mother who takes care of my babies and that I don’t have to put them in day care. But I hate that bag. It signifies yet another week that I don’t have my dream job of being a stay at home mom.
My least favorite task is cleaning out the crockpot if I use it…. but I read blogs & check facebook to procrastinate!
My least favorite task is cleaning the crockpot or pots/pans…. I procrastinate by reading blogs and checking facebook!
I dislike cleaning bathroom floors. Hair, grime, fly-a-way toilet paper…hugely dislike.
I do, however, LOVE that you’re still nursing your wee one:) As a RN and maternity nurse and momma to many, I think you are a great role model for comfortable extended nursing. I love it:) (writing as a sit nursing my 5 month old and typing one handed. )
My least favourite task is to clean out the cat litter box, and then the floor all around it. I will avoid it by reading a delicious book in the sunroom- the room furthest away from the smelly litter!!
Putting away laundry…I loath it! Laundry stays out for weeks at our house…it is awful! As for avoiding tasks I wish I had a creative excuse but if I am honest it is napping. I love to nap!
Hi Kelle!
My least favorite to-do task is put the laundry away. It usually stays in a wrinkly -but clean- heap in the laundry basket, while the dirty clothes take over the closet floor. And my weapon of choice is… my camera. I pack it up, grab a bottle of ginger soda, and explore new places to take photos!
I would love, love, love another swimsuit!
My least favorite task is…paperwork!
And I procrastinate doing it by leaving the house to do anything – playdates, swimming, or even grocery shopping. Out of sight, out of mind 🙂
Love the bathing suit….
I absolutely hate to clean the bathrooms. In fact, I don’t. My husband does. And he’s so funny about it. He reminds me to save the dryer sheets because they help alot with the soap scum..:)
Dusting and vacuuming are also two chores that I loathe, and when they need to be done, I can always hear a good book or magazine calling my name…
~polly
I DESPISE cleaning the bathrooms. Especially the toilets, and especially because I have 3 boys in my house. UGH
I procrastinate by playing on the computer: Facebook or planning fake vacations on Travelocity.com or my new addiction ~ pinterest.com
I just ordered the Mammarazzi book on Amazon and can’t wait to get it! Thank you for every tip you give and thank you for always inspiring 🙂
My least favorite task is mopping our kitchen floor -nice 70’s white tiles. Pretending to escape the inevitable? Make endless cups of tea, read to my girl, fold washing into neat piles that get knocked over by the cats and need to be refolded 🙂
What a gorgeous swimsuit!!
I can’t stand cleaning the kitchen. I feel like it’s all I do. I procrastinate by reading blogs…like I’m doing right now.
I laugh! I dance! I sing! Whatever the creative juices demand at the time in order to get out of…. ~*THE LAUNDRY*~ can’t stand it…don’t like it…I think its the laundry room its in the dungeon. We have a 4 level house and its in the subzero 4th level down. And we’re in Michigan so you know how bitter it still is that far down! I need some inspiration in there!
My absolute least favorite thing to do is vacuum. Problem is I have a 1 year old who eats everything off the ground. Usually I opt for the hand held and find myself quickly getting all the big pieces of hardened food that would break anyone’s tooth. And my escape is also a warm bubble bath, usually with a good book or magazine. Oh how I love quiet sometimes.
Moon walks are so going to be on my to do list this summer! I LOVE that idea!!
I hate house work, but least favorite is folding and putting away laundry. Now that the weather is nice, I’ve been avoiding it by taking the little ones out to play.
I read your blog to avoid my laundry. Ha!:) And then I realize you are absolutely right- I may as well find some stability or some gratitude theme in it all. I may as well get back to work and view it with pleasure.
( And it helps to download new songs from Itunes…more procrastination…but I tell myself it is to help me be faster at my to do list. If I actually get around to doing it:)
My least favorite task is cleaning my mess of a house… Procrastinating activity of choice? Baking! Which, of course, leads to more mess… but I love it!
Hmmm, my least favorite thing to do: Laundry, not the washing and drying, but the putting away. For some reason I can never seem to complete that last stage. In fact, my hubby and son have been trying to modify our closet in hopes it will help this problem. 😛 We will see. 😀
My favorite methods of procrastination are: drinking my coffee, reading blogs (because I love it so), taking pictures of my son (because what is not to love about that), or sewing.
Have a fabulous trip to your Mama’s Wedding! <3 to the happy couple.
least favorite task–folding the whites–primarily the socks. Knowing that there WILL be (cause there always is) a missing sock, or two drives me crazy. So instead I make paper airplanes with my son–10x better than laundry for sure!
I hate cleaning…hate it. I often get sucked into blogs as my escape hatch and have to remind myself to get busy before my husband gets home.
I don’t like to clean out the refrigerator. I know there are some mushrooms in there…I know they need to be thrown away…but somehow I still haven’t done it.
I hate doing laundry! As a college student without a machine in my home, I have to go to the Laundromat far too often. I actually LIKE handwash stuff because it means I don’t have to add it to the pile.
My favorite procastination is reading – I love curling up with good words!
my least favorite to-do task is sweeping the hardwoods, my weapon of choice is white socks. somehow the dirt on the socks tricks my brain into not having to sweep since i picked up all the dirt already ;p
Least favorite task? Laundry of course! It’s never really done…unless you and yours are all nude. So, I put it off by reading blogs!
I love showering but I HATE that I have to give up sleep in order to do so. So sometimes I skip my morning shower, saying to myself that I’m not lazy, I’m a water conservationist! I LOVE your suit so much, I was wondering where it was from. If I’m not lucky enough to win (fingers crossed!!) I’m definitely going to hit up this shop before my trip to Australia!
I hate folding laundry, I’ll just take pieces I need out of the dryer until it’s almost empty!
By far, the worst chore is emptying the dish washer. When dishes are dirty, as least you’re getting them out of the sink and have the promise of clean dishes. After it’s been run, what’s left? Luckily I have a 10yo who has emptying the dish washer as his standing chore 🙂
Best procrastination (other than reading and commenting on blogs, natch), is strapping my sweet 15mo snuggle bun to my chest and going for a walk. He’ll only tolerate about 20mins before he’s squirming and wanting to get down, but 20mins is plenty enough time for kisses and coos.
Ah the fine art of procrastination! I can find many ways to procrastinate but they don’t feel that way- like reading a much loved novel, napping and simply sitting in the sunshine. I loved Lainey’s shutterfly book- I also make them each year for my boys although they pale in comparison to yours!! cheers!
Laura
ps I desperately need a new bathign suit that is flattering!! post baby #2 the thought of putting one on slightly frightens me!!!
My least favorite chore is mopping the kitchen floor. Not sure why, but it just is. My procrastination activity of choice is reading blogs. Not that I’m procrastinating now. Well, okay, maybe I am but I think I’ll call it rejuvenating.
That white swimsuit is so Marilyn Monroe! Very retro glam – love it!
Without a doubt my biggest procrastination is letting paperwork pile up without organizing or filing it. I have a counter nook in our kitchen where I stick mail, coupons, flyers, bills, the kids’ schoolwork, magazines, etc. It always seems to pile up to the point of toppling over (which takes all of about 2 weeks) and I have to finally sort through it. I often discover I’ve missed some great sale or that I’ve been driving around for weeks with an expired insurance card! Oddly enough, I organize and clean everything else in our house. Just not paperwork!
HI!!!
Love that bathing suit and you had me at BUTT, something this MIMI needs to hide a little, So I will be checking that out!!!!I am running as fast as I can or typing as fast as I can to get that Book, love taking fun —casual spur of the moment type pics!!!!
Ok, I hate to admit it, I hate and I really mean this…LAUNDRY, all of it, I can just work away at it one day….do it all –bed sheets included, come end of the day……2 more loads for the next day……I would rather play..like last night, went to borrow a table cloth from my dear neighbor, ended up there til past midnight sipping wine and laughing, soon it was not only her and I but a couple riding by on their bikes, they too stayed til midnight!!!
Have a safe trip
hugs,
mimi–jamie
Oooooh, so glad you pointed me in the direction of these bathing suits! LOVE them!
My least favourite task to do is mopping the floors. It’s hands-down, the WORST. I agree that laundry is grounding, especially when I hang it outdoors in the sunshine. In fact, if my husband tries to help by doing laundy at all, I plead him to not do it cause I want to…who knew?!
My weapon of choice for procrastinating is definately soaking up every second I can with my 10-month old, by extending play time till the day is done, then oops, guess I’ll have to mop tomorrow! 😉
I loathe folding laundry and usually allow myself to indulge in a Real Housewives episode to get through it.
Any type of cleaning…but I’m lucky that my husband does most of it. Oh, that photo book looks amazing!
Hot Mama! Today I’ve had a day off, but I still want to get to the book fair and get my hair done… apparently I’m waiting for it to start raining so I get nothing done.
i don’t hate cleaning the bathroom but i avoid it for weeks. i only have one hour opportunity during the day to do it – my kids’ nap hour – and during that precious solitude the LAST thing i want to do is clean the bathroom. 😉
I LOVE LOVE LOVE those suits! I would look SO good in one! I want to win!!!
That said, my least favorite chore is doing floors. I procrastinate by doing everything else BUT floors, and leave those for the hubster. 🙂
I love retro style swimsuits! I have a blue/white poka dot one but would love one more. My least favorite is doing laundry. There’s always laundry in a pile somewhere, waiting to be washed, folded or put away.
I don’t dislike cleaning the house. I really loathe cleaning, organizing after a crazy week, okay maybe two, when I did not keep up with cleaning, putting clothes away, keeping all the junk from piling up on the dining room table.
What I do is just pack my two girls up and leave, the library the park anywhere the crazy mess could not be good for my kids and they must get out of the mess.
lovely post, as usual, and I ADORE the suit:). Things that help me procrastonate- reading blogs, flipping through design books/ magazines, kissing my little guy:). I HATE folding laundry. I can wash it, dry it, pile it, but folding…. not high on my list of likes:(.
Have fun at the wedding & have a ‘totally super’ weekend;).
xoxo,
Blair
i am new to your blog and really love it! i’d say sitting and reading blogs are currently my escape from my chores – so thanks for a new escape! i am currently really not into cooking. sometimes i enjoy it but right now it’s the last thing i want to do!
i am new to your blog and really love it! i’d say sitting and reading blogs are currently my escape from my chores – so thanks for a new escape! i am currently really not into cooking. sometimes i enjoy it but right now it’s the last thing i want to do!
I like to avoid housework by reading your blog and Facebooking. How embarrassing. 😉
I love that white bathing suit! I hate cleaning my floors! I just tidy up the kitchen countertops so the room looks cleaner 🙂 And I always catch up on blogs as soon as the kids go down for their naps. Your is one of my faves!
Swimsuit is awesome! I loathe putting away laundry, but I love having a nice cup of coffee in the morning while the kids watch t.v..
Love the swimsuit! My steam dryer makes laundry more bearable, but I loathe doing dishes & procrastinate by checking facebook, email, and my favorite blogs, in that order, over & over throughout the day.
Oow! Must check out this book!
I hate laundry. HATE. Wash, dry, fold, hang up, etc- ugh. Too many steps.
My littles are easy procrastinator tools. Having an 18 month old & a 5 weeker, they work pretty well to avoid tasks. 🙂
Hmmm… my least favorite to-do task would be cleaning, of any kind really… but especially the litter boxes… but I LOVE my kitties, so it must be done!
I spend a LOT of time at my Mama’s house to pretend I don’t have to clean my house!
My least favorite to-do task is certainly going to the bank and post office (and I don’t really know why…). And to procrastinate? I read Enjoying the Small Things of course 🙂
I was just thinking to myself…I wonder where Kelle got that super cute Retro swimsuit. So cute! Well the thing I dread most the cats litter boxes. How I avoid it. Hire someone to do it for me.
I’m so glad you mentioned where your suit was from! Love it!
My most hated task is laundry. BOOOO! I stalk blogs to procrastinate. 🙂
Mopping is hands-down my least favorite chore. I tend to get busy doing 10 other tasks (which annoys my husband – he’s not a fan of multitasking – so he usually ends up mopping while I finish everything else)…
YAY for vintage suits coming back in!! Gorgeous! “Modest is Hottest” as they say.
I loathe the balancing of the books at the end of each month. I will print everything I need off, and it will sit there in a pile next to the phone on my kitchen desk, for days…so I bake and cook up a storm around that pile….telling myself I just don’t have enough time to get to them. My kids and DH have never caught on how much more elaborate the supper meals are around here close to the end of each month. lol
My least favorite to-do task is dishes, they are neverending!!!
I love the swimsuit! My most dreaded task is laundry. I have oodles of procrastinating techniques. Taking my two year old to the park and making anything that involves a hot glue gun are my favorites.
I love your suit!! Pretty much anything involving any type of cleaning is my least favorite thing in the world to do!! I sit & read blogs to procrastinate during nap time and find all kind of other things I’d like to do or make in my “Free Time”!!
I’m really lucky to have a Husband who helps with everything!!
my favorite thing to do while procrastinating is read your blog! I escape to the isles of carpi while I should be working! I am in love with the bathing suit and would LOVE to win one! I hate cleaning and grocery shopping – would much rather read a book or hang out with my puppy!
I either watch tv or play online when I don’t want to clean. Naps times are wonderful times to procrastinate!
My least favorite task is pairing up my husband’s dress socks and to procrastinate, I waste time on the Internet!
Decluttering the kitchen counter. In fact, I’m avoiding it by reading your blog.
Stupid clutter. Tempted to just toss it out.
I loath doing laundry. Loath it. My best way to procrastinate is by picking up my Kindle and reading anything I can get my hands on. Or lately by teaching my girl how to walk. She took a bunch of steps last night and I couldn’t be more proud!
I hate vacuuming with a passion. I do pretty much anything to avoid it.
I totally let my clean, folded laundry sit on the couch for days. I don’t know why, since it takes all of 3.5 seconds to put it away!!! Often I have to fold it two or three times, cuz my toddler yanks it off the couch, and yet, it still doesn’t get put away!!!
My least favorite task is putting away laundry! I don’t mind the sorting the washing and the folding… ugh but actually putting it away. I usually leave it on my bed until my husband gets home and then we do it together.
OHH and ironing! I will avoid this by not wearing clothes that will need to be ironed. :0)
Jen
Dishes are the worst for me. It was my “chore” when I was a kid, and my hatred of hot soapy water has spilled over into adulthood. So to combat dishes, I often invent organizational lists I have to make right.this.minute.
I actually really like doing the first half of the laundry – sorting, washing, drying, but the folding and putting away are not my strong suits. Actually in general I’m not great about putting things back where they belong 😉 My favorite procrastinating tool is playing with my son. I figure the laundry can be put away anytime, but I only have a limited amount of time to really enjoy him 🙂
My way of delaying chores- dishes, most likely, is to sit down here and browse my fave blogs.
I love your swimsuits and it happens that I need one too…
i hate to actually put away the laundry. not the folding… just getting it out of baskets and in to drawers. ugh. i escape it by setting full laundry baskets exactly next to the dressers.
I love vintage swimwear, well heck I love vintage all of it, but the swimwear I have loved since Jr High. I have to tell you that as a stay at home mom, you would think that I would have a perfect home but I also don’t!! I really think that my most loathed chore changes daily, probably to what I really need to do the most. I think that my number one most of the time is washing windows. I will let them stay smudged for days!!
Oh and I am currently prcrastinating, reading blogs is my little get away! 🙂
Love me some Popina’s! My least favorite chore HAS to be laundry. And to avoid it? I rock the baby in her nursery for sometimes an hour, while my husband sorts, throws in loads, carrys loads upstairs and folds. He would never dare open the babes door and take the chance of waking her.
Her just assumes she’s not going to sleep. And I am in heaven.
Ok my LEAST favorite task would have to be putting laundry away. I don’t mind washing, or folding, it just putting all that crap away! With 6 daughters we are literally busting the seams of the drawers! My procrastinary weapon of choice, CLICKINMOMS.com!!!!!! So addicted to it!! Got me a new canon 60D, upgraded from my Rebel xt which I plan to let my 10 year old use! I am trying to learn all I can so I can start my own business!!
Loved your white swimsuit. So thrilled to see a giveaway on swimsuits.
I simply dislike filling up gas in my car, dislike, dislike, dislike it…
Procrastination strategy 1: Playing with my 16 month old is more important
Procrastination strategy 2: I can use hubby’s car which is *always* full on gas
Procrastination strategy 3: some lame excuse like, being a working mum I hardly get time with my son, how can I go fill gas???
My least favourite thing on the to-do list?
Washing windows. The whole thing is a pain in my rear! My solution? Avoid and spend the day at the thrift store!
I despise mopping the kitchen and I usually just pray that one of my roommates makes a huge mess and ends up having to clean the floor in the process :). I procrastinate by writing cards, painting little pictures, aaaaand….SHOPPING!
I love the picture of Lainey drinking from the hose. The colors are so vibrant! I can’t wait for the post-wedding blog. Have fun!
i despise mopping the floor. more than anything else. i’d scrub a dozen toilets before wanting to mop the floor.
and my procrastinary weapon of choice? well, the floors gunna get dirty the minute i serve up a snack or meal right away again anyway! so geez, let’s go for a family walk instead! 😉
Anything to do with floors I hate. I love it when it’s over but I have been known to ignore a cheerio until it petrifies. Oh well, I gotta give my MIL something to chastise me for!
Least favorite chore – the bathroom. With two kiddos and a hubby, it is ALWAYS messy 🙂
I am in LOVE with that swimsuit. Thank you so much for sharing! Most hated task….cleaning bathrooms. Ick. Escape hatch–blog reading, baking cookies, bubble baths, and snuggling on the couch with a new book.
i’d say every type of cleaning is my least favorite to-do task… i mean, doesn’t it all seem so pointless since it is just dirtified again three minutes later? and yet, it can always feel good, too. sometimes a good edge-vacuuming just feels good, right?
i’m on my computer procrastinating, of course!
(and that white suit is my fave, too!)
Your suit is super sexy…(hope it’s ok I just said that)
Sometimes taking a break from the to-dos is a must. But I do not make to-dos-I just list my accomplishments. It’s less stressful (I just figured this out today BTW)
I usually read when I have too much to do and not enough time to do it all. Home decorating magazines or crafting books are my pleasure!
I love your suit! I hate folding laundry and cleaning bathrooms. I avoid them by reading blogs and cutting coupons;)
I love your new suit. I need one like that to hide the stretch marks from my pregnancy.
I hate putting away laundry. i’ll wash them and fold them, but end up putting it back in the laundry basket and hiding it under a few unfolded items. Then i turn on the tv and escape with a few shows on the food network. I like to pretend i can cook, but the recipes never quite turn out the way those chefs do.
SO excited to check out Mamarazzi! I also love the look of vintage suits. I will be sporting a maternity suit this summer–if I can find one I like. BUT I would love to win one for after this babe comes.
I love reading your blog – Your writing and photographs always makes me feel like I’m right there with you. My least favorite to-do task is laundry and my procrastinatory method of choice? Cuddling with my 2-year-old peanut. Because she’s only going to be “2 years, 1 month, 1 week, and 1 day old” for the next few hours… 🙂
Love the suit and books!
I sit out in the sun and soak up Vitamin D (see – it’s a medical excuse!) while watching my little girl play. The doctor said it’s better for me than cleaning my bathroom – which is really what needs done.
Love the suit!!! I must say my least favorite to-do task is put away the laundry and pay bills. I would rather have a picnic with my kids, take long bubble baths or take a walk on a beautiful sunny day.
First – Your legs look stellar and now on to business. I.HATE.IRONING. I think it should be mandatory to provide free dry-cleaning and pressing of all husbands’ shirts for those mamas who are busy tending babies. And as for a delay tactic. ANYTHING. I will mow the lawn and create fantastic crop circle patterns which is actually pretty dang soothing! Safe travels!
I make myself my fav drink ( Malibu and crystal light) and do a sudoku puzzle and wander off forgetting my kids will be home soon starving and forget about the homework and papers to review. My kids smile when they come home and say “you chillaxin mom”!! Lol
Your suit and Lainey’s are adorable, love those styles. I’m actually doing ministry in Florida this summer so I am scoping out 1 pieces now to wear on the beach – thanks so much for the tipoff!
I don’t like studying for final exams at college right now.. So, my favorite form of procrastination is getting up early to get a 15-18 mile run in and then spending the rest of the afternoon at our local coffee shop sipping on the best Chai Latte in town. Sometimes I study there.. and sometimes I just shop online. 😉
I take trips to the park and color with my girls so that I can avoid cleaning my bathrooms…sigh…if only I could twitch my nose and take care of that one!
My least favorite task is picking up dog poop and I will do almost anything to get out of it.
My least favorite chore is putting clothes away. My procrastination strategies are many – reading blogs, crocheting, reading or watching one of those awful reality shows on Bravo.
I read your blog while procrastinating from doing my actual job. Sometimes you just need to give your mind a break!
I loathe doing the dishes! I don’t know why but I hate it! The sound of a dish going into the sink makes me cringe! Although I do feel accomplished when the dishwasher is fully loaded! To put it off I just take the kids outside and tell myself it is more important for me to play with the kids than do the dishes. Works for me!
love the suit!
i am not a fan of vacuuming or folding laundry. both scream at me to do, but i just can’t be motivated to do it.
and facebook stalking keeps me from doing the above. i sure know a lot about all of my ‘friends’.
I really love your swimsuit!
I often blog or bake, rather than cleaning my kitchen, or doing my homework. :/ I’m totally with you on how sometimes its those things that make you grounded. Homework makes me feel smart, and a clean kitchen makes me feel grown up. 🙂
I put off cleaning my desk…it’s a masterpiece of balanced papers and clutter, but I’m thinking I’m going to need to change my ways now that my little guy can reach it. I ignore it by reading – anything…books, blogs, whatever I can find!
If only I were the kind of girl who wins things! I loathe cleaning the bathrooms. I would much rather go for a run or take a long hot shower (which is sort of like cleaning the bathroom, right?)
I never know if taking the time to read your blog is taking a break, or doing a task. It’s grounding and fun. But It. Must. Be. Done.
Than you,
Esther Dush
i hate cleaning. all cleaning. but most especially, showers and toilets. ick.
i love to put it all off by reading blogs. four months ago, i would have said that facebook kept me from doing most everything, but i cancelled my account in january. i’d highly recommend it. 🙂
i love to pour over your pictures, kelle. and that mamarazzi book is right up my alley. i totally told my husband that i wanted a heartfelt card for mother’s day, but i think that i may have to amend that after seeing this post. i want mamarazzi AND elefun!! sunday is gonna be swingin’!!!
