Wednesday, May 6, 2009

accomplishment...and my lunch

so first of all, here's my lunch today. i've been at the dentist all morning and my face is still numb (thought about taking a picture of myself~that would have been your laugh for the day!) so i decided to eat a sweet potato for lunch. do you ever eat sweet potatoes for lunch? let me tell you, with butter and vietnamese cinnamon...delish! anyway, i cut it into and started to fix it when i realized it was a heart! isn't that the cutest thing you've ever seen?

now on to the accomplishment part...i've come to realize that i hate to-do lists. i write everything down that i'd like to get done, then i don't end up getting to finish everything on it and it makes me feel like i've failed. so...i've decided i will keep "got-done" lists. every so often (not every day) i will keep a list of everything that i've got done during the day. i did this yesterday and it made me feel so good! the following list is for me to go back and read over when i need validation that i do indeed do a lot during the day! (feel free to go to the next post. i said i got a lot done...i didn't say it was exciting.)

~woke mck up and ironed her clothes
~made her lunch and breakfast
~took her to school
~got a baby gift wrapped
~ate breakfast while doing my personal study (text, bible reading, few articles in watchtower)
~read some in new mary higgins clark book
~cleaned rest of kitchen, cleaned out toaster oven
~washed 1 load of clothes, put another load in dryer
~took electric blanket off our bed, made bed
~cleaned out linen closet in bathroom (moved blankets to very top, got out beach towels)
~cleaned my closet (hung up all clothes, put all shoes in bins)
~got dressed, did hair and make-up **all done by 10:08 am

~dusted & clean glass in bedroom
~vacuumed
~checked email, blogs, etc
~made & ate lunch, then cleaned up kitchen
~watched 1 show while i ate lunch
~took pictures of my nice and clean bedroom
~ran to wal-mart to return jars and get new ones for teacher gifts
~picked up mck
~back to wal-mart (for a treat for mck since there was a birthday at school)
~worked on teacher gifts
~made dinner (panko breaded tilapia, broiled asparagus, garlic & herb rice, garlic bread)
~started meal plan and grocery list for next week
~ate dinner and watched the biggest loser
~family study
~folded 3 loads of laundry and put away
~tucked mck in
~took shower and washed & dried hair
~picked out clothes for tomorrow
~cleaned out bathroom cabinet
~went to bed at 11:15

3 comments:

  1. wow!! i'm so impressed! you got a LOT done...i'm sorry about your dentist visit. i forgot you were going. hope it wasn't too terrible!

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  2. My heavens! You have been a busy lady! Hope your dentist ordeal didn't last too long. Ouch! I know the feeling!

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  3. Whoa! That was a busy day! I agree with the to do list thing. I never get half the stuff scratched off. And I want to know when you are going to teach the class on all the cute scrapbook stuff ~ sign me up! =)

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