Well today was another day I did not get up on time!! I am not SURPRISED!! LOL, I am so not a morning person. This is such a hard pattern to break but i will keep trying even after I fail! Even though I did not accomplish my wake up time I did get most of my to do list done today. I feel pretty accomplished as I am about to go to bed. Laundry is all done in one day so that means I can move onto the next weekly task...... Kitchen Tuesday! Tomorrow I plan to get the kitchen done early and work on my room. It still has a few things out of place and it drives me nuts. Hopefully I will be getting a new desk soon so I can be a little more organized. I love organization. Sometimes it takes me a bit to get just how I want it but when I do it is a piece of PEACE!
Another thing I have to get back to is capturing our day in pictures, not just words. I have such a bad memory I need as many ways to remember as possible.
So here is another day in the books, and another day closer to accomplishing what I am setting out to do. :)
Monday, January 14, 2013
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Just another Sunday.....
Well here I am another week gone by. Man these days just seem to disappear as soon as they begin anymore. Again I have fallen short on my goals of daily tasks. I have a dry erase board I write my to do list on, a piece of paper, an app on my phone, and a home management binder with a daily task list!!! I have so many places to write it down yet I seem to miss the mark! I find myself getting discouraged because I don't know what is wrong with me. Why cant I simply be the wife and mother I know I was created to be and do what I need to do on a daily basis. I know the answer and its hard to swallow....... ITS ME!!! I get to involved in myself and what I want and what I think I need that I forget how to serve the ones I love and provide what they need. I am such a selfish person and I hate it about myself. I don't want to be selfish anymore. I want to be a servant, not only to the ones I love but to JESUS. I still find myself daily sucked into mindless things that don't matter.
Tomorrow starts another new day and it is going to be the day for me! It has to be!! I am taking a break from getting Noah's schoolwork together for the next couple weeks while I type this. I went through a while ago and made a GREAT daily routine. I had looked at other peoples schedules and then took those ideas to make my own. The biggest problem in this grand idea is the schedule starts with me waking up at 5:30 AM!!! Now for those of you that know me well, you know that is crazy talk for me!! I HATE to wake up early! I am a night owl who would much rather stay up until 12 or 1 AM and sleep until about 9 or later!! LOL. But the thing is, if I just do it, my life will run so much smoother! I have time in there to exercise, make breakfast, clean up kitchen, wake up Noah, have him dressed and fed and me showered all by 830!!! Then I have Laundry, Kitchen, Living Room, Bathroom cleaning each on one day of the week. I know it is doable, I just haven't done it.
So, I have to set myself up for a 30 day challenge. Not only to wake up on time with the alarm but to follow my schedule for 30 DAYS!! I have been told once you do something for at least 30 days it becomes a pattern...... I can only hope!
So friends I am asking for you to pray for me. That I would have the will power, strength, and perseverance to complete this task I have set before myself. I know with Gods help and your prayers I can complete my new 30 day challenge!! :)
Tomorrow starts another new day and it is going to be the day for me! It has to be!! I am taking a break from getting Noah's schoolwork together for the next couple weeks while I type this. I went through a while ago and made a GREAT daily routine. I had looked at other peoples schedules and then took those ideas to make my own. The biggest problem in this grand idea is the schedule starts with me waking up at 5:30 AM!!! Now for those of you that know me well, you know that is crazy talk for me!! I HATE to wake up early! I am a night owl who would much rather stay up until 12 or 1 AM and sleep until about 9 or later!! LOL. But the thing is, if I just do it, my life will run so much smoother! I have time in there to exercise, make breakfast, clean up kitchen, wake up Noah, have him dressed and fed and me showered all by 830!!! Then I have Laundry, Kitchen, Living Room, Bathroom cleaning each on one day of the week. I know it is doable, I just haven't done it.
So, I have to set myself up for a 30 day challenge. Not only to wake up on time with the alarm but to follow my schedule for 30 DAYS!! I have been told once you do something for at least 30 days it becomes a pattern...... I can only hope!
So friends I am asking for you to pray for me. That I would have the will power, strength, and perseverance to complete this task I have set before myself. I know with Gods help and your prayers I can complete my new 30 day challenge!! :)
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Already not on track....