My least favorite to-do would have to be the dishes. But I escape by playing basketball on our 3 ft basketball hoop with my 14 month old son =)
I hate cleaning the kitchen…dishes speficially. I read Twitter/Facebook or play Words with Friends to escape 🙂
Lately it’s been cooking dinner. I clean the kitchen instead and my sweet hubby gets so hungry he starts cooking!
Hope you all have a fabulous time at the wedding!!!
My least favorite to-do task is: washing the bath, I guess. I don’t know why, but I don’t hate any task. However, I don’t like to wash the bath.
I think I’m going too often on the Internet, this is my procrastinatory weapon! 😉
I avoid vacuuming and mopping – yuck!- and instead cook and play with the kids 🙂
I read your blog, or write on mine..I even decide to do work from work (!) rather than clean the bathrooms and put away laundry….((sigh)))….
Cristina
I just had to comment to say how smokin’ hot you look in that gorgeous swimsuit! LOVELY!
I HATE HATE HATE getting gas followed by unloading groceries from the car to the house (it is a long walk). I generally use my wiles to get my husband to do both, but when that doesn’t work, I usually make sure I stop to get an iced coffee before commencing with either.
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Least favorite to-do task is folding laundry, piles and piles of it in our house these days. . . Favorite procrastination is pretending it’s not there, very easy to do when the laundry folding table is in the basement, harder to do when nobody can find clean socks;)
Oh gosh, I hate hate hate laundry! My poor love seat is normally covered in it at least 4 out of 7 days of the week! My excuse is that I was playing with the kids, or love when its holidays because it is a MUST for crafts!!! <3
i love popina- we live in portland. (put a bird on it! 🙂
i tend to avoid washing floors. the fresh stack of library books calls to us, and a new vegan cupcake recipe simply can’t wait. the floor will only get flour on it anyhow. 🙂
shen
My least favorite to-do…cleaning, because I don’t want to make time for it, and when something is finally dirty enough and I feel like I have to clean it…I can’t help but give it 110% and then I spend hours and I get tired and frustrated. Sure its nice after, but I hate thinking about having to do it and doing it.
I procrastinate on the computer. I find cool boutiques, hand made treasures, passionate blogs, I window shop, I plan trips…etc…
I’m super happy you told us where you get your suits from! I was literally going to leave a comment asking about them today–because I love, love, love the white one in these pics. The red w/white polka dots is darling too though! I’m going to Costa Rica in June and I think I’m gonna have to get one. 😉
My least favorite “to-do” item has to be laundry. I avoid it at all costs–even buying new undies so that I can put it off another day or two. And I’m not ashamed of it either. 😉 And my weapon for procrastinating….pretty much ANYTHING else. Even dishes. ha. But mainly I prefer doing something crafty–sewing, scrapbooking, photography, or helping my hubby out in his workshop (he does woodworking and frequently needs me to “hold this level” or “catch this”.)
Cleaning my kitchen ranks high on my list of things to avoid at all costs. Normally I turn to baking something. If the kitchen is already a mess, might as well make it messier and get some chocolate out of the deal. Bribed with a little chocolate, I would clean my kitchen, and I might even mop.
my least favorite thing is to clean my bathroom. i clean my bedroom and and do laundry so i feel like i’m being productive, when i’m really not.
I really love your swim suit!
My least favorite chore — hands down — is scrubbing the bathtub. And I procrastinate like a pro with old episodes of “Cheers” on Netflix instant 🙂
My least favorite chore: putting laundry up. I’m good at washing and drying but they lay in my clothes baskets for daysssss before I pick them up. My fav way to procrastinate that: FB or checking my favorite online sites or snuggling with my girls 🙂
Unloading the dishwasher and putting away folded clothes, my escape is a bath also. That swimsuit is darling and you are the best model for it!
I loathe doing laundry!! Its only my husband and I for now until the baby get here and I still feel like it’s a never ending pile!! I procrastinate by flipping through old magazines as if I have never seen them before. Total time waster but it works 🙂 Plus, sometimes I get inspired by something that didn’t catch my attention the first time around.
Definitely putting the laundry away….I don’t mind washing and folding, I H.A.T.E. putting it away….weird, huh!?
Melanie
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Ahhh, feeling much better that now I’m caught up on your blog. I wish I could set aside 30 minutes a day to catch-up. That would be my #1 “escape”.
What I avoid and procrastinate – all things not-fun. Cleaning mostly. But packing, unpacking, planning meals for events, etc.
How do I get away from it all….a nice hot bubble bath, with a new book or magazine, and a glass of wine.
Sounds amazing…and has been far too long. Sounds like a great Mother’s Day treat for myself. 🙂
These days, it is cleaning out my car. My Sienna is a time capsule of everywhere we have been in the last However-long-since-I-have-cleaned-it. My husband is perpetually grossed out. I just prefer to live in the moment and there is always a “what next?” after we get home. My procrastinating weapon is just those 3 kids–at 5,3, and 1, there is always someone to chase after, leaving the empty bagel bag 1/2 completed art project, and diet coke can for another day, or just until Daddy caves in.
Love the blog. As guardian of my adult brother with autism, and recent PhD in special ed, who was raised with advocacy in my bones, please know how profoundly you are affecting Lainey’s life as well as Nella’s by vocalizing your journey. Each time you write/think/speak about (dis)ability, you are extending the range of options for each of your girls, which is what we all want for all of our kids. You already know this, but you are spot on, girl! 🙂
Least favorite to do = cleaning bathrooms :S. Unfortunately I also hate having a bath when the tub has scum all over the sides.
Procrastinating activity of choice = Reading the newspaper with a cup of coffee. Gets me so zen I can tune out anything.
Oh I loathe ironing! It is for sure my least favorite chore and I will do anything to avoid it…I make special rules…I can only iron if the rest of the house is clean and the dog isn’t lying near the laundry and a unicorn is fluffing glitter. I would even rather clean the kitchen than do laundry, but alas…every week…there it is!
I hate dishes and laundry…..I go “run” errands to feel like I’m so busy I just can’t get to these tasks. hehehe…..but they are always there when I return.:) Love the suit! Hope your Mom’s special day is wonderful!!!!!!
Hee hee! What chore do I hate the most??? I pretty much loathe all housework. I’m bad at it. Sigh. Oh well, and I’m pretty sure one of those bathing suits would change my life. I might feel like swimming in my “post giving birth to twins days”! Thanks for the chance to win something fun!
I hate putting laundry away. I don’t mind washing or even folding it, but when it comes to putting it where it goes, I will let is reside on the couch until my girls are playing with the clothes more than their toys. I use my 8 month old as a procrastination device. I will hold her, play with her, whatever. I got out of making dinner last night because I convinced my husband I taught her to clap! Shameless, I know.
For whatever reason, I loathe making school lunches…. let’s just say that I spend the morning snuggling my baby girl and hoping that those lunches will magically make themselves!
There are two things that I loathe doing and those are cleaning the tub and mopping the floor. Toilet cleaning comes as a close second. I am very bad at avoiding those! My procastinary weapon of choice is reading my favorite blogs! It gets really bad too sometimes!
arghhhhh….ironing…….so not my favourite thing to do……so instead it stays in a pile……and I leave the room to play with my 6 month old son (he is after all growing up so quickly that my ironing can wait!)
I’m new to your blog! I’m loving it. It might become my new escape hatch, but seriously…
emptying the dishwasher. I don’t know if it’s cramming one last thing into the utensil drawer, or droplets of water all over my clean (strike that) dirty floor, but I hate it.
One more chapter! I always tell myself I’ll read ONE MORE chapter. Just one. Really. Bahaha. More like 6. The books over? Crap.
You look fab!
Least fav is folding laundry and putting it away. The activity that I use to procrastinate the most – blog reading! 🙂
That suit looks so good on you! 🙂
For some reason, I hate putting the dishes away, maybe because I overload the dishwasher and some always come out dirty.
I love procrastinating with extra long feeding sessions with my baby! Hubby can’t say anything when I’m busy breastfeeding.
I just hate taking out the trash. Seriously, it doesn’t take that long but it drives me a little nutz! My procrastination of choice (for most situations) is to check and re-check my facebook, email, and blogs that I read.
Least favorite . . . dusting . . . I mean, why bother, really?
Best for procrastinating . . . getting lost in a book. Any book, anywhere.
Mopping, laundry and sometimes just plain old figuring out dinner…depends on the day and energy level. I will watch tv online and say I need some “me” time as my excuse to not do my chores 🙂
I despise putting clean tupperware away. The cupboard is a mess and it frightens me to open.
I get away by reading, preferably good blogs, hence what I’m doing now when I too, should be packing…
I loathe laundry….hate, hate, hate folding, ironing (which I usually have to do b/c they have sat in the basket for way longer than is acceptable, by my husband’s standards that is!) and putting away. My go to procrastinators depend on whether or not baby girl is asleep, but reading some fave blogs and getting lost in books (when I have time between work and finishing my MBA), running or cooking (although I hate cleaning up almost as much as I hate laundry!). I just need a magic fairy folder!
Thanks for posting this. I just had a breakdown the other night. Feeling overwhelmed. I need to see the positives in my actions like you’ve shown me. My least favorite to-do is exercise and I procrastinate by reading and sleeping.
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Avoid putting away folded laundry!! My escape is blog reading : )
I like to read blogs and take pictures to pretend I don’t need to walk on my treadmill! LOVE the bathing suit, and your blog!!
I hate cleaning and I’ll do anything to avoid it (baking, sewing, quilting, movie watching, reading). Cute suit!
I read blogs (like yours!) to avoid doing dishes.
I hate doing the dishes -no matter how many you get done the next meal there will be some more! Fortunately blogs get updated a few times a week to provide lots of procrastination reading material that is often inspiring, entertaining and much more fun than dishes. 🙂
LOVE the white suit!! I strongly dislike putting away folded laundry. It will sit for weeks on my couch all nice and folded. My escape is reading cook books. I love all the possibilites!
I love cleaning, but I hate the beginning, when you just have to get started. When I’m in my cleaning groove I could clean all day…But getting started is the worst. I usually look at blogs and eat cookies until I glance over and see just how awful it is 🙂
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*YOU* are my “escape hatch.” 🙂 Anytime I’m overwhelmed with my to-do list or I’m exhausted from my day, I sit down at the computer and read your blog. It’s always therapeutic, and it’s sure to lift my spirits. So thank you! 🙂
I would rather do anything then pick up our dog’s poop in the yard. Anything!! My favorite card to play is the I’m-making-you-this-delicious-dinner-sorry-can’t-pick-up-the-poop line. Works like a charm.
strange but true…I hate putting dishes away (don’t mind washing them though)…as for that game my son and i love playing it too and i am still trying to get more than 4 in my net!
Least favorite task – sweeping under the dinner table!
Best way to procrastinate – baking!
Love those suits! Least favorite has to be emptying the fridge to get all that sticky spilled milk, jelly, pickle juice, you name it…….it’s in my fridge and looking gross.
Dishes…couldn’t dislike them more. Loving those swimsuits….I’ve lost most of my pregnancy weight, but after three kids, my tummy…well, my tummy isnt mine anymore 🙂 What a cute way to wear a one piece!!
I make presents for people. Not necessarily for an occasion, just because I’m procrastinating and thinking about people I like makes me not think about me and all the stuff I “have” to do.
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I love the buttercup suit! To die for! I procrastinate about doing the dishes. Every single day I walk past the sink, until my OCD gets the best of me and I find myself loading them into the dishwasher! What a rebel I am! My escape hatch is surfing the net… I’m an addict!
I love your suit and would be thrilled to get one of my own! I despise doing the dishes, I have left them till the next day many times. I pretend to be cleaning by going through old magazines and tearing out what I want and then tossing them, my husband is not fooled by this though!
My least favorite task? Putting away laundry. I will wash it, dry it, and fold it with a smile. But once it is in the basket, that is as far as I want to take it. I do everything but. I do crafts with the kids, I bake, I prep dinner… for the rest of the week… I do more laundry, I will even clean the bathroom. Eventually the basket has been riffled through enough that it is hard to know if the clothes are clean or dirty… so sometimes I just wash them again so that I can delay putting them away!
Least favorite task? Definitely grocery shopping! Weapon of choice? Renting a chick flick and vegging out in front of the tv!
I’m in love with your new white suit. want one.
I see a mess in the kitchen and then I bake cookies as a good excuse to avoid cleaning it up!
I love your comment about your young self looking at you now with your littles. That really hit home with me because I think the same thing all the time!
Cleaning the litter box is my most hated task. In fact, it’s sitting in the basement right now indirectly calling my name and I’ve been avoiding it for a few days. It gets worse the longer you wait. Ugh. My weapon of choice to avoid this dreaded task is playing on the computer…reading blogs, emails, anything to avoid the litter box. Happy vacationing.
I love that you are still nursing! I wish I was. Unfortunately my milk dried up when my daughter was 10 months old. I sure do miss it.
I LOVE your friends earrings! Where did she get them?
My least favorite thing to do is the washing up. Ugh. I do it about 2/3 times a day, we don’t have a dish washer (yet hehe) So I take the baby out in the back garden, and we just hang. Watch the dog, zool in the sun. =)
Beautiful family as always =)Here’s to a good weekend and a great wedding!
I LOVE your suit. I looked at one from VS, but even on clearance, $125 wasn’t gonna happen. 🙂
I HATE washing tupperware and I HATE putting up my clothes after they’ve been washed/dried. Kids clothes and my husband’s clothes along with all the other laundry? I can handle that. Mine? Definitely not.
I love blog hopping and surfing the web for things to my “to be done to the house” list…like picture displays and other things to make the house more a home.
I hate hate laundry! Putting the laundry away is always the worst part. Oh, and folding it. So instead of that, I like to read lots of novels, and play with my babies instead. 🙂
Wash dishes…so I do ANYTHING but wash dishes.
My least favorite chore is going to the grocery store…and making the list of groceries I need before I go. I am determined to get better at this, though! : ) I definitely procrastinate by reading blogs…and I love bubble baths too!
Laundry is dreaded. And moping the floor. Hate the both. Instead I’m happy to work in the garden (thus creating dirtier floors and clothes), go on walks with my boy, go tO the park and read books.
Funny thing about that yellow suit? I just bookmarked it last week. LOVE it!
I hate putting laundry away. It’s folded and ready to go into drawers but separating everything is just such a nightmare. I usually do this as my 3 year old watches his nightly ritual cartoon. So instead, I watch cartoons with him and snuggle next to him smelling on his freshly bathed skin and watch the laundry basket on top of the bed partially block our TV view, so I move it with my foot and enjoy laughing with my boy. 🙂
Love the suits (and very reasonably priced).
Least favorite task is scheduling appointments for things that need fixing and waiting for said appointments. The appointments usually coincide with nap time (for me and baby) and that means on those days momma doesn’t get a nap!
I absolutely detest laundry. Hate it. I’m at the point where I think we should all revert back into a neandrathal-like status and walk around nekkid and carry large rocks as tools.
As such, whenever the laundry gets too much… I shove it in a corner, drape a sheet over it, and then escape into my clean living room to play “Dance Doggie!” – a game I invented with my two year by accident. I turn on some music, pick him up and start dancing… and then take some “doggie perfume for between baths” and spray it on our cocker spaniel. The dog races around the living room comically before rolling on the carpet to get the “stink” off, and the three of us “dance” to the music.
It never gets old.
My least favorite thing? Cleaning the house. My vice? Editing my pictures, and reading your blog 🙂
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That’s easy…I either get myself “lost” in a book, or waste my time on Facebook : )
I dread cleaning bathrooms, so I get on the computer with fingers crossed that you’ve posted again 🙂
What a fabulous give-a-way! You have some great sponsors!
I ALWAYS put off ironing! The way I get around it is come up with something for my husband and I to do together so we get out of the house and I can put off just a little bit more before I have to do it!
Love the swimsuit! My favorite distraction is curling up in bed and reading!
I am in love with those suits. My least favorite task… writing papers 🙁 ugh so awful haha. But to procrastinate I usually find some sort of craft to do or read 🙂
I Love your new suit 🙂 I am a queen at procrastinating.. Normally I sit down with the not-quite-three-yr old and put on some Phineas & Ferb (the only thing that makes him sit still longer than 1minute)cuddle him on my lap and read a book… or a blog.. 🙂
My least favorite task is swimsuit shopping. So do it for me? 🙂 Mopping is next in line. Instead, I venture out for a diet coke or have a pedicure party with my two little girlies. I think I will do that RIGHT now. Who needs a clean floor if you aren’t walking on it with cute toes adorned with flowers right?
I hate putting laundry away, so I keep looking for more loads to wash and make myself look like I’m working so hard washing and folding till my husband can’t find any clean underwear in his drawer and tells the kids that mom is working really hard and they need to help her and put all the laundry away. Love him! The same works for emptying the dishwasher. Get busy cooking and making a mess and dad orders the kids to start doing the dishes. : )
In the late afternoon, baby is napping, kids playing quietly, when I have to really get serious about dinner, I start reading blogs and checking emails until I can come up with some reason why we need to go out to eat.
I browse Facebook to avoid doing housework. Love Facebook. Hate housework.
anything and everything besides what I should be doing!!! haha! Kris
Love your suits!! My least favorite task would be going to work on a sunny day. My favorite procrastinatory weapon of choice is internet shopping!!!
I hate dusting. Most of the time I make my husband do it (I do most other things!). We live in a world of dust bunnies. And so I don’t have to dust…I usually try to do all the other housework. Or sit and read a book.yup.I love to read!
I don’t mind folding laundry but I despise putting the clean clothes away. Normally they sit on the top of the deep freeze in our laundry room for days before I finally put them away. I surf the ‘net when I’m procrastinating–Etsy is my favorite time-waster. 😉
Laundry, not throwing it in, not folding it but putting it away. We always have a few laundry baskets full of folded clothes. In fact we often live out of them and they never make it to the drawer/closet. To avoid said chore I will do anything but that. At the end of the day I tell myself oops ran out of time, will get to it tomorrow. Rewind. Repeat.
I had a feeling this was a new suit! Your style is so classic and fun. My least favorite to-do…hands down-cleaning the bathroom! All those crevices, scrubbing the toilet and tub, removing all the toiletries only to have to put them all back…*sigh*.
Procrastination is an art though, baby. And I’ve been working on the art of napping since college. It’s so funny that we are once forced to nap and as we age, we long to nap…
There is nothing like finding a cool, dim room to lay down in midday to stifle the most hefty of cleaning needs!
I would love to win a new bathing suit!
I pretty good at procrastinating on all housework. It’s almost like I have this mental block where I can’t get started on anything unless I have a large block of time in which I don’t need to do anything else. (I can’t clean the bathroom, it’s going to be lunch time in a hour!) I aso like to put stuff off by making to do lists. =)
I HATE mopping but I also HATE dusting. Our house has been on the market for awhile and mopping is growing on me but I still HATE it. I love to just lay down and watch some stupid show on tv and not have to think or do anything for anybody. That’s my way of saying “to heck with it all.” 🙂
That’s easy…I really dislike taking the trash out. I continue to add to it and let it OVER FLOW until my adorbale husband comes and takes it out. 🙂
I love that suit! My least favorite household chore is doing the dishes because we do not have a dishwasher (changing come June!). I usually procrastinate by doing anything than dishes until the pile becomes so high that my husband graciously steps in to assist!
I absolutely hate doing the dishes! To avoid them, I exercise. Exercise and dishes are mighty close on the hatred list, but I choose the lesser of two evils to escape.
i make plans to meet up with friends as to avoid picking up my house and cleaning the bathrooms. i’d like to say that i will change this habit but to be honest the mess can wait our friends can’t! 🙂 love the suit!!
I just have to tell you that my husband and I are leaving for NYC in a couple of weeks for a couple trip and I am super excited! I have never been but your pictures pumped me up:)
The think I loathe doing is putting away laundry. I will wash it and fold it and then let it sit in the basket and paw through it for days before I put it away. Which is so silly because it takes like 10 mins! I procrastinate by reading blogs and facebooking:) Have fun on your trip!
Least favorite to do I just wrote on Facebook: clipping my kid’s nails….topped only by the recent POTTY TRAINING. Don’t get me wrong, I am super anxious to cut diaper usage by 50% but training is WU-HURK! I can do most housework right now without too much thought. I have to confess…I totally HATE elefun. My kids version is watching all the butterflies fall and then me gathering them off the floor and putting them back for round 2…3…4…and beyond!
Dishes, I hate them. I just keep piling them up then my husband gets annoyed and does them. I will do anything but dishes to avoid doing them.
I procrastinate on facebook so I don’t have to pick up MY room. With so many different rooms to clean, I always get to mine last.
love your white suit! i hate laundry, but am starting to do a little everyday and it seems a lot less overwhelming. i procrastinate by blog reading! 😉
I hate cleaning under/behind appliances!! Also cleaning the fridge…
I usually procrastinate with blogging.. reading or writing. 🙂
I love this post, it is so me. I absolutely hate hanging up my piles of clean clothes that inevitably pile up in my bedroom. And when I just can’t find the motivation to do anything, I take the hottest shower I can stand and wash my hair, deep condition it, do a face mask, the works haha.
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I love the suit. I was just thinking I need to get myself a new suit for the summer and I would really like something that makes me feel great! My favorite to do task is actually my “to do” list. Every Saturday I write up my list and I take great pleasure if crossing things off. I definitely procrastinate by getting on the computer….or playing games on the ipod, tetrus is my fave.
My town was hit hard on April 27th with all of the tornadoes. My life has been chaos since (and can I just say a teething 7 month old in the dark with diarrha is no good at all) and it has been AMAZING to do the normal day to day for the past couple of days. You dont realize how fabulous mundane is until you are in a closet praying your babies dont fly away and spend the next week picking up the pieces.
Yesterday I was in the middle of a mountain of laundry. As I was pulling t-shirts out of the dryer I decided to cut up one of mine and make a cute ruffly one for my daughter. The laundry is still sitting there but Johanna has the cutest new shirt!
My least favorite task is washing diapers. It seems like the task is never ending so I am always coming up with excuses to not do them. My favorite excuse is crocheting…there is always time to whip up something for my babies!
We are begging for swimsuit season here in New Hampshire.
I avoid putting away folded laundry and taking out the trash. Instead I schedule playdates at the park and shop on etsy for amazing treasures I don’t technically need.
As always, perfectly written…inspiring & beautiful! 🙂
I too am terrible about unpacking my suitcase…uggh.
