I love it. I open her shutters and look out. That is South, towards Denver.
Blue skies, always. Simple. Beautiful.
With Christmas finally down, it's time to redo, reorganize.
I want clean, simple lines.
Fresh happy colors.
Simplify.
I had to keep my wreaths up.
They are simple.
They are pretty.
They make me happy.
In Utah, at my fav store, Rodworks,
Easy way to put up fun pics of themselves.
Remember the fun times.
Add color and texture.
Personalize their room,
Simplify.
(and do you like my new flowers and sconces for the hallway?
soon their will be butter yellow paint behind them!)
Now with all that said.
Here is my thought and goal for 2011.
Dear journal,
Every year I want a theme. Last year. gratitude.
This year: simplify (plus gratitude. (always). family and passion.
Simply said..yes. BUT, I don't think our lives are ever simple.
We are mom's. busy mom's. never stop running around mom's.
With kiddo's and LOTS of schedules...
but I would love to stop and focus on what
really matters in life.
simplify.
if at all possible.
even if it's
to sit for 5 minutes
and
refocus.
I also (this year) want to remind the kids (daily) to be gracious in all things,
and live life with a passion...
whether it's their school work, their basketball team, a new friend...
to be passionate, for them to embrace the moment, live. each. day.
But with days like this, I know it will take much effort to focus,
to simplify, and to be gracious.
But, man oh man, I will try.
Today was one busy day. 1/11/11
I felt like I did 1,111,111 million things.
alarm went off: 6:05 am. wake up
6:10 wake Jake up
6:25 do a few dishes leftover from night before, put in a load of laundry, get Jake ready for school
6:55 get in the car, head to the bus stop (love my morning sunrise remember?!)
Ry off to work...
7:10 get twins ready for school ( I try for a hot breakfast every day!)...take to the bus stop
8:05 another load of laundry (it never ends), fold Jake's clothes, make beds
8:20 get Mace fed and off for playgroup.
8:45 renew ashlyn's late books online,
~email primary pres, Jake's soccer coach, and friends for Jake's bday
9:00 take Mace to playgroup a few miles away (love's all his buddies!)
9:15 head back to home and workout at our rec center for 50 minutes (love this part! I workout one hour a day..that is for ME)...
head home, shower get ready (20 minutes! yeah) , be back for Mace at
11:00 pickup Mace and drive to Thorton to pick up Oreck vacuum,
deliver 10 party bday invitations all over valley, (got half done)
12:00 stop at McD's (sad I know!)...mace needs lunch for preschool
12:30 Mace's preschool
12:45 go food shopping at King Souper's
1:10 Meet Ashley, Jodee for lunch! (yay. Happy Sumo or Which Wich always)
2:10 leave to pick Jake up from school
2:30 get Jake and head to Mace's preschool
3:00 Mace is out and take his friend Brenny home
3:15 go home unload groceries, throw in another load of laundry
3:30 head to the car wash! wash the car! (it snowed! car was dirty!)
3:45 vacuum house (yeah!) and put away school stuff, laundry..etc
4:20 pick twins up from bus stop
4:30 start dinner (pork chops, green beens, rice, cinnamon rolls), swiffer bottom floor, help Jake with homework
5:00 Head off to Ashlyn's bball practice, then finish dinner
5:45 put Ry's dinner in fridge, head to pick up Ash..
6:15 start Church lesson (teach every week! this week: Life of John the Baptist) , attempt dinner dishes
6:45 get Austin ready, go to his basketball practice
7:00-8:00 peace. watch Austin play...I stay there and read kindle! yay!
(books I am reading now: The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman (love it!) and These is My Words, Nancy Turner. Just finished How to Raise Boys by James Dobson. so helpful!)
(Ry home, bathing Mace, helping kids w/ homework, etc...
8:00 get all kids doing homework, finish up dinner, organize house...
9:15 ..Family Prayer. Scriptures..get kids off to bed, then
look around house and clean up again! (always)
10:00 me time yet?? yes or no...want to watch Biggest Loser but
really need to do lesson! or maybe my talk, clean, read or
work on other projects, or maybe say hi to my hubby!? yes! :)
My mind starts to spin for the agenda tomorrow...soccer, bball, and scouts...v.t!
Life really never stops.
Schedules have picked right up again! Go, go, go.
Simplify it? I could try.
But maybe refocus or prioritize is what's important.
Family prayer, family dinner (try our hardest)
and be there for the kids always.
I love it. so busy. incredibly busy.
truly non stop.
BUT I would never change it.
simplify. gratitude. family. passion. love.
cheers to 2011
(and my next post, snow! snow! can you believe it?!
finally! pics of the kids first sled.
and all the snow bunnies that live in our yard.
so cute.
(alhough today was mid fifties and the snow started to M E L T. no!)
2 comments:
Ash's view is so beautiful with the blanket of snow and blue sky. I would lay on her bed all day. Ya right. I love SIMPLIFY. I taught that lesson in December and it's one of my goals too. Don't take on more than I already have and learn to say NO if needs be. I'm not good at that. It's our time of life to be crazy with our kids. We can enjoy the craziness if we try. One day we will miss. I love your schedule for 1-11. It will be fun to look back on. I love all your new decor. Can't wait to see the butter cream yellow paint. That's my favorite and it makes everything so happy. You go girl!!! You have more energy than the bunnies in your yard.
January is half over!!!!
I sure enjoyed reading your reflections. They make perfect sense to me and even if not always accomplished, nothing is accomplished without thinking about it first. So, I am proud of you. And I love 1.11.11. So cool.
Love,
Mom
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