I know it's not New Years (Traditional or Pagan), but I wanted to get my resolutions written down and out to the world.1. Exercise
Ok so I've hit the "comfortable" place in my relationship with my fiance. I first noticed it, when I saw pictures my family posted of me on Face Book. This is not ok, with my wedding coming in April. I don't want to look "comfortable" in my wedding photos. Since my fall and shoulder injury in November 2009, I've been significantly less active. I also have a Major sweet tooth and lower metabolism. Time to Get Up and Get Active again. Oh yeah and find some healthier sweets, like fruit. My mom gave me the new Wii Fit game for Christmas this past December. I've used it several times and had alot of fun. Now I need to become more consistent. My boys started taking Karate classes, last week, at the Community Center in our town. They have an exercise room which I plan to put to use while the boys do Karate. And when this "lovely" New England winter weather is done, I'll be getting back on the trails to go hiking and letterboxing again!
2. Organize
Lately I feel like my brain is Swiss cheese, full of holes. Being a working parent or stay at home parent comes with a Big To Do list. With the kids, working, planning a wedding, and the general day-to-day stuff, I definitely need to be more organized.
3. Focus on Work
I have let my Home business (and life) fall by the way side over this past year.
In March of 2010 my father was admitted to the hospital for a brain bleed. Over the course of the six months doctors found that his brain was bleeding due to minute holes in his spine that was leaking fluid. The leaking fluid also caused low brain pressure. The doctors patched the holes and eventually my dad came home. Shortly afterwards he was diagnosed with Intestinal cancer and a heart condition was found while prepping for cancer surgery. Post surgery he had complications from the abdominal surgery. He is home now and we're all keeping our fingers crossed that he continues to heal and stay well.
I put my life on hold to deal with this situation, be there for my dad and to help and comfort my mom and sister. Now it's time to focus back in on my awesome WAHU team! So not only am I a mom of four, which is a full time job in it self, I also work two other jobs. And one of them has been feeling very neglected. It's time for No More Excuses! Organizing my time better should help me get WAHU back on track.4. Quality Family Time
Most importantly, I want to spend more Quality time with my family. I'm ashamed to admit it, but too often I'm "too busy" to spend time with my children.
My little Potato is always asking me to play a game with him, he Loves board games. I hate that recently nine times out of ten I tell him "no" because I'm doing (fill in household chore/job) . My girls got these awesome nail painting/design kits for Yule. I want to sit down with them and have some girl time, yet I haven't. My Monkey boy keeps wanting to show me how to play his new Wii game. We have just recently started a family dinner and movie night. Usually on Sunday or Tuesday, when my step-daughter is here. Dinner is buffet style and we eat in the living room (a treat since I don't allow food out of the kitchen) while watching a family movie. I would like to also spend time with each of the kids individually. I've been making use of the car travel time to activities, by turning off the radio and talking, listening, and laughing with the kids. With a busy life I know it's not the amount of time I'm spending with them, but the quality of the time we are spending together.
~Your Earthy Mom
No comments:
Post a Comment