This is the second week that I've been on the right track. I've been getting up early to workout. We haven't eaten out for dinner as much because I've actually been cooking. To my surprise, the food has been enjoyed by everyone! I've also been picking up my house more. I did fail on getting my bedroom clean but my husband has been happier because dinner's ready when he gets home and the main living areas are no longer disaster zones! I have to say this just for myself- yea me! Baby steps!
It's time to start planning my one, big job for the year. It doesn't take place until June but I think about it year round! Now everyone else involved is getting to the point to plan as well. Yippee! Once I feel better about myself, I'll get a little more personal on here (with pics and such) but until then, I'm just venting and staying accountable in blog land!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Monday, December 12, 2011
Let the Games Begin!
After months of reading different blogs (that I love) about cooking, organizing, crafting, etc, I've decided to jump in and join the rest of the moms that have chosen this way to document their lives. I know the title of my blog may sound pompous, but that's not why I chose it. It's a way for me to start off blogging on a positive note- reminding myself that I can be an awesome mom- even though most of the time I feel like a failure. You see, I tend to dwell on the negative so I'm trying to change this.
I'm starting this blog completely as a secret. I'm not telling anyone in my life about it. I'm just going to start typing away and see where it takes me. I think I need a way to be accountable for some changes that I want to start making in my life and this is how I plan to be accountable. I don't know when or if anyone will start reading this but I'm putting all of this out in the universe and I'm getting a head's start on New Year's resolutions. Here are 3 changes that I want to make right off the bat- these are major changes but I'm ready and it starts today!
1. Home-cooking every weeknight by menu planning. For months I've been motivated to start menu planning based on one certain blog Crystal & Co. Last night I read all of her tips to menu planning (she's been doing it for 2 years) and today I'm getting started. Let me be honest- I'm not going to start by cooking 5 meals a week but I'm going to plan 2-3 each week to get through the holidays and once I have a handle on the shopping/cooking/cleaning (I'll get to that in a bit), I'll venture to the full work week. There is no reason I can't do it. I'm a stay-at-home mom with just a 2 year old at home during the day. I just need to get my butt in gear. Here's my first week of meals- Pizza Casserole with a salad and rolls, Crispy Cheddar Chicken with green beans and garlic bread, Slow Cooker Pork Chops with mashed potatoes and carrots. All of these recipes sound yummy and I found them all on Pinterest!!!
2. My weight- During one of the best times in my life, I was part of a group that I had to be a certain weight for. It wasn't hard at the time but since then, I've had the mindset that no one will ever tell me what to weigh ever again. Well, last week the issue of my weight hit me like a ton of bricks. My daughter saw a bariatric surgury commerical and told me I needed that. Knowing that in my precious baby's eyes I looked like that, I knew I needed to do something. I know the recipes that are in #1 are not low in anything but they are not fast food and that's a big step for me. Also, I will not be buying soda at the store and that's another step. I've gone way too long eating out 2-3 meals a day and that stops now!
3. Keeping a cleaner house. I know it sounds crazy but what I want to give my husband for Christmas is a perfectly clean bedroom. I'm not a hoarder but I've never been good at picking up after myself. Unfortunately, I've never taught my daugther how to pick-up after herself either so 2 of the 4 of us in the house leave stuff everywhere. The whole house isn't a mess all of the time (when company is coming I've gotten good at cleaning the main areas pretty nice) but the master bedroom is a different story. There are piles everywhere and mounds of laundry to be washed or put away. Today's the 12th- I've got under 2 weeks but I plan on doing it and I will have it done. Actually, I have to have it done by the 22nd because that's his first day of vacation (that is also our 10th wedding anniversary). I know I can do it a little at a time and then on the 21st finish it so he doesn't really know it's my plan. I hope he likes his "present".
Well- that's it! Those are the 3 things that I plan on working on and documenting in this blog. I feel that working on all of these will allow me to be the awesome mom that my babies deserve. I've been a stay-at-home mom for 1 1/2 years now and I'm just now figuring out that it's still work. I think my whole family will appreciate me more if they see that I'm working hard while they're at school/work. Now I'm going to make my grocery list so I can go to the store after school pick-up!
Here's to a new, awesome me!
I'm starting this blog completely as a secret. I'm not telling anyone in my life about it. I'm just going to start typing away and see where it takes me. I think I need a way to be accountable for some changes that I want to start making in my life and this is how I plan to be accountable. I don't know when or if anyone will start reading this but I'm putting all of this out in the universe and I'm getting a head's start on New Year's resolutions. Here are 3 changes that I want to make right off the bat- these are major changes but I'm ready and it starts today!
1. Home-cooking every weeknight by menu planning. For months I've been motivated to start menu planning based on one certain blog Crystal & Co. Last night I read all of her tips to menu planning (she's been doing it for 2 years) and today I'm getting started. Let me be honest- I'm not going to start by cooking 5 meals a week but I'm going to plan 2-3 each week to get through the holidays and once I have a handle on the shopping/cooking/cleaning (I'll get to that in a bit), I'll venture to the full work week. There is no reason I can't do it. I'm a stay-at-home mom with just a 2 year old at home during the day. I just need to get my butt in gear. Here's my first week of meals- Pizza Casserole with a salad and rolls, Crispy Cheddar Chicken with green beans and garlic bread, Slow Cooker Pork Chops with mashed potatoes and carrots. All of these recipes sound yummy and I found them all on Pinterest!!!
2. My weight- During one of the best times in my life, I was part of a group that I had to be a certain weight for. It wasn't hard at the time but since then, I've had the mindset that no one will ever tell me what to weigh ever again. Well, last week the issue of my weight hit me like a ton of bricks. My daughter saw a bariatric surgury commerical and told me I needed that. Knowing that in my precious baby's eyes I looked like that, I knew I needed to do something. I know the recipes that are in #1 are not low in anything but they are not fast food and that's a big step for me. Also, I will not be buying soda at the store and that's another step. I've gone way too long eating out 2-3 meals a day and that stops now!
3. Keeping a cleaner house. I know it sounds crazy but what I want to give my husband for Christmas is a perfectly clean bedroom. I'm not a hoarder but I've never been good at picking up after myself. Unfortunately, I've never taught my daugther how to pick-up after herself either so 2 of the 4 of us in the house leave stuff everywhere. The whole house isn't a mess all of the time (when company is coming I've gotten good at cleaning the main areas pretty nice) but the master bedroom is a different story. There are piles everywhere and mounds of laundry to be washed or put away. Today's the 12th- I've got under 2 weeks but I plan on doing it and I will have it done. Actually, I have to have it done by the 22nd because that's his first day of vacation (that is also our 10th wedding anniversary). I know I can do it a little at a time and then on the 21st finish it so he doesn't really know it's my plan. I hope he likes his "present".
Well- that's it! Those are the 3 things that I plan on working on and documenting in this blog. I feel that working on all of these will allow me to be the awesome mom that my babies deserve. I've been a stay-at-home mom for 1 1/2 years now and I'm just now figuring out that it's still work. I think my whole family will appreciate me more if they see that I'm working hard while they're at school/work. Now I'm going to make my grocery list so I can go to the store after school pick-up!
Here's to a new, awesome me!
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