Weekly Goals

Wow, it's been a month since I've blogged. I didn't think it'd been quite that long. Oops. Oh well.

I have a few things lined up to blog about this week though so hopefully you'll see more of me soon. I'm still not quite sure what this is going to be all about, but I've been making lots of notes.

Eva, a friend of mine, has a blog here and in it, she's recently been posting weekly goals to help keep herself motivated and on top of things. I thought this was a great idea, so this week I'm stealing it. I hope she doesn't mind. ;) Also, while you're there - check out her I {heart} Mondays! section. It is soooo creatively inspiring!

So here are my goals:

1. Finish the home office decrapification (yes, that's a word, I saw it on another blog I'll link to later this week, and I love it!) and reorganization.
2. Make a pin cushion for a friend (yes, I'll post pics).
3. Make curtains for new, clean office.
4. Get caught up on "work" stuff. I private tutor and while I do a nice job of it, I feel like I could be better about prep and organizing for it.
5. Call Salvation Army to schedule a pick up of some furniture we're donating. (I called once last week and got an answering machine?)
6. Get caught up on general cleaning and laundry (oh the piles of laundry! ugh!)
7. Decorate for Christmas. (Yes, yes I'm slacking. I -wanted- to get it done this weekend, but being sick just didn't allow it to happen.)

Have a great week guys! (I sound so important, I think I have like 3 readers so far? But I love each and every one! :) )

Organizing the Organizer

I spent all last week trying to get caught up around the house. It's now a new Monday morning and I want to organize -how- I clean the house, so that:

• I don't try to do too much in a day and get frustrated because nothing is getting done,
• I do a little each day on a schedule that fits my tutoring schedule,
• I have a morning routine (Now that I'm not working a full time job, this has been the hardest part)

I found some great organizational tools here to help me revamp my household notebook. I have one at the moment that I learned about on an old HGTV show called "Mission: Organization", that contains our take-out menus and the dog medical records and our household inventory (info for insurance purposes in case of disaster), but the new one really works more as a hub for all of the schedule, routine, and household information I need to make the house run smoothly. I'll try and document my progress as I go. I'm always wont to over-think things or second guess myself so we'll see how it works. The adventure begins!

How did I get here?

The simple answer to that would be that I got married, but really, it's not that simple.

In July, I married the man I have loved since I was 19. (I'm 31 now, so you can begin recommending me for sainthood at any time... ;) ) Within a month, I lost my job and had no prospects of finding a new one. I'm a teacher, so losing a job 2 weeks before you're supposed to return to one doesn't really afford you the opportunity to teach somewhere else that year. I am truly blessed that I can work if I want to and we can afford to have me at home, but it is definitely new territory for me and it has not been easy.

So, that's why I'm "accidental". I didn't just fall into being a housewife, but it's definitely the life I didn't "plan". Up until now, I had worked full time and fit in the housework and errands when I could. I was constantly overwhelmed and a little burned out.

I'm a firm believer that everything happens for a reason and I'm pretty sure I should be using this experience to learn something about balance and that's what I'm trying to do. I'm hoping this blog will be an outlet for my challenges and struggles as I learn to be a great housewife and make it my full time job.

I'm sure that up in heaven my mother is laughing at me...I wish I could hear it. ;)