FOOD: March 23-29th

Mar. 23rd: Finished eating at about 7:35. This is the best "rule" I have ever come up w/! Once I get the hang of it, (& actually REMEMBER that it is my goal), I think it will also be easy & make me feel better.

Mar. 24th: Didn't eat after 7:30! Drank almost all my water.

Mar. 25th: Ditto, except DID drink all my water.

Mar. 26th: Finished eating at 7:30. Did not eat after that, though the thought crossed my mind several times. Drank all my water!!

Mar. 27th: Did eat after 7:30. But, when I remembered my new rule, my fork went down & that was it. Not ANOTHER bite. This is actually one of the easiest "rules" re. food I have ever tried.

Mar. 28th: Ditto.

MONEY: March 23-29th

Mar. 23rd: Didn't shop.

Mar. 24th: Ditto.

Mar. 25th: Ditto.

Mar. 26th: Went in w// a list & came out w/ only things we needed-well, except sidewalk chalk for the girls. Ya!! Hooo!!! Spring has Sprung!!

Mar 27th: Don't remember.

Mar. 28th: Didn't go anywhere.

TIME: March 23-29th

Mar. 23rd: Went to bed at a decent time......read a bit. But, the big news is, Natty went to bed at 7:30 pm!!! Now, today, I can finally start him going on a more normal schedule for a baby.

Mar. 24th: In bed later than I should have been. Natty went to bed well, though.

Mar. 25th: Headed to bed about 10:15 or so. Read. Natty in bed at 7:30!

Mar. 26th: In bed about 11-way later than it should be.....Natty went to sleep about 8:45. Any hints for starting to establish a schedule w/ him?

Mar. 27th: Don't rememer.

Mar.28th: Stayed up too late-watched KU Basketball w/ Ana! :-)
Mark 'em down!!! Moving on!

FOOD: March 16th-22nd

Mar. 16th: Woo!! Hoo!!! Last night at about 9pm, I remembered my new goals for the next few weeks.

Trouble is, I had spent the time between about 7-9 bottling, diapering & tucking in kids. Natty is still rather difficult sometimes to get to sleep.

I did real battle in my mind about whether or not I could still eat-& have a good excuse. But, I couldn't come up w/ the good excuse, so.........

I DIDN'T EAT!!!!

Yeah!
I'm giving myself a round of applause for that one!



Mar. 17th: Man, is it harder to not eat past 7:30pm when you have company! We sat down to eat at 7pm, & had dessert after the kids went to bed.

Mar. 18th: Went out to eat at 7:30........so, there you go!

Mar. 19th: Forgot about new rules, since things were a bit CRAZY at my house yesterday.

Mar. 20th: Ditto

Mar. 21st: Ditto

Mar. 22nd: Remembered the rules!!!! At 7:11 last night, & I had started to cook myself some food, which wasn't done until 7:45......but I ate until I wasn't hungry, put the food away & didn't eat anymore!

MONEY: March 16th-22nd

Mar. 16th: I figured out an easy way to not spend more money than I should. Send Dave to the store....although he sometimes comes home w/ things I wouldn't-like a huge tub of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.
We just joined the new COSTCO by our house-so this tub is HUGE!!!

Mar. 17th: Forgot completely about the list.

Mar. 18th: Did pretty much stick to the list, although when I realised the babies were ccoperating, & went & picked out a few Spring/Summer clothes for Ruth, which she really needed.

Mar. 19th: Didn't shop. At all!! :-)

Mar. 20th: Ditto

Mar. 21st: Ditto

Mar. 22nd: Grocery shopped & mostly stuck to the list......so, doing better in this area, I think.

TIME: March 16th-22nd

Mar. 16th: Did not make my goal tonight. 1 AM. But, we thought Dave was leaving for the airport at 5 am-due to the snow.
Turns out his flight was cancelled.
I can't go to bed while he's packing though. Sweet guy TAKES OVER the whole room!!


Mar. 17th: Did not do too well today. Did not get to bed......also, didn't plan the schedule at all. Having too much fun w/ my sister & her hubby-who are here house hunting (& meeting Little Boy) YEAH!!!!!


Mar. 18th: Same today-except that we lived in the car, too, basically because I still am not organized w/ 3 kiddos!

Mar. 19th: Was up way too late.........ended up w/ other company besides my sis & brother in law.....that didn't leave until 11:45. We had a GREAT time, though.

Mar. 20th: Up too late again.....

Mar.21st: Trying to get Little Man on a schedule at night is rather hard. He is very unpredictable.

Mar. 22nd: He fought me going to bed, meaning that I did not make it to sleep until after 11pm.

ANOTHER BREAK!!!

I'm sure you think a completely understandable one, too! We leave BRIGHT & EARLY tomorrow!