There
are a few things in my life that no matter how I try and try to put them on my
to do list and goals list they just never seem to happen and if they do -
don't last long .
Two
of them it seems are happening now
Not
because I am getting more disciplined with good habits but bc I am being forced
into it ! And I am starting to think this may be good for me .
1-
as any of my committed blog readers know when it comes to domestic home stuff (
cooking , cleaning , being tidy in house , etc )I just can't seem to get my act
together.
Now
I do have a few excuses: we do have two homes to take care , my expections of
myself are super high, although I am super organized with planning and systems
etc not so much with house stuff
I
fall really short on the domesticity level . Let's just say it would not be
easy to arrange a marriage for me if I was Indian .
Well
this next month my mom who we pay to help out two afternoon twice a month is
not well and so not working . So I am taking over and it is hard ! But
necessary! And will force me to get better at this stuff . And this time when
she is back I am promising myself not to go back to my old bad habits .
We
had a family meeting in jacuzzi last night and mapped it all out for the kids
and what we would need and expect from them . Whole new life around here and
now all will be doing their own laundry ( only one kid has until now ) and
oldest kid will be grocery shopping every alternate week .
2 -
I have always wanted to spend more alone time with each kid and rarely happens
over the years except for a lunch here and there .
Well
now It naturally happens as we often have two cars to cottage as son comes
later on weekend so I drive home with him alone . Also boys are ski instructors
and beauty being certified to be one so she has Sundays off .Hubby
and I hang out with just her a lot more often and go skiing and skating . Bear
starts driving lessons next week so will be lots of alone time in car for a
year y his side on learners permit
It
is all just naturally figuring itself out as they get older and we are
adjusting and enjoying them one by one in many ways
So
there we go . Baptized by fire !
Now
if only the item if " think about a dog , consider a dog,borrow a dog , get
a dog"
Could
make it from my to do list into reality would be all
Set
!
The
fact I can't even seem to make time to think about a dog is making it pretty
clear to us all we are not getting one anytime soon !!!
