One Goal a Day

Since I've been home, my husband has come home to the house being in a little bit of disarray more times than not. You see, I am one of those people that thinks I can get 200 things done in one day. With 2 little ones at home, that is extremely difficult. As I've gotten older, I've also got less attention span than ever before. I jump from one thing to the next. One thing reminds me of something else, so I leave that "one thing" I was working on and go to that "something else". It is a never ending process. So before I know it, I have 10 different things going on! Projects, laundry, 1/2 a bathroom cleaned, food out but not heated up or eaten. I mean, I am all. over. the. place. I also think it's in the female gene to focus on more than one thing at a time. Whereas, I tell my hubby to do 5 different things within a 7 minute period and he says, "I CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME, SO WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO!!??" Hmmmm...I have to think on this for a while because I want him to do it ALL, right NOW! Ha! So, he came home from work one day, looked at the house, and laughed. He said something has GOT to be done differently. I do mean well, but I'm a little over my head sometimes. Between the boys (my #1 priority), Scentsy stuff (my #2 priority), the house and all that comes with a house, ViSalus, taking care of 3 dogs, and of course facebook, pinterest, texting, email and now blogging...how can one divide her time? Yikes! So he said he wants me to set ONE goal for myself per day. What? Are you KIDDING me? Apparently we are NOT wired the same! However, I do have to take a step back and figure out what is realistic. So I agreed to this "one goal a day thing". It has helped but I definitely haven't mastered it. My brain does not function only concentrating on getting ONE thing done in a day.

Yesterday I had to get the house clean, bring G to the Dr, go to Target and have our ViSalus Challenge party. All with caring for 2 little boys who are far from being independent at this point :) Well, one realistic goal I have now set is that yes, I want my house picked up and put together, but it is extremely unrealistic to think I can clean it the way I used too when we were first married and keep it clean for more than 5 minutes! When we were first married, even for having our parents over, I drove my husband crazy because I would scrub the floors, dust every ledge, vacuum...I mean, the apartment had to be clean from top to bottom. Not only that, but a clean house to me also meant all the laundry was completely done, folded and put away. Fast forward 5-1/2 years and now cleaning the house for people to come over means the kitchen is clean with no dirty dishes in the sink, even though there may be some dirty in the dishwasher. The couch pillows ON the couch, not on the floor trying to be a fort or surrounding baby G. The bathroom picked up and at least the toilet cleaned, because who wants to use a toilet that an almost 3 yr old gets off of when he's not QUITE done going potty!? Not me! The toys are actually put IN the toy room. Floors are maybe at least swept and swiffered a bit, but swiffering a floor is not cleaning a floor to me. And mind you, this is NOT the treatment our family gets any more, this is for people who aren't family. Sorry to all of our immediate family. And thank you to my mom, for showing me what "clean", compared to "picked up" really means.

Anyway, everything was accomplished! Hooray! Even bringing both boys to G's Dr appointment was a success. If I remember correctly, this is the first time I brought both boys with to the Dr. And all by myself. I brought G to the Dr just to get his reflux, or whatever you want to call it, checked out again. As it has gotten increasingly worse. However, he is a "happy spitter", he's not uncomfortable and he's thriving with growth, so there's not a whole lot we can do. She wants me to try cereal on a consistent basis for a week and give her a call to let her know if that has helped. She said we could go to Children's and get an upper GI test done to see if there's anything else going on than just reflux, but our chances sound pretty slim because he's a "happy spitter". If there was something else going on, he would most likely be uncomfortable. However, if it doesn't calm down by the time he's 9 months old, than we will have the test done. Seriously...4 more months of this? Lord, help us! :)

Trav and I had a successful ViSalus party with getting one promoter on our team! This week I've gotten one promoter for ViSalus and one recruit with Scentsy! I LOVE my jobs! I love every ones support and encouragement. And best of all, I love being appreciated for my hard work when it doesn't even feel like I've been working hard...because I love what I'm doing! I can not wait for my Rock U training with Scentsy this weekend!

When I went to my first Rock U training the weekend before I started back at my job, someone gave this to us. She's been reading it every day for years now. I haven't been as good about reading it daily, but I do read it here and there and it definitely spoke to me. I will leave you with this...

The Optimist Creed

~ To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

~ To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.

~ To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

~ To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

~ To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.

~ To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

~ To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

~ To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.

~ To give so much time to improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

~ To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.