EXPOSURE
what is to come
Upon the suggestion of my sister Julie, I have decided to try the blog thing. I am not sure about exposing my feelings, faults, and shortcomings to everyone out there in cyberspace to read but I suppose it is the in thing to do these days. Ahead you will find my first attempt at blogging. Don't expect too much, it is what it is.
As of Monday I will be a stay-at-home mom with two kids. This will only be full time until the fall and then I will be a part-time stay-at-home mom. I have been home for the last four weeks with my newborn son Nolan but I have been doing a lot of recovering and sleeping when he does. It's been great! Starting Monday though I will also have my 3 1/2 year old home with me and I am afraid we will get into the tv or computer game rut or that I won't be able to give Zachary enough attention because Nolan requires so much right now.
My goal for the weekend (besides the usual cleaning, yard work, and home projects) is to come up with some sort of plan and schedule for our days this summer. I would like to include play time, academic sort of stuff time, outings (maybe to the library or local amusements), rest time, lunch and snacks of course, among other things. In my own schedule I would also like to have time for working out, reading, and daily chores. I will try to work something out this weekend and post it. Maybe if I put it out there for others to see I will stick to it better.
Just an fyi and so I may be held more accountable, I really need to not succumb to the part of me that wants to eat crap and snack all day because I am home. I have access to food 24/7 now that I am home and I need to have more self-discipline and not pig out all day. I am hoping to exercise every day and eat well so that I may lose about 15 pounds before the end of summer. I know I can do it I just have to do it.
what is to come
Upon the suggestion of my sister Julie, I have decided to try the blog thing. I am not sure about exposing my feelings, faults, and shortcomings to everyone out there in cyberspace to read but I suppose it is the in thing to do these days. Ahead you will find my first attempt at blogging. Don't expect too much, it is what it is.
As of Monday I will be a stay-at-home mom with two kids. This will only be full time until the fall and then I will be a part-time stay-at-home mom. I have been home for the last four weeks with my newborn son Nolan but I have been doing a lot of recovering and sleeping when he does. It's been great! Starting Monday though I will also have my 3 1/2 year old home with me and I am afraid we will get into the tv or computer game rut or that I won't be able to give Zachary enough attention because Nolan requires so much right now.
My goal for the weekend (besides the usual cleaning, yard work, and home projects) is to come up with some sort of plan and schedule for our days this summer. I would like to include play time, academic sort of stuff time, outings (maybe to the library or local amusements), rest time, lunch and snacks of course, among other things. In my own schedule I would also like to have time for working out, reading, and daily chores. I will try to work something out this weekend and post it. Maybe if I put it out there for others to see I will stick to it better.
Just an fyi and so I may be held more accountable, I really need to not succumb to the part of me that wants to eat crap and snack all day because I am home. I have access to food 24/7 now that I am home and I need to have more self-discipline and not pig out all day. I am hoping to exercise every day and eat well so that I may lose about 15 pounds before the end of summer. I know I can do it I just have to do it.
posted by Fine Smith Family @ 8:39 PM
1 Comments:
At 2:02 PM ,
Julie said...
Aww - see now? Here I was cleaning myself up from my last crying jag about work, and there you go making me cry all over again. At least this time it's over something good! I guess you can do that any old time you want. :-) I know you went through a lot of stuff back in high school, etc., and I guess what I always admired about you since then was not so much your self-discipline (alhtough I probably labeled it as that at one time), but your ability to recognize a problem with your thinking or behavior, know how to fix it, and then actually fix it. That is the key that I lack right now! Whether you call it self-discipline, a positive or pragmatic attitude, or just plain stubbornness and determination, I don't know, but I wish I had it!
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