So, as you guys can tell it has been a little while since I have posted anything. Let's just say that life has been crazy lately. I know I probably said that in my last post but, really it is crazy. Since the last time I have blog I have finished well to this point my home management binder (now to make myself use it!) I thought that spending the time and making this binder it would be something that I would check. But now I am starting to think that it is just one more thing that I need to remember to check every day. The only part of it that I have really been using is the weekly menu! Boy has this helped when it goes to grocery shopping. We have been sitting down each Sunday and figuring out what we want for dinner for the week. This week I only spent 30 dollars on groceries because I already had the other things that I needed. It is amazing how planning out our meals can help you spend less when you go shopping for groceries. I really wish that I could get better at checking the other sections as well. But you know me I refer back to my little black planner for everything.
Do you guys have any suggestions for keeping up with something new?
My mind has been pretty frazzled lately. Work has really been killing me. We have been down a person in our department since September or something like that. It feels so much longer! The work keeps stacking up on me. I have a to do a list a mile long. I have to do lists to do to lists! But the good news they hired somebody today! As long as all of the paper work gets done in time she will be starting next Monday!
My husband also just has knee surgery this last week. It wasn't anything big. His knee cap wasn't were it was supposed to be to the doctors had to go in a cut some of his tissue so his knee cap could move back to where it was supposed to be. The day at the surgery center was really long. All they told Randy was his thing was at 10:30. So we figured that was the time of his surgery so we got there at 9:30.... well he needed to be there at 10:30 so we were already and hour early. Always best to be early then late right? Once they got him checked in and got his IV started they told us it would be able a 3 hour wait for his surgery. He didn't get taken back into surgery until 2:30. That made for the start of a very long day. I knew that everything was going to be fine but as I sat out in the waiting room I still had the stress of Randy being asleep during the surgery because you never know what all could go wrong. Everything went really well and he ended up with only two little incisions. Randy was in recovery longer then he was in surgery. Now he just has to wait for recovery.
Focusing on things these last few weeks have been pretty difficult.
How do you guys get back on tasks with what you are trying to do when there is so much going on?
Monday, January 23, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Home Organization...
I have taken the time this evening to set aside some time and work on focusing on my simple little word FOCUS.
There are many times that I find myself coming home from work trying to get food put together for dinner and then most of the time getting onto the computer and catching up on Facebook and trying to see everything that I missed throughout the day while I was at work or when I have the chance I will cuddle up on the sofa and turn on the TV. Being able to sit and focus on just watching a movie doesn't seem to happen all that often. Even when I am just lounging on the sofa my mind is running a thousand miles a minute. These past few days I have noticed that I do not take time for me to focus on myself.
I have always looked at myself as an organized person. I may not always be show it on the outside but, in my brain everything is organized and when I have the time I work to do everything I can to get organized and stay that way.
The other night I got off work and I finally had some time to sit down and get on pinterest. I have found myself slightly obsessed with that site. (Find me a person that hasn't fallen in love with that site) I have found many ideas on there that I would like to try out this year.
My FOCUS for January is going to be working on home organization. I have learned the hard way that if you aren't organized at home you can't be organized in the rest of your life.
I found a pin that I followed to a blog and I have set a new goal for myself. I want to create a home organization binder. Most of the time when people make these is when they have kids and trying to keep every's schedules straight. But I think if this is something that I get started now and stick with it, it will only makes things easier when more people come into the picture.
My first task to creating a home organization binder is to find the free printable that I want to use or just create them so they are specific to my needs. I am giving myself until the end of January to have this complete.
Have you thought of making a home organization binder? I would love to hear your thoughts.
I will be sure to post a picture of my final product and maybe even a few in progress.
There are many times that I find myself coming home from work trying to get food put together for dinner and then most of the time getting onto the computer and catching up on Facebook and trying to see everything that I missed throughout the day while I was at work or when I have the chance I will cuddle up on the sofa and turn on the TV. Being able to sit and focus on just watching a movie doesn't seem to happen all that often. Even when I am just lounging on the sofa my mind is running a thousand miles a minute. These past few days I have noticed that I do not take time for me to focus on myself.
