I have an excuse.

I started the week with a fire drill with the kids. It was fun and educational. Tyler seemed to understand but I'm not sure what Alex got out of it. The only issue was that I told Tyler to go out the window if the door felt hot, but he isn't tall enough to open the widow.

I told Mike that I was going to listen to the blessing and type it up and his reply was "my dad already did that." So that was easy. I thought about doing something else, but I didn't.

Then I went to Target and bought a new receipt holder. I started to go through all the old receipts, but there are so many of them. So I didn't finish.

Then Mike's parents came into town and all my intentions of finishing ended.

Oh, and my scripture reading was good but my getting ready for bed at 9:30 was not.

So this next week I want to finish what I didn't do this week. I am going to finish going through my receipts and finish cleaning my room. I want to get everything that doesn't belong in my room out, the Easter decorations, picture frames, all that stuff. Now that I have Alex's blessing typed out I want to make a page for his baby book and finish another page.

I am very paranoid about leaving my kids at the playground by themselves this is partly because I've never talked to them about stranger danger. So that's what I'm going to do.

And finally I need to get the kids to help me clean. I made the chore chart for Tyler but I keep waiting for when he gets bored to make him clean and ofter he doesn't do his job for the day. So I'm thinking I need to make him do it after lunch and before he gets to play wii. He should get things done fast if he hast to do it before wii.

I am not an overachiver

I found this door lock. I think this is what I need for my pantry since I have sliding pocket doors. No handles or hinges. I'll let you know if it works.


So this week was good. My cleaning schedule was good for me. I found a little time everyday to do my cleaning and if I forgot what I wanted to do I just looked at my chart. Yay!

I got my scrapbook pages done. I only had to add the title but here is a page I finished.


I put batteries in my flashlight, that's all the effort I put into that.

So my craft area... I cleaned it off but as I was cleaning there was all this stuff that I didn't know what to do with. So I put it in a box with the intentions of dealing with it later. I felt a little bad about that, but then I thought it's okay I'll deal with it later. Maybe I should just through away the box. Here is the after picture, the wall was a little bare so I put up a poster of Legolas.


So next week...
I keep thinking I want to have a FHE on fire safety and what to do if there is a fire but there is always something else to have a lesson on. So I was thinking why am I waiting for FHE when I spend all day with the boys. This week I want to have a fire drill with the boys.

For Alex's baby book I want to get his blessing typed up. Mike's Dad recorded the blessing but now I need to listen to it, figure out what Mike said, and type it up.

I don't know if it's alright to admit this, but I'm not consistent in my scripture reading. I used to read every night but then I thought I shouldn't do it at night because I was tired and never remembered anything. I can't find a better time for me so I'm going back to before bed but earlier. I am going to go to bed at 9:30 so I can read, get ready for bed and go to sleep at a decent hour.

I've always wanted a nice clean, cute and relaxing bedroom but I don't. I keep waiting for a good time when I can completely redo it, but that has not happened yet and I'm not sure it will. So I'm going to start with my "little bit at a time" plan. I want to get my room cleaned up so I can take my before picture. I'm going to work on organizing my receipts because they are all over my bedroom. I had an organizer but it broke and then Edison started scattering them on the floor. So I have 2 years worth of receipts I need to do something with. I used to organize them by month when I kept everything, but now I'm only going to keep receipts of things that matter so there should be a lot less of them. Is there a better way to organize them?

A thoughtful week

This was a good week, I really felt like I was getting somewhere. I don't know if I really am, but I felt like I was and that's good enough for me.

Something else I realized this week is that I need to find a way to lock my pantry. It has pocket doors that slide easily. Edison opens it up and takes everything out that he can reach. So my pantry is messy again.

I've been making breakfast more often and I've also been gaining weight. I'm hoping the weight is from the 3 days of eating out for lunch and dinner when my in-laws were here. But it might be because the only breakfasts I've been making are baked goods. Lots of muffins and pancakes and breakfast cookies. I've also realized most breakfasts are not healthy. So I'll have to find some good healthy recipes to mix in with the unhealthy ones.

My goals for the week went well. I got the junk out of my car and made sure all the important stuff was in the glove box. It needs to be vacuumed and wipes out, but I'll figure that out later. I got some more of Alex's baby book done. I'm getting closer! My coupons are put nicely in my folder and I actually used some when I went shopping. And My 72 hour kit is ready to go in case we need it.

So here comes another week.

I want to have a cleaning schedule so I made one. A lot of it I got from the Fly Lady. I liked what they were teaching, but I needed to make it more for me. So every day I have something I clean during the day, some days have scheduled laundry, and then I have a "hot spot" that I need to clean off. I'm sure I'm missing stuff, but I'll figure it out as I go. I also have a list of chores for the kids to do. This is in addition to my daily jobs like cleaning up after dinner and straightening and vacuuming the family room.

One of my "hot spots" is my craft table but it's not organized. So that's what I want to do this week, clean off my table and make sure everything has a home. I've cleaned off my table before but I just put things on the floor until I was done with the table and then put all the stuff back. No more of that! Here is the before picture:



To go with that I've got a few scrapbook pages for Alex's album (not baby book) that I started but haven't finished. Those are on the ironing board near the craft table. So I'm going to finish those and put them away. and also because I have more, finish 2 more pages of Alex's baby book that I started but need something small to finish.

My preparedness goal is to put working flashlights in an easily accessible area and not let the kids play with them. This might mean having some they can play with and some they can't.

This is a lot for me to think about this week. Bring it on!

Starting again with things that start with C ish

Here is my food storage chart which is not really a food storage chart, but more of a price sheet. My problem was that when I would see something on sale I wouldn't know if that price was better than Costco or if Costco's prices were really that good. So I made this price sheet of the things that I buy and what the best sale I've seen is and how much it is at Costco. Does that make sense? I also have a spot where I can say if I need something or not. So every time I see something on sale I add the price to my sheet. I also add more food as I remember it. It's obviously not done, but I'll keep working on it. Let's hope this helps me.

This week I've decided to work on things that start with C's.
Home: This isn't really my home, but I need to clean out and organize my Car. When I pick up Kevin from school he comments that his car is a lot cleaner than my car. I tell him "I sure hope so" but I have seen worse. I'm not going to detail clean it, just get all the crap out of it.

Behavior: Clip Coupons! I have them all saved and sitting on my counter and every time I go shopping I think "I wonder if there is a coupon for this?" The plan is to do this Sunday night. I'll enlist the help of my husband. If I do this every week it shouldn't take long and save me money, right?

Preparedness: Go through 72 hour Cit. Make sure all the food will still be good and the clothes will fit in 6 months. I'm trying to do this every conference weekend.

Craft: That counts for my C. I want to get the first page of Alex's baby book done and finish 2 pages that just need titles.

Here we go again.