December goals

This is what I have manged to do in December:

• Keep working on my home business plan and keep thinking about what I can do and what I can do about it.

I have managed to spend a little time doing this. Not as much as I would have liked, but it has been a very busy time. However I think I spent a wee bit too much time browsing the Internet in the evening when I could have done something then.

• Write out my goals for the month so that I do not forget about them and not get them done as a result of forgetting them. 

I have done this.

2010 challenges

This is what I have managed to achieve in 2010:

1. Keep paying off the credit card bill and keep spending on it to a minimum.

 We have been keeping paying off as much as possible and with the exception of the Christmas shopping we have done well with not spending on it. However it is still too high.

• Start saving money aside for Christmas.

I did this. Next year I plan to save more money towards it.

• Finish the decluttering.

I have not done this. I have not been doing nothing though. I have manged to clear out a lot of clutter.

• Set up a system for cleaning the home and maintain a clean home.

I have not done this.

• Keep updating my quest journal.

I have not done this. I have found out my quest journal. I need to make the time to organize it now.

• Start writing my short story series and start selling it on E-Bay.

I have not done this. I changed my mind about doing this.

• Work on my temper.

I have done this. I still have my moments (especially when I let myself get influenced by others when they are in a bad mood) but my temper is so much better. I do not have any moments of pure rage.

• Get the younglings to listen to me and do as I ask before I get mad at them.

This is kind of happening. they have their moments when they listen though they also have moments when they do not. I think this is one of those things that needs working on all of the time.

• Start meditating

I have done this. I am not consistent enough and I have found myself not doing it at all during the school holidays.

• Start doing yoga again two or three times a week.

I did this but I stopped.

I think I have done pretty well considering that I had not looked at this list for a while. Next year I need to make sure that I make my challenge list in an easily accessible place.

Happy Christmas

And a funky day has been had by all.

Now that the wee ones have gone to bed I am going to make sure that I finish my visualization board off tonight. I think that the sooner I start doing that the better.

Happy Winter Solstice

And there was a lunar eclipse this morning as well. Sadly I missed a lot of it as I am not good at getting up, but I did manage to catch some of it and I did feel like I was a part of it. I should have made the effort to have got up to have seen more, but I did at least see it.

I put the pictures of the goddesses up that I drew last night and I gave a present to the wee ones.

I have now lit some candles and I will meditate to welcome in the new solar year.

I will get better at this as we do it more often but I am glad that I took part in the winter solstice this year. The wee ones also enjoyed it as well.

Bright blessing to all.

Visulization board

The latest edition of Spirit and destiny was in the shops today so I picked up a copy. There was an interesting article about the powers of visualization. There were some examples of women who had done this and what they had achieved.

So today I have ordered a board so I can put pictures of the things that I want to happen so I can visualize them.

I think I will start off with an uncluttered home.

Written out

I have been a good girl and I have written out the list of my goals for this month. I need to make sure that this is done at the start of the month. I also need to make sure that I keep checking on the list throughout the month so that it does not still not get forgotten.

I have also read some more of the home business book that I have got. I showed it to my friend and she would like to borrow it as she thinks that it could be interesting as well. Though I have lost the list that I had written out with things that I like doing. I think what I will have to do is write it out again and then type it up so that I will have a copy that is safe.

December goals

These are the goals for December.

Keep working on my home business plan and keep thinking about what I can do and what I can do about it.

Write out my goals for the month so that I do not forget about them and not get them done as a result of forgetting them.

I have not set myself much to do this month as I know that I will be very busy.

November goals

This is what I have managed to achieve this month:

Get myself organized. I need to find out what I want to do in life and start to think about how I am going to achieve it. Work on keeping calm and motivating myself and keep myself motivated.
     I have done parts of this. I have not been meditating, but I have managed to keep myself a lot calmer when dealing with the wee ones. I need to start meditating before bed though. That will get easier once I have got a CD player. I have not got myself organized though but i have been giving thought about what kind of a home business I would like to have (I have written a list of the things that I like to do) and I have spent some time looking through the home business guide book that I have got.

I need to sort out and organize my quest journal.
     Oops I have not managed to do this.

I have not done that well but I think I will have to make sure that I will do better in January (I will make next months a nice and easy one for me)

Yoga

Tonight I did what I have been threatening to do for a while. I have done some yoga.

I got out of the habit of doing it and before I knew it I had stopped doing it.

Not too long ago though I saw an inexpensive Yoga DVD in one of the local shops and I thought I would get it. It was a lower body workout. I then had a look on the Internet and found the matching DVD for the upper body workout.

I did both of the DVD's tonight. It was really good and afterward as I decided to meditate as I did not think the relaxation section was like what I am used to. Though I must confess that I am really glad that I did as meditating has made me feel so much better. I have really been struggling with my bad temper recently. It is nice to just feel that serenity that I have not felt very much recently. I just need to find a way of carrying on this feeling during the day when I struggle the most.

I am very happy that I have managed to do this tonight. I think from now on I shall make both Wednesday and Sunday nights the time when I do the Yoga DVD's.

November Goals

These are my goals for November:

Get myself organized. I need to find out what I want to do in life and start to think about how I am going to achieve it. Work on keeping calm and motivating myself and keep myself motivated.

I need to sort out and organize my quest journal.

October Goals

This is what I have managed to achieve:

Get myself Organized. (Not done, though when I reset this challenge I need to be more specific about what I need to do)

Keep working on the flat. (I have been doing this)

Keep working on the shed.(I have spend some time in there getting stuff cleared out)

I could have done a lot better. I really need to get myself organized and motivated. I think for next month there will only be a single challenge so I can devote more time to doing it.

Clearing the clutter

I decided this morning that as the bucket was being emptied that I would have a quick scout around and get rid of anything that I could do.

I had enough time to have a quick look in the shed and I managed  to get rid of three black bags worth of stuff. I had a quick look at what I was getting rid of and there did not seem to be anything worth keeping.

I am really pleased that I did that. I had set myself the goal of getting that shed cleared by September. the summer was not a good one for me and I ended up doing nothing. So I am glad just to have made some progress. I am so much looking forward to the day when it is all gone.

The paper bucket gets emptied next week so I have to sort through the pile that is in the kitchen. I will set myself the goal of doing that tomorrow.

Quest journal

A while ago I decided to make myself a quest journal.

I decided to do this as I like completing quests in computer games. One of the things that I liked seeing was the progress I had made when it was written out in my quest journal and then seeing it when it was complete, along with the amount of quests that I had completed.