I have always looked at myself as an organized person. I may not always be show it on the outside but, in my brain everything is organized and when I have the time I work to do everything I can to get organized and stay that way.
The other night I got off work and I finally had some time to sit down and get on pinterest. I have found myself slightly obsessed with that site. (Find me a person that hasn't fallen in love with that site) I have found many ideas on there that I would like to try out this year.
My FOCUS for January is going to be working on home organization. I have learned the hard way that if you aren't organized at home you can't be organized in the rest of your life.
I found a pin that I followed to a blog and I have set a new goal for myself. I want to create a home organization binder. Most of the time when people make these is when they have kids and trying to keep every's schedules straight. But I think if this is something that I get started now and stick with it, it will only makes things easier when more people come into the picture.
My first task to creating a home organization binder is to find the free printable that I want to use or just create them so they are specific to my needs. I am giving myself until the end of January to have this complete.
Have you thought of making a home organization binder? I would love to hear your thoughts.
I will be sure to post a picture of my final product and maybe even a few in progress.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
A Simple Little Word...
A new year is upon us and I am going to use that as something to use to my advantage. My life have been just short of going completely crazy! So many things have happened! It is crazy to look back at the fee years and see how much I have grown as a person and how much I have been through.
I remember the days where I would sit back and writing posts on my xanga account. (who remembers these days? lol right) Writing used to be the way that I was able to sit back and relax and express myself through my writing. For the last few years my writing has had to take a back burner. But setting my writing aside allowed me to get married, graduate high school as valedictorian, graduate college in three years, move to a new state and purchase a house. I guess looking back at it my writing and other passions have taken the back burner to life.
I have been reading a friends blog and I have been inspired to start a project of my own. Choosing a simple little word to use as my direction for this project I felt was the best thing. It is amazing how one simple little word can make you think about what you do.
The word that I have chosen to be the center of this project is FOCUS.
There are so many things that I have put on the back burner and kept telling myself that I would get back to it one day. Well I have decided that all those "i'll get to it" will happen this year. It will probably take me all year to get everything back up to date.
I keep thinking about all of things that I haven't been able to fully FOCUS on to make them the best that I can. I have lost my passion to write, I have lost out on time for amazing photography, I have lost out on my great opportunities, and sadly I have lost friendship. Some of those I am trying to rekindle while I know others are a lost cause.
If I am able to FOCUS on all of the right things this could be one of the best years yet!
My goal for this project is to blog as least once a week if not more on my simple little word.
I remember the days where I would sit back and writing posts on my xanga account. (who remembers these days? lol right) Writing used to be the way that I was able to sit back and relax and express myself through my writing. For the last few years my writing has had to take a back burner. But setting my writing aside allowed me to get married, graduate high school as valedictorian, graduate college in three years, move to a new state and purchase a house. I guess looking back at it my writing and other passions have taken the back burner to life.
I have been reading a friends blog and I have been inspired to start a project of my own. Choosing a simple little word to use as my direction for this project I felt was the best thing. It is amazing how one simple little word can make you think about what you do.
The word that I have chosen to be the center of this project is FOCUS.
There are so many things that I have put on the back burner and kept telling myself that I would get back to it one day. Well I have decided that all those "i'll get to it" will happen this year. It will probably take me all year to get everything back up to date.
I keep thinking about all of things that I haven't been able to fully FOCUS on to make them the best that I can. I have lost my passion to write, I have lost out on time for amazing photography, I have lost out on my great opportunities, and sadly I have lost friendship. Some of those I am trying to rekindle while I know others are a lost cause.
If I am able to FOCUS on all of the right things this could be one of the best years yet!
My goal for this project is to blog as least once a week if not more on my simple little word.
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