September always reminds me of new beginnings. I think it is because back to school always brings changes. I love change! I know it isn't normal but I do- I love new beginnings and getting organized. The downfall of this is that I hate routine. I set new goals and go gung ho but it seems to fizzle out. I want to be super mom. I want to have my house clean- esp. the bathroom and kitchen always, I want to work out, drink my water, plan educational stimulating activities for my children. We have couple scripture study but I need to up my personal scripture study. I want to have healthy meals planned and made for my family. I want to make sure to have social time with friends and keep in touch with friends far away. I want to make time with to spend with my husband one on one and wholesome family activities. I want to serve those around me and spend time on personal enrichment. So how do you do it all? Please those of you out there that manage to have fulfilling days let me in on your secret because it is time for goals!
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I haven't figured that one out yet so if you get it down please pass the info on to me. Our days are filled with choas and i never get everything i want done, done.
No idea.
I'll be interested to see how it's done.
let me know when you find the answer. You already sound like you are light years ahead of me. ;)
Just remember Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. You can't do it all, all the time. That is what kept my going a lot of the time.
I love changes too, and Fall is my FAVORITE! I could echo everything you said exactly, and I hate to tell you that though I'm 15 years or so down the road from you, I haven't figured it all out yet. Sometimes I have a super clean house; sometimes I make homemade wheat bread and delicious meals; sometimes I am a great friend, mom, sister or wife, etc.--but it never seems I can be all of these things at once. All we can do is keep moving forward, and giving ourselves a break when we don't measure up to our own expectations!
i feel good if at the end of the day both kids are still breathing!
I'm pretty sure you can't do all of that all of the time. Pick the three most important things to you and work on those. Once you get in the habit of those, then try adding. Good luck with perfection.
Wow! Well you always were amazing to me. I think it is great that you are such a great mom to your two sweet boys and you have so much fun with them. I know they love you! If I can make it through the day without melting down competely then it was a good day! You have more of that stuff down than you realize.
Oh Tiff-- only if we could clone ourselves and find more hours in the day. You are awesome and don't be so hard on yourself. Remember -- your kids will think you are "Supermom" and that is all that matters.
Just try and enjoy it all as it happens.
Some days you do some things and some days you do others. Some days and weeks you work out, some days and weeks you read scriptures. Some weeks you have fab meals planned some weeks you eat frozen stuff and cereal. But everyday enjoy eachother's company. I'm pretty sure thats how you get all that stuff in.
I only really know one person who does it all everyday but even then, they have to sacrifice a lot of fun and enjoyment in order to stick to the routine and get it all in. Not worth it to me, but to each their own.
Thanks for your comment. Its been a while since we've seen eachother on the blog. I'll tell ya that second kid really put a kink in my blogging life. It's harder to make the rounds now.
Love your blog!
Don't try and pack too much structure into any one day. For us when we do we end up biting each others heads off by dinner time.
Yeah, I don't think I've found the secret for all of that either. I pretty much feel successful when the house is clean, I've showered before noon, and I have dinner already planned in my mind. That's my successful day. As far as the cleaning thing, I read this book by "the Queen of Clean," and she had a schedule of what was supposed to be cleaned daily, twice a week, once a week, monthly, and so on. I finally wrote it all out on the calendar, and each day, I look at what I'm supposed to clean and tackle that only--I dont' get overwhelmed that way. It's made keeping the house clean pretty manageable. I'm also finding out that if I stay on schedule with cleaning, that things don't ever get so bad that I have to spend tons of time on any one thing. I hope that's helpful, but of course, that's only the cleaning part. I'm still working out all those other things.
I just decided that a good productive day is a day spent with my kids making them happy and teaching them to love life.
There is always time to do the laundry, clean the bathrooms, and work on enrichment.
It is like that analogy of the mason jar with the rocks and pebbles. You have to get them all in, but if you put the pebbles in first the bigger rocks will never fit.
The big rocks are the things that matter, and if we put those in first or work on that first, everything else will fit around it. :)
That might just my excuse whenever Tyson comes home and the house is a wreck and I still have my pjs on, but it sounds good, and I think it is true.
On those crazy days, I know that I have spent some great quality time with the ones that matter most!
Your kids are DANG cute, and it sounds like you are doing awesome.
I remember hearing Sheri Dew speak at BYU and she said that she gets up every morning and tells Heavenly Father, "Lord, I have 37 burning buildings today; which fire should I put out first?" I think it's pretty awesome advice. If we leave the ordering of our priorities up to the Lord, we should be able to get the important stuff done and then not feel guilty about the rest. Please, please remind me that I said this the next time I'm going crazy! :)
Soo you want to be just like me! I wish I had a secret but for me it just comes naturally. :O) (Just don't come to my house this week!) You know I'm teasin... I can't even pick up my son from school on time! (I told you that story didn't I?)
Tiff, you must call me and tell me the results of the tests.
I love new beginnings too, its when it all gets older that its tough. Then its time to switch things up I guess. To make everything easier and exciting for me this fall, I made some charts for me on the computer with Riley's help with a box for personal study and things, to write my ideas, and studying record, exercise, Riley put sex on it :) too, and then Idrew these poster boards with routines to show the kids with simple drawings. So far 4 days into it, the fourth has been a crash. So I did things differently, put myself more into the equation, did some reading, and then did my little devotional at lunch. Life has its ups and downs, but if we can make beginnings every time things get stale, and stick with it inbetween, to some degree, why we may be able to look back and realize we were more super than we thought! I know you sure are.....Super DDD DUPER! Baby steps are always great too! Small accomplishments are actually large according to the Lord, by small and simple things do great things come to pass, well there are my two cents, you are a SUPER mom, let not Satan mis-lead you otherwise, Love, Em P.S. See Riley and I don't do couple study, and thanks for your example there! Oh by the way I don't menu plan well at all either, and my friend Marseille started a blog of that very thing, so my other idea: bum off other people's work and share a little of your own and we'll make it together!
One day at a time. I've learned that it's not really important to be what someone else might call a perfect mom. I do however believe that it's important to be there for the people you love the most when they need you.
If you speant three hours playing cars, or building with blocks, and your floors are a mess, well then you're just fine. If you're floors are immaculate, and there's not a shelf of clutter somewhere, but your kids have been in front of the TV all day long, well then it's time to reevaluate.
I think you're a great mom. Good luck.
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