Go to bed at 9 pm. - Did well on this one. Except for the weekend when we went out and were up far too late...
Lay out exercise clothes by my bed every night. I will most likely exercise in the morning if I remember this one small detail. -This did help. I also made a point to exercise 5 days this week, which was great. I didn't always get it done first thing in the morning, which is preferred, but I utilized nap times for the mornings I didn't get it done earlier, just to still do it. I am mostly just walking right now- trying to build my stamina back up to running, so I am not sweaty and can get away with this right now.
Measure Dave to hem pants. Hem one pair.-Forgot about this. Again. Which it is why it is on my goal list in the first place because the pants have been sitting there forever.
Take 5 pictures for Photo a day. -Still not doing great on this one either. But I'll keep trying.
Other things I didn't list, but got done: Our taxes! This year I actually tried to do them myself before sending them to Dad, and I was close! Just a few number differences and I could tell what I did wrong. So I was happy.
This week is going to be a harder week to get stuff done. It's dentist appointment week and then Dave has a big test on Tuesday that he has been studying for. No school on Thursday- parent/teacher conference and then I am taking the kids down to Chicago to visit Daphne and Adam. So most of the week will be making sure I am ready and preparing.
This week:
-Call visiting teacher person to see if we can visit on Friday.
-Do a project/cooking lesson with the kids this afternoon, since they have early release today.
-Get ahead of homework today so the week is smoother. (Maddie is gearing up for a big project so I especially don't want to get behind.)
-Make sure all of the menus are planned so I can go to the store Wednesday or Friday. Hopefully Wed.
-Continue no screens. Kevin, Ilah and I are not doing I-pad or t.v. during the day. This has been alright at times and painful at others. While I believe in moderation, once they start on screens, I have a really hard getting them off. So I have decided to cut them cold turkey for at least 3 weeks to re-program all of us to think of another alternative. Mostly me. It is easier to just not start them in the first place. And with Dave having been studying the last week in the evening, I have really been re-evaluating our use of free time and finding a lot of time wasters. Which has been interesting as I feel I have been complaining lately about how I don't know how to fit it all in...
Wow, great job on the taxes. That is something I haven't even thought about trying. But now I am inspired to maybe try next year. Did you use some sort of software like TurboTax?
ReplyDeleteI didn't notice that last time you said Dave had a billion pants. That's a lot of pants. :) No wonder you don't have any motivation to hem a billion pants.
I do like your list of goals this week. They are not really a lot of extra things since you said it would be a busy week, but they are things to try to stay ahead of so you don't get behind this week. That's great.
No screens? That is a good goal, but I can see how hard that would be--mostly for you. I had Halle make a list the other day of all the things she likes to do. So when she asks to play the ipad and it's not time for that, she has a list of other things to pick from. That seems to help a bit with us.