Monday Motivation

  

Monday Motivation Review

10 Goals for Mar 12-18

 Prayer and Community

1. Focus on our Lenten daily offerings and personal prayer time this week.  My girls are protesting the family offerings since they have each given up their own item to sacrifice.  I think we'll scratch this idea and make a sacrifice jar these next 3 weeks (putting beans in for sacrifices and filling with candy on Easter)

   Mon-No screen time
   Tues-No treats
   Weds-Daily Mass as a family or read and discuss daily mass readings
   Thurs-Learn about a new Saint
   Fri-Pray the Stations of the Cross
   Sat-Pray a Rosary/St. Patrick's Day dinner
   Sun-Nothing-a day of celebration!

2. Continue planning a St. Patrick's Day celebration.  A successful dinner party!

3. Plan a mom's night for our homeschool group.  Yes!  This Thursday!

Health 

4. Attend 3 Zumba classes.  Went to 2 classes, since I had 2 left on my punch card and will use those this week.

5. Go to bed by 11pm.  I think I went to bed by 11 on one night!  Most nights I was up until 1 or 2.  I'm still adjusting to the time change!

6. Plan weekly meals and serve them.  Yes, we went out to dinner on St. Patrick's Day, but ate at home the other nights!

Mon-Baked Potato Soup (Pinterest), Tues-Chicken and rice (maybe this or this), Weds-Breakfast for dinner, Thurs-salad and pizza, Fri-Ravioli (crockpot) here from Kim), Sat-St. Paddy's Day (plan menu), Sun-grill

Home Management and Homeschool

7.  Sort and prepare kid clothes for resale/donate  YES!!!  After having this on my checklist for weeks, I finally did it!

8.  Start one more sewing project on my list (camera case, stockings, pillow covers, skirts, quilts for kids' beds) and work with girls on their quilts/aprons.  No sewing this week.

9.  Start getting kids ready for bed at 8:30, lights out at 9pm!  I don't think we succeeded at this but wasn't really paying attention.  Need to be more attentive to their bedtimes!

10. Read books with the boys once a day, listen to Ellie read, and continue the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln books.  I think we did this.

  

Monday Motivation

10 Goals for March 19-25

 Prayer and Community

1. Make a sacrifice jar for the children.

2. Read the daily mass readings or the Divine Office 4x this week.

3. Attend the mom's night out and Stations of the Cross/Potluck dinner.

Health 

4. Attend two Zumba classes.

5. Go to bed by midnight, up before 8am (I know this sounds late, but I'm slowly adjusting)

6. Plan weekly meals and serve them.

Mon-Leftover chicken and rice, Tues-Shepherd's Pie, Weds-First t-ball game (eat out), Thurs-pizza (mom's night out), Fri-baked potato/salad bar potluck after Stations of the Cross at church (bring something), Sat-Bacon Ranch slow cooker chicken (use leftovers for King Ranch casserole), Sun-grill

Home Management and Homeschool

7.  Measure and buy wood for upper bunkbed rails now that Thomas can climb!

8.  Start one more sewing project on my list (camera case, stockings, pillow covers, skirts, quilts for kids' beds) and work with girls on their quilts/aprons.  Friday night sewing night at church after potluck.

9.  Start getting kids ready for bed at 8:30, lights out at 9pm!

10. Read books with the boys once a day, listen to Ellie read, and encourage MC's fun reading with a book report (buy dry erase marker to use on Story Map poster)