I am already doing some good stuff

Following Mrs. Darling, I am going to list some areas where I already have success!

I hope it's not too short of a list! lol

**We no longer use credit cards and will pay off our vehicle this July, knocking out a major debt!
**The kids don't watch alot of junk tv because we only have a few local channels.
**Instead of struggling to afford a bigger house, we are going to stay in this house for now.
**Our whole family loves to serve(well, most of us, most of the time)!

To work on:

*Being more disciplined and consistent w/ everything in general:housekeeping, cooking, schooling, prayer time, memorizing scripture, Bible reading, exercising.Taking small steps in the right direction consistently.

Ok, I do realize I just listed every area in my life! That's ok, that is where I am.

No one ever said this was a how-to blog where I tell ya how to do everything! ;) Hopefully, by sharing my struggles and successed, I'll just make ya feel better about your own journey.

Sincerely, Jennifer

I resolve

I have oodles of plans for this year. New Year's doesn't quite seem the same to me as when I was younger.It doesn't feel like a clean slate, just another day.

But I am going to make some resolutions/hopes/plans anyway.

Make every meal count!I am going to continue cooking from the Sneaky Chef recipes. Adding nutrients to our food is fun and makes me want to cook everything. Usually I am trying to get out of cooking, but I know if I cook, I can slip some wholesome goodness into the meal. Like this morning, I didn't want the kids to prepare their own instant oatmeal, so I could slip a pinch of ground flaxseed into each of their bowls. Next time, I'll slip in 2 pinches! I notice that I am feeling fuller than I normally would. I guess that is thanks to the lower carb vegetables I am sneaking into our meals.Tonight I made chicken tenders. I didn't care for the sneaky chef version too much, so I modified her breading recipe. I used white whole wheat flour, unbleached white flour, whole grain bread crumbs, a pinch of wheat germ and a pinch of flaxseed.All of my picky eaters ate them up! Well my one dear son claims to have bit into a piece of chicken fat, so that ended his meal, but he did like the tenders!

Compartmentalize! I get so overwhelmed, so easily. The house, the kids, the dog...Calgon take me away!! I have had some limited success only thinking of one problem at a time.

Motivated Moms for the housework. I am not sure how I feel about this plan yet, but I like it better than anything I have seen so far. Everyday there are 2 lists of chores and you do them. Things like laundry and dishes you do everyday. Today one of my chores was to clean the top shelf in the fridge. Then another day it calls for me to clean the middle shelf. I have had this program for a few months and I dont' have a clean house yet because I just don't do it, but I am really going to start fresh and give it a real try!

Curves for exercise. Love it, love that it's all women. Just need to actually go.