For Just One Week

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Well, I was only able to get as far as the gold star (Wed) this week before we got hit with a really nasty stomach flu. My big goal was to take the kids somewhere fun every day and it's just not a good idea to leave home with constantly puking kids. I also learned that going somewhere everyday is really just too much. By Wednesday my kids were getting grumpy and testy because I was wearing them out without rests everyday. But we did have some fun, and here are the pics to prove it.

Monday we went to the Museum of flight and I stood in the actual Air Force One where LBJ was sworn into office after the killing of JFK. Cool.


Here is Monster Man being a total stud:

And here is Cookie looking like a total teenager slouched on a bench listening to her MP3. Really she was just waiting in a very very long line to ride a little toy airplane. =)


Then on Wednesday we went to the park. It was cold. I mean COLD! But it was good to get out.
Thursday we went to McDonalds playplace and I was so grateful that they have stated printing nutritional information on most of their products because reading the calorie and fat counts made it super easy to say no to an apple pie or second burger. Did you know that 4 Big and Tasties alone, without cheese, equals an entire day's worth of calories??? Thank you McDs for helping me eat less!

I didn't play a single game on my phone all week and instead used it to take these pictures and to send emails to loved ones when I was bored.

Cleaning in the junk room went so well... until the stomach flu hit. Then I had to spend most of my free time in the laundry room. But I got so much done in those first three days that it is looking really good. I have to tell you, though, that it was tough to keep this goal as well as I did. Those three days I would go to bed, so very very tired, and remember that I hadn't done my 10 minutes of cleaning. I would lie there, battling it out in my brain whether to get up and do it or not. Each time I just said, "Oh come on, you pansy, it's just 10 minutes for just one week. Just do it!" And I would pull myself out of bed, set my timer, and it was amazing how much got done in that short 10 minutes.

I pretty much hit a wall in that room anyway because now there are just piles of unfinished projects in that room. I don't want to store them, I want to finish them. Which is a perfect segue into my next week's goals.

For Just One Week I will work for 10 minutes everyday on one of my unfinished projects from the office/junk room. I will also stay off the computer everyday until I've completed a 3 subject (read, write, math) homeschool day with Monster Man. AND I will wash, fold and completely put away one load of laundry every single stinkin' day. These are all Mon-Fri goals so that I can rest on the Sabbath and collapse from sheer exhaustion on Saturday.

What will you do, or how did last week's goals work for you? Write a post about your For Just One Week goal(s) and share your post's link here. Please make sure to link to your individual post and not just your regular blog url. Thanks!

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