I decided that I should also do this for real life. It would give me a chance to see what I had achieved , and while I would not be given a reward at the end of the quest I would get the same satisfaction from completing the quest.

I had not used my journal for a while but I have started thinking about it recently. I had a look for it where I thought it was but it was not there. Thankfully last night I found it (when my pendulum had predicted that I would find it)

I will set myself the task of getting my quest journal in order and then setting myself some new quests.

I think it will be a good thing for me as I was very happy when I found it (like the journal itself was a good positive thing to have) and from what my tarot reading said about the next six months I am going to need all of the positivity possible.

Finding motivation

Recently. Well actually since the start of the summer holidays I have been lacking motivation. I have been finding it far too easy to put off jobs.

But now what I want to do and what I need to do have now stacked up into such a pile that I am totally overwhelmed and that has lead me to do none of them.

I think what I need to do is make out a list of what I want to do and what I need to do and then work through them one at a time.

Now all I need to do is get the motivation to write out the list...argg it is never ending (well that is the way it seems)

I am going to contact a magazine that I have been reading and ask if there is a spell to help me with my motivation. I will set myself the goal of doing that tomorrow.

October Goals

These are my goals for October:

Get myself Organized.

Keep working on the flat.

Keep working on the shed.

September goals

This is what I have managed to achieve in September:


Get myself organized
I have started to get myself organized again. I still have more to do but I have made a start.




Get the flat organized
I have also started to do this. I have been clearing through the clutter.

Look through the goals for 2010 and see what needs to be done.
I have not done this.

I have not done too badly this month. I could have done better though. I will make sure that I do better next month.

September Goals

There may not be many in number but they are pretty big challenges:

1. Get myself organized
2. Get the flat organized
3. Look through the goals for 2010 and see what needs to be done.

That is more than enough to keep me busy.

August goals

I was not able to give myself the kick up the ass that I needed. It did not help that I got Bell's Palsy and then not long ago I got Shingles.

I have started learning Japanese though and while I listen to the lessons I have been getting housework.

I need to get into a routine that when the wee ones are away at nursery in the morning I do more than just sit on the computer.

I have said this before but I really need to set myself a time table out.

I also need to write out a list of the things that I would like to do so I can get them more organized.

Operation remotivate

Over the last week or two I have realized that I have let myself become unmotivated and lazy. Spending too much time on the computer and not getting anything done. My home is becoming a mess again, the clutter is still there and the shed that I had set myself for getting cleared by the time that my parents come up in September has not had any work done on it all.

This has to change. Today was when I really realized just how little I have done over the last few weeks. The school holiday is nearly over and I have done nothing. I have not only not taken the wee ones to the beach but I have not even taken them around the wood for a walk. I have done nothing at all with them. I know we have not had good weather but I could have done something with them. I will have to make it up to them during the weekends.

I do think that going back to school will be good for me as it will give me the motivation that I need. I think I have found that unless I am pushed I am happy to procrastinate. I need to work on that. I feel bad that I have done so little over the last month and a half. I know I needed a rest but I took it too far. I also need to do a better job next summer. I cannot let this summer be repeated.

Tomorrow I am going to get some work done on the shed.

August goals

These are my goals for August:

Give myself a kick up the ass.

July Goals

1. Get rid of the clutter from the home.

I have got rid of the majority of the clutter

1. Keep working on the shed.

I have done this

1. Find fun things to do with the younglings over the summer.

I have not done this

1. Keep limiting the time the younglings spend on the computer and how much TV they watch.

I have done this.

Clearing through the clutter

I have been working on the shed today and I managed to sort out two black bags worth of stuff to get rid of.

Even though I have got rid of a lot of stuff it still looks incredibly cluttered still. I will be glad when I have eventually got rid of it all. I have set myself the goal of getting it done by the time that my mum and dad come up in September to help us decorate the flat.

July goals

Here are my goals for the month (Oops a day late but sadly my computer died)

1. Get rid of the clutter from the home.
2. Keep working on the shed.
3. Find fun things to do with the younglings over the summer.
4. Keep limiting the time the younglings spend on the computer and how much TV they watch.

I think that should do for now

Sorting through the younglings clothes

For the last few days I had been planning on sorting through the younglings clothes but sadly there was something that got in the way of them.

Not today though. I managed to get the job done and it looks so much better. The smallest age range that I found there was 9 - 12 months, but most of the clothes that I took out was 2 - 3.

I just need to make sure that it stays neat and organized now.

This is what it looked like before:

This is what it looked like after:

Getting organized

Recently I have been recording some TV programmes to watch. One of them was turning women into the perfect housewife. The other one was How clean is your house.

As I watched them I found myself not only learning things from them but using them as well. As I was watching them I was cleaning and organizing the flat. Clearing away the clutter.

Today I worked on the living room. I moved the board games that were on top of the book cabinets as well as the clutter that was on top of the fridge. They look so much better now.

The best thing is that I finally feel like I am winning the war. I still have a long way to go, but I have reached a turning point. I feel like I am also organizing my time better as I have got things done today that I have put off for a while. It has taught me that I need to keep making sure that I get my priorities right. I also need to make

I also started sorting through my photography magazines as well. I finally feel that I am beginning to get organized. As well as organizing my time better and getting my priorities right (I spent too much time on the computer looking at things that were not worth wasting my time on)

I think this picture is appropriate for how I feel at the moment (Eek using a proper motivational poster as well)

Clearing through the clutter

Well I have got the bit between my teeth and I have been sorting through the shed.

I decided yesterday that I would just pick out a black bag, have a quick look through to make sure that there is not anything that I really want or need, or anything important. After a quick sift the bag got put in the bucket. It was not long before I had got rid of two bags.

When I put out the neighbors bucket out this morning I noticed that there was only one black bag in the bucket. I knocked on the door to ask if I could put some black bags in there. There was no response. I decided that as the bucket was being emptied that I would put the stuff in anyway.

I managed to get rid of five bags this morning in about forty minutes. I am very impressed with what I have managed to do. There is still a lot of stuff to get rid of, but it is good to see such progress being made.

Applying for an ILA

I thought that I would get another ILA pack sent to me as I am not sure where the one that they sent me was.

I went onto their site and was going through the section to apply for the new pack when it told me that I was not eligible for a an ILA. I think I will have to phone them up tomorrow to ask what was happening as well as searching for the pack that I have got.

