Tomorrow will be the start of another year and if you’re like me you probably have a list of things you’d like to accomplish in 2015. I came up with 12 goals I’d like to accomplish next year with the hopes of being able to cross them all off one by one.
Lately it has been rainy, and for us, with rain comes a degree of depression or exhaustion. Meaning…nobody is in a good mood, and we’re tired all day. As you can imagine, these are rather unproductive days. The kids don’t get as much school work done and I can’t get much work done, and because I’m my own boss and that doesn’t really work out on those days. Does anybody else get like this?
Where did summer go?!?! Up until about 3 weeks ago our schedules were sort of , uh, boring. Now that school has started, the schedule has been filled to the rim. I know I’m not the only one! It gets easy feel like the 5 hour energy is the only option.
I was personally tired of that gross shot that made me feel jittery and then crash. So I got this ah-mazing bottle of Pure Energy Serum, and I fell in love.
Gaining healthy habits as children is very important. One of the more important habits is exercising. It helps to build a strong and healthy body, and self esteem. When I was in middle school I generally had a lousy time due to not being very book smart and not participating in very much class discussion. However when it came to P.E. (Physical Education), I was very confident and proud to say I lapped about half of the class every day when it was time to do laps. Some of them I would lap twice! So I know how great it feels to be able to depend on your body!
I would love to pretend I was some organized, neat, person who is good with the whole time management thing and colors in the lines more times than not. I would also like to pretend that I have a very clean house and a schedule in place with chunks of “free” time here and there.
I would love to.
But I can’t.
Not even for one second.
I am typically very busy, so when I have down time I. Enjoy. Every. Second. Of. It.
There is no exact schedule for me. I have tried to maintain one before, and it just doesn’t work for me. They just never work out.Plus, I don’t like the feeling of being restricted by a piece of paper. I guess I’m just a rebel like that.
I just sort of make mental notes of any major things going on that day and plan for them. like if we need bread for lunch, then I need to start bread by 9:30. Or, if we need to go shopping that day, I need to prep some snack at a free moment, so we don’t get arrested for starving a bunch of kids in a house stocked with food who know how to cook just fine.
Oh, but scratch those plans because the baby (who isn’t really a baby anymore, he’s almost 3, so I guess we should stop calling him the baby) just decided to take a red sharpie to the couch, chest freezer, and front door while you were cleaning out the fridge and making a grocery list.
Yeah.
It’s an amazing life isn’t it????
That was half way sarcastic in case you didn’t know.
Oh, but that’s not all!!!
Grampa’s called saying he was coming over to deliver some corn, and he’d be there in an hour.
Greeeeeeeeeat………..
Well I had no clue how to get sharpie out of the couch, so I asked people on twitter, Facebook, and texted everyone I knew. Some people said eraser would get it off the door, and suggested different essential oils. Unfortunately, our door and freezer now have some “character”. As for the couch, vinegar and a little elbow grease got that sucker right out.
Needless to say we didn’t eat sandwiches for lunch that day. We ate leftovers.
Old.
Unwanted.
Leftovers.
And we didn’t enjoy it, in case you hadn’t guessed.
