TIME: Jan. 7-12

Jan. 7th: Stayed up late w/ Dave watching a movie. But, we needed this TIME, as he is leaving tomorrow for 6 weeks. Went to bed at 11:30.

Jan. 8th: Stayed up until 12:30 am!!! Yikes!! But, I was trying to get Dave ready to leave today. Now that he's gone , we can get back to "normal," whatever that is!

Jan. 9th: I was up until 11:01 last night. WAY too late, but was trying to process some things a dear friend pointed out to me re. my PURPOSE in life. Tonight, I will be in bed on time-& I'm pretty excited about seeing the new perspective this will give me on my life. More to follow on my family blog.


Jan. 10th: Was up until 9:51. Forgot to clean my kitchen before I sat down at the computer. Boy, am I learning things like-next time I'll clean up right after supper-then do any relaxing before bed.

Jan. 11th: It was 10:02 last night. I was so excited about re-doing the mantle over my fire-place, that I just kept working. But.....I did stop when the temptation to re-organize the kids movies set it. I KNEW I would not be to bed before 11 that way. So, I am learning to pay attention to passing time better. Also, in the past, when Dave has been gone, I have not gone to bed until at least mid-night.

Jan. 12th: Turned out lights at 9:55-late again. BUT......I did get 7 1/2 hours of sleep-which before now, was unheard of while Dave is gone!