Busy in the shed

My dad said he would take some things up to the refuse tip tomorrow so when I was sorting out some things to take I decided that if I put all of the loose paper into bags then I will be able to get the shed looking better and it would make the job of sorting through it easier.

As my mum and dad had taken the wee ones out I had a great chance to sort through the shed. I managed to get quite a pile of stuff to get taken away tomorrow. It will be nice to see it cleared away.

I spent most of the day in the shed bagging up things but it looks so much better now. There is space there now and we can get in without too much trouble.

In fact there was so much space made I decided that I would move all of the junk from the wee storage cupboard and put that in the shed as well. I was able to move a lot of stuff from there and it now means that we can also walk in there without problems.

I cleared the shelves so I could move the shoes that were in the porch and put them out on the shelves. They are all set out nicely which will make it much easier to find them when I need them.

I am really proud of the work that I have managed to get done. It really has made a difference.

All I need to do is to make sure that I do go through the stuff in the shed and get rid of it as I really have had enough of the clutter.

Working on my corner

I have been working on my corner for the last couple of days. I started on the book case. I took everything out and gave it a good clean.

After that I went through the books and put aside any that I no longer want. There are some books that I have not read for years. Heck there are some books that I have got that I have not even read at all. My friend said that she would take them up to the cahrity shop the next time that she went. that will clear away a lot of stuff.

I cleared a lot of stuff from the shelves and I removed the brokn shelf. That makes more room for the printer.

There are still some things that I still need to go through but it is looking so much better. I have even cleaned the tubes that I have got for my incence.

June goals

These are my goals for June:

1. Sort through the younglings clothes and find any that are too small for them.
2. Clear my desk of clutter.
3. Apply for ILA
4. Get to bed at a decent time (Lights out by 12 at the latest)
5. Keep working on the shed.

I will make sure that I print out this list so that I can easily keep track of my challenges for the month.

May Goals

This is what I have done with this months goals:

• Start working on clearing out the shed.

I have started clearing the clutter from the shed.

• Investigate where the mice are getting in.

I have had a look around and I cannot see where they could be getting in. There must be somewhere hidden. Though I have not seen any mice recently, so I am hoping that there will be no more.

• Start going to bed at a decent time.

I have not been doing this.

• Get rid of more clutter from the home

I have been doing this. Not as much as I should but I have been doing some.

• Apply for an ILA

I have not done this.

It has not been  bad. It could have been better though. I will have to apply myself better next month.

Making progress

I have started working on the shed. I have managed to clear out some things. It does not look like I have done anything so far but I know that I have got rid of stuff.

I have also really cleared out the kitchen. I decided that after seeing my friends kitchen that I should also do something about it. I spent all day Saturday cleaning it. I still need to clean the floor. I will have to do that tomorrow morning as I have left it too late to do today. I have managed to free up space on the surfaces so we have now got more space in the kitchen to work on.

I just need to make sure that it stays like that. It will be tough as I will have to be working constantly to keep it that way and my partner is not much help at times, sadly. I will just do the best that I can.

Anger management

I have had a bad couple of days with my temper. I have been really snippy with the younglings over the last couple of days.

It did not help that I have been trying to concentrate on typing up my story and have not responded well to getting my concentration broken. It was my fault really for choosing to do something that required concentration when the younglings are awake.

I really need to keep working on my temper. I do not like it when I get mad and I do not want to keep apologizing for getting mad at my younglings.

May the force be with me.

May challenges

The challenges for this month are:

1. Start working on clearing out the shed.
2. Investigate where the mice are getting in.
3. Start going to bed at a decent time.
4. Get rid of more clutter form the home
5. Apply for an ILA

I think that will do for this month.

April challenges

This is what I managed to achieve this month:

• Look through the book on how to deal with children's behaviour.
• I have done this. I think it is a book that I will need to keep reading through 

• Keep the flat tidy.
• I have managed to maintain the flat pretty well. Though it is starting to creep up on me it will not take long to sort out again. I will do that this weekend.

• Start sorting through the stuff in the shed.
• I have not done this.

• Sort through my photography magazines.
• I have put the magazines into a pile but I have not sorted through that pile.

• Work on controlling my temper and becoming more chilled out.
•  I have actually done really well. I had a few moments but I was able to calm down quickly. The wost one I actually had tonight after I lost my temper with my eldest for still begin away at nearly ten. I did however manage to calm myself down and talk to him about the fact he needs to go to sleep.

I think I have done pretty well this month. I have been very busy and I have been doing a lot that has taken up time.

Read through book

I have decided that I do not need to make any notes from the book as it is well set out so it is easy to find out what I need to look at easily.

I am glad that I have looked through it and I do think that there is things in there that can help. It will be good to show my partner as well as I think that he can learn a lot from it.

I think I have managed to find a way of keeping calmer. It is hard work and there are times when it does not work. Though at the times when it does not work then at least I am able to calm down quicker. I just have to keep working and working hard to make the change happen.

Not much done during the holidays

I have not been able to get much done as the younglings have been off school and nursery for their Easter holidays.


I have been doing my best to maintain the home after I gutted it but it has been very challenging. The living room looks fine and so does the hall. The bathroom is pretty good but the bedroom and kitchen need some work done. the kitchen seems to be the place that is the most challenging to maintain and the bedroom has got cluttered with clothes. They both will have to be sorted out tomorrow. My partner will be hopefully taking the younglings to his mums house so that will give me the peace and time to do this.

I have found the book that I need to look through as well so I just need to make the time to actually sit down and read through it and take some notes of anything that I find that could be helpful.

I think I will n to wait until next week before I start looking through the photography magazines. The one thing I can do between now and then is just make sure that they are all in the same place.

April challenges

The challenges for this month are:

1. Look through the book on how to deal with children's behaviour.
2. Keep the flat tidy.
3. Start sorting through the stuff in the shed.
4. Sort through my photography magazines.
5. Work on controlling my temper and becoming more chilled out.

I think that will be enough to keep me busy but not too busy.

March goals

Here is what I have achieved:

• Look through the information that I have got about dealing with children and make and relevent notes.
• I have still not done this.
• Work on planning a healthier diet and find some new meals to cook.
• I have tried new recipes and am including more variety to the diet and healthier food.
• Keep working on cleaning the flat.
• I have cleaned the flat.

 I am really pleased with the work that I have done on the flat as I was not doing well at one point but the motivation that I got was enough to get the job done. That I think makes up for the fack that I was not able to get the first challenge done.

