"We dream of having a clean house - but who dreams of actually doing the cleaning? We don't have to dream about doing the work, because doing the work is always within our grasp; the dream, in this sense, is to attain the goal without the work." -Marcus Buckingham

I thought this was appropriate for a day full of chores. When I think about this, it's so true for me. I come up with all kinds of ideas and projects, but it takes a lot of self convincing to do the work. Even if it's something that I enjoy doing but has just a bit of discomfort involved.

Today we got the final prep done on our playset. we trimmed the grass super low, hit the areas I missed the first time with the power sprayer and sanded the high traffic areas. Tomorrow we'll spray on stain and when that's all dried we'll get the hardware all back on and tighten all the screws and bolts. We also got the pool all back to good shape after the trip and the boys made some big strides on their learning to swim today. I tried my hand at stir fry, and I think focusing on the techniques and flavor combinations rather than the specifics is really paying off on my cooking ability. I made some honey garlic teriyaki steak in the wok with wild rice pilaf in the rice cooker. No recipes!

I learned today that researchers have made a 6 step Memristor. Memristors were announced in my last years of college and they are incredibly promising for density of memory. In this case, If the Memristor was the size of a standard flash memory bit, it would be 6 times more memory in the same space.