Plus, I procrastinate big time when it comes to putting laundry away. There’s always something else I can find to distract myself with. Take, edit or post fun kiddo pics, etc…
🙂
BTW – I love your remark about Nella using her feet as her security blanket…my Little Miss Macy does the same thing!! No paci’s or blankies needed. 🙂
Thanks for the tip on the book. I am struggling with my new camera and capturing pics that have emotion!!! Ugh, least favorite chore..emptying the dishwasher. So I procrastinate by avoiding looking in the sink with all the dirty dishes which is an ugly reminder the dishwasher is full! Have a great trip to MI – be safe!
When I get tasks at work that I want to push off, I catch up on my favorite blogs, haha :). Love the white suit!
I like to read blogs and pin pictures for my new obsession pinterest instead of pick up toys. That is why there are toys all over my house and I’m up to date on my reader. 🙂
Least favorite task: mopping the kitchen floor. No matter how sticky, salty, cookie-crumby, dog-foody it gets. Gross.
Favorite distraction: nuzzling the neck of my 3 month old daughter. Ahhh… bliss. 🙂
My least favorite to do task is cleaning bathrooms….with little boys in the house it just makes for a gross experience, I love procrastinate by going for walks, hey they dogs need to be walked, I just love how quiet and peaceful walks can be.
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I hate paying bills and will even clean my house to avoid it!! Now that’s desperate 🙂
I am seriously the biggest procrastinator ever!!! But somehow I always pull it together and get it done. I almost think that I thrive under that kind of pressure. Weird, huh?!
Anyways, lets see…my biggest to-do that I procrastinate on is paying the bills…no idea why, but I am always almost late on all of our bills all the time. Instead I would rather do a number of things like read cool blogs on the internet, play Words with Friends, go on fun playdates w/ the kiddo, etc.
I despise folding laundry. I will let it sit in the basket for.ever. until my husband finally begins complaining that digging for workshirts at 5 am is not fun.
Or until I run out of blogs to read. Which rarely happens.
I have a basket of laundry staring at me right now. Ugh. Have a great weekend! Nella and the pug picture=super cute!!
My least fav to-do task isn’t cleaning related, I actually like cleaning and find ii calming. Strange I know. The item that always gets done last on my list is my ab-workout (Jillian Michaels dvd). Sometimes it gets a line through it, sometimes not. I write it down daily though. To procrastinate on this task I may flip on Oprah, clean something or pick up a truck and play with my independent 16 mo old son even when I can tell he’s liking his solo play time 🙂
I’m in love with those suits! Love! My mode of procrastination is usually hopping on google reader and getting lost in the beautiful words and gorgeous photos!
Mama needs a new suit.
I engage with one of the following: facebook, sewing, gardening to avoid putting laundry away. I know most people don’t like putting laundry away but I really think I am allergic.
my least favorite task is vacuuming…so instead I plan an outside playday so I don’t have to look at the carpet!
I hate ironing. I am an expert procrastinator so I have a lot of those tricks. I like naps and running and organizing a drawer no one cares about or getting on the computer and losing an hour, or calling a girlfriend or family member:)
I dislike putting away laundry…..the washing it part is ok, but why oh why can’t the clothes put themselves away!!
My weapon of choice……reading!! I love running away to another persons life and another world. My guilty pleasure weapon of choice….court T.V……but shhhhh don’t tell anyone 😉
My least favorite? Laundry. Because it is never, ever done. I procrastinate by designing inserts for Starbucks design your own mugs for my friends. Or, you know, reading blogs.
I would say homework or cleaning my room. Homework is usually an excuse to not clean my room, but I hate doing both!
i hate doing the dishes – and with 5 under one roof without a dishwasher – i have to do them often – because i also can’t stand dirty dishes in the sink:)
love your pics:)
My least favorite chore is also one of yours! I chuckled when I read that you sometimes let the silverware go “for another ride” because I LOATHE unloading the silverware from the dishwasher. I don’t even really know why. The other day I thought of you as I let the knives and spoons and forks take one more spin. What does it hurt?
Pick me, pick me for a great retro suit! It’s my birthday and mama needs to feel good at the beach this year!
Packing. I’ll unpack 300 suitcases before I’ll pack the world’s smallest carry-on.
Naaah, I don’t procrastinate. I just re-edit already edited photos, wander around the house, check my email for the umpteenth time, phone a friend, and make lists of…something…anything.
😉
So, each month I save a little money here and there to buy something for myself that I really want, but don’t really need. This month it’s a bathing suit, but scoring one for free would be even better!
Least Favorite To-Do Task: Emptying the Dishwasher.
Procrastination Weapon: Going upstairs to play…most of my to-do’s need to be done downstairs, so I avoid them all together by heading upstairs to play with the kids. If I can’t see it, maybe it’s not there?!?!
ps-we were out and about the other night and someone recognized Bridget from seeing her on your photography website! You’ve made her a star;)
I’m not sure if I can count this as a “to-do” item but I’m in grad school for special ed. and I HATE writing papers. I’m a “wait till the night before (or more often than not, the day of)” the due date kinda girl. Lately my choice activities for avoiding my work have been planning my wedding or wine and dominoes with my family. I mean honestly, how am I supposed to say “no” to the people I love most with that kind of combination?? Impossible I tell you.
i hate cleaning our bathroom. i will clean every other room in the house (sometimes multiple times) before i clean our bathroom!
Dreading the after baby swimsuit hunt… but love reading your blog!!!
Kelle…thank you so much for sharing. My least favorite to-do task is cleaning/scrubbing the bathtubs and showers. It’s embarrassing to say how long I put it off by doing anything and everything (my favorite procrastination tactics are grocery shopping (seriously) and lunch dates) to avoid it. Have a great time at your mom’s wedding. I can’t wait to hear all about it when you return!
My least favorite thing to do (especially this time of year) is try on swimsuits, which of course makes your giveaway VERY appealing. My procrastinatey thing to do is surf the net. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the malliot suit and always LOVE your blog!
My least favorite chore is laundry. I used to love doing it, but now that my husband and I live in NYC, it’s such a pain to drag everything to the dark and dingy laundromat. Not my favorite place in the world to hang out! When I am trying to avoid going to the laundromat, I usually play around on the internet or take a stroll with my baby and dog.
I live in my suit in the summer: 115 degree weather, pool and too expensive to run the ac. So literally I don’t take it off for the summer! I hate to clean the bathrooms, toilets are my enemy. I put it off until company is coming, like down to the last hour. I have also got my two girls, 5 (today, Cindo de Mayo baby) and 6 to think it is so fun to scrub those toilets!
Hands down my least favorite to do is mopping! My procrastinatory weapon of choice is nursing my sweet little baby! Hey, if he needs to eat, then he needs to eat! 🙂 So really it’s not procrastinating, it’s just prioritizing! 🙂
Your little ones are precious and you inspire me everyday. I must have the yellow polka dot bathing suit. It is too cute!!!My least favorite thing to do is…EMPTYING THE DISHWASHER!!!! My husband and I both hate doing it and it is usually a standoff on who is going to get stuck with the task. My motto in regards to the dishwasher is “there is always room for one more”. I pack the thing to the gills so as to avoid running it, then having to empty it. I will do just about anything else..fold laundry (I love doing laundry!!!), play in the backyard with the kids, take the dog for a walk, sweet talk my honey into emptying it for me; you name it, I have no shame when it comes to avoiding the dishwasher.
Love your suit! I despise laundry and I choose to play all day with my two kiddos instead. 🙂
Although there are some chores that I dislike, I am very thankful and grateful that I have a house to clean; a toddler and a dog to clean up after; and a husband to lend a hand when necessary. That being said I will procrastinate by going on the internet to waste time!
My least favorite task is laundry. I really don’t know why. The stuffing them in the washer is easy enough but then when they are ready to be dried I have to sort the things that get dried from the things that get hung and I put it off all the time. Then once they are dry in the dryer, sometimes they stay there for a good 3-4 days. My husband calls the dryer his other sock drawer. I am so ashamed 🙂
My favorite thing to procrastinate is read fantastic blogs like yours! Honestly, I lose myself in it and before you know, whelp, it’s time for bed and the laundry will have to wait until tomorrow 🙂
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I’m with you on escape hatches. I need a lot lately, just like I need a new swimsuit because I gave birth to my fifth child eight weeks ago and I’m wondering if my body will ever be the same:) I’ll pray I win!
least favorite to-do task is laundry….for sure. The pile never gets smaller no matter how many loads I do!
what is your procrastinatory weapon of choice?
the classic excuse in our house….oh we are out of milk….looks like I have to run to Target……
My least favourite task is… to do the dishes or laundry!!!
My procrastinatory weapon of choice… would have to be watching “brainless” tv–like “the real housewives of Orange County or NYC”; but since spring is here…Lately I have been turning up the music, grabing a glass of wine and watch the sun set on my balcony…
Least favorite chore? Vacuuming, bar none! I would rather even clean bathrooms than vacuum. I have no idea what it is, I just don’t deal well with vacuuming. 🙂
My easy procrastination method? “I think the baby needs nursing again…” 😉
I hate washing dishes. Our 100 year old rental house doesn’t have a working dishwasher so it’s all hand washing here. So sometimes instead I’ll escape to the back porch, watch the dogs chase each other, and read blogs to avoid the ever growing pile of dishes.
My least favorite to-do task (aside from toilets, cause who likes to clean those?) is sorting all of the papers that accumulate in my house. I have 2 kids, one in preschool and the other in grade one and I am always getting news letters and forms to sign, fundraising event info and art from both schools. And add that to bills and flyers and home art projects (the 4 year old’s home art output alone is hard to manage, she sometimes does 10 drawings a day!) and I just can’t keep up. It all ends up getting piled up on my kitchen island and after a few days, I swear, it takes up the whole thing. The procrastinatory thing I do, these days, to get out of cleaning is to go on the computer. I work on my blog or just surf in the blogosphere and read about other peoples experiences of dealing with life and kids. It always makes me feel better to know I am not alone in this SAHM world, dealing with all of the crazy busy days and weird stuff that goes on (like stepping in PlayDoh/dog poop). Gorgeous pictures by the way, I always love them!
i love how you make even monotony and business sound beautiful. also i love elefun too. i should probably buy it because we only play it at our friends house.
My task I procrastinate doing is putting away clothes. Or cleaning the kitchen they are both so tedious.
My procrastination weapon is crafts, reading or self pedicures
🙂
Thanks for another great post! My least favorite to do task is putting laundry away. I can get it to the machine, wash and dry, fold but then it just sits. On the back of our white couch laundry sits while I run to check email, facebook or anyother website I can think of!
Dishes is my least favorite thing to tackle…We go outside to escape.
Wow, have a giveaway receive thousands of comments 🙂 I’m guessing thats why my blog comments end at around 3. Oh well. I am also loving your new suit. White, what a great choice. I always seem to skip “clean the tub” on my to-do list. Gross I know but I’ll vacuum until I’m blue in the face. I love that clean carpet.
Those bathing suits look so cute! My least favorite to-do task is ironing, and my procrastinatory weapon of choice is reading blogs like yours.
Love your writing and photography!
I love the suit! I HATE doing the dishes… if I didn’t live with my sister that forced me to clean them up I would probably have to use paper so my house wouldn’t fill with scum from piles of dirt dishes! XOXO
I love your swimsuit but I hate mopping floors. I usually bribe myself with the promise of Starbucks when I’m done 🙂
I loathe dishes and when I am procrastinating, I’m most likely browsing wonderful blogs like yours!
Grocery shopping is my least favorite to do. We live in a third floor apartment with no elevators. 🙁
I like to flip through magazines and read to ignore the lack of groceries in our fridge.
I love doing laundry…something so satisfying to see the pile disappear, yet I detest putting the clean stuff away!
I always have mutiple creative items on the go, and a break to knit, or cross-stitch or sew (usually a gift for an upcoming occasion) takes my happily averted attention. The need to finish the gift makes for a lovely reason for the break in focus…oh yeah, this little piece of peace – right here in the “net”, is also an anytime distraction 🙂
LOVE that bathing suit and with my first child due next week, this style would be awesome for a hot Texas summer full of pool/lake trips. I completely avoid vacuuming, it is my least favorite task. Instead I make a cup of hot tea, lay on the couch and play my “calming” music mix. I procrastinate on the vacuuming until right before my husband gets home, then beam with pride that I completed it when he arrives. Best of both worlds.
You are so beautiful!!
I just LOATHE cleaning the bathtub. Like will shower in our 2 other bathtubs before having to clean my ensuite one loathe it. (BTW that is how I procrastinate, just shower elsewhere until I CANNOT avoid it anymore!!)
Dirty little secret….
I like a clean house but when I’m busy, I don’t enjoy cleaning it…so instead, I read blogs. Like yours. 🙂
I hate dealing with all the paperwork of kids’ lives, and our own..not just bills and mail. There is SO much more!
-heather
That is the cutest swimsuit I’ve ever seen! I get lost reading blogs/twitter/facebook when I need a little escape
washing dishes by hand. once i start, it’s not as bad as i imagined, but somehow i always avoid even opening the dishsoap! instead, i go for a run. great for the mind but bad for the sink!
HAHA! Hysterical! I AM procrastinating! I detest writing research papers. I have a ten-page paper to write about the deadly amoebas in our Florida lakes and I am reading about your escape hatch as my escape hatch. Does that even make sense?!
my favorite way to procrastinate my least favorite task (dishes) is to take a walk with my 18 m/o. It inevitably takes a least an hour because we stop a zillion times and marvel over everything (oh the eyes of a child!) and when I get back the dishes don’t seem so daunting.
NEED a suit that is “flattering for all body types.”
HATE doing dishes.
Procrastinate reading blogs. You are my downfall/relief.
When I have too much to do, I clean a closet. Purging things always brings a strange peace.
I am putting that photography book on my library list right.this.minute.
LOVE this post. Makes the hum-drum to-do list almost seem appealing – I do love ticking these off. My least favourite…ironing, ugh. My procrastination weapon of choice? Blogs! Parenting, design, photography, recipes…you name it. Coffee and blogs, bliss. Happy travels!
Love answering emails and playing extremely important games online, they let me procrastinate…so detest putting away laundry..love the washing, drying bit but then oh it just wants to sit in those lovely arranged piles for each family member forever.
Oh man, oh man. Folding laundry. Heavens to Betsy. And I soak in a warm bath too… 🙂
I hate putting sheets back on beds after washing them. Ugh. I just leave the sheets off until hubby gets mad enough to put them on himself 😉
Omg, have so much to do today and was super overwhelmed coming into the office… and what did i do? MY NAILS!
My husband was just asking me what I want for my 30th birthday next week, and now I have an answer for him . . . “Mamarazzi!”
… my favorite procrastination by far is… YOUR BLOG!!!
I’d have to say the dishes, since we don’t have a dishwasher…weapon of choice? a bath with a good book 🙂 or reading some good blogs…or looking at pictures of my kids 🙂
To-do I hate: cleaning my car
Escape hatch: bad TV, baking, long walks
i loathe folding and putting away laundry. i will wash it and dry it until the cows come home, but somehow getting it from the frumpled mass in the basket into neatly folded piles is a task that utterly defeats me. or maybe i just don’t like it 🙂
of course, if it’s *fabric*, that’s another story. i will wash, dry, iron, and fold that delightful stuff all day long. and then i sew. and put off folding the clothes still sitting in those darn baskets…
“One lucky commenter on this post will win a free suit of her choice.” But tell me, what is your least favorite to-do task, and what is your procrastinatory weapon of choice?
*Gasp*
Are you serious! I was just posting about my dilemma on facebook!
I went to three different stores and one high-end store (against my will) in the mall to find just ONE bathing suit that fits me. I’m 5’2 and breastfeeding (so you they’re not as high as they used to be), yet all the bathing suits don’t cover even half of my ladies! It doesn’t make sense! I’m short, and went through two pregnancies 4 months apart, and these bathing suits don’t support me? O___O
Anyway. My favorite procrastinatory weapon of choice is nursing. He’s almost 2 so I have to find a new weapon and fast!
My least favorite to do task is cleaning. Period. I hate any and all cleaning. I just want to play with the kids and exercise and read and create. All cleaning disrupts my happiness, lol.
Wow. Great post! My favorite of any blog this week.
This month.
I don’t like having to “look” for things to do.
I do better with an actual task.
So, I hop on the computer and start blogging!
Oh my gosh!! I love your swimsuit!! Course really, what could look bad on you?!
I hate having to have my house always ready for showings (we’re in the process of a short-sale) and how people only want to see it when we’re extremely busy (ie: when my girl is in the hospital or having ANOTHER surgery, or around a holiday like Christmas and Easter!)
I pretend that being a mom is more important, when really that’s the reality 🙂
I hate, absolutely HATE cleaning the bathroom floors and toilet. And, since I now have two (mostly) potty-trained boys, I just tell my husband he can deal with the mess. Of course, the bathrooms have been cleaner…
I sip iced coffee and read your blog because dusting is overrated.
Love those suits! Least favorite: Mopping the kitchen floor. Instead, I spot clean frequently and make sure I’m busy with my kids every waking hour ;>).
Oye…its writing papers…my best escape hatch? Spray painting…everything: candlesticks, wooden mirrors, old doors and lamps. 🙂
least favorite thing—food shop
procrastitory weapon?—–read blogs!
xoxo cathy
My least favorite thing to do is to clean the clutter that can grow in a very lived in home with two teenagers. I thought toddlers were bad…:) My favorite thing to do instead is to just hang with the kids watching tv or sitting at the computer getting caught up with your blog.
Oh gosh, ummmm i really hate ironing sooo i am as guilty as Jacqueline I too do the “rapid refresh cycle” heheh. My hobbies well is singing like Mary Poppins and dance like a clown with my two little one, Ethan who is two and Amalia who is eight months and also has an extra chromosome. Chores well there always will be there.
I hate taming the paper tiger, sitting down in front of piles and trying to figure out what to keep and where to put it. To procrastinate, I read books, lots of them, or knit, or bake, or read blogs…
I HATE cleaning the shower. I hate that when I scrub the sides, waters runs down my arms. I don’t like it, not one bit.
So instead…
I bake! First stop, a little browsing at Pioneer Woman or Bakerella. Then, it’s off to Kroger for a bit of ingredients shopping. Next, a quick stop at the local shop to grab coffee with a friend. I amble slowly home and enjoy an hour of sifting, stirring, and icing. Now that the kitchen’s a mess, I have to clean it up. Unfortunately, by the end of it, there’s simply no time left to clean the shower…
As usual, your blog makes my day Kelle! :- )
My least favorite thing to do is to sit down and have to really concentrate to learn something for a big test. And my escape to that is to read. I love to read, its my favorite thing to do!
Have a wonderful day! :- )
My least favorite task: grocery shopping. My procrastinary weapon of choice: eating out! 😮 Thank you for another awesome post!
I saw your bathing suit in the first picture and was like… I want to ask where she got that beauty! You look FANTASTIC!! 🙂
Worst household chore… cleaning the bathroom. Ugh. Need I say more?
Favorite escape… curling up with a great book and a cup of Rooibos tea!!
least favorite is honestly probably every single task, lol.
and I do everything I can to procrastinate, but mostly surf the web and read blogs.
Oh, I am a bath taker. Lately I’ve been bringing a lot of work home with the best of intentions of working after putting the babe to bed… and whaddya know… I am suddenly taking a bath every night until I’m much too sleepy and wrinkly to write.
And frankly, your blog isn’t such a bad way to wile away the hours, either!! 😉
The things I do instead of hanging baby clothes (why does it take soo long to hang something so small???) would be searching for crafty projects to do once I am studentless and summer vacation has begun. Although the list far exceeds the amount of time I will actually have. And experiencing with my two princesses through my 50mm, as last summer was supposed to be dedicated to learning about my camera.
Cleaning the bathrooms…absolutely THE worst! Give me laundry anyday over the bathrooms!..and reading a good blog or playing Tetris on Facebook…I can stall with the best of them..just. one. more. game!!
Favorite tasks: reading books, crafting, reality TV
Dreaded tasks: bathroom cleaning, dishes, laundry
I love those swimsuits. I remember when you posted about Popina last year and I still want one!
Love the swim suit! And I too, love to find any excuse to leave the chores behind and spend time with my two little girls! I absolutely hate to put laundry away, I dont mind the putting it in or transferring it I just hate to put it away. Our closet is pretty much in our laundry room! I know my mother in law gawks at it every time she sees it.
my dreaded to-do item is cleaning the bathroom. Instead of doing this I like to listen to music and browse my favorite blogs.
I LOVE reading your blog and absolutely delight in the photos of your beautiful little girls. Currently my least favorite task is ANYTHING related to our upcoming move (from NJ to Kansas City, MO) and how do I procrastinate…by reading and responding to your blog, of course!
My least favorite to-do task is putting away the clothes. There never seems to be enough room in my closet for mine and my husband’s clothes. And if you can promise me that I’ll look as good as you do in that suit, I want it! No, I NEED it!
Have a great day!
Tonight my least favorite to-do task is cleaning up the house in case we get any showings this weekend (it’s been on the market for well over a year, so it feels both necessary and pointless at the same time). I’m distracting myself with both the internet(the blogs NEED me to read them!) and a new, intriguing book that I can’t wait to get back to.
Love your new suit! I need to check that company out– you had me at yellow and ruffles!
No doubt, this is one of my all-time favorite posts ever!
I procrastinate with reading blogs when I actually should be cleaning, and if there are no more blogs on my reading list, I just find more…really really bad :)!
Love the bathing suit and can’t wait to buy the book!!!
With 2 little ones I don’t get much rest so I pretend to do laundry in my room but you can often find the clothes dumped on the bed and me laying on the bed next to them.
And…this is really gross but you stepping in poop reminds me of something that happened the other day. It was actually Earth day and my 5 yr old was planting seeds out back and asked me to water them. My almost 2 yr old was playing with mangos when I noticed she had a rotten one. I went to take it from her an realized it wasn’t a mango at all…
you are a bathing beauty, no doubt!
least favorite to-do task? well, right now i’m feelin’ grumpy times ten towards anything that would be catagorized as a “to-do”…i’m rolling in a “don’t wanna” funk-a-dunk. and i’m using anything–including flossing–as a means to get out of everything. and while flossing is a tedious “to-do” it allows me to lock the bathroom door and pretend the world on the other side is full of joyful maids and tidy children riding rainbow slides of happiness.
happy packing, soaking and escape-hatching.
big love.
p.s. i hate to pest, but i’m still searching for a P.O. Box on your contact page. just have a little token from my village i’d love to send your way.
please and thank you. 🙂
I hate ironing. I don’t have a laundry room by any means, so just the thought of dragging out and opening *screeeeech* that wobbly, metal contraption makes me groan. My favorite procrastination technique is browsing craigslist’s free section for anything with potential, dreaming up how I’d refinish, refurbish or recycle it. One of these days I’ll actually venture out to sort through a ‘curb alert.’ Or maybe I’ll just browse some more…
Least favourite chore is DEFINITELY dishes…. oh I loathe the sink of bottles and baby dishes cleaned by hand. To procrastinate? A great cup of coffee or glass of wine and a tv episode on the PVR that has been on there for way too long. Hope you have a great trip~
I hate dishes and dusting…I read a book or go for a walk with my girl to avoid doing them.. Oh and read blogs:)
Oooh, gorgeous!
