Weekly Goals

This weeks goals:

1) 10 minutes of extra cleaning in each room this week

2) Vacuum main level of the house

3) Donate 10 items 2 times this week

4) Finish Taxes

5) Conferences for Caleb

6) Start new Child Care Kiddo

7) Return pop cans

8) Make dinner menu for this week and keep to it

9) Pray with family every day/begin March habit

10) Write 2012 goals review
11) Get all of Joel's invites out
12) Post face scrubbies on to etsy
13) Finish Money Saving Mom's book

Cleaning mama! - Tub 10 min tidy up

Tub Before

Tub After

Although there is not a huge difference, our tub has been peeling each time some one has a bath or shower for the last 3 years. I finally got sick of it and scrapped it for 10 minutes. Ten minutes went by a lot quicker than I thought they would and I feel great about the little bit I accomplished.

I have been making the same excuse for the last 3 years as to why I didn't do it right then. Here it is, "The tub might be wet and I don't want to get my socks/butt wet from sitting in it." What a crock of crap that excuse was! My husband took a shower this morning and it was completely dry when I did my 10 minute tidy up at 10:15.

Along with scrapping the tub I also took 10 minutes and washed my shower doors. We have the see through glass doors and yes, they took me 10 minutes to clean. I really don't know the last time that I cleaned them. The look great! I am so glad I did it. I kinda cleaned the frames to them too. I am so glad I took that 20 minutes in my bathroom today and I certainly don't miss those 20 minutes at all. 

This ties in really nicely with my 2012 of making cleaning the house more of a priority.

Cleaning mama!

After starting my new meds the other day for my OCD and ADD, I feel like a new me. I am not sure if the meds are really working this fast or if it just my mind. What ever it is, I'll take it! I have gotten so much done this week. I plan to blog for the next few days about my cleaning accomplishments this week. I am certainly making headway on my 2012 goal of cleaning. Today I used money saving mom's 2 hour house cleaning checklist. And although I didn't get near all the way done (Joel woke up then I needed to get Caleb from school), I do feel like my house looks a million times better! Here's a peek at what I got done today:

This is the pile of dishes after my husband had already done a load in the dishwasher this morning. 

Umm.... The dishes on our stove.

The crock pot on our floor...

Yeah, we had a few dishes to do. Did I mention we were all sick this last week?

My new water glass counting system. I saw this on pinterest and thought I would give it a try.

It goes like this, for every glass of water you want to drink, you put a rubber band around your wrist. (I used those jelly bracelets and put them on my left wrist). Then each time you drink a glass, you take one off. Or in my case, so I don't loose them, I put them on my right wrist. Then each morning I put them back on my left. Well this was about 2:30pm when I realized that I still had all eight on my left wrist!

Here's my pile of dishes after I did another load. (And the ones on the stove and floor you ask? Still there)

And behind those formula cans and the pot... My microwave :)

Before I cleaned off my counter. Yep, that's a Christmas vase in the corner there...

And after. Yes, it's still a Christmas candle warmer but we don't have the money to buy a new one and I really like the smelly stuff.

So that's my clean up project for today! I decluttered my kitchen tons and it looks so much better.

Blurrrrrr of a week

So here's my blurred recap of last week.

Feeding tube supplies:
Our supplier never called for Joel's feeding tube supplies so I called them
Feeding tube supplies came next day
All feeding tube supplies that came were wrong
Fiddled around with trying to get the right parts
Got the right parts now we're in good shape

Icky Sicky Family:
Caleb says he wasn't feeling well after snack
Caleb pukes then feels totally better, no fever or anything
I bring Caleb to school
I find out that there are only 5 kids in class because everyone has flu
I bring Caleb to grandma's because Joel has Dr's appointment
Caleb feels better and goes back to school
Jimmy wakes up super sick on Sunday
Jimmy is sick all day Sunday
I get sick Sunday night
I call into work Monday morning and I am sick all day Monday
Now we are all feeling better for the most part
Oh, and Joel never got sick YEAH!!

Joel's new feeding schedule:
Went to said Dr's appointment for 2 hours
Thought we would be going back on the bottle
No such luck
We are doing changes every 4-5 days for the next month or so
I got eerked
I called back the Dr and told him this tube thing wasn't working
Convinced him that we can go back to the bottle in the next few weeks!!
Still going through major changes for the next month
Joel seems to be doing really well with these changes so far

I did go to the Dr's yesterday to get some meds. I was diagnosed with boarder line OCD and boarder line ADD. In combination with each other, I want every thing to be perfect but don't have the attention span or focus to do it perfect so I just don't do anything at all. Yep. That pretty much sums me up. I started meds today so I am praying that this will help me get back on track.

This week I am hoping to get a few things done.

