Since Deacon has been doing this, I thought I’d copy his idea and do one of my own.

The idea is this: Pick a few games that you’ve been meaning to try out or play more of, set a playtime goal for each one, and try and accomplish it before the deadline - a week. As someone with very limited time to play video games (cleaning, cooking, working, childcare and nursing consume most of my day) and someone who loves to make and check off list, this seemed like a fantastic idea to me.

Unlike my husband, however, I’m not going to set unrealistic for me hour long goals. Instead we’re aiming for 20 minute playtimes here, something to pick up and play between loads of laundry or while dinner’s cooking.

• That new Harvest Moon game on the Wii (0/20 minutes)
• Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 on 360 (0/20 minutes)
• EVO Search for Eden on Wii Virtual Console (0/20 minutes)
• Mischeif Makers on Wii Virtual Console (0/20 minutes)
• Wii Fit Plus on the Wii - For working out purposes (0/60 minutes)

For a total of 140 minutes or 2.3 hours or two hours and 20 minutes.

Other goals for this week include trying to finish reading “Does this clutter make my butt look fat” even though it’s a terrible book. I’m almost done and therefore invested. Expect a review soon.