My least favorite chore would be ironing. I don’t know what it is, but I have always disliked it! I have worn wrinkly clothes more than once.
Ooo love the yellow buttercup suit!
I hate washing dishes… my little apartment has no dishwasher so I let the dishes pile up for quite awhile!
My procrastination weapon of choice is definitely planning for my wedding! It is more than a year away, but I just can’t stop flipping through magazines, tearing out DIY ideas and dreaming 🙂
Least favorite tasks laundry and emptying the dishwasher.
Escape- playing and napping with my sweet girls. 🙂
Laundry-the putting away of it. Sometimes I really enjoy folding and hanging it up but mostly, it just piles up, on the rocking chair in our room, the end of the bed or on top of the changing table that we haven’t used in years. My kids are 3 and 2. 😉 I would rather get on the internet and read blogs or check facebook or watch mindless tv shows. If I am really adventurous I’ll pack up the kids and head to Taco Bueno or the park or both.
my least favorite thing to do is blow dry my hair. And my tool of procrastination is a hair band. 🙂
I HATE scrubbing pots…almost enough to stop using pots!! And I procrastinate by reading your blog 🙂 Thank you!!!
Least favorite to-do is get rid of junk mail. I could really use Lainey to come sort mine for me. Best procrastination device is your blog and facebook.
The to-do I always try to avoid is hanging laundry outside to dry. Despite how stinkin’ cute baby clothes are when hung out on the line (and how good for the environment it is), I always seem to find that reading another storybook to my son is a more “pressing” issue than getting the laundry on the clothesline.
Holy comments!! Everyone must be desperately wanting a bathing suit.
Adorable pictures and girls, as always.
My least favorite to-do would putting away the folded laundry. It sits in baskets for a week. I’ll take from it until only a few items remain, then I’ll put those away.
My best procrastination techniques. I get online and catch up on all my latest and favorite blogs!
I hate the dishes and I have no dishwasher (family of 6)! I try to escape with reading in any form…Book, blog, magazine…not a picky girl. (love the picture of Nella eating the net!)
Totally going to have to check out that book- I have an addiction to photography books!
I’ve been eyeing the red version of that swimsuit for months!!
I dislike mopping the floors…but I always find a way to relax until I get motivated enough to go do it! I usually read a blog or catch something on tv…but I DO need a cute swimsuit like yours, I’ll mop floors all day for a new swim suit lol!!!! I love your blog….I really hope you pick me 🙂
Love those suits! Have fun in MI this weekend…hopefully it won’t rain too much for you 🙂 Although I think rain is good luck on a wedding day…
So my least favorite to-do task. It would be ironing. In fact I included it in my vows…This girl does not iron.
Least favorite to do activity -the pile of laundry created by my family of seven. What I do when I procrastinate…. Read a blog or swing in the hammock or eat something or talk on the phone or go for a walk or go shopping or….. I am very good at procrastination!
I love your suits! My most hated task is digging through all the schoolwork I have in hopes it will, at some point, provide clarity. Similar to you, I hide in the bathtub with a glass of wine watching reruns on my computer I prop up on the counter 😉
LOVE the bathing suit! i loathe loathe loooooathe putting away clean dishes and laundry, but always feel a huge sense of accomplishment when its all finished! as far as procrastination? anything and everything. crafting, dvr’d tv shows, “i haven’t eaten all day”, etc. any opportunity i find, i will take it!
I’m lucky enough to live in the area – I went to Popina to get my swimming suit last year because of you! They are so nice there.
Hands down, my most dreaded chore is taking out the garbage. DH and I agreed when we got married 12 years ago that he was in charge of that task. He hasn’t let me down yet! 🙂
Worst thing ever- laundry! Best thing ever-your blog! 🙂
Ohhh man. I’ve just stumbled across your blog and I’ve decided that you are exactly where I want to be in the next ten years (I’m but a wee babe of 23). You’ve turned your home into the perfect nesting place for creativity, comfort and love. Someday I hope that I will gain the skills to showcase the awesome parts of my life the way you have. <3
I’m pretty sure that as far as giveaways go, I haven’t earned my stripes as a commentor (or as an adult, ha ha), but I’d still like to share:
My procrastination is at its worst when I know that I’m reaching a milestone. Things like choosing a graduate program, applying for a credit card, or plans to move downtown are all fire-breathing monsters to me. I become indecisive and I just… freeze.
As an escape, I look for bloggers who are in different stages of life and I absorb as much as I can so I can don my armor and do some slaying.
Laundry…I’m the worst!
Reading blogs…my escape of choice these days! Although today instead of tackling my ever growing to do list, I picked up my son’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid novel and read it cover to cover!
I would so much rather take a walk with my kiddos in the new double jogger that I got for my birthday/mother’s day than CLEAN OUT MY LAUNDRY ROOM.
I love your suit! My least favorite chore is mopping the floor, which is probably why I’ve only done it twice in my life! My procrastination method of choice is blog reading.
I don’t like folding clothes very much! I like taking pictures, so usually I tell my husband that I’ve got to develop my photography skills a little bit before I can do laundry. 🙂
My least favorite task is to write reports for work and I will actually clean to escape it some days… or cook… or cuddle with my kitty!!! 🙂
My least favorite task is cleaning the bathroom and I can use many different weapons to procrastinate but most often I turn to reading wonderful blogs like this one ;o)
Love that suit! My least favorite chore is trimming the dog’s nails. Yesterday, I dropped him off at my brother’s & hope he’ll trim them while I’m on vacation! Haha.
Lainey’s fake smiles brought a smile to my face. It’s a constant battle I have with my 4 year old…she tilts her head almost sideways and gives me the cheesiest smile. It’s a battle I’m willing to fight and ultimately win every time! The real smiles make up for the thousands of cheesy ones!
gorgeous you in your white suit! love the doggie/kiddo face off~
least favorite to-do.. laundry, hands down. don’t know how many darn times i have to re wash the mildew load!!
baths are my escape hatch too~
count me in on the togs (swimsuit) giveaway they are lovely
I don’t do dishes, and I don’t procrastinate in doing them…I just don’t do them and then remind my husband about the pile of dishes in the sink 🙂
To be fair though, he won’t clean toilets, so we’re even.
The task I hate the most – the bathroom… every single second of cleaning the horrid, out-dated cavern of it. And my escape hatch? Snuggling up in a giant chair with my twin boys and reading book after book after book – heaven!
Love the bath tub story!!!
My least favorite thing to do is folding the laundry & putting it away…I don’t mind putting it in the washer or switching it to the dryer..its the folding & putting away…especially the smaller kids clothes…UGH!!!!
And my procrastination of choice would be either Facebook…or right now getting though all 5 seasons of Ally McBeal on Netflix…oh the memories of watching it when I was in college!
Least favorite to-do task: paperwork for my job, as it takes away time from things and people at home
Favorite way to procrastinate: uploading pics
I sooo wish I could take a bath! I dread laundry and cleaning the bathroom this week. I escape by reading blogs (yours especially) and snuggling with my little guy.
Oh I love the swimsuits! Not that I’m in any shape to wear one quite yet! Baby boy needs to join us 1st then I’ll work on squishing myself into one;)
Love your suit, your photos, your blog!!
My least favorite to-do task is sorting through the junk mail and shredding old bills and paper work.
You name it and I can procrastinate with it 😉 My nails need done or I need to pluck my eyebrows or catch up on Oprah.
Cleaning the bathroom has to be my least favorite task. My favorite means of procrastination is playing with my kids!
putting away clothes…. dread doing that! love folding… and stacking strangely enough. Procrastinatory weapon??? hmmm…. etsy surfing??? I want an etsy shopping spree sooooo bad…. because I NEED it!
Least favorite to-do task: dishes that have sat in the sink for three days because, um, I haven’t washed them yet. (Yes, they wouldn’t be nearly as gross if I washed them three days earlier.)
Best procrastination tool: petting the cat, making collages, blogging
Favorite part of this post: that elephant game is the shiznit. I completely understand the self-competition. I’m the same way with puzzles. I race putting puzzles together with my nannykids (unbeknownst to them), and it makes me sweaty and nervous too. What if they get Curious George put together before I finish the stegosauraus?????
I would love to win a swimsuit!! been reading your blog since Nella was born and I love it 🙂
Those bathing suits are so cute!
My least favourite thing to do?
Cleaning my house, in general. I don’t mind vacuuming, but the actual ‘cleaning’ part of it, I despise. Hence, the reason I made a sign for my entryway that says, “Our house is clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy”. Love that. I love reading that your house is messy sometimes.
http://adayinthelifeofaj.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-should-be-cleaning-my-house-but.html
My procrastination weapon of choice?
Usually sewing or a craft or, ironically, cleaning (something unnecessary in a major way).
Like when I need to work on report cards for school in June… I usually clean my garage! I think most teacher have really clean garages in June. Seriously.
I despise putting away clean laundry, and I’ll do just about anything to avoid it, but especially scrapbooking! Love the shutterfly book 🙂
You have one of those Fisher Price car garages from the 80s?!?! My brother and I loved that thing…seeing it in your photo brought me right back to childhood! My least favorite task is probably cleaning up the kitchen after a meal. Oh wait, I hate scrubbing the shower even more than that. And for sure my #1 procrastinator of choice? The internet.
These suits are to die for! And you look amazing in them! Will it ever be warm enough in MN to wear one?! My least favorite to-do task is washing the floors :/ My procrastination weapon of choice? Checking your blog and reading gossip mags! Happy May!
Least favorite task, Ironing. How do I avoid it? I put shirts back in the dryer instead of ironing them. And I stopped buying shirts that had to be ironed. Haha 🙂
(cont)…. but I do worry that when I get married my sweet soon to be husband won’t understand haha
I read your blog, and Dig’s blog and several others when I am supposed to be working, or unloading the dishwasher or putting away laundry… I also just sit in my bed and watch really bad reality tv…
I procrastinate when there is laundry to fold…it almost has to go back in the dryer on the Wrinkle Release cycle for them to be acceptable to even be folded and returned to the drawer. I usually find a fun project to do with the kids instead…:)
I hate dusting. I will clean all day long just so long as there is no dusting involved. I procrastinate by ignoring it and sitting on the floor to play with my girls where I can see it.
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I love, love, love your swimsuits. I showed my sisters when you busted out in your so cute red one and said “I want that!” So cute!
Your white suit is so perfect. I love it!
My least favorite to-do task is any grading I have to do at home.
I will do anything to avoid it: wash, scrub, wipe, and tidy my way around the house until the grading can be avoided no longer.
I have many things on my to-do list today that fell away from my mind as I chose to go out to eat with a friend tonight. We let the kids act like wild banshees as we sipped our frosty drinks and tried to catch up. Now I’m home where I’m sitting in the middle of a bunch of stuff that needs to be put away but I choose to read your blog and get lost in the photos of your littles. So sweet. Now I’ll go and check on my littles who sleep.
Doing laundry is so relaxing to me. It must be the smell of freshly washed clothes. My favorite procrastination activity is to read magazines on my porch in the sunshine.
Love the bathing suit too! So classy.
When I find myself terribly, stressfully busy (often before a trip), I will somehow wind up taking a nap. It doesn’t always make sense (it would seem more logical to pack, clean, run errands, etc.), but I get so “tired” from thinking about all of it, I just need a little rest!
Then I’ll stay up late finishing what I didn’t do during my nap, so it kinda cancels itself out. Good times 😀
I hate sweeping the floor! There’s no point…the kids are just going to eat again and get more crumbs 20 minutes later. And what I do to avoid it…read my book of course!
I have never loved unloading the dishwasher (or loading it, for that matter)…so boring! I procrastinate by running to Target 🙂
Homework…. ways to avoid it??? Reading blogs to find inspiration, just like yours!! 😉
Love these suits! And they look fabulous on you! But I wonder if it will ever be warm enough in MN to wear one?! I dislike washing the wood floors, only because it takes so long, and I prefer to clean them the good old fashioned way….down on my hands and knees! But good thing I can get lost in your blog or a juicy gossip mag to help put off this chore!!! Happy May!
least favorite task….is all of them an option 😉
my least favorite would have to be cleaning the floors.
What I do to procrastinate, well I pretend my daughter NEEDED to go to the park, library, fill in something fun, etc
Hmm, least favorite task: paying bills. Procrastination of choice? Since I am sitting at the computer anyhow, I ignore my stack of bills and calculator and intead check email, facebook and blog stuff. I’d rather check my facebook than face my check book. Haha! 🙂
I need a really awesome new suit so I’m crossing my fingers. My least-fave task is making my son’s lunch for daycare. Just let me say that left over mac’n’cheese becomes a godsend and by Thursday night I’m making a halfhearted PB and J instead of a fancy ham’n’cream cheese roll up with black olives and grated cheese.
Hands down, scrubbing the toilet! The thing I despise MOST!
**By the way, I convince the kids to play Elefun for me too 😉
I forgot my procrastionatory weapon! My fave escapism is a great book (usually from the library, which makes it extra risky) in the bath.
I am not naturally a clean and organized person, except for a magic afternoon every month or so! That will have to change once I have a family of my own. 🙂
I love “escaping” with coffee, shopping, or a good movie. This last weekend, I combined each of the previous with baking – a batch of tie-dye cupcakes!
LOVE your swimsuit!
hmm, I would have to say mopping is my least fave thing to do. Something always ends up happening to make it where I CAN NOT ignore it any more (spilled chocolate sauce anyone??)
procrastination moves- facebook, blog, read a book, go play outside.
Do I really have to pick just one? I guess it would have to be the dishes. Even with a dishwasher, the pile of dirty dishes seems neverending! To get away I spend too much time on the internet or watching tv. If I’m being good a run will do instead.
My least favorite task is folding the white load. Ug… three teenage girls and unending, non-matching socks that nobody will claim! I will often leave them in a basket in the laundry room so long that they get dirty things piled on them and I rewash them…..
And my procrastinating task? ….. anything else! hahah!
Jacqui
My least favorite task is cleaning my bathroom. I don’t mind cleaning my kids’ bathroom but there is something that drives me bonkers about cleaning my bathroom.
My procrastination strategy is to watch Real Housewives shows on Bravo and think of all the things I can do when I finally clean the bathroom.
I usually don’t comment, but I’m so passionate about how much I HATE IRONING that I had to share!! It is my arch enemy and I do all I can to avoid it!
Cleaning the kitchen floor and vacuuming. I’m hoping to get better about this before my little one starts getting around. Catching up on my google reader feed tends to be enough procrastination to get me out of it until my husband finally takes care of it. 😉
You look amazing in the bathing suit! Very cute
OMGosh! Bahaha! I laughed so hard at Lainey’s fake smiles. I’m going to have to scroll back up and look again.
Least favorite task is putting away laundry. I can wash and fold with the best of them, but put away? No fun.
i totally craft or nap to avoid those little things i just don’t really enjoy…aka putting away the clean laundry. 🙂
I hate doing laundry….and I procrastinate by reading blogs!
I hate to iron. It piles up for weeks at a time. I’ll do five loads of laundry and get it all put away to avoid ironing. And, boy oh boy would I love a new suit! I purchased my last one piece about 8 years ago and now hate it.
I have definitely noticed your bathing suites before! I love that you have such a great figure but don’t feel compelled to wear a bikini or even a tankini! My least favorite to-do chores has to be cleaning the bathtub and surrounding tile. Hate it! I love to procrastinate by reading addicting novels (or reading mama blogs!)
My least favorite task: putting away clean laundry. I don’t mind washing, drying, and folding. But putting away in drawers? Forget it. I procrastinate by doing my daughter’s laundry–somehow it’s much more enjoyable!
least favorite task…folding laundry. i’ll wash, sort, and put away any day, but folding? bleh. so on days when the pile of clean clothes is mounding so high i can no longer open the dryer door, i put it off just a few hours longer with a hot cup of irish breakfast tea and curl up on the bed with a book.
Least favorite- cleaning the house, with the most disliked mopping and vacuuming. Favorite escape- Facebook, blog reading and playing Thomas with my littles.
My least favorite task ever is cleaning bathrooms. Ick. and my escape? Popsicles and bubbles with my little 🙂
I can’t STAND to deep clean the kitchen, it drives me bonkers, don’t know why but I hate it.
Those swim suits are ADORABLE! I love every one you own and would love to have one too!
Least fav to do is the kitchen, ugh it just gets messy again! close second is the never-ending pile of laundry…procrastinatory weapon of choice? oh I have a boat load of them, but mostly I would say facebook it is the ultimate time sucker!
Least favorite task. Hmm….this could be a long list as I’m not the best housekeeper most days. Kind of oxymoronic for a stay at home mom right? But. least favorite task: emptying the dishwasher. I will avoid it like the plague for a day when really it would take 5 minutes to just do it! 😉 Love the suits!
I loathe laundry!! I read your blog and some of my other favorites to keep me busy and away from it!!
Your posts always evoke so many emotions and I love to comment about the beautiful photos of your sweet girls, but today what I want to say is…hot damn, I want a new swimsuit!!!
I procrastinate by getting obsessively organized, which means writing and rewriting my “to do” list. It as if the prettier it looks that quicker I’ll finish it! At my least favorite task on my current list is going to the cell phone store.
Love the suits and new book!
That white bathing suit is to die for!
I hate laundry and will read books, bake, scrapbook, do school work, etc. to put it off. 🙂
Gotta be cleaning my bathroom – I absolutely HATE it (I have a house full of guys – ’nuff said). I tend to cook or read blogs to get away from it – I keep hoping some little elves will come clean it for me!
Ugh – I hate mopping with a fiery passion. I don’t even know that you can call what I do procrastinating – it’s really just more avoiding it all together (until a sunny day when the light hits the floor just right and I gasp at how horrible it is)!
I hate unloading the dishwasher and therefore I use paper plates, cups, and plastic utensils just to avoid unloading!
My least favorite “to do” is dusting (does it EVER end?) I procrastinate by doing all the other odds and ends and then insisting I need a break and getting on the internet to browse around a bit. I would love for that browsing to include searching for a new swimsuit from Popina 🙂 They are so cute!
I loather emptying the dishwasher, I put it off by pretending I’m to short (which isn’t really a stretch) and asking my hubby to do it 🙂
I love the suit…the white is a beauty. I hate cleaning my house when I dont start it right away in the morning when the sunshine is shining in…so when I get those late starts I just pretend I have to organize my closet all day because I can’t stand being downstairs when it’s sunny upstairs all day!
I was the Queen of baths and crafts to pretend I didn’t need to clean my house but now I have someone come every two weeks to clean it for me!!
Highly recommend it…
oh man. how on earth do i pick? with 4 littles and another on the way, and living on a farm, i would say laundry…folding it and putting it away. everyday. 🙁 and i procrastinate by blogging, and taking time to get inspired by others, like yours. 🙂 happy vacation, and great, great suit.
I HATE HATE HATE putting away the laundry. I hate folding it and hate putting it away…what’s the point, we are just going to wear it again…ha 🙂
I also craft to procrastinate and read magazines and (the dreaded) facebook! oiy! I also bake and blog stalk…you know, it’s a new techno world 🙂 Oh and if I happen to start reading a good book, I absolutely cannot put it down until it’s done, everything gets pushed to the side. 🙂
Love the swimsuit!
I hate hate hate folding and putting away laundry… I plan activities like going to the park, pottery barn kids, creative kidstuff, the library… etc. ANYTHING to not have to be HOME to see that mess of a pile of clean laundry to deal with! 🙂
My least favorite task is doing the dishes – i procrastinate and get take out instead :O
My least favorite task is cleaning bathrooms…I procrastinate for like forever…anything else I can find to do….I’ll even make up housework that doen’t even need to be done :)Once that is all done, I’ll bake cookies! Anything but clean the bathrooms!
I so hate to vacume!! I procrastinate with cups of tea and either reading blogs or home magazines!(or chocolate, or TV, or books…you get the idea!!)
I was hoping you’d say where your suit was from…I’m in desperate need of a new one!! My least favorite chore is dusting…and I just put it off. And off. And never dust. Then I take a bubble bath and think “oh I should dust” but then forget about it as I do my next least favorite…laundry.
Needing a life line! Someone please tell me leaving 25 behind is okay, because 26 and all the years after it get even better…..
Enjoying-the-birthday-things.
I hate folding and putting laundry away. so instead i’ll take it upstairs and leave it in the basket and play with my puppy dogs instead. and maybe lay on my bed and daydream.
It’s hard to pick just one least favorite task… washing dishes is up there, along with cleaning bathrooms.
My procrastination of choice is usually blog/message board reading.
(And then I beg my husband to wash those dishes or clean that bathroom… and he usually does it, because he’s awesome.)
LOVE your bathing suit and totally have to have the book! Thanks for sharing!
Adorable suits! When it comes to washing off dishes and loading them in the dishwasher, I am the ultimate procrastinator! Favorite weapons include reading, listening to music and online window shopping.
Fabulous suit! Hands down, cleaning the shower is the absolute worst! I dread it and put it off & off until I have to. Something about those eighty million tiles that drive me insane. . . rocking my baby girl is the best escape ever. I get lost in the moment every night & I’m not ashamed to admit I sometimes fall asleep. If she’ll let me, I’ll rock her til she’s too big to fit in the chair anymore.
I loathe laundry and dishes.
To escape, I insist on taking more pictures of my 15 month old… editing them… sending them to family… blogging… oh, the procrastination list is unending. 🙂
I am in love with the white suit! I absolutely loathe grocery shopping! Ew. But my favorite way to procrastinate? Calling my mom, my sister, my bff and my 83 year old grand-mother-in-law. And usually in that order…. it easily kills a good couple of hours (or four)!
Looking good! I don’t know why exactly, but I loathe emptying the dishwasher. I don’t mind loading it up with dirties, but unloading seems like such a waste of time. I will let dishes sit (for longer than I ‘m willing to admit here) until my husband is home to help me. Pathetic. And to procrastinate? Check my favorite blogs, organize something that doesn’t really need organizing in the pantry.
MOPPING the FLOORS!!!! can’t stand it! so much prep to do it… ugh!!!
effective stalling techniques include:
1. organizing my kid’s toys
2. organizing my toys
3. facebook
4. managing my DVR
Love the post.