Operation clean flat - Weekly report

This week has gone really well. Well the visit from the environmental health next week has been the sort of motivation that I needed.

today I worked on the kitchen. I gutted the place. I got rid of the clutter and I cleaned the side. I got some kitchen cleaner with bleach and I cleaned the sides, cooker, tiles and floor with them. I do not want to use that type of cleaner often but it really needed a good clean today. the only thing that I need to do is the dishes, recycle corner and sink. I will see what I can get done before I crash but if I do not manage it then I have got time tomorrow when I will be able to do it.

The place is looking so much nicer and it feels so much nicer as well.

I really need to make sure that it is maintained.

It is good to know what I am able to get done in a short time. I just need to really apply myself to get the job done. I must confess that I am really shattered now.

Clean like a mad woman

We have got the environmental health coming around next Tuesday to check to see if there is still a damp problem in the flat.

We do not want the place to look a mess when they come around so I have been cleaning like a mad woman.

I cleaned out the bedroom last night (It is looking very funky now)

The living room was cleaned today (while my partner took the younglings)

It is amazing how motivating someone visiting to inspect the flat can be.

I am not looking forward to cleaning out the shed after ward though.

Operation clean flat - Weekly report

This week has not gone too well.

I have had moments where I have managed to get some cleaning and sorting out done, but there is still a big clothes pile to be cleared.

I think that I have just been too tired to get anything done this week.

hopefully next week when I do not have so much rushing about to do I will be able to get more done.

I really need to get organized as the place is rapidly getting as messy as it was when I started this major clean up operation.

Operation clean flat - Weekly report

I have decided that it would be better to report on the progress that I have been making on a weekly basis.

Today I did really well with the clothes pile and I put away a lot of them. I also spent some time cleaning up in the kitchen.

I managed to divide my time between cleaning and playing on Oblivion. I think that is an important thing to do. If I am able to achieve balance then that would help so much.

Operation clean flat - Day Nineteen

It was my eldest sons birthday today so cleaning was suspended for the day.

It also did not help that when I got the chance to clean I was feeling too tired to do so.

Operation clean flat - Day Eighteen

While I did not get much done in the morning, I made up for it in the afternoon.

I managed to get two wash loads done. I was able to do this as the weather is dry and warm enough to put stuff outside. If it carries on like this I will be able to get all of the bedding washed. Tomorrow all the towels get washed.

I also opened the windows in the bedrooms to air them. I am not sure if it was due to the window being open but the walls did not seem to be as damp as they are normally. Either that or it is because the weather is getting dryer.

I do think I need to find out my ten minute housework book and have a read through it. While continuing with the major clear out I think this would be good for me to help me keep ontop of the everyday things that need to do. I know my partner does do some things and has offered to do more, I know that I will be the one that ends up doing the majority of it.

I think it is coming to the time when I get a bag to sort through at night time. I have got so much stuff that I am not sure what to do with it. But if I can sort through a bag a day then I will be making progress.

Operation clean flat - Day Seventeen

Today was operation look for my wallet.

I did find my wallet but that meant that a lot of the day was taken up in the search. We did find some toerh things that we had been looking for but not much tidying done.

In the aftermath of the searching I managed to get some things cleared up from the bedroom floor but I am now too tired to get anything else done.

Operation clean flat - Day Sixteen

You would not have believed how much time you can spend sorting through clothes. I spent a lot of time sorting through the clothes in the younglings room. I folded up the clothes that they can wear now and sorted some clothes to take to the clothes bank.

Though I was not happy when I discovered damp on my daughters princess dress and some mould. I have managed to wipe it down and I will clean it again tomorrow to make sure that it is clean. I put it away to keep it safe and it ended up making it worse. I will put it in my wardrobe from now on as it seems to be better in there. Sadly nowhere seems to be safe in this place.

I will be so glad when we move.

Tht was all that I managed to get done today.

March Goals

Here are my goals for March:

1. Look through the information that I have got about dealing with children and make and relevent notes.
2. Work on planning a healthier diet and find some new meals to cook.
3. Keep working on cleaning the flat.

There are not that many but the last challenge will be the one that will keep me the busiest.

Operation clean flat - Day Fifteen

Today has not been too bad. I spent some time reading today but when I did work I managed to make good progress.

I cleaned in the kitchen. I have still some work to do on the side that is the worst for getting cluttered but the one section is looking lovely. I properly wiped down the sides (I removed everything and wiped it)

I always like seeing the kitchen clean. I will hopefully clear the floor tonight before I crash.

Tomorrow I am going to spend on sorting through the clothes and finding any that are too small for them.

This month I have not been very good with my goals. I have got side tracked by cleaning the flat. I will carry on any goals that I have not done from this month to next month.

• Look through the information that I got about children's behaviour and makes some notes with the most relevant tips on it.
• I have not done this.

• Clear my desk and the area around it of clutter.
• I have cleared my desk and cleared a lot of the clutter from around my desk. It is not as good as I could have done but much better than before.

• Sort through the books and DVD's and get them organized. Also see if there are any that I can get rid of.
• I have sorted through the DVD’s. Sadly the charity shop where I would have taken them has closed so I need to find a new place to take them. I have not yet organized the DVD’s that we will be keeping.

• Start planning out a healthier diet.
• I have not done this. I have been including healthier food in that I know about but I have not found anything new that I can cook.

• Keep working on the short story.
• I have done this but I have not done much at all.

• Get to bed at a decent time from Sunday - Thursday nights.
• I have been getting much better with this. It was put out when I started cleaning as I was working on the clearing out until late at night. I am just going to keep mindful of the time and make sure that I will switching the lights off by the latest of twelve.

Hopefully next month will go a lot better.

Operation clean flat - Day Fourteen

My energy levels are returning and my motivation to clean is as well.

I think one of the things that was really frustrating me was that during the time when I was not feeling good and not getting the motivation to clean my partner continued to do nothing. I am sure that if I would have asked him he would have helped more but I do not like asking him to do things and I would also love for him to be able to do things without being asked. He was able to maintain a clean(ish) home before I moved in so he could do it while we are all here.

It is frustrating to be the person who does all of the cleaning up. My partner clears up after the younglings at the end of the day and he will do the dishes. That is at least something. I just wish he would help a little bit more while I am trying to clear the mountain of clutter that we have accumulated.

I did better today. I did the recycle run Now that we do not have much space in the bucket due to it not being put out last week we have to be really careful. There was so much stuff to get rid of that I had to do two recycle runs. But at least it has been done and the recycle corner is looking so much cleaner.

I cleared the sides by the cooker as well as the cooker. They are looking much cleaner. I think I will wash the floor tomorrow.

I have not made the plan for the week yet but I know what I will be doing tomorrow. In the morning after I have done the shopping I will just spend some time on the Internet.

In the afternoon I will clean the kitchen and the hall. In the evening I will spend some time on our bedroom clearing the stuff from the floor.

Operation clean flat - Day Thirteen

Today went a lot better. I feel like I have got some more energy back.

I did some work in the living room and the kitchen.

I think tomorrow I will completely clean the kitchen out.

I think I will just have a quick clean up before I go to bed. I will again try and remember to write out a plan tonight as well.

Operation clean flat - Day Twelve

Again another day when I have not got much done. Today I again felt so tired that I have not had the energy to do anything.

Strangely enough though like last night I did have a return to me in the evening. Even though I am tired I am able to get something done before crashing. Tonight I had a good clear up around the living room.

Last night I managed to clear the clothes and get the work done in the kitchen that I wanted.

I think that if I can clear the living room and make it look decent and a little work in the kitchen then that will be good enough. I will see if I can get working on a plan for next week. I definitely need more structure to my clean up operation otherwise it is just going to fizzle out before I have finished it.

Operation clean flat - Day Eleven

Well today has been just as bad as yesterday. I did not get the chance to put the bucket in time so I will have to make it last another fortnight. I feel that I will be able to do it but I will have to be really careful.

I sadly felt really fed up today so I had absolutely no energy to do anything.

Thankfully by the end of the day this began to lift and I managed to get the shoe section and hall cleared.

Tomorrow I am going write out a plan of action next week. As the days are progressing I really need to do this to know what I need to do next and to keep the motivation going as well.

I think today will not have been wasted if I can just fold the clothes in the fireplace and get some of the sides cleared in the kitchen.

May the cleaning force be with me.

Operation clean flat - Day Ten

I had high hopes for what I was going to do today.

This was sadly thrown out of the window as I was not feeling very well.

Ah well better luck tomorrow.

I did manage to clear a lot of stuff from the floor of our bedroom last night. If I am able to I will see if I can clear some more of the stuff away and get our bedroom clean. Hopefully I will be feeling much better then.

Operation clean flat - End of day Nine

I have been working on the living room today. I cleaned the back of the computers and I cleared the fire place.

I also made good progress in the kitchen clearing the sides again. It is scary just how quickly the kitchen gets cluttered.

I think that is going to be the main challenge from now on. Now that the days are racking up I will have to find a way of combining the decluttering/clear out and the daily cleaning.

I think I will have to invest some time tonight. I will go through to the bedroom earlier than normal and clear out some things before I go to bed.

It will not be long before I truly will be like the woman in this picture:

I really need to make sure that I get to bed at a reasonable time tonight. I have not been too late recently, but I have not been getting off to sleep very well so I have not been getting a good sleep. I think I will try meditating to help me sleep. I have not been very good with meditating recently but it is not like I have forgotten how to do it.

I also need to print a list off of what this months goals are. What with getting caught up with the cleaning, I have been lapse with the goals. Thankfully at least I have not left it too late.

Operation clean flat - End of day Eight

Wow one week has passed already. I am pleased with the progress but I really need to keep up the good work and set a goal for when I finish the flat.

Today I discovered why some days I am not able to get much done.

In the morning I had to go out to the shops, by the time I got back there was not much time at all to get anything done before I went to collect the twins.

I managed to get washing sorted when I got back but before too I had to go out to collect my eldest.

I did not get much chance to get much done when I got back and of course by the evening I am now feeling rather tired as I did not get a good sleep last night.

Better luck tomorrow (at least I know how the slow days happen, I just need to hope that these days only happen once or twice a week as these days contribute to me not keeping on top of the housework)

Operation clean flat - End of day Seven

Today is a day of rest.

I had a lovely lie in and that was when I decided to have a day off from the mass clean up. I think I needed a day off. I will have the energy that I need tomorrow.

I have kept up my usual day to day cleaning though (that is important in the kitchen as that gets messy very quickly)

In the evening however I did sort through some of the bags of stuff that need sorting through while I watched Avatar.

Operation clean flat - End of day Six

Today was not just working on the bedroom, keeping on top of the work that I have already done but washing like a mad womna day.

Thankfully there was not much needed to be done in the living room and I know that I can really get to grips with it on Monday when the twins and my eldest are at school and nursery.

While I did not completely clean the bedroom I made a really good start. I picked all of the clothes off the floor and in the evening when I was watching TV I folded them up. I also  I will put them away before I go to bed. I will be able to do so without disturbing the younglings. Watching Avatar has been very good for me getting jobs done.

There was so much washing to be done that it will take several days of intense washing to get on top of things. Today there was one load drying on the radiators, I washed another load and once that was washed I was able to get that on the radiators once the other clothes were drying. There is now another load in the machine waiting to get washed and the washing basket is still full (with about two more washloads in)

Every time I start making a dent with the washing then yet more comes along. The laundry is truly like the house work - a never ending job.

Ooh and I have just noticed that the side above the fire needs clearing again. Thankfully there are only a couple of bits there, but that is how it always starts out.

Operation clean flat - End of day Five

Today was just a maintain the work that I have already done day.

I did manage to sort through some more of the clothes that were on the bedroom flooor. But I did not do that much.

I did discover a damp part in our bedroom. I took off the damp wallpaper and I washed down the wall and the back of a cupboard with Anti-Bacterial spray. We really are going to have to move this year. I am going to start looking for private let places while phoning up to pester the housing association.

Operation clean flat - End of day Four

Today has not been such a busy day. I did not get a great sleep last night so I was very tired today.

I did managed to sort through the twins night ware and put aside stuff that they have grown out of, stuff that smelt musty so needs to be washed and paired up pyjamas so that it will be easier to find.

I also started picking up any clothes that are on our bedroom floor. The bedroom will be a big job but the best time to tackle that will be at the weekend when I will have less interruptions,

I also managed to clear the kitchen floor. There was not too much stuff but I want the kitchen floor to be completely clear of stuff so it will be easier to keep clean.

Unfortunately what with one of my favorite animated shows being shown on the TV and cleaning getting to bed at a good time as come into conflict. The show finishes next week and even though I will no doubt will be cleaning like a woman possessed I will be able to get to bed at a better time again.

I am feeling really good about how the flat looking though.. I feel like something is also changing in me as I am doing this. I think that is how I am managing to keep motivated. It is always the same feeling when I actually get things done rather than just put them off.

I need to find a way to tap into this so that I can stop myself from putting off things that should not be put off.

Operation clean flat - End of day Three

Last night I managed to clear the fire place and the side that is above it. It is looking really good now.

I did not get the chance to do much work in the kitchen, but I did do a lot of work in the living room. I cleared my partners desk and I cleared a lot of stuff away from my desk. I also cleaned the des (it was very dirty)

I am really pleased with what I have managed to do so far. I am really beginning to see the improvement.

I told the twins today that they have got to start helping me keep the flat clean. I asked them if they like seeing the home clean, thankfully they said yes. I then told them that they need to help me keep it clean.

The one thing that is bugging me is the lack of appreciation from my partner. He has not mentioned my work at all, he did not even thank me for cleaning his desk. I am not feeling that happy about that.
He is not helping me either at all. Ah well I will just have to show myself the appreciation instead. I will have to give myself another reward at the end (the first reward will just be seeing the clean and uncluttered flat)

Tonights task while watching Avatar will be clearing one of the piles from the book case next to my desk.

Operation clean flat - End of day Two

I did not get as much done today as I did yesterday but I did not expect to do so. I really tired myself out yesterday.

I still managed to get some things done so I am happy. Any progress is good.

I was able to clear more things from around my desk area. It looks so much better and I can move my chair around with no problems.

I also cleared more things from the kitchen side in the kitchen. There is not much stuff left on the one side but I would like it to be completely clutter free.

I think that if I can manage to clear the fire out and clear the side over the fire then that would be great.

Operation clean flat - End of day One

Day one has gone well.

I sadly cannot spend all day on it uninterupted but I managed to make good progress.

I sorted through the clothes, folded them up and put them away.

I cleared the hall of clutter (I want the hall to be completely clutter free)

I cleaned the kitchen.

I feel good to be making progress. Hopefully I will be able to keep up the good work tomorrow.

Operation clean flat

There is a saying that the more cluttered your home the more cluttered your mind.

My mind is very cluttered at the moment and this has to stop. So like a woman possessed I must be to clear out the clutter and regain some order.

So far today I have picked up the majority of the clothes that were dumped in the four corners of the flat and I have put them away.

The next thing will be the hall. It need to be cleared of clutter.

I wish that I was able to maintain the flat without having to clean like a woman possessed. Maybe this time I will be able to do it.

May the cleaning force be with me.

Time to spend some time

With my partner tonight.

though we should be doing this more often and not just waiting for Valentines day.

Things have been difficult between us for a while and while it has not been bad all of the time we do not spend enough quality time together and we never do anything together as a couple. I do worry that if this carries on it will drive us apart permanently. It is so easy to fall into a trap of not doing things together and spending all night on the computer instead of talking to each other.

It is not only knowing how to get out of this habit but actually getting out of it that will prove the challenge. I think what we will have to do is set a night where we spend the night with each other. Just one night a week to start with and see how it goes from there.

At least we will be having a nice night together tonight. now to work out what we will be doing with out time together. I know that we wil be making valentines cards for each other. I think watching a movie together will also be nice. I think we can get something to eat as well. It does not have to be fancy but just as long as it will be just the two of us.

Cleaning my desk area

I have got the chance to clean my desk today. My partner has taken the younglings to his mum and dad's house today.

This has meant that my desk area is free for me to clean. I have still got some work to do but it is much cleaner. My desk area has not been looked after, not just by me but everyone in the household. There was so much junk here.

It is looking so much cleaner now (even though I still have not finished yet) but I know that being at my computer will feel so much nicer.

I think a pat on my back is deserved.

I have started using my Wii again recently. I was inspired by what my friend could get out of it by going online. I got a wireless connector so I am now online. I have been able to download some more channels. I have actually had a lot of fun on it and it has been good to get use out of it. I was feeling bad as it was not getting used and I was beginning to think that it was a waste of money, but now I am using it often I feel like it is no longer going to waste.

Adding another goal

I have decided to add another goal this month.

I have not been getting to bed at a decent time for a while and I think that is one of the reasons why I have been getting short tempered with the younglings and why I have been too tired to meditate and do my yoga as well.

I am going to start setting myself a time when I go to bed from tomorrow. Regardless of whether or not \i need to do things on the Internet I will switch the computer off at 10.30 (I know tonight has gone past it but I have just thought of it) this will give me chance to get ready for bed for 11. I will then be able to read for a bit before crashing.

This should then give me a good sleep. I think if I consistently get good sleeps then I will be able to deal with the odd night when I do not have a good sleep much better. It is getting ridiculous at the moment. I was really snippy with the younglings today, so I have to do something about it before it really does begin to affect the younglings. There will also come a point when not only will they not be so willing to forgive my outbursts but they will respond to my outbursts with ones of their own.

I think I have

All of the DVD's that I can get rid of for now. There is a pretty decent pile of them now and I will be able to take them to the charity shop next week. The strange thing is that even though I have got rid of a big pile of DVD's it does not look like much has gone at all.

I think I will get my partner to look through some tomorrow and see if there are any that he would like to get rid of as well.

I did a good thing today. I washed down the walls in my bedroom. There has been bad damp in the flat and while the problem has been hopefully fixed now there is still some damp hanging around. I managed to get some of the worst spots of damp washed off. I have managed to keep on top of the problem by just washing down the walls with anti-bacterial spray. Hopefully that will make the air quality in our bedroom much better. I think I will also let in some fresh air as well to help.

Sorting through the DVD's

I have been looking through the DVD's and I have managed to find a few that I can give away to the local charity shop. There are a few more that I am not sure about at the moment. I think what I will do with those is put them aside and see how I feel about them in a months time.

I really could do with getting rid of more but I really am not sure I will be able to get rid of that many more. They all seem to be ones that I would like to watch or do watch from time to time.

At least I have been able to get rid of some. I have asked my partner to have a look through them as well to see if there are any that he would like to get rid of.

I just need to sort them out into order now.

February Goals

These are my goals for February:

1. Look through the information that I got about children's behaviour and makes some notes with the most relevant tips on it.
2. Clear my desk and the area around it of clutter.
3. Sort through the books and DVD's and get them organized. Also see if there are any that I can get rid of.
4. Start planning out a healthier diet.
5. Keep working on the short story.
6. Get to bed at a decent time from Sunday - Thursday nights.

