Gentle Christian Mothers Community - View Single Post

blondie · 04-12-2012, 02:32 PM

1. Wake up early - I am BAD at this. I love my warm bed and I love sleeping.

2. Go to bed early - I am BAD BAD BAD at this. Night is my favorite. I've always been a night owl. I think my goal will be to be in bed by 11, then at least I'm there. I can nurse, watch TV, and be on the computer. We are terrible about sitting up watching TV downstairs until 1 am and later some nights. My husband functions just fine on short sleep hours, but I always feel bed when he has to get up at 7 the next day.

3. Evening Preparations - This doesn't mean much for me, except on weekends, and I'm pretty good about it.

4. Meal planning - I do pretty well with this. Every 2 weeks, I make a list of 10 meals that we like and get all the groceries to make them all. Then I just wing it, depending on what we do/what we are hungry for. It's nice to have flexibility. We ALWAYS stock chicken, rice, and frozen veggies so we have no excuses.

5. 1 load of laundry per day~ Start to finish - Did this today!! I always get laundry sorted/washed/dried then it sits in baskets until I have to spend a whole afternoon or evening folding it all. This is going to be the first habit that I pursue.

6. Dishes done each evening - I'm working on this and I do pretty well. I'm trying to re-teach my husband how to help with this. When we first got married, he always wanted to do the dishes after each meal, but I wanted to snuggle instead.

I was a fool!!

7. 5 minute bathroom cleaning - This is a good one. I usually just clean it as it needs it, but I might try this idea instead.

8. Have a place for everything - Pretty good at this. We've been remodling our house for the past few years, room by room. I have gone through EVERY thing that we own one by one and purged a ton of stuff! Feels SO good! I do need to go through my closet and slim it down a bit.

9. Have a bedtime routine of cleaning up - We do this every once and awhile. O only has free access to certain toys during the day, so typically everything gets picked up before the next thing comes out.

10. Don't say "yes" immediately to new requests - Pretty good about this.

04-12-2012, 02:32 PM	#19
blondie Rose Garden A little bit crunchy, a little bit rock n' roll! Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 10,298	Re: "10 things" support thread 1. Wake up early - I am BAD at this. I love my warm bed and I love sleeping. 2. Go to bed early - I am BAD BAD BAD at this. Night is my favorite. I've always been a night owl. I think my goal will be to be in bed by 11, then at least I'm there. I can nurse, watch TV, and be on the computer. We are terrible about sitting up watching TV downstairs until 1 am and later some nights. My husband functions just fine on short sleep hours, but I always feel bed when he has to get up at 7 the next day. 3. Evening Preparations - This doesn't mean much for me, except on weekends, and I'm pretty good about it. 4. Meal planning - I do pretty well with this. Every 2 weeks, I make a list of 10 meals that we like and get all the groceries to make them all. Then I just wing it, depending on what we do/what we are hungry for. It's nice to have flexibility. We ALWAYS stock chicken, rice, and frozen veggies so we have no excuses. 5. 1 load of laundry per day~ Start to finish - Did this today!! I always get laundry sorted/washed/dried then it sits in baskets until I have to spend a whole afternoon or evening folding it all. This is going to be the first habit that I pursue. 6. Dishes done each evening - I'm working on this and I do pretty well. I'm trying to re-teach my husband how to help with this. When we first got married, he always wanted to do the dishes after each meal, but I wanted to snuggle instead. I was a fool!! 7. 5 minute bathroom cleaning - This is a good one. I usually just clean it as it needs it, but I might try this idea instead. 8. Have a place for everything - Pretty good at this. We've been remodling our house for the past few years, room by room. I have gone through EVERY thing that we own one by one and purged a ton of stuff! Feels SO good! I do need to go through my closet and slim it down a bit. 9. Have a bedtime routine of cleaning up - We do this every once and awhile. O only has free access to certain toys during the day, so typically everything gets picked up before the next thing comes out. 10. Don't say "yes" immediately to new requests - Pretty good about this. __________________ homeschooling mama to four dear ones Lilla Rose Stylist

X vBulletin 3.8.3 Debug Information
Page Generation 0.22167 seconds Memory Usage 6,958KB Queries Executed 14 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD_SHOWPOST (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)cyb_flashimagebanners (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (19)option (1)post_groan_box (1)post_groan_javascript (1)post_groan_navbar_search (1)post_thanks_box (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)postbit_legacy (1)postbit_onlinestatus (11)postbit_reputation (1)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showpost.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/functions_notice.php ./mobiquo/smartbanner.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php ./includes/functions_post_groan.php ./includes/functions_misc.php Hooks Called: init_startup cache_permissions fetch_postinfo_query fetch_postinfo fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates fetch_musername notices_check_start global_setup_complete showpost_start bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create postbit_factory showpost_post postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end post_groan_function_post_groan_off_start post_groan_function_post_groan_off_end post_groan_function_fetch_groans_start post_groan_function_fetch_groans_end post_groan_function_groaned_already_start post_groan_function_groaned_already_end reputation_image bbcode_parse_start postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete error_fetch showpost_complete
Messages: