Weekly Goals 5-20-13

After our house fire, things were a little crazy.  Ok, they were a lot crazy.  My husband also landed a huge bid so he was working like a mad man too.  Whew!  But things are settling down.

We moved back into the house last Monday.  Which means we spent two weeks in the hotel.  The kids loved it!  I had my moments of loving it, housekeeping! and a pool!  But it made it very hard to have a routine.  I mostly just went with the flow.  We had family in town also and it was nice to sit and spend time with them.

We will have a pretty busy week ahead of us.  The bathroom has a tub and walls, but is far from done.  My bedroom still needs a lot of work also.  For the moment we are all sleeping in my boys room.  You don’t realize how much you use those extra rooms until they are taken away from you!

Here is what I’m hoping to get done this week:

1. Work hard on school work  (we took a break to recover from the fire)
2. Pick a paint color for bathroom (not any easy task for this color dysfunctional gal)
3. Pick out a flooring
4. Prime walls in bathroom
5. Prime walls in bedroom
6. Work on Bible Study
7. Organize clothing that is coming back from the laundry restoration company
8. Put content list in mail
9. Eat dinner with In-laws and out of town family
10. Go to Co-op book sale

Hope Everyone has a great week!

Weekly Goal Update- 4-30

You won’t believe my week.  No, really.  We had a fire in our bathroom.  It was scary.  Super scary.  The Lord was really good to us and protected us.  We are all safe and well.  And that is what is most important!  I will probably post more about our experience as well as thinks that I learned.  Right now, my mind is still swirling around.

Here are last weeks goals

1. Go to NC to watch my brother for my parents -CHECK
2. Wake up before 7:30 5x’s-CHECK
3. Try a new recipe -FAIL
4. Write two blog posts- Only wrote one
5. Watch a friends baby two days-CHECK
6. Run 3x’s-Only ran once
7. Look for beach rental property CHECK, I looked but my mother in law gets credit for finding the place
8. Go to Showcase night for Noah’s co-op-CHECK
9. Finish getting summer clothes out for boys-FAIL.  It’s STILL cold here!!!
10. Make a list of clothing needs for boys-Started but not done

 

This weeks goals

I really have NO IDEA what to expect this week.  We have a restoration company who has already started working and they randomly need us to do things.

1. Go through all clothing to assess smoke damage
2. Go to the Teach Them Diligently Conference
3. Work on content list of what we lost in fire
4. Spend time with Jonathan’s family that is coming into town this week.
5. Work on getting back into the house.

I think I’m going to limit it to these few goals this week.  I’m already a little overwhelmed at all the decision making ahead of me.  I’m a very indecisive person so this is going to take work for me!

How you can pray for us:

1. That the insurance company covers the cost of things needed.  We’ve already met with our claims guy.  He was super nice and helpful.
2. That we can find ways to “work off” our deductible.
3. All that decision making!
4. That we would handle the stress with grace.
5. That we would remember what is really important and thank God for his provisions.

How was your week?  Have you ever had an unexpected turn of events?  Any helpful tips?

Super Duper, Easy to Make, Laundry Deteregent

Well, my Spring Cleaning Challenge isn’t going exactly how I had originally planned.  That’s ok, though!  Slowly I am checking of the things that I wanted to share with each of you.  Like last week, when I share my DIY flop.

This one isn’t a flop though.  Its fabulous!  I had always wondered about making your own laundry detergent.  I mean, come on, if it was easy to make, then it probably didn’t work well.  If it worked great your probably spent all day making it.  I’m not willing to sacrifice either, yet the idea still loomed in my head that I eventually decided to give this a shot.

Boy am I glad I did.  This recipe is easy to make and works great!  Plus, it’s very cost effective!  Whoo hoo!  By George, I think I’m on to something

I got the recipe off my pintrest page.  (Recipe originated here).  I halved it because by golly that’s a large amount of detergent and I didn’t have anything on hand to hold it all.  Plus now I have some left overs of these other products to make something else with!

UPDATE:  I almost forgot the backing soda!  1/2 of box (of a 2lb box)

Start with 1/2 a box of borax

Then mix in 1/2 box of super washing soda

One small container of Oxi Clean

1 and 1/2 Felts Napa Bars grated

Looks like cheese, doesn’t it?  :)

UPDATE:  I almost forgot the baking soda!  1/2 of box (of a 2lb box)

Mix it all up and there you have it!

You only use one TABLESPOON per load.  Pretty awesome, huh?

I found all of the ingredients  in the laundry isle of my local Wal-mart.  I can’t remember exactly but I think I paid about $10 for all of it.   You might not be able to tell but that is a very large chip bowl and I’m guessing this amount will last me about 6 months.

How does it work?  Pretty stinking awesome.  I actually think this is working better then what I was using!

Have you ever made your own cleaning product?  Did it work?

Weekly Goals Update 4-22

Whoa!   What a week!

We had family in town and ended up eating dinner with them 3 nights of the week.  Which made for a super fun, but busy time!  So fortunate to have been able to spend so much time with them!

Here’s the update

1. Watch a friends baby two days- CHECK
2. Have dinner with extended family- CHECK, CHECK, CHECK
3. Finish painting back splash-CHECK
4. Start working on recovering chairs-FAIL
5. Finish switching out Summer/ Winter clothes-Finished mine but still have some to do for boys and haven’t even started for my husband
6. Get rid of 20 pieces of clothing- CHECK!!
7. Have Birthday Party for Jonathan-CHECK
8. Plan a fun night for Lifegroup-FAIL
9. Run 3x’s-RAN ONCE
10. Attend the Steeplechase!  (SO EXCITED about this!!)-CHECK, We had a blast!

