January - resolutions - ha ha ha

I love the new year.  I've always been so optimistic about the year to come.  It lasts until about the time I put that frickin' tree away.  Which was eight days ago.

I used to make resolutions but I made them too big and too hard to accomplish.  Instead in 2011 I attempted small changes until they became habit.  I intend to do the same this year - baby steps!

Finally I was seeing some progress!  And it started with making more lists ha ha.

I'm a very structured person, I don't do spontaneity well.  I'm a compulsive list maker (good habit? Bad?) and completely lost without my them.  I wake up Saturday morning and make my lists. 

There's the meals for the week list - based on how busy each particular night is, who has what event on what night, available prep time for each meal etc. Thank god for the Mom Calendar!!!

Then the grocery list needed to make these meals, the 'other' shopping list for non grocery items and my weekend 'to do' list.  This is my Saturday morning coffee/me time. 


There is O'Darby's in the coffee in my favourite orange mug :)  As I said, this is "ME" time



Then I'm armed and ready for the week!

And sometimes, like this week I lose my list by Saturday afternoon and I wander around aimlessly hoping to find it.  I made another.  But I know I'm forgetting something...