I'll be honest. Meal planning this week was harder than it ought to have been. I had only one special request. Saturday night supper was not cheap, especially on top of our Saturday lunch out. But I couldn't think of a thing to make for supper, so I urged John to pick up Subs on the way home. At least they were good. But better planning on my part would have been the thing to do. Taking note this week...
In my home this week, we've talked to the contractor about the work we want done. We have some things we have to do before we can even think of scheduling him. John is reeling from prices. I was a bit more prepared for something around the figure we were given. I was a little under the estimate, but John had hoped it would come in at a lot less than it did.
We are going to get this all done. That isn't in question. We just need to get our heads together, i.e., we have to go choose cabinets and pick out other things that are needed. Then we order the cabinets and then we finally get to schedule when we start all of this.
Saturday: We have had the nicest sort of day. I woke about 4am this morning and just dozed here and there after that, but I slept right through several hours so I'm not fussing over waking up. I occupied an hour or so praying and sort of dreaming through prayers and then really slept for another hour or so.
I heard Caleb run through the living room and stop to say repeatedly, "There's my shoes! My shoes!" John had washed and dried them last night and left them propped on the bookcase where he could see them. They had to leave extra early today so we didn't see him this morning.
I know people who cling to the past. They constantly say, "I could've, I would've, I should've..." Or something along those lines. I often said I wouldn't change a thing about my past. I look at how I acted, or spoke and I vow immediately that I'll change. And for the most part I do. I see it all as a process, not a permanent life regret that I pack and move to every new season of life with me.
Thursday: I got so caught up in buying a gift for my granddaughter's birthday that I forgot all about ordering a Christmas gift. I found a great deal on some Magna Tile type blocks on Amazon and ordered two sets. Now I need to look at the gifts I have and determine who I still need to buy for. For sure, Bess, and Mama and John. I think I need something for Katie and Jd. I think I have all the local grandchildren covered and those that live up north, I generally will have sent directly to them. So perhaps next month I'll just set money aside to save until November and order all of those at one swoop.
I can at least say that I have done well with savings and am well under budget so far.
As I was puttering around Sunday night, I kept asking myself a question. It was a simple question meant to be applied to my workday on Monday. But as I was thinking I could feel inspiration coming on. I stopped and pondered how asking that question about each day ahead, might well be a game changer for me. And then I came along with two more questions that I think will help me gain a sense of accomplishment with each week's work.
I came up with 4 daily questions to ask myself as a help to focus on my goals:
This week I have several leftovers in the fridge and a need to use them up. Of course, I do plan to let everyone choose their own leftovers for tonight's supper, but we won't eat up all the food in the fridge because none of us are that hungry. I thought I'd share my plans to use up the leftovers we likely won't eat tonight.