Here are this weeks goals

1. Go to NC to watch my brother for my parents
2. Wake up before 7:30 5x’s
3. Try a new recipe
4. Write two blog posts
5. Watch a friends baby two days
6. Run 3x’s
7. Look for beach rental property
8. Go to Showcase night for Noah’s co-op
9. Finish getting summer clothes out for boys
10. Make a list of clothing needs for boys

That’s it folks.  I find it humorous that last week I commented on how I wanted to add extra goals to my list.  Sometimes I forget that a few extra plans (or extra company) can make a big difference!

I hope everyone is doing well!  By the way, like in most places, Spring has been fickle this year. We still have the heat on! Sigh.  I guess that is one reason I’m not moving to quickly to get the winter clothing put up!

What’s the weather like where you live?

Headlight cleaning: Tried and True or Hoax?

You can’t tell how awful my headlights really are by this photo.  They have this yellow-y film on them,-uh, gross.   That’s why I was so glad to find this awesome pin on Pinterest a while back about cleaning your headlights with only one ingredient.  The magic ingredient?  Toothpaste.  The people who commented said it needed to be the paste and not the gel.  No exact brand was necessary, just whatever you could find.

So one sunny afternoon, I pull out our toothpaste and a rag and went to a-scrubbin.  I scrubbed and scrubbed and the toothpaste got all over the place, but who cares, because my headlights were going to work so much better after I was done, right?  After I washed it off it looked like this:

That is so much clearer.

However, as they started to dry, they went back to looking like this:

The water had only made them look as if they were clearer.  But they weren’t   Just to make sure I did only half of a headlight on my husbands truck.  Difference?  Nada.  Oh well, at least it only cost me a 1/2 a tube of toothpaste and some elbow grease.

This pin has been tried and the outcome is hoax.

Have you ever tried a DIY cleaning tip only to find out it didn’t work?  Share your story in the comments below!

Weekly Goal Update April 15

 

Photo by Praisaeng  from freedigitalphoto.net

Happy Tax Day, everyone!  Did you enjoy giving the government your money today?

Politics aside, here are this how I fared on the past weeks goals.

1. Host a game night for ladies from my church-  CHECK
2. Register both boys for co-op- CHECK and they both got in!!  Praise the LORD!
3. Finish caulking backsplash in Kitchen- CAULKED and two coats of paint!  One more to go.
4. Declutter the “hot-spot” (the spot that catches all the overflow) in my livingroom CHECK
5. Run three times -Only ran once.
6. Read four chapters of A Tailor Made Bride I forgot where I stared so I’m not positive that I got all four chapters, but I’m almost done with the book!
7. Memorize one verse NOPE
8. Make one new recipe- NOPE
9. Do five loads of laundry-Uh, forgot to track but I’m almost positive that I did all five.
10. Wake up at 7:30 5 x’s- NOPE, I think three.

I was pretty pleased with how this week went.  I should have more parties.  My house always gets cleaner when I invite others over.

Here are this weeks goals

1. Watch a friends baby two days
2. Have dinner with extended family
3. Finish painting back splash
4. Start working on recovering chairs
5. Finish switching out Summer/ Winter clothes
6. Get rid of 20 pieces of clothing
7. Have Birthday Party for Jonathan
8. Plan a fun night for Lifegroup
9. Run 3x’s
10. Attend the Steeplechase!  (SO EXCITED about this!!)

I feel like I could add three or four more to this list, but that hasn’t proven well in the past so I will refrain.

How did your week go?

When Christ Who Is Your Life

Colossians 3:1-4 “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. ² Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. ³ For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”

 

This weeks goals 4-8

This weeks weather is going to be fabulous.  One day we are going to reach 80!  Yay for April

I think this is going to be a GREAT week!

Here are this weeks 10 goals

1. Host a game night for ladies from my church
2. Register both boys for co-op
3. Finish caulking backsplash in Kitchen
4. Declutter the “hot-spot” (the spot that catches all the overflow) in my livingroom
5. Run three times
6. Read four chapters of A Tailor Made Bride
7. Memorize one verse
8. Make one new recipe
9. Do five loads of laundry
10. Wake up at 7:30 5 x’s

I hope that you have a wonderful week!  Do you change plans when the weather gets warmer?

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Aprils Goals

The weather forecast is looking well for us in the east coast and it looks like we will finally have Spring!!  In fact tomorrow we are planning a picnic and walking some trails around a local college.  So glad for warmer weather

Instead of listing all the goals that I didn’t do in March I’m just going to celebrate the ones I did get done.  You can see where I posted my goals here.

Here is what went down this month!

1. Read several chapters of The Gospel For Real Life and A Tailor Made Bride
2. Have one date with Jonathan
3. Saved money for co-op enrollment for boys
4. Wrote some blog posts
5. Take 5 pictures each week (mostly)
6. Read one read-aloud books to the boys
7. Make 4 new recipes
8. Memorized 2 verses

And here are my goals for April

1. Put up the backslash in the kitchen
2. Wake up at 7am by the end of the month
3. Have 2 dates with Jonathan
4. One date per kid
5. Finish The Gospel for Real Life and A Tailor Made Bride
6. Read 2 read-a-louds with the boys
7. Finish Spring Cleaning Series
8. Have Ladies from church over
9. Have Birthday Party for Jonathan
10. Registrar Boys for Co-op
11. Have first 4 steps of Morning Routine down
12. Start Coach to 5K
13. Make 4 new recipes
14. Memorize 4 verses

How are you doing in your goal setting?  Was March a good month for you?  Or did you have a month like me?

Look what I found in my mailbox!

I actually won something and I love it!

After a tough week (a few weeks ago) of my family being sick, I got all these items in my mailbox.

Victoria from Snails Pace Transformations  hosted this give-a-way and she made my day!

She has some great things to say in her little corner of the web.  Go ahead a check her out!