My least favorite to-do is toilets. I hate cleaning toilets. Of course the kids need to play with mommy more than the toilets need to be cleaned.
Mopping, Mopping, Mopping – certainly my least fav, at only 36 I feel about 90 years old after mopping, all sore and stiff. Thank goodness for procrastination – well your delightful blog of course as well as my mags that never seem to get fully read from cover to cover since having my divine 18 month old (really who needs cover to cover when there is so much playing to do). 🙂 Laney
Love this day recap.
Least favourite – putting the laundry away.YUP love doing it, folding, but the away part, there is never any room!
Weapon of choice to avoid….feeding the baby 😉 Because I am the only one who can it just seems like the best excuse ever. In fact I sometimes try to live out of the laundry basket which in turn has the kids wearing the same thing over and over LOL.
I cant stand doing the dishes! I say I have to check important emails, and then read blogs to get out of it!
Love the suit! And am in desperate need of a new one so here’s hoping it’s my lucky day!
I loathe folding laundry. I don’t mind doing the laundry (I find that oddly satisfying) but actually folding and putting it away? Torture. I like to leave it in baskets and say “I’ll fold it during nap time/after bedtime/after I catch up on email/read my favorite blog (*ahem*)/tomorrow/this weekend. Oh screw it. Just because they’re wrinkled doesn’t mean their not clean! Embrace the wrinkles!!”
I’m a full time student so my least favorite thing is of course my school work! If I’m forced to write, I do not want to do it so instead I write to avoid my required writing. Blogging (and reading blogs) is my escape. I can spend hours making each post ‘just right’ just to not do that required reading.
smile as I watch my kids play while I pretend I’m the past version of myself who dreamed one day she’d have littles, looking in at what’s to come. Oh, my! This stirred my soul and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you… I knew that I did that, I could never quite put it in to meaningful words. That is exactly what I do… I will watch Catie playing with her tea set, and a lump will swell in my throat, and yes, tears, of joy. Or When I’m watching Olivia pull herself up. Same thing. I procrastinate by reading magazines *pretending* that I’m looking for new recipes, or cool craft ideas for my girls. But really, I’m admiring the clothes and the furniture I would really, really like!
I surf the interwebs to avoid cleaning 🙂
Super cute suit!
LeAsT fAvoRitE tAsK=definitely cleaning the shower. loathe it and blame that on summers cleaning the state park bathroom buildings…
WeApOn oF pRoScRaTiNaTiOn=blog surfing or playing outside with my favorite little man!
Ooooh yay! As I was reading I was secretly hoping you were going to let us know where your new suit is from- darling!
My least favorite chore: putting away laundry for sure. Doing the laundry and folding it? No problem. It’s the whole putting it away thing.
Procrastination strategy: catching up on blogs I heart 🙂
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My least favorite chore is cleaning the house. I especially dislike vacuuming. And… wait for it… My thing that I do when I’m procrastinating on something else? Cleaning. Weird right?
i don’t mind doing laundry, but i hate putting it away…but every time i go to do it, i tell myself it’ll be put away when i have time….of course better things always come up and my clean clothes pile up until i have no choice but to wash them and begin the cycle all over again… 🙂
I absolutely CANNOT stand to iron and my procrastination tool of choice is to find a random drawer/shelf/basket to organize and convince my husband that I am “cleaning” when in reality, organizing calms me and makes me feel accomplished. There…I admitted it!
Ugh, grading papers. I am a teacher and I love, love, LOVE my job, but I hate to grade papers. Give me students and the quadratic equation any day, but the paperwork is my nemesis!
I’m really good at getting laundry IN to the wash and then IN to the dryer. But once that dryer door closes, there is no tellin’ when it will open again. That warm, cozy, fresh laundry ends up wrinkled, and air fluffed a few times. I guess I would rather muddle mint leaves for a mojito, perfect spring/summer drink, OR make myself silly to entertain my sweet one year old, who seems to think I am THE funniest thing she has ever seen!
Least favorite task: Cleaning kitchen and bathrooms, putting away laundry
Best weapon: Dance breaks with my boys, reading this blog, reading kids books…usually to my kids, sewing, writing…
LOVE your white swimsuit!
And please pretty please post your P.O. Box or address so I can send Lainey a PACKAGE with HER name on it for her to delight in! 🙂
I love the retro suit! That’s gorgeous!
Cleaning up after our animals is my least favorite household chore. And let me tell you, we have A LOT!
And as for my favorite procrastination tool? Nursing. I can drag out feeding the baby FOREVER!
Super cute swimsuit! I hate to dust and I can definitely waste some time (i mean…procrastinate) by browsing the internet reading blogs or “window” shopping online!
Let me start off by saying I’m extremely jealous that you even get to wear a swimsuit at this time of the year! We barely made it into the 60s!! I really hate cleaning out my car!! So instead I will sit in my front seat and pluck my eyebrows. Natural light is the best to pluck eyebrows!!
Thanks to your post I’ll be putting Mamarazzi AND the retro buttercup bathing suit on my Mother’s Day wish list! Dislike: cleaning the toilets, Escape: Oddly, I find grocery shopping alone late at night quite relaxing!
Oh my-I love those suites. I can never find one that fits me just right and looks ok on my body.
My least favorite task is washing dishes==but only because I don’t have a dish washer anymore so it literally never ever ends and it just piles up.
My procrastinatory weapon of choice==checking email, going out exploring on a nice day with my munchkin, hanging out with the hubster after the munchkin goes to bed.
What a lovely post – so descriptive of a mama’s day; similar to mine!! My least favorite task is mopping my kitchen floor. Hate it! But so necessary. Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures and yoru cute swimsuit with us!!
Oh my. I neeeeed that swimsuit! I was hoping you would share where you got it and then there ended up being a giveaway for it?! Hopefully, this will be my lucky day!
My least favorite household task is balancing the checkbook. I will do just about anything to not have to do it, but I usually end up pulling up my reader and getting lost in that instead!
Girl! I hate to dust! For real! Growing up that was “my chore”. I hate the smell of Pledge-It makes me want to go all Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford “No Lemon Pledge EVER”
My It can wait weapon of choice? Why it just happens to be watering my garden! Now, we live in WA state, and are still getting rain pretty regular, but you know what? I still water it.
I want your job when I grow up. :). Hoping to stay home in a few years and then I’ll enjoy my editing and emailing escape hatches… 🙂
Love that website and the swimsuits!
Least favorite chore: putting away laundry! I motivate myself with a sparkling water or a cup of coffee!
I read blogs on the computer instead of cleaning my kitchen or putting away laundry.
Reading about interesting people around the world is so much more fun than chores!
Those suits are so cute! I may just have to pick up a new suit before our pool opens, and the everyday swimming starts.
Least favorite to-do task, honestly, school. If school is on my list, I will clean, run errands, and just about anything else to delay school work.
If school is not on my list, blogs are my biggest weakness. I will sit on my bed and read them late into the night before actually getting stuff done. Opps.
Bathrooms. I really do not enjoy cleaning bathrooms, does anyone? OH & my boys never let me down, they are the best distraction:)XO
Ugh. I hate unloading thedishwasher. So much that I let the sink fill up with so many dirty dishes that by the time I do finally unload there are enough dirties to fill it right back up. Housewife fail.
I procrastinate best with started-but-never-finished sewing projects!
-Erin K.
Laundry. I really detest it. I would much rather snuggle with my kids than do laundry. And I don’t live in Florida so I get to do all the snowsuits, snow pants, hats, mitts junk too. Never ending. If only it was appropriate to let them run naked. I am dreaming of summer when they can wear swimming suits 6 days a week.
Love the suit! Hate to fold laundry, and rearange a room to procrastinate doing it.
My least fav thing to do is fold laundry and I procrastinate by reading your blog!
You look fabulous in your new swimsuit! I always have “important” emails to return when the dishwasher needs to be unloaded…he’s figured me out, but unloads it for me anyway 🙂
Oh my, your girls are beauties! Your sweet girls mirror mine so much, and they make me smile. My least favorite task? Laundry. It never ends, and it’s never fun. In it’s place? We leave the house! It’s easy to forget about chores piling up when they’re not staring you in the face. A nice day at the park and a picnic are a great way to avoid unwanted tasks!
Wow! so many comments. amazing! I don’t know if it is a particular task around the house that is annoying or the fact that when I do it, two things usual happen as well.
1. the children begin fighting
2. the minute I put the broom away, there’s a 2 year-old standing on the hard floor dumping dirt from the garden everywhere.
and thus, it begins again. Most of the time, the kids are great helpers or off playing together, but those times when I’m just trying to get the chores done, it seems the sky in falling in kiddo emotion-ville!
I read or crash for a nap mid-afternoon!
First, I have to say that you make those swim suits look good!
My least favorite to do chore is going to the grocery store. No matter how I slice it, its just always a chore and we frequently play the ‘what can mom come up with without going to the store.’
My procrastination of choice is grabbing the kids and trying to find cool new places around town to capture a great photo!
Love her blog and pictures! Every picture is so beautiful.
To avoid things I don’t want to I read blogs or make crafts 🙂
You look fabulous in that bathing suit, which got me thinking, what do you do to stay in such great shape with two littlies?
I have four children aged 2, 4, 6 and 8 and I am still trying to shift those last few kilo’s from having #4.
I would love to know your secret. Or are you just one of those people with great genes?
Least favourite task for me is probably dusting.
I usually avoid it by thinking “Oh that can wait until next time.” Until you can write your name in the dust!! Lol.
Task avoidance is best done by being on the computer reading blogs, spending time with my kids, reading, texting a friend or my Sister or any number of things!! 🙂
Great post btw.
It’s funny, I was about to escape to the bath after reading your post! What an awesome escape hatch 🙂
Any cleaning-type housework is my least favourite. But at the moment I loathe cleaning our tile floor in the kitchen, especially with the big messes made by the 16 month old. I can never seem to get the grout to look clean enough to meet my standards, so instead I just avoid it. For me I decorate and rearrange the house instead of facing the cleaning part. It doesn’t seem to matter that adding more things to the house means more things to clean!
That last picture of Nella is absolutely gorgeous, she is so sweet!
Oh – I just received my white pearl curve earrings in the mail from TheMegShop and they are so very pretty! I can’t wait to wear them to work tomorrow. I am so pleased with them, thanks for sharing your find!
dishes!!! love to bake, can’t stand cleaning up the mess! My escape…reading your blog!!!
I was actually admiring your white suit and thinking it would hide my post 2 kids belly flab nicely and then you go ahead and have a drawing to win a suit, love it, and since I am STILL wearing the swim suit I bought for my honeymoon 10 years ago! I think it’s time for an upgrade!
I loathe mopping floors, it rarely gets done, even my dog knows not to eat anything that falls!
I often use checking my email or blogging as an excuse to not do some other dreaded task.
Happy Mother’s Day!
mopping and cleaning bathrooms. YUCK! My husband usually ends up doing it. I love him! My procrastination tool….facebook?
Haha, I’m doing it right now! Instead of cleaning my bathrooms, which I loathe more than anything, I’m on my laptop reading blogs and posting adorable pics of my son on Facebook.
Kelle I loved this post. So beautiful. I loved the sentiment when you pretend like you are Kelle from the past peeking in on your life in the future. So cool, I have actually done that before too! I really dislike doing the dishes….they never end! I try not to procrastinate cause they add up, but I give myself a reward…reading my favorite blogs, including yours.
I would love love love the buttercup swimsuit. I surf the web and cross my fingers that someone else will fold the laundry, never happens though.
I hate hanging up laundry. I have two laundry baskets full of wrinkled clean clothes. It’s been there through 3 washing loads….
Love the retro swimsuits too!
Really cute bathing suit!
I read blogs or blog myself and pretend that grocery shopping can wait indefinitely!
I strongly dislike folding and putting away the laundry. It sits all neat and tidy in the laundry room for weeks until we run out of clothes. I’d rather read blogs and facebook or watch Signing Time for the one millionth time with my boys.
Least favorite task: dishes. I don’t even use all those dishes! They just creep into the sink and some how get messy. I don’t have time to do the dishes every night, so they’ll sit there just a bit longer…
my least favorite task is most definitely homework. only one more year to go!! so i read blogs to procrastinate! i refer to it as research. LOVE LOVE LOVE the suit!
I’m totally bad at keeping up with the dishes. To procrastinate I surf the internet, nap with the dogs, catch up on tivo episodes, and anything else I can come up with!
I read blogs to avoid doing dishes.
I hate getting ready for bed and it unfortunately happens every night. When I am at my most desperate, I pretend that I really need to scan the online classifieds to see if someone is selling a deep freezer or a tricycle. You never know…
We call it “EllaFun HellaFun” in our family and it come out at all family gatherings 🙂
i HATE making beds and putting away laundry… to procrastinate i read blogs.
Grocery shopping, yep, hate it. We live in a second floor apartment and I dread carrying it upstairs. I usually go to allrecipes.com and type in ingredients I have lying around the house just to ward off a trip to the store. My husband compliments my “ingenuity”, but it’s just sheer avoidance behavior!
Least favorite task is doing my expense reports for work. My procrastination weapon of choice is reading cosmo, glamour, and us weekly
Who doesn’t love Elefun!? And I’m loving your idea of a Moon Walk!
Least favorite task: scooping the kitty litter box. Favorite way to proscrastinate: cleaning out my purse/mom bag!
I’m allergic to cleaning the bathrooms, but seem to have an endless desire of checking out blogs 🙂
I am loving this suit on you, and also wondering how it’d look on me. 😉 I tell myself that I absolutely hate doing dishes, but once I start it’s somewhat therapeutic. To procrastinate I will pick up one of the usual ten books I have started. Reading is a definite escape hatch for me.
I hate ironing….I’ll make stuff to hang on walls, paint, paint again and redecorate before attacking the pile. Considering my Hubby wears dress shirts everyday, lets just say, alot of re-decorating happens in this house!
Steph H
I hate doing yard work, my husband has extremely bad allergies so I get stuck with the chore and I procrastinate by reading any magazine or book I can find. 🙂
I love your suit and crazy as it may sound I love doing laundry. I love to see our clothes all mixed together… as I sort and fold I think about all the things we did together when we wore those clothes.
and I love your blog. it makes me happy.
Love the suit!
My least favorite household chore is cleaning the tub/shower. So instead, I blog, facebook, read a book, or watch a show… I’ve only done it once in about 9 months… I usually just hope my roommate does it 🙂
oh my I love that swimsuit!
i admire your blending of to-do’s and escape hatches, too!
i am a lifelong procrastinator–as such, i would rather clean my house than accomplish any other task, oddly enough!
i also admire how much activity you pack into one day!
I SERIOUSLY dread cleaning the bathtub. I usually clean the entire bath tub and then just close the shower curtain so I can pretend it is clean.
Procrastination: playing with my kids makes me feel better about not cleaning and going to Target. Target makes everything better:)
New to your blog… LOVE it. I have a 23 year old brother with Down Syndrome and he is the BEST thing that has ever happened to our family. Seeing Nella makes me wish my little brother was a baby again:)
Least favorite to-do task:For some reason I’ve never been a fan of ironing!
Procrastinatory weapon of choice:Suddenly having an urgent need to give my undivided attention to a friend on the phone.
I’m a procrastinator extroidinaire (did I spell that right?). I would say that taking the kids to the park is my favorite escape hatch for, oh, any household chore. 🙂 Especially cleaning bathrooms.
LOVE your bathing suit!!
I WANT THAT SUIT! haha.. I had all these plans for such a nice comment about how your blog brings me so much joy just a few days after having my little girl (5 days old TODAY!) but man, I want that suit! 🙂
ugh but I hate sweeping the floors but having all tile it has to be done almost daily. and I LOVE hanging clothes on the line. australia weather is BEAUTIFUL at the moment. Its the most relaxing time of year to hang things to dry! 🙂
Housework…what part of it ISN’T my favorite! LOL. And just about any type of procrastination is my procrastination of choice. Anything to get out of housework!!!
I hate doing yard work, my husband has extremely bad allergies so I have to do it and I procrastinate by grabbing a book and read.
Oh boy… It totally depends on my mood in regard to which task is my least fave. Some days I hate cleaning the shower, other days it’s vacuuming. Procrastination weapon of choice? Reading blogs and daydreaming!
Love those suits, and i live in Portland! My least fave task is laundry and my escape hatch is a good glass of wine or a long run!
My least favorite to-do task is putting away all the laundry. I don’t mind washing, drying, folding and sorting the laundry. To me, that’s soothing stuff. But to put it away? Gahhhh I hate that task. Because it always, always leads to MORE work…as I enter each child’s room and see that the drawers that I need to put clean cloths in are terribly unorganized with clothing just completely shoved in and balled up. And so I have to stop to make it right BEFORE I even put in the new, clean stuff. It makes putting away the laundry a MAJOR chore!
Oh, and my favorite procrastination is the being on the computer or reading a book!
Kel, (I say that cuz I figure I know you so well by now that we’re friends), um, how many hours are in your day?? Funnily enough there are only 24 in mine and I try to sleep 8 of ’em. Apparently, you have discovered how to find more, please let me in on the secret. Also, just so ya know…your girls are GORGEOUS and your photos reflect nuthin but love.
I love your bathing suit, and Lainey’s! I think that’s where I’m getting my bathing suit this season!
When I’m procrastinating (I haaaate sweeping and vacuuming) I chase my kitties around with the broom… which leads to grabbing the laser pointer and making the cats race around until they collapse into a dizzy exhaustion =]
I love your blog and your girls!
I HATE planning my meals. Which is funny, beause I have a food blog and I love to cook!
Instead of actually planning meals for a few days, I surf the web to procrastinate!
OMGAH but your kids are gorgeous 🙂 And so are you 🙂 Uuum, I scrapbook when I don’t wanna do my least favorite chore–sort the laundry. Gah.
Thanks for the chance to win 🙂 It’s smack-dab the middle of summer here 🙂
I love your swimysuit! I would have to confess that I am rubbish at doing/putting away laundry. My husband and I both have enough that we can keep going for quite awhile but it does pile up and eventually the spare bedroom is occupied by a mountain of clean but not put away clothing on the bed and a slightly (read: totally) bulging hamper (or 2)! Embarrassing. I procrastinate by looking through our professional wedding photos for hours, I just love them so much.
Amanda
I just became a mama and so far my least favorite “to-do” is grocery shopping. I’m learning how to juggle my own “watermelons” with those in the grocery store at the same time….ahh it’s been interesting!
It seems there ARE a few swimsuits in the world meant for moms-of-two like you and me 🙂 I would say my most dreaded task has got to be my daily date with the dishwasher. I loathe every part of washing, loading, unloading, and putting away the dishes. How can there be SO many dishes when there’s only four of us? And one of those little persons is on a strictly breast milk diet. I will never understand. And how I find myself “too busy” to tend to mounting pile of dishes? Well-there’s this delicious blog I can’t wait to read every day that helps me remember to enjoy the small things…
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I love our dog… I really really do… but her poop I could do without! I stalled and stalled until the Lovely Half made a deal with me. I walk her daily if he picks up the poop. I ‘try’ to keep up my end of the bargain, but there are kids, meals, house… blah, blah, blah. I use many pitiful excuses that he see’s through anyway! Truth – when I make the effort to walk her, I love it!! Crazy lady, yup! ;-}
Have a wonderful trip! Can’t wait to see pictures!
I strongly dislike ironing. I’ll do pretty much anything to avoid it, but my favorite avoidance tactic is to make a to-do list and put it at the wayyyy bottom.
Least favorite to-do task: Fold laundry
Procrastinatory weapon of choice:
Playing, cuddling, reading, sleeping with my sweet girl (after all, isn’t it better that I spend quality time with her than make sure we both have non-wrinkled clothes?!)
My least favorite household task is folding the laundry! My procrastination strategy is to put the laundry in the middle of the living room so my husband will end up doing it for me! He’s amazing!
Love your new swimsuit!
hands down, my least favorite job around the house is putting away laundry. i’ll run the loads in the washer and dryer and i’ll even fold it, but when it comes to actually putting it in a drawer…forget it. the can sit, and so sit, in a laundry basket for day on end. but maybe if i wore that suit while putting the laundry away, it’d be more fun!
Sorting socks and putting laundry away is by far my least favourite chore to do. You will often find a basket overflowing with unmatched socks in my bedroom. My procrastinatory weapon of choice?? I have 4 kids 10 and under ~ nuff said LOL
Oh my god! I want that book! When I have some spare pennies I’ll definitely be buying it 🙂
I hate unloading the dishwasher & doing dog poop duty in the garden! I put it off by knitting, reading blogs & sitting down and having snuggles with my 2 year old.. All better things than housework! x
I hate all household chores – I procrastinate by making excuses to get out of the house – supermarket, park, whatever!
Love the new suit – I’d love one just like it!
And what do I do to procrastinate? Peruse pretty pictures on all the blogs I have tagged in my favourites.
Least favourite task – ironing. If I can get away without ironing, I will. Just don’t look at my husbands shirts too closely, k?
I am really good at multitasking my chores (reading a magazine while folding) until I find that I am doing more reading than work. And then I need a cup of coffee. Oh, and the kids need me to read a story. The clothes can sit waiting to be folding and put away for a VERY long time 😉
I hate doing the dishes! We don’t have a dishwasher, and I completely dread having to wash them!
So instead, I read blogs. 🙂
I love to call my sister to chat about fashion, when the house looks like a bomb went off and I have to clean it up for the 36th time for the day;)
I love all of the new pictures and can’t wait to see pictures from your trip this weekend.
I loathe taking the trash out. I usually pile so much in the bag that it makes it next to impossible to get out…since it’s so heavy I swear next time that I will take it out instead of over filling but we both know that never happens 🙂
The suits are adorable!! What an incentive to lose my baby weight after baby arrives in September! My least fav chore…cleaning toilets…my procrastination…my 2 yr old son LOVES cleaning toilets! So I give him the scrub brush and let him go at it! Some days I just give in and figure a 2 yr olds job is good enough for me!
I really, truly hate to wash the dishes. In all seriousness, I would rather scrub toilets than wash dishes. I also find folding laundry to be the most monotonous task known to man. To avoid doing these least desirable (and most constant–what’s up with that?) tasks, I usually end up taking the kids outside to play. That way, I can’t see it!
My least favorite thing to do is clean or do the laundry. My escape? Getting sucked into a good book or magazine or snuggling with the my boys! 🙂
My task I most avoid… putting clothes AWAY! I have no trouble washing and drying and sorting into three stacks (me, hubby, toddler), but then my clothes just stay in their stack where I have to dig through wrinkled shirts to find the one I want.
