I sorta meant to go to bed early tonight. Since I didn’t sleep well last night, I’ve been pretty tired and worn out today but here it is 11:32pm and I’m still up. So here are a few things from today…
- The past two days I’ve almost completely taken sugar away from the girls. I think after getting so lax after Easter they were acting completely out of control this weekend. I only let them have 1 small box of nerds yesterday. No juice, no sugary snacks, nothing. Today I let them have a soda (Lexi) and milkshake (Emma) at dinner and that’s it. Well, I have let them have a bit of chocolate in their milk in the morning. But the rest of the day..it’s been all water. Lexi puts up a fuss but eventually gives in. And in my opinion, they have been better.
- I also started a chore chart yesterday including getting dressed, brushing hair, brushing teeth, making bed, feeding the dog, and no whining. Lexi doesn’t get the no whining thing but she was disappointed she didn’t get to fill in that box with a sticker tonight so I told her we’d try again tomorrow. And as for the getting ready part for her, I still have to help her with that so she gets a sticker if she does it without complaining. Emma is ALL ABOUT the stickers. She was asking what she could do to fill in her chart early in the day both days. It’s funny how kids like rules. Hat tip to Jaynee on getting that started with hers.
- Tomorrow I take them to their yearly checkups. Probably some shots involved there. Should be lots of fun.
- The project at work we implemented over the weekend went very, very well. My plate is not nearly as full now. Although I will enjoy those few weeks of OT very much in the next few weeks.
- Tomorrow is the day the floors supposedly come in. I’m not expecting them at all.
- My head and heart have been rolling around today about what “to do” now. I plan to do lots of praying about it. I’ll tell you one thing, my heart is really breaking for all the poverty and pain people are going through around me. I want to do something about it but I feel a little lost and I really want a clearer vision of how I (we) should be involved.
- Scott is almost certainly going back to Turkey in May.