I love the list… I especially count on #2- staying in and couldn’t live without #5- supportive husband.

Sorry I’ve been such an absent commentor these days. Missed ya!

Sit around eating bon-bons and watching soaps, right? Uh-huh.

I love my stay-at-home mommy job but get really annoyed at the people who think it’s a whole lot of lazy hours. I’ve never worked so hard in my life!

I like #2 on your list. This is very much my personality as well. I go out about once a week with the kiddos and that’s it.

But i do love to get “OUT” of the house. i love shopping and need to do that often to feel refreshed. i am trying to curb that mentality.

i love love love ur blog. u will keep seeing my name all the time thanks for sharing so much. i really do love to write too..just like you..only i dont do it as much…

i multi-task a lot. i am a cleaning and organizing freak..so love to make sure everything is in order. I make sure i dont keep all the ‘heavy’ work on the same day. for example, the day i do laundry, i dont clean the bathroom. i keep a to-do list by my bed that i keep checking during the day. i love to mark things off of it so that itself motivates me to get things done.

but i cannot do ‘things’ past 9:30 pm(unless watching a movie) and i dont even have kids yet. h

how do u stay up so much?

Thanks for sharing the pics of your living space — many of us can relate when you have small children.

Your blog is well written, informative and fun to read! Your blog links are great too.

Dee
http://newenglandnanny.blogspot.com/

I try to keep things simple and organized. It’s easier for me to be productive if I can’t see piles of things all over the place, so I try to make eliminating those piles easy.

We also try to reduce the amount of “stuff” coming into our house in the first place, having places for things to go and ruthlessly getting rid of things we don’t use (if I haven’t used it in a year in the kitchen – out it goes!).

The “places for things to go” is particularly important. If it’s my habit to dump things in a particular place (ahem), then either I need to change the habit or find a way to make the “dumping” look more attractive. Usually changing the habit is pretty hard work!

For instance, we keep a set of laundry baskets in our room and we toss clothes in (lights, darks, “too clean to launder but already worn”)

And if all else fails, I just shove everything into a drawer or closet (out of sight, out of mind, right?).

We do go out a lot, but mostly for walks or other free outings. Elizabeth likes to do new things… I try not to think of these as activities that are getting in the way of getting things done because really they are part of my job as being a mom. Sometimes I can combine them with other things that need doing like depositing money or grocery shopping.

I try to plan my week out in advance – it saves a lot of time in the grocery store and at meal prep time if I already know exactly what I’m making! And if I know which chores I’m aiming to complete, it helps me keep perspective on what is doable in the week and what I have accomplished!

I definitely need to get more focused. I would love to see a sample of your goal sheets and dream doodles (with fake info of course LOL) if you’re able to share.

As for TV, well that’s a whole other story. I’m totally addicted to Reality TV and it’s our time to just wind down but I do want to cut out some of the shows that I watch come Fall.

In fact, I totally agree with the TV thing- mostly because it’s just violent and nasty. HOWEVER, it will be on for the next 3 weeks for the Tour De France!!