BUT! I do have to pat myself on the back for once because I had a pretty kick-ass productive weekend. On Saturday, my sister and I helped my mom sort/clean out her garage, which is no small feat (hoarder alert! Love you mom:)). Adam even changed all of her locks while we were working and the kids were enjoying the weather.
Then on Sunday I totally raised the bar for myself. We did our grocery shopping and I planned out all our meals for the next 2 weeks. Our meal plan board is finally not blank! I also did laundry, made lunches, prepped dinner, cooked lasagna for later in the week, made spinach smoothies and breakfast muffins for the boys for the week, put away all of the Easter stuff and switched out our mantle decor, and I was even motivated enough for a 4.1 mile run! The kids played outside, we grilled hotdogs, and life was grand.
Spring seems to have finally(!) arrived here in NC, and I swear that's the motivation I needed to get off my butt this weekend. I felt energized and refreshed and good! Amazing what a little sunshine a fresh air can do to you, right? Who knows how long the motivation will last, but here it is, documented on the internet for eternity--I was not lazy all weekend! Ha!
Ok, so we won't talk about the fact that I'm swamped at work this week and I can already see the motivation I had at the beginning of the week slipping through my fingers...but it was good while it lasted. See also: I started this post on Monday and I'm just now finishing it. At least we still have nice weather--no more 44 and rainy like last week, thank goodness!
Woohoo! Way to go...now give me some of that energy! haha ;)
ReplyDeleteIf only it worked that way! I'd steal my kids' energy all day long, lol!
DeleteGirl, I love you! You and I are SO on the same wavelength! I spend a lot of time toying with the idea of quitting my job and being a stay at home mom, but I SO SUCK at homemaking. I would be awful. At least now I have an excuse for being bad at it. ;-) And just like you, I had a very productive weekend that has been put to shame by an INSANE week at work. Blah. I also did some meal planning this weekend (for like the 1st time ever) and we've kinda stuck with it so far. But now the house is a mess again and instead of doing anything productive tonight, I'm reading blogs and watching TV.
ReplyDeleteSoul sister! I feel like if I could stick to meal planning it would make my life easier, but for some reason it's just so hard for me to actually sit down and DO on a regular basis. Good luck to both of us for sticking with it though!
DeleteI totally agree on the nice weather and fresh air giving you a boost. I am loving the nicer weather that's begun here. So awesome you have your meals planned for the next two weeks! Hope the rest of this week and weekend are good to you and your family! :)
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Thanks, Maria! Let's just hope it's not a fluke thing--the weather OR the meal planning :)
DeleteOh my goodness, am I ever so with you on this post! It seemed to take FOREVER for spring to get here this year, but now that it has finally sprung... I couldn't be happier! I had been in such a serious rut, this beautiful weather {sunshine and fresh air} were exactly what I needed to get re-motivated! So great to hear that it helped you too! :)
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Fingers crossed for a long stretch of awesome weather and motivation for both of us, Amber!
DeleteI totally should do ahead-of-time meal planning way more than I do, it really does make life sooooooooooo much easier.
ReplyDeleteIt does!! I just wish it wasn't so hard (mentally challenging, I guess? ha!) for me to do regularly. That relatively little bit of effort on one day would make every other weeknight so much easier! :)
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