Ugh…
My escape? this blog and facebook… (and movies from netflix sometimes too)
Your bathing suit is really adorable! I reorganize my closet when I’m trying to avoid a less-than-fun freelance project.
as always, gorgeous photos!
hmmm….i hate cleaning the house. specifically, i hate folding the laundry and putting away the dishes from the dishwasher. i think it’s because i feel like they’re already clean and i hate having to do the extra step of putting them away! 😉 so, i blog or read blogs instead. 🙂
Escaping with a good book:)
Love LOVE the bath story… exactly something I would do.
My least favorite to-do task? The dishes and the dish washer? Instead? I use a few dishes as possible by having as many picnic outings as possible.. no dishes allowed!!
Hanging up clothes. I’ll fold all day long, and even put them in drawers, but I seem to be allergic to getting the hangers and finding space in the closet. Favorite way to procrastinate? Painting my toenails. Always has been…Even when I was supposed to be packing my suitcase to take to the hospital to have my baby, I stopped to paint my toenails.
I hate putting laundry away. I love to sort, wash, dry and fold but when I get to the putting away step, I falter. I continue to do the rest and make piles of things for each category and person. I get out the hangers and lay everything out but it seems to just stop there. By the time I get to it, I’m into the next cycle and it never ends. I will do anything to avoid it….even clean the bathroom or wash windows.
Bathrooms, hate them! But it makes cleaning go by faster when I have a little game. I’ll put the kids in the bath tub while I clean the sinks, shower and toilet. My goal is to get it all done before they lose interest. I win… all the time
cute pics! loathe scrubbing pots and pans, and i use “i’m 8 months pregnant and should be resting” as my excuse of choice these days 🙂
Mopping! After a week of dog hair collects and my son launches bits and pieces of his meal on to the floor, mama gets REALLY tired of stepping on “crunchy bits” so getting out the mop and really giving it to the floor…feels good! The feel of a slick, clean floor on my bare feet. The smell of Lysol/Chlorox/Murphy’s Oil Soap in the house…mmmm. Almost better than the smell of cookies baking in the oven. Almost.
My favorite task is grocery shopping! My way to procrastinate is to feel the clothes in the dryer, convince myself they are still a little damp and turn the dryer back on for another 40 minutes! Ha!
Those suits are precious!!! I hate hate hate vacuuming. I strangely love cleaning out my office and sorting all of the papers and mess that have piled up until I break down and HAVE to clean it.
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Right at this moment I’m putting off my workout and instead sitting on the couch, reading your blog, having some tea with Nutella spread on crackers.
Hope you have a fabulous time at your mom’s wedding and I can’t wait to hear about it and see pictures. So happy for her!
I’m so glad you mentioned the bathing suit! I was just about to write you begging for a store name 🙂
my least favorite task is most definitely laundry…not doing it, switching it or folding it, but PUTTING IT AWAY! More often than not it sits on the dresser until I’ve worn it all over again.
I’m also a procrastinator. I’ll check all my favorite websites and e-mail 20 times in an effort to avoid that dreaded laundry…or the dishes…cleaning the bathrooms…
I blog, read blogs, go workout, head to the mall…all in order to pretend that I need to find a job. Post-grad..and I need a new bathing suit:)
love your blog, been a reader forever. My sister is 7 and has Downs. Life wouldn’t be the same without her.
xoxo
allymullin.blogspot.com
I usually find a way to be creative…painting with the kids, plan a party (which i’m in the process of)…while our house is on the market, we have a new puppy, i’m potty training our toddler, and the kids have a ton going on at the end of the school year. I always retreat when I feel overwhelmed! Love the swimsuits!
I love those bathing suits. Sooo cute. I really don’t like putting laundry away, so I just keep taking things out of the basket and wearing them so eventually the basket empties itself. Happy Mothers’ Day!
I HATE doing the dishes and putting away the folded laundry.
I move piles around and around until they’ve dwindled in size and there is little left to actually put away.
As for how I avoid the dreaded chores, I tend to just fuss around the house doing anything else. I wish I was jumping in a bubble bath instead. Sounds like a way more fun way to avoid the un-fun!
I totally let my clean, folded laundry sit on the couch for days. I don’t know why, since it takes all of 3.5 seconds to put it away!!! Often I have to fold it two or three times, cuz my toddler yanks it off the couch, and yet, it still doesn’t get put away!!!
Hands down – those bathrooms! I find myself checking work emails, grabbing a snack, making up other more pressing cleaning tasks – anything not to have to scrub the tub.
I cannot stand to vacum. The task gets me every time. And to procrastinate, I move piles of clutter from one location to another. I tell myself I am organizing, but really avoiding the time it takes to put things away neatly.
I often imagine that my younger self is looking in on the 38 year old me, and is nodding and thinking, “hey, everything turns out Really Great!” It made me laugh that you do that too. Love Nella’s little puff sleeves. It’s very Anne of Green Gables. Cheers.
Ann
Putting away my laundry! No doubt about it. I can sort it, wash it, fold it but there it sits. Sometimes forever, folded, waiting and it will continue to wait because I have to take Kacey out to swing or play airplane with my Maddie and then after bedtime… well Kacey is in my bed sooooo I can’t possibly get into my room to put it away. Time for whatever DVRd today! Oops, it’ll get done tomorrow, hehe
I pretend I HAVE to catch up on your blog (because I do!) so I don’t have to empty the clean dishes and fill the dishwaher with the ones that are piled up in the sink from last nights dinner…
I would like a well fitting bathing suit butt too!
I HATE doing the dishes. I live alone, so I sometimes leave them in the sink for an embarrassingly long time … like a whole week. To procrastinate, I Facebook, or organize my iTunes library, or read some of your old blog posts (swear, I’m not just sucking up!).
My least favorite to-do task is Laundry, because it’s never ending. I generally procrastinate by surfing the net.
I avoid cleaning the bathroom at all costs. Scrubbing toilets and showers is easily put off with a good book and tea on rainy days. (I’m pretty sure that’s why God made all three.)
On sunny days, the dog needs to be walked at least a couple times : )
My daughter keeps asking to come to your house to play!
I loathe folding laundry and putting it away. We go on adventures and just rewash the laundry when we get home!!
I love this bathing suit it is looks like it would flatter all body types.. I hate doing dishes… cleaning.. hell I hate having to clean period.. my poor husband did not get a someone who loves to clean when he married me. I do love to cook though so… I procrastinate by reading or playing a game on the computer, or by playing with my daughter.
love the bathing suit!! i loathe folding, putting away & hanging laundry.. i don’t mind the washing & drying. 😉
and my escape is reading!!
I love the picture of Lainey with the hose!
My least favorite task is changing the bag in the diaper bin. EW! I’ll read a book or play with my kids instead of doing that.
My least favorite thing to do is clean the bathtub. Wow, is there a number of ways I can think of spending time rather than doing that chore. Pretty much the list is endless 🙂
when i grow up i want to be you. that is all.
A bathing suit would be lovely. I just recently invested in one after not having one for YEARS (i live in PA, water isn’t as accessible as it is to you, sadly):
But i’m so excited to wear it and another one to wear? Well I might just open up a pool in my own tub 😉
Hmmm I would have to say laundry (seeing as how it gets piled up for weeks, and who knew I had that many clothes) and college work. Those to-do tasks kill me and make me struggle to get them done because I’d rather be enjoying being with my friends, or dancing merrily. My procrastinatory weapon is the thing I’m using to type this out- my laptop. Get me in front of this and I become Distracted Girl. Superpower? To forget about a task completely in one swift of a “turn on” button. Actually I have a spanish test online to be doing and instead I read your blog!
But I’m about to go get that done so have a fantastic weekend!! I’m going to a music concert later tonight and am wayy excited. SO enjoy your trip to come and I will enjoy mine.
I loathe unpacking, folding laundry, and putting away laundry. I a master fritterer of time on the internet and editing photos and videos.
least favorite task… any sort of cleaning, probably putting away the endless piles of stuff that accumulate around the house. but i’m 38 weeks pregnant, so i tend to tell my husband that i’m tired and need to sit down, “can you please put the laundry in the dryer? thanks, honey. love you.”
love love love the suit!
Great post to remind us that sometimes you’ve just got to take a bubble bath!! Beautiful swimsuits and the photography book looks like a wonderful read!
Cleaning the bathroom. I avoid it like the plague until we have guests coming and I’m motivated into action.
That suit is gorgeous! I WANT TO WIN! So, the task I hate to do is responding to emails. Not fun, blog-related emails, mind you. But, important, medical school, decision-making kind of emails. Also, why are there always 40-50 such emails when I wake up every day? Ugh. I blog jog (like I’m doing right now…AHEM) instead of getting to the task at hand and hitting “reply.”
I absolutely HATE to put the folded laundry away! I avoid it like the plauge…to the point where I’ll fold it and leave it scattered around the living room and then just HAVE to tend to dinner or get my girls in the shower and stay busy just long enough until my dear husband puts it away! What a plan…. 😉
My least favorite household what what is putting folded laundry away for 4 kids…errrr…3 kids and a husband. 🙂 So, what do I do? I fold the clothes, put them in the basket and watch Backyardigans with my kids 🙂 hahahaha….the basket sits there for DAYS!!!!
Least favorite – cleaning the litter box or dusting.
I procrastinate by checking facebook and all of the blogs I like to look at. Or I’ll just grab the latest book that I’m reading and drift away in the story.
~Holly
I really despise the weekly task of cleaning out the refrigerator (i.e. throwing away expired food and week old leftovers). I am the only one in my house who does this task. I have to admit it gets a bit scary when I procastinate doing it. My procrastination strategy is facebook and blogs. I can waste hours surfing the internet.
I shamelessly cut out things in magazines to make cards for my friends. and I run.
I love love love retro bathing suits. so adorable.
Least favorite would be dishes (and I have a dishwasher!). I will find nearly anything else to do, read, organize the fridge, laundry, go to bed early…anything!
Right now, it is grocery shopping. I hate it because there is no quick way to get it done! And I procrastinate often by being on the computer :), but I’m about to change it to working out for the first time in forever! ha.
I read and read and then I take a walk. Watch some tv, call my mom. Call my sister. Call a friend. go for a walk. I believe all these things to be more important than doing dishes. 🙂
Haha, reading your blog is my way of procrastinating before I jumpt into the yucky things on my to do list. Thanks!
Least favourite task: dusting
Procrastination: baths!
You are beautiful and that suit looks sooo good on you!
When I want to procrastinate, I read your blog and pretend that it’s not 10:40 am and that im not STILL wearing my pajamas. Since my husband gets home at noon, I will probably eat some breakfast, jump in the shower, and frantically try to come up with a lunch plan for him so that I can appear to have been really busy all morning:0)
Thanks for the book tip. I want to learn about photography since I will be having my first baby girl on Sept 3! yaaay
Least favorite thing to do…the dishes after I just made dinner. Instead of staying downstairs and looking at the mess, I head upstairs, turn on law & order, and nurse my four month old until he falls asleep. I eventually head downstairs again and do the dishes, but first things first I say!
Love, love, love your swimsuit!!! My least favorite to do task…cleaning. I dread it! I usually put it off by snuggling up for a nap with my sweet baby boy or escaping the house for a nice scenic drive with my little man!
least favorite task: study
procrastinatory weapon: blogging
I totally hate cleaning my bathrooms… shower cleaning (ugh!).
Reading all of my favorite blogs provides my perfect getaway/me-time. 🙂 So thank YOU for being a procrastinator-enabler!
I hate folding laundry. Absolutely HATE it. I’ll sort and wash and dry, and leave the baskets of clean clothes on the bed for my husband and pretend to be totally consumed with dishes, dinner and the kids while I casually yell, “Hey, can you just fold those clothes quick and put them away?” Love that suit! And I could surely use a new one!
I hate folding laundry. Absolutely HATE it. I’ll sort and wash and dry, and leave the baskets of clean clothes on the bed for my husband and pretend to be totally consumed with dishes, dinner and the kids while I casually yell, “Hey, can you just fold those clothes quick and put them away?” Love that suit! And I could surely use a new one!
I love your suit – so cute! My least favorite thing to do is clean the bathrooms – my procrastination strategy is take a bath, take a walk or play with my kids, read a book or e-mail friends back.ok really I will find just about any excuse or reason not to watch tv, bake cookies – oh time to feed the baby.
I am excited to check out the book – I really want to get better at taking pictures since it is something I love to do – another way I can procrastinate.
Hello Yellow Buttercup! Would you like to come home with me?
I avoid cleaning by reorganizing and redecorating. I think that if I can fung shui things and make them LOOK fresh, then I’ll be able to put off the more tedious work a little longer. Don’t tell my mother…
I love your suit! I dispies cleaning in general especially the toilet so I call that my husband’s task along with trash, mowing the yard & cleaning up cat puke!
Least favorite to-do task– the drycleaner! Procrastination trick–washing all of the other clothes in our house (plenty of procrastination there). Love the suits– coverage without screaming “mom suit!”
I’m pretty good at starting the laundry, but I’m terrible at finishing the whole process. Really. I can’t figure out why I struggle to dry and put it away. It’s hard for me. I find myself editing pictures or baking or playing with my kids, causing all the laundry to take a back seat.
You look fantastic in that suit! My least favorite task is definetly cleaning the cat litter……eeeew! My procrastinatory weapon of choice is catching up on my dvr or digi scrabooking!
On days I can’t seem to gather my thoughts into a cohesive blogable post, I decide it’s time to revamp my template and make it look prettier. I’ll spend hours on the internet and in photoshop designing graphics that I never end up using. I liken it to crafting, but for the domestically challenged.
Honestly, what DON’T I use as a weapon for procrastinating on the laundry? Sometimes I wonder if I could just throw clothes away rather than wash them… I’m 24 years old and I’m still waiting to learn how to keep the dirty laundry pile down to less than two hampers. I don’t think it’s ever going to sink in!
I don’t mind housework (in general), but I will not do dishes unless we are in a dire situation. Luckily, I have an amazing husband who has agreed that he will do dishes if I take care of the laundry. I feel that procrastination is my art, and have many different forms of it….escaping to the downstairs office to “balance the checkbook” usually works!
Least favorite task..hmm too many to count but if I have to give one it would be folding laundry. I read blogs instead of doing tasks.
I just wanted to let you know that I have linked back to you from my blog. Your life is a beautiful story and I’m glad you have decided to share it with us.
Darcus.
http://lunafleur.wordpress.com/i-like/
least fave task: studying anatomy (especially on sunny days!) as i complete my first year of naturopathic medical school.
fave procrastination: reading this blog which makes me just want to transport into YOUR life instead!
I loathe laundry…instead I rock my sweet 11 month old (number 4) he will always rock with me, tired or not. I think being number four, he has a built in sense that he better take these quiet moments with me whenever they come. We could sit and rock all day.
I loathe dusting and picking up the playroom….. I will do anything to avoid it. Sewing, cleaning the kitchen, vacuuming, etc. Anything.
Our master bath, shower! The last time it was really cleaned was when I had a maid service come in to do a deep clean while I was in the hospital birthing our 2nd daughter. Umm…Brynna turned 6 months yesterday!
Cute suits!
I craft to get out of house work-I think that the house work will always be there so when I am inspired I should go for it!
Oh my word, how did I miss this post until just now? So glad I came by on a Friday to check 🙂 I love love love your swimsuit. I have the red polka dot one bookmarked on my favorites page and just haven’t pulled the “buy” trigger!
My favorite escape is going outside with my boy or taking him to the park and taking pictures of him being a boy. Removing myself from the house and focusing on him. My least favorite to do task is laundry. I don’t mind washing, but folding and putting away… yikes!
My procrastination of choice? Reading blogs. Especially yours 🙂
My least favorite task is vacuuming, and I tend to get lost reading in the blog world when I want to procrastinate! 🙂
My least favorite task is taking out the trash. I will let 2nd and 3rd bags get full, stare at my husband and try to win the battle of wills that taking the trash out is. To procrastinate, I will clean the ENTIRE house top to bottom while continuing to walk around the mountain of trash.
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My least favorite to-do task is laundry. Praise God our house came with a room just for the laundry to pile up and be ‘out of sight!’ My favorite procrastinatory weapon, 2 things, 1: ‘Getting ready’ I can spend hours jamming to Pandora while ‘getting ready’ to start my to do list and the second, well, standing over my to do list and adding things I already did (that I shouldn’t have bothered with) just so I can cross them off after I’ve written them. Hey, my list seems more complete and I don’t feel as guilty if there are a bunch of crossed off things, who cares if they are necessary or not!
my least favorite to do is… unstacking the dishwasher, much like unpacking, i will avoid it like the plague.
procrastination looks like reading blogs, catching up on facebook and finding things i can make on my sewing machine…
Love your blog Kelle – I enjoy the way you look at things with such a positive light. Also love love love your photos!
My least fave to-do… CLEANING THE BATHROOMS! I have made a little rule for myself – no cleaning on the weekends (except for usual picking-up, straightening); so if it’s not done by Friday, it waits ’til the week! That way I can enjoy my weekends, work and housework free!
I cannot bring myself to do the dishes after dinner. So I usually find a spot to sit and watch the boys plays with their Dad or sneak away to edit some pictures or read your blog … seriously :).
Cleaning bathrooms. Hate it. I usually read blogs or call my mom to procrastinate 🙂
I cant not stand to fold laundry! I would rather clean bathrooms and scrub toilets! So I will clean the whole house and wash all the laundry and leave it in baskets for the husband to please do it! He knows I dont want to do it so he sits and surrounds himself with baskets folding and asking me whos underwear are these! Thanks babe for folding the laundry all the time!
my least favorite task to do is dust-swiping..ugh! Sometimes i simply lie down and read a book or a magazine in the mddle of cleaning or house, thats my procrastination strategy:)
I love your blog! Like every other mommy out there I am always looking for a swimsuit that is flattering and hip and most importantly one in which I run after our almost two-year old! My least favorite to-do task is dust, which is why it rarely gets done, but also shredding our bills after they have been paid- I have a pile right here sitting next to me. My favorite procrastinatory tasks are reading blogs, leafing through catalogs and planning vacations in my head.
Hate cleaning the bathroom… from the toilet to the shower to the little ring of bubble bath to the collection of bath toys that found it’s way under the vanity.
I seem to realize the shower needs to be cleaned at the most unopportune times.. like when I’m giving my son a bath or I’m in the shower myself. Not really the best times to wip out the bleach :P.
I procrastinate by catching up on your inspiring blog.. or flipping thru recently snapped pictures of my own little one.
i love the vintage fisher price garage! my parents still have ours at their house and my children love to play with it!
Love the retro suit! I despise doing the dishes, and would much rather do anything with my 3 littles :).
I read a really good book or sew while I pretend not to see the chicken nugget crumbs on the floor or the dishes in the sink. haha
I am in desperate need of a new suit.. Least favorite chore? Unloading the dishwasher… procrastination of choice? A good book and a candy bar 🙂
Love Love Love the look of your suit. My least favorite task has to be making the bed, mostly because at random points in the day I like to take the baby and the dog and cuddle in..so really whats the point in making it.
Hmm.. favorite form of procrastination would have to be playing trains with the 3 year old. He just loves it so much it’s hard to say no. What chore am I avoiding, the laundry of course. It gets washed and dried just not folded and put away! And seriously, darn you Garnet Hill and your vintagey picnic quilts!!!!
I love how Lainey’s fourth year book came out. It makes me want to take more pictures and chronicle everything! Like say, my first year of marriage. 🙂 Congrats on your cameo in the Mamarazzi book!
Those are excellent bathing suits…as someone who wasn’t comfy enough to wear one in years…I’d be tempted with those!!!!!
My dreaded task is folding clothes, it makes me gag…and denial is my weapon of choice haha
I don’t like writing papers over and over and over again. I procrastinate by reading emails and your blog! 🙂
i am a new follower of your blog which speaks volumes as i do not follow any others and only post on my own when i have a spare twenty minutes… every three or four months.
i started with nella’s birth story and was so moved by the real emotions it stirred within me as i am a labor and delivery nurse and have seen this and similar scenarios play out time and time again. i continue to be inspired by your beautiful experience as i follow and learn more about your family.
similar to you, i have an artistic side although it is more musically based. i do have a genuine interest in photography and cannot wait to find time to learn how to “use” my big girl camera. i will certainly check out your recommendation of mammarazi. i like organic and raw shots… natural and simple… so much like your style.
i also enjoy writing as it is extremely cathartic and gives me a time to reflect and ultimately grow. i literally laugh out loud while reading your incredibly relatable stories. your sense of humor may be your strongest asset…
and to answer your question, i avoid folding laundry until my three-year-old son can no longer find matching socks because they are all buried at the bottom of the basket. i will sort and wash it in a perfectly orchestrated production only to find six loads toppling over the rim of the basket in my bedroom. at the sight of this overwhelming fete, i generally retreat to the computer where i search for new music on iTunes, sing songs i have previously performed, play the piano… music has always been a large part of my life and has now etched it’s own permanent corner in my sense of self. without it, i would never get around to finally folding that laundry…
Keeping the house somewhat clean and uncluttered seems to never end. We’ll have friends over and clean the place up – 2 days later and you never would have known the floor was clear 2 days earlier! How do I escape? I waste time on the computer!
Inspired by your babies in their suits, i kept looking for kiddo suits all winter here in Pennsylvania. Little Mimi now has three…so it’s time for her mamma to upgrade! (my Hanna Andersson one is going on a few two many years!)
Ok, least favorite task at present? Laundry. Hate to say it but I think folding baby clothes is annoying, they’re all mixed up with everything else. Trumpette socks stuck to sweaters, that type of thing. I keep the stuff in the laundry basket and sit on my bed and sew felt together. Right now I’m onto making ribbons…I say to myself, “this is my job! being a felter.” at what point do i hire someone to come fold laundry?
task to avoid…checking voicemail (not sure why, but i hate it) / weapon…fun apps on phone (currently twitter).
task to avoid…laundry / weapon…pretty much anything. i can procrastinate i.e., dilly like no ones business.
i consider it a gift.
A graduate student during finals finds many ways to procrastinate paper-writing and studying. My favorite procrastination weapons are reading this blog and facebook-ing (a girl’s gotta stay social even when bogged down at the library!).
When I need to feel like I’m “productively” procrastinating, I’ll justify my procrastination by doing the dishes or working out. Not as much fun, but it takes away some of the procrastination guilt 😉
I hate putting laundry away.. I can wash it, dry it, fold it. then I get stuck putting it away! i love the suits! Dh and I are going on vacation for my 30th birthday next month. I could use some butt gloves!