Dinner with my sister on Wednesday
Find directions to the hospital more than an hour before we have to leave
Get Caleb to the hospital for teeth cleaning
Finish Joel's invites
Pay bills
Turn in all paperwork for Joel's insurance
Clean off desk so I can find paperwork for Joel's insurance
Finish tax papers by Wednesday

Weekly Goals

I have one single goal this week. Broken down into three parts.

1) Call Doc for ADD meds
2) Go get ADD meds from pharmacy
3) TAKE ADD meds

I have been driving myself nuts lately! I can't get anything done, my house looks like a mess, and I can't even focus when I do have the motivation to get something done. I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was a little girl and started taking meds in 1st grade. I don't know when I stopped taking them or why I stopped taking them but I remember going back on them for a while in high school for a very short period of time. I tried them out again about 4-5 years ago but couldn't handle swallowing the pills ( I have an aversion to pills). So now here I am again. A total mess.

Do have experience with ADD?? Do your children, spouse, or yourself have ADD?? I would love to hear your input. I would love to hear any suggestions! Please leave a comment below. Even if it's an anonymous comment! Thanks all :)

Menu Plan Monday

Monday - Chicken, cream cheese, spinach, noodle

Tuesday - Ham, Potatoes, and Carrots

Wednesday - Lasagna

Thursday - Scalloped potatoes and ham

Friday - Grandpa Bill's veggies and biscuits

Saturday - Hot dogs and Mac N Cheese

Sunday - left overs

daily report

Yesterday I drank:
32 oz of coke
oz of water

The ways I worked out were:
20 min of hula hoop around my waist
15 sit ups
5 push ups
15 seconds of plank
1 min march in place
3 min jog in place
2 min jumping jacks
1 min squat and kicks

I also looked for some bracelets to put on for this great pinterest idea!

daily report

I guess I wasn't quite as motivated as I thought I would be but I will still report that I did 11 min of hula hoop around my waist, and 2 min of hula hoop on each arm for a total of 15 min yesterday! I only drank 32oz of coke and about 64 oz of water.

I also wanted to address the 12 new habits for 2012. Yep... lets just be honest, I forgot about them. My January habit was a complete fail. We wasted SO much food in January. But I do feel like I am much more aware of the food in our house so I am hoping that will help us out as we continue to develop that habit through out the year.

On to February. Yep... lets just be honest about this one too. I forgot about it til, well, Now. So we are starting February's habit a little late but better late than never. My February's habit was to pray with my family every night. I am simply a forgetful gal. I am also a procrastinator. Like a really bad one! But this is a biggy not to forget so I am printing pages right as I type this that say, "Have you prayed today?" I am posting them on Caleb's bedroom door, which is in the middle of our house and you literally can not go into any other room with out passing his door. I am also posting in the bathroom above the toilet paper roll because it is a rule in our house for all family members to go potty before they go to bed. I am also going to color them red so they are not something we can miss. If you have any other ideas to help me remember please post them below. I could use any suggestions :)

I will be posting our success/forgetfulness on our praying as well.

Feta Dip Recipe

Here is a super simple but oh so Yummy recipe!

This feta dip recipe is:
1 Tablespoon of oil
8 oz crumbled feta
1 can diced tomatoes, drained
1 loaf french bread

Yes folks, that's it! And there is no spoon needed to put it on the bread. Simply fold the bread in half and pinch some dip in between the bread and scarf down.

Work out & drink report

I am finding that I am not motivated unless I have some sort of accountability! So here I am again, blogging about what I have accomplished. A few of my 2012 Goals addressed getting healthier this year. One of those is exercise increasingly. If I don't make it a habit/routine, I forget about it. If I have a 3 days a week thing for exercise, I forget about it. I HAVE to make exercise a daily thing. If that means 1/2 hour on the bike or 10 jumping jacks, Exercise must be daily for me. I hope to blog about my accomplishments and failures for the day.

Yesterday I did:

Nothing for exercise. But I did spend a few hours at the Dr and go across town one way and across town the other way to return our new-to-us cell phone that was broken when we got it! Caleb has been really naughty lately which just isn't him so I have been dealing with that as well. Joel had a rough day too. I also went to bed a few minutes after 7. I was Whipped after just a stressful day. 

I will be reporting back daily about my exercise, work out, or extra movement I did each day. Also, by working at McDonalds, I have had tons of FREE coke. I have been drinking over 64 oz of coke each day! I am going to try and cut that down. I will be reporting how much coke/water I have had each day as well.

Drink:
32oz coke
64 oz of water


The tables are turning on my drinking habits lets hope they can continue!

Toss Out Tuesday

Here's what I tossed out this week

Bananas that I had cut up and frozen, took out of the freezer to bag, then forgot about it. 

