Off to a Good Start

I think it would be a great idea to try to post something about my life each week, at minimum (ha ha ha! after you wipe the tears from your eyes from laughing too hard you may read on). That is a lofty goal for me. I have lots of friends (well, one--Kim) who is really good about posting a lot of everyday stuff on her blog. I'm sure it is fun to look back over the year and see all the things their family has done. I especially loved her November posts where she wrote about one thing she was thankful for every day that month! Go Kim!

I don't think I should put quite that much pressure on myself, but I would like to chronicle a bit more of my life, so I don't get to the end of 2010 and say: "I didn't accomplish anything this year." That is just such a downer.

So far this week I feel like a good mom--I have fed my family every night so far (this is a bit of a rare occurrence). I actually thought ahead (astonishing, I know) and had something in the crockpot for them on Tuesday because I knew I had to work and then go with some of the YW to do baptisms at the Temple at 4:00. Other feats of my week (sprinkled with homework, answering phone calls, cooking, and clean-up) include:

• Monday: errands, sent off family calendars, taxi girls to and from Bountiful for dance (1 hour round trip 2X)
  
• Tuesday: work and baptisms @ the temple
• Wednesday: work and attended a meeting at the church about a service project (see more about it here), Megan and Mike went skiing
• Thursday: work, taxi girls to dance carpool, walked the dog, met with a builder to go over house bids, looked at a house for sale
• Friday: 2-hour training meeting for work, ran the geography bee at school, assembled YW birthday gifts for this year

We ordered these cute lip balms from LipNotes for the girls for the birthday gifts. They have the 2010 Mutual Theme on them and came with the little cards and cello envelopes. I just printed a label with our message on it and put it all in the envelope--cute & simple!



Goal for the weekend: Finish preparing Sunday's lesson, put away Christmas decorations & clean out YW closet at church. How could anyone NOT be psyched about these things?