i've been counting down since last Dec 26 ... are you ready? me neither!!

Saturday, March 27, 2010

I CanDo and so can they!!

We did it!!
personal best!!



We kept a steady pace ... we started together ... Nicki and I stayed together the whole race!!

It was so fun!


And if finishing is winning ... than we totally won this race!!
We rocked!


The Party (missing one non-runner hubby)

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

thoughts and expectations ...

things i've been thinking a lot about lately ...

if i were a better mom ... i would:
+ work with Ammon on his letters/numbers regularly so that he could start to really read instead of 'read in his head' ...
+ read with and to my children daily so that they would have a love of books and reading ...
+ stay on top of the laundry situation at our house so that we wouldn't have to hunt for clean socks and underwear every morning ...
+ shower the kids more regulary so that they would have an appreciation of cleanliness ...
+ stick to the schedules and checklists and rules so that our lives would be more organized ...
+ blog daily so that i would have a record - consistant record - of the goings on and challenges that we face
+ read my scriptures daily so that my knowledge of the scriptures would be more a part of my life ...
+ go to bed earlier so that i could get up earlier and be prepared for the day ...
+ exercise daily so that my body would be strong and lean - instead of weak and fat ...
+ sing more primary songs so that the lessons that are taught in the words would play in my children's heads instead of my shouting ringing in their ears ...
+ be more organized so that i could find things i need and be less cluttered ...
+ sew and craft more so that my creative side could be more developed and i could beautify my home and life with my own 2 hands ...
+ scrapbook again so that my pictures and words could be preserved ... (i guess blogging does this too ... but my scrapbooks have several pictures waiting to be scrapped!!)
+ take Easton to the library or the park or the skate park while Ammon's in school so that he will remember how much fun we had when it was just the 2 of us at home ...
+ vacuum more often ...
+ have clean bathrooms ...
+ sweep and mop the kitchen/dining room floors more often ...
+ have birthday parties every year so that my kids would remember the fun we had ...
+ be productive and proactive ...
+ plan more effectively ...
+ smile all the time!
+ meet my expectations ...


expectations:
organization
= everything has a place
= plan as much as possible
= routines/checklists

cleanliness
= weekly schedule
= house cleaned regularly
= showers/laundry
= bedrooms

relationships
= weekly date
= weekend get aways twice a year
= 1 on 1 with each kid monthly
= alone time

finances
= have what we need
= manage our money better
= budget
= plan for the future

future
= 5 year goals
= 10 year goals
= tunnel vision
= have purpose/ambition/desire/aspirations

i think i might have too high of expectations for myself ... but i have always felt that when i aim high, even if i don't reach my goals, i am pleased with the results.  my high self-esteem allows me to fail and still feel good about myself ... is that conceited?  although, in the recent past i have set some pretty lofty goals and petered out half way through ... not my finer moments, but definitely learning experiences!!

thoughts?

Thursday, March 11, 2010

gearing up!

new crisp white only-used-inside step shoes!

new gray ok-to-go-outside jogging shoes!
i'm a little weird about my shoes ... i don't have many pairs of shoes (i wish i had more) but i think i'm a shoe snob ... i carry my white shoes to the gym and put them on inside the workout room for my step class so that they don't get dirty.  i purposely bought gray shoes ... because i don't want to take my white shoes outside!  i guess i'm only weird about gym shoes ... my other shoes aren't treated quite so nicely. 
but rest assured that these will see many miles in the near future ... their maiden 4 mile jog was just last week and they did great - no soreness, not a blister to be found!  and they are light as air!  mr. 10k - look out here i come!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

time gets away from me ...

March 9th already??  What keeps me from sitting down and writing each day?  sick kids, laundry, dishes, my book, ... mostly i get paralyzed by the amount of things i need to do and i end up not doing anything ...
lately i've been listening to Focus on the Family podcasts and trying to be a better mom.  yesterday i typed up rules and consequences ...

i'm hopeful that these will help me to stop yelling!  the rules are clear and the consequences immediate and appropriate.  follow thru is my hardest part ... we are going to have a family meeting and discuss this and i'll post how it goes!  wish us luck!