January goals

Here is what I have achieved:

• Get my credit card frozen so nothing can get spent on it.

The credit card runs out at the end of this month so spending will stop then

• Start writing my first short story for my series.

I have started writing the first story

• Contact Mills and Boon and ask them some questions about how many words they like to have in a novel and how many per chapter.

I have contacted them and I have had a response from them about what I need to do

• Start working out why I get so short tempered, and see what I can do to stop this.

I have worked out some of the reasons why I get short tempered and I am working on doing my best to get back in control

• Start doing Yoga and meditating once a week.

I have started meditating a few days a week and doing Yoga once a week

• See the twins nursery teacher and my eldest son's school teacher and see if they can offer me some tips at getting them to listen to me without having to raise my voice and getting mad at them. 

I got some information from the twins nursery teacher. I have now scanned some of the information and got a copy of the book that she lent me. Hopefully that will help us.

I think I have done really well this month. It helped that I did not set myself too much to do. But it does feel good to have achieved what I set out to do.

Today I managed to...

Scan the information that my twins nursery teacher passed on to me. I will now be able to give her back the print outs and the book that she lent me.

It has taken a while to get it done, but at least I have managed to do it. I will be able to type out all of the information at leisure. It will be a good way of soaking in what has been said as well.

I have still not managed to...

Scan the information that the nursery teacher passed onto us.

I will make a note to make sure that I do it tomorrow.

It really has not helped that the twins have discovered how to use the computers, so I have not had much time during the day to do it. By the time night comes around I have been too tired to do it. Hopefully my partner will take the younglings out tomorrow so I will be able to get it done then.

There is a slight positive move with my temper. I am still getting short tempered, but I have been able to deal with it a lot better. I have been able to calm down a heck of a lot quicker than before. I have also found that I have not let myself get into such a temper that I have been unable to control it. Hopefully this is the start of eventually being in control of my temper.

I am also being good with restarting doing my bingo wing exercises. I do not have bingo wings, but as I am in my thirties I know that this is likely to start happening to me now. I have also notices my muscles getting looser on my upper arms. I have got some homemade weights (they weigh 1.7KG each) I did not make them too heavy as I want to tone my arms rather than look like Madonna with big muscles. I did them a while ago, but I sadly got out of the habit of doing the exercises and I ended up taking quite a break from doing the exercises.

However, for the last few days I have been doing the exercises two or three times a day with the weights and following them up with some press ups. I can only do five at a time at the moment. I have found that I am managing the five a lot better now. At some point I will increase them up to ten. I can feel the burn after the exercises. I need to keep this up for some months though before I start to hopefully see some results. I just need to make sure that I keep doing them and keep any breaks that I have to being as small as possible (no more than a week if possible)

Oops

Oops, I again forgot about the sheets. I doubt I would have managed to do it, even if I had have remembered though. In the morning I was very busy and the younglings have started hijacking the computers during the day, so there is little chance of getting that done once the twins are home. I am feeling tired, but I will see if I can get some done tonight before I go to bed (I am planning on getting another earlier night in bed.

I did well by getting to bed at a better time. I think I can eventually get to bed at a good time so that I get a decent sleep. Last night while I got to bed at a decent time was hampered by the fact that it took me a while to get to sleep. It has not happened for a while but I was not able to sleep very well. I think though that the meditation is helping me to empty my mind because as soon as I realized that my mind was racing with too many thoughts I started to empty it and calm it down. It did not take me long to fall asleep after that.

I have been managing to meditate every day. I am happy with how it is going. At the moment if I can keep meditating most days then that would be great.

I did some work on my short story

I managed to get some work on my short story in the morning and I am going to see what I can get done before I go to bed. I think tomorrow morning what I will do is just work on getting a good list of names to choose from. I need to name the town where the short story series is set as well as thinking of names for the new characters that I am going to introduce.

I however did not scan in the sheets that I had meant to. I completely forgot. I will have to see what I can do tomorrow. I will have to go to the shop in the morning, so time will be short in the morning. I will just do what I can.

My main object for tonight is getting to bed at a better hour than yesterday so I get a good sleep.

I have been good girl tonight

I did Yoga again tonight. I thought about not doing it for this week as I had the thought 'blimey Sunday has come around quickly again' I then thought that it would be a good idea to at least get some done though as it would not take up much time. I ended up doing the whoe DVD. I am really glad that I made the effort.

I can tell that my muscles have not been stretched for a long time. However the exercises that I did last week did not seem so bad this week, so I know that when I do the Yoga again next Sunday it will continue to feel better. I would like to find some stretching exercises that I can do on a daily basis to help as well. I will have to see what I can find.

I need to make the time to work on my short story. I think what I will do is set aside half an hour in the morning when the twins are at nursery when I can work on my story.

Tomorrow morning I need to scan in the information that the nursery teacher gave me so that I can return them.

Getting short tempered again

Recently we had a bit of conflict with our new neighbors due to what I think was my daughter making a noise in the middle of the night by rocking in the reading chair causing it to bang against the wall.

This has made me really on edge about any noise they make in the house and it has also made me short tempered when out and about.I need to make sure that I do something so that I can get back in control of this again.

I know a good sleep tonight will solve this. Though my partner and I are arguing again over who gets a lie in on a Saturday morning. I can see that I will lose my Saturday morning lie in. I will probably get a Sunday morning lie in but I am still not happy about it. It is not my fault that he likes to get drunk.

Making progress

Even though I have been so busy I have manged to start typing out some of the information that my twins nursery passed onto me. I will also scan them so that I have got access to the pictures as well. It also means that I do not have to rush to type out it before I hand it back. I will pass it back to her on Friday.

I have also been trying to calm myself down. When I can sense my temper begin to spiral I stop close my eyes and take a big breath before I reword what I was going to say in a calmer voice.

Maybe the meditation is having an effect. I am not sure when I will get the time to meditate tomorrow as I will be visiting my friend in the morning. I will have to make some time in the evening. It is worth it, especially if it is having a positive effect on me.

Today has been a productive day

Today has gone well.

In the morning I managed to read through the information that the twins nursery teacher lent me to read. I will take notes from one of the things that she lent me and I have ordered the book that she let me read. I managed to get it from Amazon for 1p.

After what I read I have set up a calm down/time out area in the landing. There is nothing else in there except the cushions that they will sit on. It is the only place that I can put them at the moment but I think it should work.The few times that I needed to use it today went well. My youngest son spent some time there and so did my daughter. They did not like it there, but they sat there and did not move. Hopefully this will help.

