Happy Monday!
We had a nice weekend. I got some things done in my weekly focus room {which has been more like my monthly focus room at this rate}, but I still want to do a couple more things before I post about my progress here. I’m hoping my Dad will help me with the TV armoire project {in the living room} this weekend, since Kev will be busy working at his part-time job. Either way, I’m moving on to a different focus room next week.
We also attended a great marriage conference on Saturday morning. So much good information was shared and Kev and I spent a good portion of the rest of the day talking over what we had heard. It was a great time of connecting and learning.
If I’m honest, today was a bit crazy around here. Kev is officially back to work and I’m flying solo during the day with the kids. Man, I was spoiled this summer by having him home. 🙂
The kids were living in the twilight zone, which meant it was basically survival mode for me. At a certain point in the day, I just had to chuckle at my ambitious to-do list because there was no way half of it was going to happen. If it tells you anything, I was still in my sleep clothes at 3pm. I was pleased because I got some cooking/baking done that I’d been wanting to do for quite some time. It just happened much later in the day than planned. 🙂
Way back in June, I wrote a post about trying to establish my morning routine. As it turned out, that was a bad time to try and do that since we went to Florida on vacation shortly after that and then Kev was off work for the entire summer. Needless to say, there was no routine this summer, which wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.
But, what it has meant for me is that I have a lot of work to do as far as getting back into a morning routine. In fact, I think I’m going to re-examine everything again and come up with something that will work for us during this season of life. As I get further along in this pregnancy, I do not have the same amount of stamina. It takes me longer to get things done, so I just need to re-evaluate and try to come up with something realistic.
I’m probably crazy to do this before I have another child, but I still have a while until the baby comes and I desperately need some structure from now until then! I’d love for certain tasks to become habitual, to the point where I don’t need to even think about them.
My plan is to spend some time thinking about it over the next couple of days and then jump right in! I’ll keep you posted about what I decide and how things go.
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Do you have a morning routine?
What does yours look like?
