Well I have had to postpone my week 4 to some extent. Yet I don't feel behind. That is improvement. :)
My hubby has been home this whole week on vacation. I don't know about you but when my husband is home, my schedule stops, my plans are no longer. I hang out with him instead. So this week has been about our time together. We did some sporadic errands and meetings that we could not miss and he has been working on a retaining wall in our yard.
So I plan on picking back up this next week with the Martha challenges.
I did discover though that my block is in the frustration of the tasks never being done. To not even have a few days of clean. It can be frustrating to clean a bathroom to only have the boy follow me in with muddy hands and throw his stuff off and squirt toothpaste into the clean sink, with muddy foot prints all over the floor.
When I worked outside of the home I could work hard on a task and then step back and know that I accomplished something and move on. At home, I never feel like I can step back and see a final result. So then why bother? I pointed out to my husband one day that I had done dishes 3 times already through out the day and yet my kitchen never looked clean. So my block sets in and says why do it? I want it, I desire it, and I strive for it, but sometimes it is hard to get over the hurdle.
I also discovered that my personality type was the "D" style. So I will be developing habits. Which have always been hard for me. Bad habits, I pick up easy :).
Heading out of town again today. My crazy schedule is coming to an end and I am so ready to get back to normal! I will be closing up the homeschool group this week with our year end party and field day then I will be on summer break. YEAH!! Long needed.
I hear you with the husband almost being like an interruption! My husband lives in his semi-truck all week long and it's been that way enough years that I've gotten very used to being the only adult around. My routine gets seriously disrupted when he's home on the weekends!!
ReplyDeleteI struggle a little, too, with constantly having to re-do things that I've just completed. But I guess if we're striving for PERMANENT good habits, then that's exactly what we're looking for!! ;) Keep up the great work!
I have two little ones who are always behind me un-doing whatever it is I just did, so I definitely hear ya! It's the definition of insanity, right? Repeating the same thing over and over? Lol! I swear, I can't even count the number of times I sweep the crumbs up off the kitchen floor! But, we do it because we love them. =)
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