just some thoughts

These past few months have been filled with changes and the ideas of more changes to come. I find it fristrating when some changes are easy and some are very hard and challenging. My persuit of trying to "better myself" and/or improve my family's situation has been a hadfull but I am starting to see the benifits slowly.
Here are some of my goals and how they are progressing:

1) Start to manage our budget and recognize the need for one. This has actually, with a lot of greif at first, proven to be one of my goals I am happiest about. I came up with a system on the computer which I have found to be very effective. Yeah for computer litteracy!

2) Create a schedule for cleaning the house. (ie. Mondays-laundry Tuesdays-dusting etc.) This has been going OK for me except when the girls and I are out of the house for the day. I have to re-work my schedule and make it suite our active lifestyle.

3) Creating boundries for the phone. This one has been a challenge for me, but I have created a boundry for no talking on the phone in the afternoons. This doesn't always work, but I am not giving up on it.

4) Creating "time for mommy". This is more so in the evenings when Chad is home. I am getting better at this goal, but it needs some improvements.

5) Trying to spend one-on-one time with each of the girls during the day. This can be easy some days when is having full naps and Kira is having a day where she wants to play ing her room by herself for a while. Other days it is a lost cause because they both demand my attention at the same time.