Done. Check-marked, crossed off the list, finis.

Been there?

It took months to convince myself, yes, I’ll do this certain thing that’s been bugging me, hanging over my head and over my to-do list. And when I finally buckled down to tackle it, in the spirit of nothing being as easy as it seems it took me three days of wrangling unexpected technical minutiae to get it mostly-kinda-sorta figured out.

And finally it was done, with the heaving sigh of relief that comes from conquering a dreaded project.

No, it wasn’t laundry.

Nothing earth-shattering, but I wanted to share it with you.

It’s a…monthly newsletter.

Forgive me. I know it’s not free chocolate. I’m sorry.

But if you’d like to receive a more personal, extra post around the middle of every month, you can sign up here, and I’ll be sending out the next one in a few days. The first one was announced unfairly via facebook, which some of you don’t use…and you’re not missing anything…except for gems like this:

and this:

It’s also come to my attention that if you visit us via your smartphone (apparently, many of you do…who knew?), you might not even see the subscribe button in the margin. So, for those of you who can’t see it, it’s just lovely and looks like this:

If you click on it, you can sign up to receive the monthly newsletter, or regular posts straight to your inbox, or both. And I’d love to send you February’s letter in a few days. Or not, totally up to you. But the first one is here…and there was a little announcement in it. (If you are already subscribed and never saw it, check your spam folder…)

One more thing, especially for moms of tweens and teens…I read this post today and was so profoundly encouraged by Cathy’s insight and perspective that I wanted to share it with you. It’s not personal, it’s business….and I hope you’re encouraged, too.

I hope you heave a sigh of relief today, and cross something big (or little) off your list with minimal wrangling.

Even if it’s just breakfast.