I had a think about why I get so short tempered. I think it is a combination of being raised by short tempered parents and living with a short tempered partner. Also not being able to deal with stressful situations that has let to me being short tempered. I looked up some information about keeping calm on the Internet. I have printed it out and I will read through and use the techniques that it has advised.

I checked my E-Mail today and I have got a reply from Mills and Boon about how many words to write. It was better than I had have hoped. They sent me a word document with a lot of different information about what they require from their different types of romance. It will not only help me know how much to write but how to write it as well. It basically what what was available on their site but it saved me the time of looking through it. It also saved me the time of copying it and pasting it into a Word document to do the same thing myself.

I meditated for longer today and even though my mind wandered a bit more today I was able to get my focus back. It did not help that I was tired so at some points I was drifting off to sleep. I am however pleased that I was able to keep going and I was able to refocus on the meditation.

I am really pleased with how well I did today. I really like it when days are naturally productive as I can get much done on them.

I did Yoga tonight

And I can really tell that it has been a while since I last did it. I think it about a year since I last did Yoga. Though it did not help that I carried a lot of heavy bags. It will do me good though to start stretching again. The backs of my legs felt the worse. I will start off at doing it once a week and then after I have got used to that I will start doing it twice a week. I do not want to do it too many time a week though as it could easily become a chore.

I nearly forgot to do it but I decided to watch a Michael Palin programme and next to the DVD was the Yoga DVD. I then thought that i would not be able to do it as I could not find a playstation remote. After my partner located one I then could not see where I had put the DVD.

Thankfully I found it so I was able to do it. I did not do the full thing as I started later than I would have wanted and I also wanted to take it easier for the first time. I did three out of four sections though. I had onlky planned on doing the standing up sections, but I decided that when I was doing it that I could manage the last section. I am glad that I did as the last one is not that long and fairly easy.

I am very pleased that I managed to do this tonight, I just need to make sure that I keep up the good work.

I started writing my short story

I started writing the first short story in a series of short stories that I am planning on writing. I did not write much of it but I chose which one that I would start with and I thought out the main plot to the story. As a result of working out the plot I have now thought of an idea of another story for the series.

I just need to start working out names and places. I think I will have a page where I can just brainstorm names for people and places. I do find thinking of names rather difficult. I think I will use a lot of traditional Scottish names as well as Pictish names as well. I will see what I can find.

I also had a look on the Mills and Boon website. I found some useful things on the website. There are some tips for aspiring authors and how to submit work.

Tips for aspiring authors
Submitting work

It does not state anything about how many words they would ideally like but I have noticed that the E-Mail that you use for submissions is also one that can be used for enquiries. I have sent an E-Mail asking them how many words they like to have in their novels. Hopefully I will get a responce to that.

Starting my first short story of the year

The month goes by so quickly, so that before I know where I am we are half way through. It has also made me realize that I should not set myself too many monthly challenges as it would become too difficult to achieve and at time become a chore. Another reason is that I must remember to make time for me to complete the yearly challenges.

I have not heard from Mills and Boon, so I need to find another way to contact them. I might see if I can find a phone number so I can get a direct answer (either that or palmed off with an excuse)

I have managed to meditate every day since I started. I know that it has only been a couple of days, but I am very happy about it. Even though I was really snippy with my daughter today I do feel better for meditating. I do not meditate for that long but I think that it is better that I am at least getting something done. When the twins have started school I can meditate for half an hour easily. Also by then I will have gotten into a good routine regarding that.

I meditated today

I have been meaning to meditate for some days and I managed to get it done today. I did not meditate for long but I felt that it did some good. I think I could happily manage to meditate for about fifteen minutes a day.

I have got lots of meditation guide MP3's but there were none that I was really happy with. I decided to just listen to some calm music and meditate from what I have learned so far.

I think it went really well. I felt really calm afterwards and when I can feel myself getting stressed I can remember the feeling that I had when I was meditating.

I also got some books to read from the twins nursery teacher. I will not bother speaking with my eldest son's  teacher. The books seem to be good and I will start reading through them tonight and see if there is anything helpful in them.

Today I managed to...

Speak with one of the nursery teachers about getting the younglings to listen to me. I had a fright when my eldest and my daughter ran across the road even though I had told them to wait. My daughter then decided to run back, even though there was a car backing down their drive toward her.

I was shouting to stop and thankfully even though there is snow about the car was able to stop.

The teacher was really helpful and said that she would look through some things and write down something for me. That is really nice to do so much for me.

I will decided when I have seen what she has done for me before I decide whether or not I speak to my eldest son's teacher.

She did tell me one thing. She said that with children they turn raised voices and shouting into background noise. She said that there are times that they will notice more if I go right up to them and tell them quietly. I will try that one out for sure.

I also managed to contact Mills and Boon and ask them how many words like to have in one of their books. I hope they reply to my question. I did not ask them about how many words per chapter as it seems to vary per author, so I am guessing that it is down to the author to choose how many words per chapter and how many chapters there are.

January challenges

I think it time that I start up my monthly challenges again. I stopped doing it but i think it is good for me to do this. It will be a good way to motivate myself.

My January challenges will be:

1. Get my credit card frozen so nothing can get spent on it.
2. Start writing my first short story for my series.
3. Contact Mills and Boon and ask them some questions about how many words they like to have in a novel and how many per chapter.
4. Start working out why I get so short tempered, and see what I can do to stop this.
5. Start doing Yoga and meditating once a week.
6. See the twins nursery teacher and my eldest son's school teacher and see if they can offer me some tips at getting them to listen to me without having to raise my voice and getting mad at them.
   

I think that will do for this month. If i am able to manage doing this then after a while I will be able to increase what I set for myself, but I think this should be good to start with.

Challenges for 2010

It is that time of the year again when challenges are made. I am really happy with how I managed last year, so hopefully I will be able to do just as well this year and obviously I would like to improve on last year.

My challenges for 2010 are:

1. Keep paying off the credit card bill and keep spending on it to a minimum.
2. Start saving money aside for Christmas.
3. Finish the decluttering.
4. Set up a system for cleaning the home and maintain a clean home.
5. Keep updating my quest journal.
6. Start writing my short story series and start selling it on E-Bay.
7. Work on my temper.
8. Get the younglings to listen to me and do as I ask before I get mad at them.
9. Start meditating
10. Start doing yoga again two or three times a week.

I think that is enough to keep me busy but not too much so that I am overwhelmed.