Well, If you look back to the beginning of the month, I had followed Mama Jen's blog and decided to join up the with Mission of the Month. We share things we would like to accomplish and then at the end of the month we report if we made it or not!
My September mission was to get the routine going, figure out how it would all fit with the home schooling and Faith at school, have my meal plans done, etc. I thrive off routine and organization...without it I find myself scrambling, and I can't stand that.
Here is my lifeline...haha. My Daytimer!
I know you can't see it all that well, my camera is nothing special. But it's one of those "Mommy" daytimers that has a place for you to record your activities, and then the lower columns are to keep track of the kids. I use it differently. I put all the activities in the top Mommy portion. The lower areas I use for meal planning. This lives on my kitchen counter and I can easily reference to it to remind myself in the mornings where we need to be that day. First thing in the morning I see what I need to pull out of the freezer for dinner, and what I need to make for breakfast! That way I'm not sitting at 4.30 wondering what to do for dinner (although this does still happen on some days!)
We also have found a routine that works with everyone for school drop offs and pick ups, and home school lessons. I think I drove my gymnastics instructors nuts with changing the kids classes 3 times, but we finally found times that worked well with our schedule! Woot!
I feel like September was the month to get the bumps out, and now we can breeze into October!
Speaking of October....
My mission for October is to simply GET UP!! I find when I'm up early, the day goes better. Things are organized, I get to the gym, school goes better, etc. Everything falls into place a little better when my day starts relaxed and not rushed and scrambling to get 3 kids ready and out the door to the gym (I go at 8am to get it out of the way)
So October goal is to get up every weekday morning at 6.15! Instead of hitting snooze and then all of a sudden it's 7am! Should be easy, right? If only my bed didn't feel so good!! :)
4 comments:
I would LOVE to get up a little earlier for some "me" time and to get a jumpstart on my day. Whenever I try my boys get up with me. Good Luck!
That is a really great mission! I could do with getting up earlier too.
Best of luck!
Sherry
http://sherry-startingoverat40.blogspot.com/2010/10/mission-of-month-prioritize.html
Oh, I am TOTALLY with you on the whole "it's 4:30 and I have no idea what I am going to cook for dinner." I used to be really good with meal planning, but I have become a serious slacker in this area!
Oh, and getting up...I am with you on that one too! I have been talking to my husband about my NEED to do this for the last week!
I am DEFINITELY getting some really good ideas for my November mission!
Thanks for joining in!
Hmmm glad I am not the only one ! This must be a popular October goal we have set our alarms twice this week to get up at 6 with the twins and go for a walk...they have slept in both days and so have we...and now we have to go at night instead once they are all in bed ...oh so tired!
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