It seems that this is always how it goes with me. I make a plan or "resolution" and it never seems to happen. I always seem to let myself get sucked back into the unimportant superficial things in life. I have found myself over this past week backing away from TV and slowing down on facebook to picking up speed again on both. Why do I let these mindless things fill my day! I have so many things I need to do and so many other things are worth my time. I did not count the exact amount of time but I know my son watched entirely WAY TO MUCH TV IN ONE DAY! And I know I spend entirely WAY TO MUCH TIME ON FACEBOOK.
I have to come up with a plan for me, him, and the rest of the family to stay on track and not in mindless crap. I do not want this to be the rest of my kids future..... lost in TV. I loved going to my grandparents house and being able to take Noah to visit because up until last Christmas when my aunts, uncle, and dad got them cable ..... there was none. They do not have internet either. So there really wasn't much to do, other than help out or entertain yourself with some of the toys grandma still has from over the years. We definitely need new boundaries for electronics in this family.
I have so many ideas, good ones I think, but I never seem to follow them. I have the greatest of intentions but fail miserably in the follow through department. I have been wanting to read the entire bible in a year for years now, I have a ton of books I want to read that I have had for years now, and I have to get back to hanging out and playing one on one more with my son. He is going to be 8 in 42 days!! All these years are going by and I feel like I am failing him. I wanted to provide him traditions and memories of different holidays and I don't know that I have succeeded at that. I have to resolve that 2013 IS THE YEAR FOR THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN! Even though I am falling "off the wagon" I have to make myself get back up and ride on. If I fall off and say oh well I failed again, I will never get it right. I know I can go it! I just have to choose to!!
I have to come up with a plan for me, him, and the rest of the family to stay on track and not in mindless crap. I do not want this to be the rest of my kids future..... lost in TV. I loved going to my grandparents house and being able to take Noah to visit because up until last Christmas when my aunts, uncle, and dad got them cable ..... there was none. They do not have internet either. So there really wasn't much to do, other than help out or entertain yourself with some of the toys grandma still has from over the years. We definitely need new boundaries for electronics in this family.
I have so many ideas, good ones I think, but I never seem to follow them. I have the greatest of intentions but fail miserably in the follow through department. I have been wanting to read the entire bible in a year for years now, I have a ton of books I want to read that I have had for years now, and I have to get back to hanging out and playing one on one more with my son. He is going to be 8 in 42 days!! All these years are going by and I feel like I am failing him. I wanted to provide him traditions and memories of different holidays and I don't know that I have succeeded at that. I have to resolve that 2013 IS THE YEAR FOR THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN! Even though I am falling "off the wagon" I have to make myself get back up and ride on. If I fall off and say oh well I failed again, I will never get it right. I know I can go it! I just have to choose to!!
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Happy New Years Eve 2012-2013!
Well another year is about to come to an end in a little over an hour and it is so hard to believe. It seems more and more the years go faster and faster. 2012 has been full a lot of changes in our family. I went back to work, Noah went to a traditional brick and morter school, we lost my father in law, I went back to a SAHM, joined Scentsy as a consultant, and Noah went back to homeschooling. There were other things along the way of course but those were the biggest changes throughout the year I think.
Every year at this time though I have to think about what I have done right, wrong, didnt follow through with, and want to change. There are always many things it seems I say I want to do or need to do and dont do them. SOOO, here is my list of changes coming for me and my family in the next year.
1. We will get to church on a regular basis again.
2. Volunteer to help those less fortunate and in need.
3. We will get back to Friday night family game night.
4. I will read through the Bible in the next year.
5. I will keep Noah on task with school daily.
6. I will make a more conscious effort to eat healthier.
7. We will be starting the Dave Ramsey financial plan, maybe find a class to attend.
I am sure there are many more things that I need to change in the new year but these are the main things that I can think of.
I hope you all have a blessed, healthy, and prosperous 2013!
Every year at this time though I have to think about what I have done right, wrong, didnt follow through with, and want to change. There are always many things it seems I say I want to do or need to do and dont do them. SOOO, here is my list of changes coming for me and my family in the next year.
1. We will get to church on a regular basis again.
2. Volunteer to help those less fortunate and in need.
3. We will get back to Friday night family game night.
4. I will read through the Bible in the next year.
5. I will keep Noah on task with school daily.
6. I will make a more conscious effort to eat healthier.
7. We will be starting the Dave Ramsey financial plan, maybe find a class to attend.
I am sure there are many more things that I need to change in the new year but these are the main things that I can think of.
I hope you all have a blessed, healthy, and prosperous 2013!
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