I am not sure what happened to these sausages! They were frozen before there expiration

date, and cooked the same day I thawed them. But they were BAD.

Even my husband wouldn't eat them which is saying something

These are things I planned on cooking but never got around to making the meal so they went bad.

The milk was just not finished fast enough either.

Ok, I swear this time I cleaned out the entire fridge! These were from October and September!

What did you toss out this last week? I would love to see a link if you posted it

to your blog or just list the items below. I could use some motivation this

week since I did so bad so PLEASE post something :)

Work out & drink report

As I posted yesterday, I am finding that I am not motivated unless I have some sort of accountability! So here I am again, blogging about what I have accomplished. A few of my 2012 Goals addressed getting healthier this year. One of those is exercise increasingly. If I don't make it a habit/routine, I forget about it. If I have a 3 days a week thing for exercise, I forget about it. I HAVE to make exercise a daily thing. If that means 1/2 hour on the bike or 10 jumping jacks, Exercise must be daily for me. I hope to blog about my accomplishments and failures for the day.

Yesterday I did:

10 sit ups
4 push ups
10 second plank
1/2 hour bike
1/2 hour P90X stretching disc

I will be reporting back daily about my exercise, work out, or extra movement I did each day. Also, by working at McDonalds, I have had tons of FREE coke. I have been drinking over 64 oz of coke each day! I am going to try and cut that down. I will be reporting how much coke/water I have had each day as well.

Drink:
64oz coke
50 oz of water



How did you do yesterday? Please tell me below or leave a link. I really enjoy checking out your accomplishments so please don't be shy :)

Work out & drink report

I am finding that I am not motivated unless I have some sort of accountability! So here I am again, blogging about what I have accomplished. A few of my 2012 Goals addressed getting healthier this year. One of those is exercise increasingly. If I don't make it a habit/routine, I forget about it. If I have a 3 days a week thing for exercise, I forget about it. I HAVE to make exercise a daily thing. If that means 1/2 hour on the bike or 10 jumping jacks, Exercise must be daily for me. I hope to blog about my accomplishments and failures for the day.

Today I did:

10 sit ups
4 push ups
10 second plank
1/2 hour bike
1/2 hour P90X stretching disc

I will be reporting back daily about my exercise, work out, or extra movement I did yesterday. Also, by working at McDonalds, I have had tons of FREE coke. I have been drinking over 64 oz of coke each day! I am going to try and cut that down. I will be reporting how much coke/water I have had each day as well.

Drink:
64oz coke
8 oz of water so far
I will be drinking water the rest of the day. I am hoping to get to 64 oz as well. We'll see with tomorrows update.

Weekly Goals

This weeks goals:

Family/Mothering Goals
1) Volunteer at Caleb's school

I also found out that I will probably be able to do this for the next few weeks as I won't have any child care kids on Wednesday mornings :)

2) Make morning muffins with Caleb

3) Get invites cut out

4) Hold Joel tons and don't really care if I get stuff done as long as my Joel is ok.

Seriously didn't get Anything done this week! Below is my laundry pile Yikes!

Personal Goals

1) Get to page 150 in Julie and Julia

2) Ride stationary bike 1/2 hour 3 days this week

3) Get 36'' knitted by Friday 

4) Do the Fab Ab Feb. Work out

Home Management Goals

1) Make weekly menu so we don't waste any food this week

2) Get Jimmy's dresser drawers put back in his dresser

3) Get all every thing cleaned up in my room.

Business Goals

1) Continue entering times and meals daily.

2) Do a Fire drill.

3) Exercise with kids each day with youtube videos (They love these!)

Since I totally failed at last weeks goals, I am making them this weeks goals as well. Joel is doing better so hopefully I won't have to hold him quite as much this week

Rental house

As I posted in our 2012 January update we have been rockin' away at our rental house. Yesterday I got to shine up some metal with steel wool and I got to paint the front door. They both looked great by the time I got done! We also had a lease managing company come over and check it out to tell us what they though and kinda give us the low down on what they would do. We were clueless and ended up learning a ton. They do all that crazy stuff that we frankly don't even want to deal with.


Including but not limited to:


* Place free advertisement on leasegr.com
* Advise you on the rental value of your property
* Screen phone calls and walk-in prospects
* Qualify applicants
* Verify employment
* Run (and pay for) credit checks
* Schedule and confirm showings
* Show your property to prospects
* Consult with you regarding applicants (the final decision is yours)
* Collect security deposit and first month’s rent
* Coordinate and conduct lease signing and move-in


They charge 85% of the first months rent and then $75 a month for management. I think this is what we are going to go with. She gave us some pointers on how to make the home appeal to better renters and told us that it could rent any where from $700-$800! Our mortgage right now is just under $500! So this is great news. I am excited to see what the future holds for us and this new adventure.