So…what is the Monday Poll?
Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007).
1. What did you do for your most recent birthday?
I had a lovely casual tea with my peeps, aka El Hub and Connor.
2. How organized are you?
At work my organization is pretty darn great, if I do say so myself. At home it’s another story, ha ha ha!
3. One thing you need to do more often?
Honestly, stretch. I’ve gotten back into the habit of *not* doing it every day and my body suffers when I’m not consistent.
4. What’s the best day of the week?
Saturday!
5. One of your favorite fall activities?
Does eating pecan pie count?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Here are the questions to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. Talk to ya soon.
1. What did you do for your most recent birthday?
2. How organized are you?
3. One thing you need to do more often?
4. What’s the best day of the week?
5. One of your favorite fall activities?
1. What did you do for your most recent birthday?
Went bowling!
2. How organized are you?
Kind of like you, I can be organized at work but at home, not so much.
3. One thing you need to do more often?
Get my butt to the gym!
4. What’s the best day of the week?
Definitely Saturday!
5. One of your favorite fall activities?
Going to the pumpkin patch! They have lots of activities for kids and, of course, pumpkins.
1. What did you do for your most recent birthday? Played a round of golf with my husband and little boy, had sushi lunch, and ate homemade birthday brownies. Then we spent a week in the city I grew up in since it’s a milestone birthday, and we did all the things I loved to do when I still lived there.
2. How organized are you? Not very but I make “organized” piles of stuff
3. One thing you need to do more often? Try out new recipes so dinner doesn’t get so monotonous
4. What’s the best day of the week? Friday. I get half of the day to myself and spend the rest with my husband and son without worrying about homework, making dinner, or staying up late
5. One of your favorite fall activities?
Walking around the neighborhood looking at Halloween decorations
1. What did you do for your most recent birthday? Snow day home with the kids…January birthdays ❄️☃️❄️
2. How organized are you? I am like you…at work I am very organized. At home…not so much😜
3. One thing you need to do more often? Exercise. My elliptical broke and I am struggling to workout without it.
4. What’s the best day of the week? Saturday
5. One of your favorite fall activities? Scary movies, haunted houses, and costumes (sorry I am listing 3)
1. What did you do for your most recent birthday? Oh, this is a downer, as it was my first birthday without either one of my parents alive, and a scant 6 weeks after my mother died. Just spent the day alone, doing mundane tasks.
2. How organized are you? At work I used to be super-organized, until they dumped so much work on me that I didn’t have time to be perfect and still get the most important things done. That’s the reward you get for being good at your work – more work, but not more time to do it in. At home I’m not too organized, but I have a visual memory and can almost always remember where to look for something.
3. One thing you need to do more often? Put myself first, have some kind of fun, even if I have to do it entirely alone. I realized last year that it had been at least 10 years since I’d seen a movie in a theater. Society’s pressure to do things in couples and groups makes it hard for those of us who are alone. Did you ever see the restaurant scene in “The Lonely Guy,”?
4. What’s the best day of the week? Saturday, because I still work Monday through Friday. I’d guess my favorite day, if I ever get to retire, would be Tuesday or Wednesday, because it would be easier to shop, etc., without crowds around.
5. One of your favorite fall activities? Just take in the cool air, the Fall colors (what there is of them in Texas), see the clear blue sky of a cold day (the air is visibly polluted most of the year here).
Happy Fall!
1. What did you do for your most recent birthday? Eat with friends and family (always).
2. How organized are you? Pretty organized except my bathroom drawers.
3. One thing you need to do more often? Purge my possession.
4. What’s the best day of the week? The first day of a series of days off (Saturdays, mostly.)
5. One of your favorite fall activities? Wearing sweaters!
1. What did you do for your most recent birthday? It’s coming up next month and Dear Husband planned a trip to Seoul for me.
2. How organized are you? When I had my own car and studio out of the house, both of those were organized. We’re down to one car and I can’t keep up with the mess Dear Husband makes of it. Somehow after moving my studio into the house, I don’t work in it as much and it’s so disorganized, just like the house. I feel like I’m drowning under stuff.
3. One thing you need to do more often? Pick up and organize? Lol. Do more Döstädning.
4. What’s the best day of the week? Sunday! It’s the day we have our weekly phone call/FaceTime with Dear Daughter.
5. One of your favorite fall activities? Hiking the trails in cool weather. I seriously hate hiking in summer. Once the air cools I can be coaxed back outdoors.
1. What did you do for your most recent birthday? Not much. May have ordered in dinner with DH.
2. How organized are you? EXTREMELY. I may have missed my calling as a professional organizer, but it may be something I pick up on the way to retirement from my current job.
3. One thing you need to do more often? Exercise for sure, but maybe even more importantly, stretching. I need to spend some time stretching every day.
4. What’s the best day of the week? Sunday. Fully relaxed, probably not doing much except some cooking for the week ahead.
5. One of your favorite fall activities? Starting to bake again. It’s so hot in the summer, I really try not to turn on the oven at all.