A Brand New Year!!

 

 

I did not make resolutions this year. I hardly ever follow through with them and the thought of having to stick to something for an entire year is daunting!!

So this year I decided to issue myself a 31 day January challenge!!

 

I decided I want to waste less. When I make PB & J sandwiches for the girls, I cut off Ella's crusts and throw them away. I make Scarlet a half of a sandwich and she only eats maybe half of that before she's worn out or bored.

 

 

 

Today I conserved by giving Scarlet an ample amount of crust from Ella's sandwich!!

 

And Ella got a slightly slimmer sandwich. She doesn't finish it all anyway and today she did!!

Yay for one of my challenges!!

 



I also wanted to start spending more time outside, weather permitting.

Today we spent 30 minutes on the back porch, watching one of the Hardy boys mow the field. Riveting!!

 

 

 I want to start spending more time together as a family, NOT in our living room. I want to get out of the house.

We rode bikes for Family night.

 

 

 Scarlet cruised in the cozy coup. Which helped out another challenge of staying active. I took the month of December off from fitness. I was sore, tired and my whole house hold was under siege by illness. Both girls had the stomach flu, although I thank them for having it separate with a few days in between for me to mentally recover!! I had a cold. But I'm a big whiny wuss when it comes to head colds. I'd rather have the stomach flu!!

 

 

 More of my personal challenges are:

*Only use the computer in the evenings, after my kids have gone to sleep.

*Say family prayers.

*Wear make up at least 5 days a week. I have super sensitive skin so this might be a hard one. Plus I never go anywhere so it's hard to waste make up on nothing!!

*Start doing school lessons with Ella. Today we worked on telling time!

Above is our new cat. He's not really ours. He's a mangy stray that I started to feed and now he hangs around. He's a fluffy one!! We call him Lion Cat.

 

 

 

And my last personal challenge is to learn to let go of anger. I have a quick temper and have no problem letting others know about it!! I used to be really good at counting to ten before I spoke my mind. Lately, not so good!!

So..... I HATE the desert. But if I didn't live in the desert, I wouldn't get these beautiful roses in mid-December. Everything else is stone dead, but these babies just keep fighting the fight!!