Love your suit! I have been searching for a new swimsuit for some time and have not had much luck.
My least favorite: dusting and vaccuuming. I avoid it by coloring pictures with my little guy. Coloring a picture can be so therapeutic! Luckily my little boy loves using the swiffer duster so we have some fun dusting when we eventually get around to it.
Oh how I love reading your blog and always wanting to leave a comment, but sometimes just don’t have time, sometime I lack the words to tell you how the blog touches my heart. Your blog is a breathing space, but also an energy boost for a busy mamma! Thanks for the little glimpses into your family life!
Vacuuming. I hate to vacuum. So much. I can always find something that I think needs doing more than vacuuming. Like puppy cuddling, or watching netflix or napping or exercise.
Ah, man I really need a new suit! My least favorite thing to do is LAUNDRY! Seriously, yuck (especially when you leave it in the washer just a few days too long…oops 🙂 )! What I do to procrastinate this, play with kids, read, drink wine, walk past it blindly 🙂
I extremely dislike dusting. and ironing. and putting laundry away. I would so much rather sit outside or read, or make cookies and cakes! ha!
WOW, that yellow polka dot suit is EXACTLY what I’ve been looking for. I love it!
I hate cleaning the tub and putting away the laundry that is already washed and folded. Strange yes, but I hate it!!! Curling up with a good book when it’s all done is so worth it though.
LOVe the swimsuits. I am from Portland, and will be visiting this summer–can’t wait to check out their store.
And as our family grows–doing dishes tends to be my least fav thing. And ironically enough my distraction of choice is cooking and baking–thus making more dishes, but at least I get something yummy before my dreaded date with the kitchen sink.
My least favourite household tasks are unloading the dishwasher and putting the laundry away. To get myself prepared for this monotonous boring task, I make myself a cup of tea and put on some music…and away I go! 🙂
Btw…I love your new white suit, and admired your polka-dot one last year!
Bathing suit shopping is one of my other ‘difficult tasks’, so I would love to win one and check that one off my list for the summer! If our summer ever comes here in Canada!!!
xo
Love the retro suits! As for items on my to-do list…hate hate hate ironing. I usually procrastinate simply by ignoring it until I’m tired of wearing the same 5 things (that don’t need ironing) over and over.
ADORABLE SUITS!!! You are stunning in that white ensemble!
I despise cleaning bathrooms. Instead, I watch Dancing with the Stars on DVR. It gives me a mental break and simultaneously inspires me to then get up, put my iPod on, and dance while I clean those toilets!
My LEAST favorite thing to do is washing the dishes. UGH. I will do just about anything to avoid that task: walks with the kids, shopping, crafting, and of course, bathing!
I LOVE your white suit and you look absolutely fantastic! I can’t believe you have had 2 kids and still look like that! So jealous!
I hate washing dishes – basically just cleaning in general. My escape is usually finding a quiet spot and reading a book!
Least favorite – scrub bathrooms…procrastinate – computer :):) Bloggging, FB, editing photos. ANYTHING but scrubbing 🙂
I avoid putting away clean laundry like it’s the plague. My husband and I have dressed out of laundry baskets for years now. However, the task I use most for avoiding the dreaded laundry is grocery shopping. I LOVE the grocery store…
Love those swim suits!
My least favorite task would have to be pulling weeds. I put it off by taking my kids to the park, watching tv, just about anything.
I usually procrastinate by reading blogs. or getting out of the house into the sun. There’s something about a warm spring day that makes me think anything is possible. Even that one day, I’ll get back around to doing all those things that I have put off.
Be safe on your trip.
Love that last picture with the teddy bear, too cute!! Laundry is my least favorite… I never feel done with it! I usually procrastinate by blog-reading (like I am now)! 🙂
i love your white maillot! i have a red one like it and i LOVE it in white! thinking if i don’t win, i will have to buy it.
i hate doing dishes and cleaning the kitchen and my procrastinatory weapon is facebook or just laying on the big bed with the little guy and the dog.
I dread vacuuming dog hair. I should do it every day or so, but I can’t make myself. Instead, I read blogs and check Facebook. The dog hair will be there later, even a week later. 🙂
I love the suits!
I hate doing dishes. Hate hate hate.
I love reading. Love love love.
So cute. Love your bathing suit! My least favorite have-to-do: Bills. Sorting though the mess of letters from the insurance company and hospitals and doctors and feeling that “oh I still need to apply for this and that” knot in my stomach. That’s the part of “special needs” that I ignore the most. I hate it.
So what do I do instead? Take pictures of that sweet baby boy who keeps those bills comin’. 🙂 He is the sunshine to the rain. He makes everything cute. Breakfast. Bare feet. Bubble baths. They are all more precious because of him. And for him…I will eventually get around to the “have-to’s”.
I hate putting clothes away and unloading the dishwasher. My procrastation of choice, is anything but doing what I have to do, whether it is checking FB, email or my favorite blogs or just doing nothing!
I just got a Popina swimsuit for my birthday! Would love another one! My weapon of choice– knitting and playing Candyland.
I need a new suit so bad, I was a teen when I bought my last one and I am now 26, haha! So should I say my least favorite thing to do is shop for a swim suit?? 😉
I love reading your blog and look forward to it every week! I hate cleaning bathrooms and doing floors. I avoid these tasks by reading your blog, it takes me to my happy place! Thank you for that!
Pick me, pick me! I strongly dislike doing dishes, so I’ll clear plates from dinner and start doing laundry so my hubby will have to do the dishes. Laundry isn’t as fun as crafts – but its no dishes!!! 🙂
Kelle…. you are just so creative!! Have you have ever considered writing a book on crafts or even a blog on crafts?
least favorite? putting the laundry away. washing and folding don’t seem to be a problem but putting it away…oh dear.
Most hated task:
Dusting
Procrastination tactic:
Do it badly and half-ass’edly until somebody with more patience gets it done well (i.e. my husband)
p.s. I am useful around the house in my own ways….just not in THAT way 🙂
p.p.s. LOVE the swimsuits and you look gorgeous! You need a ginormous pink brimmed hat and some wedge shoes and you’re set!!!
Cleaning the floors is the worst chore for me, and my escape is cuddling up with my little dog and catching up on my stack of magazines.
I HATE cleaning out the trailer when we return from camping. So … I go off to the grocery store and hope everything’s done when I get back! Terrible, I know!!
My least favorite task to do is paperwork for our home business, my favorite was to avoid it is to sit down take a few minutes and read your blog!
least favorite task…cleaning the kids’ bathroom.
escape hatch: finding sweet new blogs to read…because apparently 249 are not enough to escape completely…
i read blogs, while i should be doing EVERYTHING else, but it can wait.
I definitely procrastinate mopping the floors! Instead, I love taking a nap with my two year old and preparing for baby number 2 coming next month!!
Worst ever chore? Washing dishes. I’ll fold a hundred baskets of laundry before you’ll get me turn on the faucet.
Best escape hatch? Getting the mail! Ours comes to our ‘country’ mailbox at the end of long driveway. Gives me about 10 minutes of alone time outside, checking on my shrubs and flowers along the way. I’m such a mail fiend, that I’ve even been known to go out in the rain–especially if the dishwasher needs emptying and the sink is full.
The Blah: Filling up the gas tank. I prefer a fully-fueled vehicle that tends to all my driving needs.
The Escape: Trick my husband into taking my car and toss in – but it needs gas.
love this post about procrastination… love that you call them breaks.. just like over in this little home. With 2 girls procrastination from doing housework is easy. Play dolls? Why not? Go to the park? Why not? Plau doctor? Why not? house work (specifically wiping dust away) is the worst job.. it just comes back anyways. Love spending time with my girls. Housework goes on the back burner… have a great weekend!
The paragraph about the things that you complain about one day then decide that you enjoy doing (because you love to feel needed and necessary and useful)then next? It was like I was hearing those words come out of my own mouth!I HATE doing the dishes with a passion! I will do anything in the world to get out of doing the dishes, and everyone who knows me knows this too! 🙂 I think that my most favorite thing to do in the category of putting things off would be nursing my little traveler. I also love folding laundry, I love the act that when I fold my laundry, all of the folds and creases are perfect and they will all fit into the drawer with perfect symmetry. And I will do the laundry a thousand times before I will even think about starting on the dishes. I like cleaning clutter off of a surface, whether it be the coffee table, the dining room table, or the table by the front door. I like the satisfaction that it brings me (It doesn’t really matter to me that there is a voice inside my head that says to me in a sing-a-song voice “not for long.”)And so I will do this after ALL of the dirty laundry(even possibly dirty laundry) is done, before I touch the dishes.
I love reading your blog, you are beautiful and your babies are beautiful! Rachel
My least favorite thing to do…empty the dishwasher! My best procrastination is facebook 🙂
I love popina swimsuits and boy would I love to win!
I dust and scrub grout to prevent grading papers.
I LOVE your suit!!
I loathe emptying the dishwasher….I usually distract by watching the backyardigans with my babykins!!
HUGS~
Leona
LOVE your suit!!!
I hate putting laundry away – don’t mind folding it, but HATE putting it away. Will go outside to play with my little guy or pull him in a wagon while our Golden pulls us!
I love the picture of Nella with the pug, precious!! I highly dislike putting clothes away, and I nap with my kids to avoid it. Love those swimsuits!!
You gorgeous Mumma Kelle….you are ROCKING that white suit! Their designs are stunning! My fave; the Jantzen Vamp Women’s One Piece Bathing Swimsuit Black! So elegant!
I’m also loving Nella’s grace & calmness that shines through in every photo & Lainey’s inquisitive energy!
My escape hatch: * Coffee (decaf at the moment whilst I’m pregnant) and taking my girl out for a bike ride or an ice-cream date!
My least favourite thing: *Washing dishes! In fact, it’s Mothers Day here in Aus tomorrow….and all I wished for, was our dishwasher fixed 🙂
Have a safe trip Kelle.
xo
that white suit looks phenomenal on you!
my least favorite to-do task is the post office, 100%! i ship from home whenever possible! and to delay those trips to the post office, i tend to paint my toenails with unnecessary urgency!
I loooooooove these swimsuits!
I LOATHE dusting, I despise doing it! Thankfully my step-daughters love to dust, so they dust while I make their favorite french toast. It’s a win win 🙂
My least favorite thing to do is purchase a swimsuit, lol. Winning one would be an excellent way to get around it…
Yeah…I hate to clean house…so I totally will spend time on the computer or doing ANYTHING else to avoid it…
i hate yard work and i escape by reading beautiful blogs!
I do NOT like doing laundry…so I pick up a book to read that I know I can not put down until I am done…then it is time for a nap! 🙂
I like to browse others blogs, or recipe sites. Sometimes I just menu plan or look for a house to buy, despite knowing we’re a good 2+ years away from being able to think about doing so. All of this to avoid cleaning my kitchen. Or homework. Is homework a chore? I’d even clean my kitchen to put off homework. Not that I’m doing that tonight or anything…
Would love and need a new swimsuit.
I can not stand laundry. I would rather clean a toilet. I don’t like cleaning toilets to I would rather…ok house cleaning it not on my I like list. Oh well like you said it keeps us grounded:)
But when I’m avoiding it I love to just tickle my kids or just leave the house and go to the park.
I love your blog! both the creativity and the simplicity. The chore I avoid is cleaning the floors. I have to do it when the 3 kids are asleep at which point I am tired and would much rather hang out with my hubby on the couch.
Procrastination for me comes in the form of hiking in the Texas hill country. I will drive for at least half an hour, prance around rocky trails in the heat, suck up all the local barbeque I can find, and then maybe, JUST maybe, I’ll find time to do all the things I’m supposed to do. At least that way I can be sure the day’s memories won’t be filled with errands. Not at all.
I loved your words at the beginning of your post under th clouds. You always have a easy of putting things in better perspective for me, snap me back to reality!
I love the way lainey dresses herself and nella is beautiful as always
procrastination.. love this blog. So like our little home. house work is least favorite thing to do… especially wiping the dust off things, seems to come back just as fast as you wipe… spending time with my 2 girls is the best way to procrastinate, Play dolls? Why not? Play doctor? Why not? go the the park? Why not?
bathing suits.. so cute!
have a great weekend
Least favorite task? Dishes!!! We do not have a dishwasher and I loathe doing them. So there they sit taunting me while I read blogs and pretend they will magically disappear. 🙂
Ah those swimming suits are beautiful! my least favorite task is definitley putting laundry away. My escape is reading. Do it all the time. Laundry piles up for weeks before I put it away, usually I do it after I finish the novel I’m currently on. (:
Amazing post as always Kelle.
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Mikayla
I have 5 boy (well 4 but I say 5 cause I count the hubby) and so my least favorite is cleaning the bathrooms! Obviously!! Them darn boys!!!
Getting a new bathing suit would be pure luxury for me…something I am not used to. I purchase almost all my clothing at Salvation Army…with the exception of a bathing suit because..well that would just be weird!
Love you and your blog beyond words…
Hugs.
Java
I hate grocery shopping and will try to make a meal with anything I can to put it off any longer. My fave way to procrastinate is to check blogs and websites like it is a paid job. I love your blog! It is great for procrastination!
My least favorite task — mopping my floors. My procastination method of choice — reading your blog, of course!
Cleaning the bathroom is THE WORST! I’ll do anything to avoid it, including nursing my little one and begging and pleading with my man. He’s a sweetie and usually he’ll trade me chores. I love those suits! I’ve been looking for a new one for my post baby body, these are perfect! I will be getting one for sure, thanks for the great tip!
I would love to win a suit if I had your figure!!
The things I put off…folding laundry and paying bills!!
What I do to avoid them…read your blog as well as the Pioneer Woman’s blog… I would love to visit you and your wee ones to avoid these things!! 🙂
I dread folding laundry. It feels like a never ending task in this house. I long for a nice warm nap in the sun, yet living in Wisconsin, that isn’t very realistic all year long, so my second choice would be catching up on my blog reading.
my most avoided task? putting my clean clothes away after they have been folded and returned to the laundry basket…i’m pretty sure this could eventually be the downfall of my marriage.
my escape? the interwebz, of course! i hop on my google reader, my mommy message board, FB and twitter and flip b/w the browser tabs over and over.
…until my husband throws a temper tantrum over the fact that he has tripped over my basket of clean clothes that’s been sitting next to the bed for the past two weeks. oops. =]
What adorable suits! My escape hatch—-reading your blog, pouring another cup of coffee (complete with peppermint mocha creamer) and snuggling with my girls while we watch morning cartoons together 🙂
I detest doing dishes and cleaning the fridge. I’d rather do anything than those two mundane chores!
We love elefun! I even made some extra butterflies (pieces of tissue paper twisted to look like the others)
to make each round last a little longer!
“the way she stretches her leg with impressive calisthenics and hooks her fingers over her toes.” Love this! Lexi, at almost 5 years old, still does this move! Always a great party trick! =)
Hope you are having a fantastic time! I know you are!
As one Florida mama to another, you know we can NEVER have too many suits! I think now that my boy is almost 4 I need to stop pretending some aren’t maternity suits!
For some reason the dishwasher is my least favorite activity…loading and unloading, it never ends does it? So instead I read magazines literally sitting on the bar over the dishwasher!
Paperwork. It piles up on my kitchen counter. I find every excuse not to sort through it. Love the suit!
Your swimsuit is stunning! My least favorite task is doing the dishes and I have a dishwasher! I think I have a mental block about getting the dishes into the dishwasher and putting them away when they are clean.
I hate scrubbing the shower. HATE it. My weapon – playing with my son. He’s always willing, so it’s super easy to “forget” about all the other stuff going on.
yuck yuck hate hate hate balancing the checkbook. I even procrastinate by spending way less than I think we have to keep us above the red line to avoid doing it.
Love your blog and your suits!
I avoid starting to cook dinner by reading your blog and Facebooking (is that even a word!)
Adding the photographer book to my birhtday wish list on Amazon. Let’s hope someone gets the hint!
Happy Mother’s Day!
LOVE the suit!! I dislike with a passion folding clothes. I made my fiance a deal that if he cooks I will do the laundry and now…well, let’s just say I regret my decision.
The suit is HOT! I’m getting married in July and my goodness would that white little ditty look good on me while honeymooning with my HUSBAND! 😉
Least favorite to-do: Dusting…ugh. ‘Nuff said!!
Favorite escape hatch: my knitting!!
I am so jealous of the lovely looking weather you have! I’m still waiting to pack away the heavy jackets here in Vancouver, BC. I love your swimsuit, you look GORGEOUS in it! Definitely heading there in the summer to pick up a couple suits for myself.
Tasks I hate: picking up toys b/c they end up on the floor so soon afterwards
Procrastination: surf the internet, take a long, hot shower
Beautiful swimsuit!! You look amazing in it too!! I avoid mopping my kitchen floor or folding laundry…either one can be avoided by flipping through a great magazine or reading a great book.
Welp…I write love letters to my man, to my mom, to my far away friends so that I don’t think about the budget that needs balancing and tinkering…Love notes make me feel like I am….um….contributing to the greater good! Which out weighs any budget!! Right?
🙂
LOVE that suit…that grip that N has on that teddy..? Be still my fluttering heart! Love it.
I avoid cleaning and straightening my car although it needs it so. badly. Instead I quilt and knit. Messy car = cute hats, sweaters and quilt for my boys!
basically any cleaning at all!
and i’m a huge procrastinator–i will do absolutely anything except what i’m supposed to, to avoid doing something i don’t want to!! ha!
I really hate picking up. I get anxiety when I run out of places to keep things and so they just don’t have a place. Playing with my daughter has been my avoidance of choice, lately.
Least favorite…dusting hands down! And blogs and Facebook are all I need for procrastination to occur. 🙂
First of all, I am hoping Lainey’s little cherry shoes are Traverse City cherries 🙂
Second of all, I know no one else who seamlessly uses the word maillot. Very nice. My least favorite thing would have to be scrubbing down our shower stall. The way to not do it is to shower fast and don’t notice what’s going on in the corners.
Another beautiful post. Love the drinking out of the hose picture…isn’t that just the epitome of summer? Love it.
As for procrastinating, I hate grocery shopping. I hate it. Unfortunately, a lot of restaurants are very helpful in supporting my procrastinating…
I hate putting away laundry. I don’t mind doing it or folding, but putting it away. UGH.
So glad you wrote about your super chic suit…love it! This ones easy, I hate loading the dishwasher but luckily I have a husband who is a “super packer” and gets all out of sorts when it’s not done efficiently and ends up taking over so I can pour over the pages of my gossip mags!
I definitely sit on the internet to avoid cleaning the house. I don’t think that’s too unusual, however. I should think of something better to post…
At the moment my east fav to-do task is making decisions about my future (long story)…
And my weapon is browsing the internet and spending time with my family 🙂
My most dreaded chore is vaccuming…Francie would be the perfect nanny-dog, if it wasn’t for all that hair! I procrastinate by inspecting the flower beds for spring blooms with my 5 month old several times a day, or making a huge mess in the kitchen while baking.
I really hate ironing, so I just don’t…haha.
Currently, my least favorite to-do task is studying for my nutrition class. It is mundane and repetitive. I have taken to doing ANY sort of housework to avoid doing it, even housework that used to be my least favorite. Perspectives are every changing.
I hate doing the dishes, so I use my various projects (just finished a slideshow of pictures from my son’s first year) as my escape and excuse. 🙂
P.S. I love Nella’s sweet little blue dress…so cute!
LOVE, love Popina…
Bathrooms and ironing are equally dreadful! I’m also like you in that my suitcases are left unpacked for days and days and days…
My escape: dreaming of the perfect home and all the DIY projects I will someday tackle 🙂
Can’t wait to see photos of your Mama’s wedding!
Pick me! Pick me! Your bathing suits are so adorable! 🙂 Love your blog, thanks for brightening my day!
What an awesome blog! Beautiful children and Mom! Least fav here…folding clothes and dusting..ugh!! Following you from http://www.toddlerbedandmore.blogspot.com!will be following closely!
I spend time at the park with my girls or look on the computer or edit my pictures to avoid cleaning or unloading the dishwasher (my least favorite house chore)
Me least fave chore is cleaning the cat box. My procrastination weapon of choice would have to be started a million other projects. I LOVE reorganizing and rearranging in lieu of all else.
I procrastinate with hand washing pots and pans. The dishwasher is probably loaded and unloaded 2x with other dishes before I finally break down and wash those darn pans. Only to have to use them for dinner in the next 10 min. 🙂
I don’t know if I have an escape hatch, I just look at them, turn away and go do something else 🙂 My mother would be so proud! haha!
That is such a cute swimsuit!!! And my least favorite task to do is defiantly cleaning the bathtub. I always procrastinate by painting my nails.. that way you double the time of procrastination… because you can’t clean the bathtub right after cleaning your nails! It’s perfect 🙂 P.s. I love your beautiful blog. You have the cutest kids!
Emptying the dishwasher. I take from the clean dishes as long as possible. REALLY don’t like it.
~skylar
If I win the suit, will I look as fabulous in it as you do?? I’ve been known to put off cleaning windows for everything under the sun– but sitting on the floor with my ‘almost-crawling’ 8 month old, playing with everything she can find to shove in her mouth ranks highest! We also love to go on walks to enjoy the amazing AZ sun!! Love, LOVE, LOVE this time of year!!
As I hale from Portland and I live right down the street from the new location of Popina winning a suit from them would make my day, and an excuse to finally make it to the boutique. The rain day after day lately has not been motivating.
Speaking of motivation, or lack there of. I HATE folding laundry and putting it away. Wash and dry, I can do all day and actually enjoy, but the folding and putting away…sometimes I’ll give it a good shake out of the dryer and lay it flat on my kitchen table…for days…
Ahhhh what DON’T I do to avoid my ever-looming to do list? Blog, take long showers, go for walks, you name it!
Folding laundry or paying bills. I love playing outside!
Oh and I also caught the FP garage! We have the Holiday Inn out to play with now and a saw the Weebles tree house begging for a turn in the rotation yesterday so I need to get that out. :). Wishing we had more than we do but our cousin in IL will get the rest of them and maybe we can score some more for Benji as the other seven cousins grow up now here faster than our last two here (b and one yr old cousin).
Love.That.Suit. you are so flippin cute
Least favourite task has to be cleaning up the kitchen…simply because it only ever stays that way for ten minutes. Procrastinate? Me? Yeah, okay my e-reader is always close at hand when I want to escape the mundane for a little while.
Elefun is awesome!! We played this morning before I read this post. 🙂 The hubs and I both play like it’s a life or death situation. Is there any other way?
And your bathing suit? Fabulous. I admired it in the first shot. Have a wonderful trip and congratulations to your Mama and her love. <3
My little boy Benjamin (13 months) nurses like Nella, pulling on his sweet little leg. I love those moments, and that’s what has kept me nursing my twins all these months!
My least favorite task is cleaning bathrooms. I will pretty much do anything before I’ll clean them, including scrubbing the kitchen sink with an old toothbrush. For fun I take a lot of walks outside, especially now our weather has turned nice!
Love your swimsuit! Have a great trip!
Love the swimsuit! My least favorite task is LAUNDRY!! I can wash it and dry it just fine, it’s the folding and putting away that I loathe… I usually tempt my girls with a long bike ride to escape the baskets full of clean clothes :)!
I absolutely HATE to change over the drawers and closets of my four kids when the seasons change! If I could just pack it all into totes for a yard sale and replace with new season clothes it would be easy. But, no, I have to decide which items the next kid in line can wear for hand me downs and which to keep for my 3 nephews, also.
To postpone this task, I usually go into a baking/cooking frenzy. I will do big batches of freezer cooking just to avoid it. Silly, I know, because freezer cooking is a major job of its own.
That bathing suit is adorable! There are so many cute ones! I haven’t bought a bathing suit since before my 17 month old son was born =(
I really hate to do the dishes! I usually use the park as an excuse to get out of any chore… I will think I need to wash the dishes, but instead I think.. “well, Parker really wants to go to the park..” hehe
Bad part is, the dishes are still there when we get back! 😛
My procrastination of choice? Oh wow…where to even begin? When it’s my turn to do dishes (blah) I usually go take a bath. Then, hubby sees sink full of dishes, and I am off the hook. Or coloring. Color Wonder paints are AWESOME! Owen painted his face and it was not blue. Just a clear sticky mess. It could have been worse. So, I put him in the tub with me while hubby did dishes. 🙂
i hate doing the dishes! (we dont have a dishwasher) i blogstalk and edit photos to stay away 🙂
My least favorite chore is putting away laundry. I will fold, hang up, and sort laundry until there is a 2 mile high pile. Putting it away is another story. If and when I need a break I take the kids(6 and 4) into the living room and we blast music and have a dance party. We giggle and shake our rumps until we are out of breath and laying on the floor from exhaustion. Best. thing. ever!
am I too late? arg. procrastinating is my jam. so this makes sense.
1- least favorite to-do task<–TAXESSSS. barf! and any other task of adulthood involving the words- bills, insurance, payment, etc. 2- and what is your procrastinatory weapon of choice? dancing in the kitchen. with music that is inappropriately loud.
You look awesome in that suit! Since we moved into our house, my husband has decided that he would rather not put his clothes away so I am constantly hanging up mine AND his. I hate doing it so I bake. I made doughnut muffins twice last week! His habit is not good for my weight 😉
My least favorite: vacuuming.
My favorite laundry and ironing.
My best procrastination: Playing with the kiddos! Vacuuming can wait when I have two little boys who need to go fishing!
I hope I am not to late to the game!!! That is a ROCKIN’ suit!!!
My least fave chore…..would be um, chores?! All of them…..if the sun is even peeking its sunny head out I push the kids outside and call it a day!! That way I don’t have to stare at my to do list. YAY me!
Definitely would love a new suit for my post-baby body! My worst procrastinations are dishes and laundry! They can sit for a week for all I care, lol. I would rather play with my sassy little girl in her room in dress up clothes!
Just too darn cute…I actually remember (and have) a photo of my Mom in the 50’s with the exactly style of your suit. I have it framed! My least fav is emptying the dishwasher. I will wash dishes for several meals so I do not have to empty it, then ALAS…hubby come to the rescue and unloads it for he….worst hummm,,,,not haveing a dishwasher to empty~~HeHe!
Just too darn cute…I actually remember (and have) a photo of my Mom in the 50’s with the exactly style of your suit. I have it framed! My least fav is emptying the dishwasher. I will wash dishes for several meals so I do not have to empty it, then ALAS…hubby come to the rescue and unloads it for he….worst hummm,,,,not haveing a dishwasher to empty~~HeHe!
I loved being a fly on the wall during your day! I love how “in the moment” you live. I have always tried to be very aware too, but sometimes I forget. Thanks for the inspiration and reminders. You are a neat lady, lady! My least-fav task is cleaning the bathroom! But I love when it’s all done 🙂
My least favorite chore is to fold laundry! It easily gets into the washer, hopefully I get it into the dryer and I will someday fold them! LOL!
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My least favorite chore has to be doing the dishes and cleaning our bedroom. I am such a procrastinator. My escapes….
1)reading (browsing the internet)
2)writing
3)knitting
4)going to the gym
5)playing outside
My least favorite task to complete is putting the stinkin’ clean and folded laundry away, I get stuck there every time! And I love to procrastinate by getting lost in blogland, drooling over gorgeous and inspirational blogs such as your own!
ok, cooking of any sort is my least favourite thing to do and i blog so i dont have to! ha ha my hubby is cooking at this precise moment as i type this! i am such a bad wife x
folding laundry. Eww
the task i least enjoy is cleaning up after making a tasty meal..i will eat really slow so my husband will hopefully fill the need to clean up!
l-o-v-e the suit!!
Least favorite: Cleaning my kitchen and/or bathroom!!! Procrastination of choice: Working out. I like to think I fool people that my place is nice, if I stay in shape haha
I love those swim suits! SO CUTE! I hate doing the dishes and usually hop on the computer or dive into my current book to avoid doing them! LOVE YOUR BLOG!
mopping or dusting! and sitting on the computer looking at blogs is my procrastination method!
that last picture of nella is perfection!!!!!!!
My least favorite task is unloading the dishwasher…I don’t mind loading it because I can stand basically in one place in front of the sink but unloading it has me all over the kitchen. Not that it takes much effort to take a few steps but it always seems like I put away one thing in one corner of the kitchen and the next thing I go to put away goes in the other corner of the kitchen. Murphy’s Law I guess. What I do to avoid my chores is cuddle in bed all throughout the day with my little 4 month old bundle 🙂
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My least favorite to do task is definately the laundry. One load of the kids clothes seems like it takes forever to fold…probably because the clothes are so little, I can fit more in the load= more to fold 🙂
My procrastinatory weapon of choice..FACEBOOK. ugh. hours wasted 🙂
Favorite Task seems like an oxymoron, but I do love the result of a clean house and folding baby laundry never seems like a chore.
Procrastination is a skill I’ve mastered, especially around report card time and then cleaning house is a avoidance tactic.
Can’t wait to check out the book!
Megan
I would love a suit! My least favorite task is dusting and I love to procrastinate by playing with my babies!
Scraping wallpaper has got to rank first in the “do I gotta?” battle and the INTERNETS are (of course) my favorite procrastinatory weapon of choice!
Love your suit!! My least fav thing to do around the house is….dishes. Laundry is a quick second. So is any type of cleaning in general. Sooo…when I am home, and the hubs isn’t I try to make it LOOK like I’ve done oh so much, and I will happily clean the kids room, and re-organize their closet. 1. Bc I am obsessed with my daughter’s clothes anyway, and it gives me a chance to admire it all. and 2. Bc I just care about their stuff more than my own, and want them to have memories of their perfect little bedroom, beds. closets….Just because.
Laundry – and everything about it…washing, drying, folding and putting it away. I loathe it. Both my hampers are overflowing and I don’t have plans of doing laundry any time soon. My procrastination…playing with my kids. They don’t care about clean clothes so why waste time doing laundry when I can spend more time having fun with them. 🙂
I hate putting sheets on the bed so I Facebook instead.
Let’s just say cleaning is my least favorite task. Any and all kinds. Well, laundry might be tied with cleaning. My procrastination weapon of choice is the internet, always the internet.
My absolute least favorite task is laundry…don’t mind washing it or drying it…or even folding it but putting it away…argh!!!! My favorite distraction…majhong tiles or bejeweled.
Would love to win a suite…hope it’s me!
Love reading every word of your posts- so much of what you reflect on rings true in my own little corner of the world! And wait… Reading your blog is MY procrastination to my most dreaded chore- putting the laundry away!
fold laundry! i do anything to NOT do it….craft, watch the real world :)…..read your blog!
fold laundry! i do anything to NOT do it….craft, watch the real world :)…..read your blog!
I work on/sew my daughter’s quilt so that I won’t have to clean the house. Problem is, I sometimes don’t have the energy or motivation to do that either! LOL With the nice weather I will do “yardwork” to avoid house cleaning.
I read blogs to avoid doing schoolwork… 😉
Lainey’s fake smile picture made me laugh out loud!
And I can hardly wait to have my own real life dolls to pick out clothes for 🙂
I’m new to your blog in the past month & I look forward to your posts. Your words are fresh & witty – and your photographs are beautiful. Your girls are the most amazing subjects — I’m completely taken with Nelle’s big eyes and the picture of her with the wood rabbit in this post is absolutely precious!
As for tasks I put off…all of them! From making my bed, grocery shopping and folding laundry…and even more! My procrastination tools depend on the time of day – during school hours it’s PTA “stuff”, and nighttime brings surfing blogs and catching up with friends. Which seems so important at the time…much more than doing chores!
My least favorite to-do task is mopping…maybe because with 3 little ones a simple wipe with the mop just will not do. 🙂 My procrastinatory weapon of choice (although there are many) is reading your blog. You never disappoint. I can always go from giggling to teary eyes or the other way around. So many times your words/feelings have been my thoughts…and I think…wow…somebody out there understands and isn’t afraid to tell it just how it is…thank you.
I go rest my eyes (fall asleep for the night) to avoid doing dishes and laundry after the kids go to bed 🙂
Love the suit!!!
I absolutely loathe laundry! I am happy to take it from three different baskets and throw it into the washer and then the dryer but putting it away is just the worst chore ever! I scoop up my kid and go to the park or go get ice cream or go swimming. Anything I do with him makes me not feel so guilty about not getting the laundry done.
My least favorite chore is laundry. Putting it in, taking it out, folding, and putting it away. All of it is such a BORE! I surf the internet to procrastinate the day away.
MOPPING!! Doesn’t get done near as often as it should! Little clorox wipes used to “toe mop” work wonders in a pinch! Blog reading. Hands down.
Oh, it is hard for me to get motivated to grade the 150 essays I read each ten weeks… but I do it with a smile. 🙂 My procrastination of choice? Definitely message boards on the internet!
I hate folding clothes… with a passion. They are always wrinkly from sitting in a basket for a week. And I mean always.
Anything comes before it. Usually its play time, but cleaning anything in the house can come before putting away laundry. Its so bad that my house is generally pretty “company ready” except for the baskets in the corner of the bedroom. Nope, they aren’t dirty. We just get dressed out of baskets.
Love this swimsuit so much. Folding laundry I let it sit in the basket for days its awful and picking up dog poop.
how do you choose which pictures to frame!?!?! a daunting task i am sure.
here is something i LOATHE doing: laundry. http://smittenstationery.blogspot.com/2011/03/confessions.html
i usually look at blogs like yours instead…
I can’t stand putting the laundry away. Don’t mind folding, just hate taking it upstairs and into drawers. Luckily, I have a wonderful husband who knows how much i hate it and he does it, yeah!
I avoid vacuuming so I’ll purposely make foods my toddler likes that spill crumbs and i’ll also get out playdoh for a few hours making the floors worse because “it’d be silly to vacuum twice in a day”.
I like to sort the laundry, and put it in the washer, and choose the right cycle, and set it spinning. I like to shake out the wrinkles before hanging it up under the brilliant Australian sky. I like to fold the laundry, making crisp lines and folds where they should be.
I LOATHE putting the laundry away.
My exit strategies are to take a cup of tea and sit on the bench at the back of my garden, watching my children play, or to sweep the porch and set things tidy. Or I peruse a garden magazine and create new gardens in my head. Usually the clean and folded laundry piles up until my husband puts it away. He’s pure gold that way.
I put off folding/putting away clothes by any means I can think of. And usually for at least 2 days after I do the wash. The more important task that usually trumps laundry is sewing. “I have an idea and I have to see if it will work before I forget how I did it in my head” Haha!
My last favorite thing to do is folding laundry. It just seems to take forever. I like to escape it by sitting on my balcony drinking tea instead.
Folding clothes! I will run the air fluff cycle repeatedly while reading blogs, challenging angry birds, taking a bubble bath…anything that keeps me from the inevitable.
I hate washing dishes. I truly truly hate it. The only thing that keeps me going is that leaving dirty dishes in the sink isn’t fair to hubs. Even then, it’s hard.
I somehow just run out of time to do them before I have to rush out of the door. Gulp.
I dislike dishes very much. I will nurse my son till he falls asleep then say oh no if I put him down he will wake up and cry. I love to blog and red blogs or go on walks with thke kids to help me procrastinate.
Well seeing that I just spend a week in the peds unit, (watching my dear girl fight back from a bad dog bite to the face), I like the thought of procrastinating:
1) I cook. I bake. I flutter around the kitchen and use every available pot or pan. Of course, curse myself later when I have to clean everything up.
2) Sew.
3) Garden.
4) Help myself or other friends craft. Wine and chocolate consumption are optional.
Enjoy the wedding. I’m sure it will be a splendid event full of love.
-Jennifer from Annapolis
My least favorite to-do task? Unpack! I love to pack, thinking about where I’m going and what I’ll do. But unpacking for me is like saying goodbye to all of those fun memories that were just made!
My procrastinatory weapon is cooking. When I have too much to do, I need to be creative. Cooking can be such an outlet, and I still fulfill my motherly duties by feeding my family!
I hate returning stuff at the store–you know, when you bought the wrong lotion/face soap/hubby sock brand/whatever because it was almost nap time, for heaven’s sake, and you’re racing around Target like a maniac lest your two-year-old have a total meltdown right there…and then you’re THAT mom.
Procrastination weapon? Putting in a load of laundry and then playing outside with my toddler. I feel like I’ve accomplished something by shoving the laundry into the washer. Sometimes I even pick weeds between blowing bubbles and doing ballet in my wellies, at my toddler’s request (of course).
Least favorite task is laundry!! To procrastinate I take my baby for walks and shamelessly watch trashy reality tv!!
Most definitely :: LAUNDRY.
I will do just about anything to avoid that monstrosity. Usually though, I blog 😉
i despise grocery shopping…with my toddler. i used to love grocery shopping and slowly wandering down the aisles looking for yummy things to eat but now it is a chore i would gladly hand off to someone else forever and ever!
I love having a closet full of clean clothes and an empty laundry basket, but can not stand putting away clean laundry. I don’t mind folding it; it’s the putting away part that I hate. Putting away clean dishes is in the same ballpark. So….. instead of putting away clean laundry/dishes and being productive, I enter the blogosphere to procrastinate. I can spend hours upon hours hopping around blogs and I do! LOVE YOUR BLOG!!!
I cannot stand doing the dishes! I used to have a dishwasher at my old apartment, but when I moved to my cute little studio I lost the luxury of a dishwasher. 🙁 Sooo… I love to make a cup of coffee {half of the cup is cream and sugar!} and read a good book outside for as long as possible! Since I live by myself, I eventually HAVE to wash the dishes, but there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book for awhile! 🙂
I love that suit, and it looks way good on you! I love all the pictures of your girls, they are absolutely beautiful.
Vacuuming is my least favorite task – I like to pretend that the dog will “help” me clean it up:)
I ALWAYS procrastinate when it comes to that pile I always have, of second guessed outfits that I didn’t wear out the night before. My honey likes to say it looks like our closet threw up. We moved in together, along with his two children, two years ago, so my method of procrastinations is to claim that this spot is the only spot I have left in the house that is still mine and mine only. Its really just an excuse to leave the pile and take a two hour bath but he doesn’t need to know that!!! Love the retro suit!
I read your blog (along with a couple other ones that I follow) to pretend I don’t have to pay the bills 🙂
Laurie
Terrebonne, Québec, Canada
I love your swim suit! I would love one! =)
I tend to watch bad TV on DVR if I have a moment to myself, but if it’s me and my girl, we dance, dance, dance, rather than do whatever there is that NEEDS to be done.
Love the suit–would be great by the pool!
I have something strange I hate doing. Making juice. The two frozen OJ concentrate cans can sit there forever and I HATE making it.And I have no idea really why I hate it so much.
And reading is my escape. I become a bad mother when I have a great book!
Least favorite thing to do: fold socks. Best way to procrastinate: read your blog! 🙂
Bathing suits are so hard for moms, right? You don’t want to look too young and skimpy but so may suits that seem to cover the ‘unfriendly’ spots look so matronly. I have a horrible aversion to putting the laundry away, which is odd because I really enjoy folding and moving loads along. But the putting it away…what IS that about??? I will start dinner at noon to not put laundry away.
My least favorite task is cleaning the glass shower doors, I procrastinate by leaving that to the very last task of my household chores. My 2 1/2 year old twins wake from their naps and save me from the grimy glass shower doors. I think I hate it so much because while they look sparkling clean after I finish, the beauty lasts until my husbands next (his 2nd or 3rd) shower of the day…. I just recently took up soaking baths for escape and although its hard for me to calm my mind, the bath really does help! I put 2 cups. Epsom salt, 1/2 cup baking soda and 10 drops of lavender oil in the water and it makes the bath like a spa treatment!
Least fave? Cleaning bathrooms.
Most effective procrastination strategy? Reading blogs 😉
My least favorite task is hanging clothes. Instead of hanging them, I bought a different colored box for each of my 4 children and their clothes go into their box.
I know…Sad, lazy Mama!
BTW…how does the top support a nursing Mama on these suits. I want one desperatley but need decent support!
I avoid most things by reading. I constantly escape into the world of a good book whether it be a noteworthy piece of nonfiction or a trashy beach read. My husband says that “too much of anything can’t be a good thing.”. I beg to differ when it comes to books.
Clothes will lie in the laundry basket for days…even weeks. I absolutely hate folding clothes. I would rather pick out a wrinkled shirt from the basket and iron it than sit and fold them all. So I read instead.
To avoid mowing the too-big yard in the too-hot texas heat, I plant sweet flowers in brightly colored pots and change out the pillows on the front porch lounge chairs. You know, because that makes the growing weeds a little less noticeable. 😀
Putting away laundry. I know once I get started it will go quick, but it seems impossible with 2 little ones clinging to me.
I avoid by stacking it all on Peyton’s toddler bed..not like she sleeps in it anyway!
I am wondering if I am too late but I decided to go ahead anyway. I need a new suit desperately because I lost 20+ lbs so far and have another 15 to go. I am so excited! I missed this post because my son was in the hospital last week with a stricture and a partial obstruction of the bowel. So not fun but he is feeling so much better!
Beautiful post, as always. 🙂 Love coming here, it just brightens my day.
Least favorite task….nitty gritty cleaning.
Favorite escape….taking a nature walk with my kids (camera in tow of course).
Hope your mom’s wedding was beautiful! I’m sure it was.
LOVE the suit!!!
I can’t stand putting laundry AWAY. I love doing it; just can’t seem to like putting it away 🙂
I go shopping to procrastinate.
Least favorite to-do: cleaning! And I’m ashamed to say that sometimes I procrastinate by stuffing my face while watching some “Real Housewives” on Bravo. It’s sad, I know.
Least favorite task- bathing my two stinky and reluctant dogs! I pretend I don’t need to do it by busying myself with Henry, my 6 month old. Worthy distraction, right?
Least favorite task- bathing my two stinky and reluctant dogs! I pretend I don’t need to do it by busying myself with Henry, my 6 month old. Worthy distraction, right?
TV and playing with my kids…the floor can wait another day!
Love your suit! I just lost around 100 lbs and sure could use a new suit for the summer!! My least favorite task is laundry (bleh) and my favorite escape would have to be the computer/internet (editing pictures, facebook, my blog, YOUR blog…etc.). I love photography and would also love to win that book! Always looking for new ways to take better pics of my kids!!
Those suits are lovely! My least favorite task- yoy. Hard to pick just one. I hate putting away clothes (folding is no problem), vacuuming, and mopping. I’ll insist the weather is too nice to stay inside (even in the crappiest) and send us outside to avoid doing those.
And you’ve first inspired me to get a real camera (about a month ago), now I need that book.
But tell me, what is your least favorite to-do task, and what is your procrastinatory weapon of choice?
I read Blogs (yours!) and look for new ideas for crafting cute things for my tiny little apartment, so I don’t have to do dishes are make a trip for groceries!
But tell me, what is your least favorite to-do task, and what is your procrastinatory weapon of choice?
I read Blogs (yours!) and look for new ideas for crafting cute things for my tiny little apartment, so I don’t have to do dishes are make a trip for groceries!
My least favorite task is cleaning the bathroom. I cringe every time I think about it and try to put it off as long as I can. When I am feeling overwhelmed with housework in general I usually just pack up my girls and get out. We usually just go for a walk or head to the park. If I don’t see the mess, I dont have to think about it! 🙂
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My least favorite task is cleaning the bathroom. I cringe every time I think about it and try to put it off as long as I can. When I am feeling overwhelmed with housework in general I usually just pack up my girls and get out. We usually just go for a walk or head to the park. If I don’t see the mess, I dont have to think about it! 🙂
My dreaded to-do is laundry. I don’t mind the folding, but the actual “doing.” I’m in an apartment and the washer and dryer are down two flights of stairs to boot.
To avoid the to-dos, I read. I love to become engrossed in other worlds and lives apart from my own. Wish I could do baths, but my tub is too shallow!
I read blogs like yours to avoid any kind of cleaning!
Least favorite chore is dusting… Oh how I loathe the bunnies coming out from hiding and then trouncing my allergies. I think my 10 month old knows how I hate chasing them too, because whenever the dusting wand comes out, he magically needs a good mama snuggle <3
Your pictures and words bring a smile to my world each and every day. I am not yet a mother but I am so excited to experience each and every day with the ones I love. You inspire me to be the best mom I can be to my loved ones on the good and bad days! Your honesty is always appreciated, rolling with the punches as they come! Have a beautiful day with the ones you love!
Mopping, sweeping anything to do with floors! I feel like its going to take me all day and frankly I would rather spend time outdoors doing what I love best, walking my pooch zeus! He is much better company than any plastic handle could ever be. Another way to leave the floors behind in a jiffy, driving around old neighborhoods looking at homes and going to the favorite look out sites of the city.
I’m sure you already picked a winner, but just have to say your swimsuit is fabulous!
Dawn in NC
Today I was able to multi-task while taking a bubble bath! My 8 year old needs to read 30 minutes a day as part of her homework- the water faucet turned on, scented candles lite, and books chosen so she could read to me while I relaxed in the suds! Multi-tasking is a true art form!