In the spirit of doing what I say I'm going to do...
So, at the beginning of the year I posted all of my resolutions and promised that I’d keep you updated on the progress. Umm… sorry about that. So, in the spirit of doing what I say I’m going to do – here’s an update!
Post a Series on Headcoverings… Haha… haha… ha. Ahem. I have been working on this just about as often as I’ve been working on my other blog posts… if that tells you anything… Although, I did read a wonderful blog post on the topic recently which I would highly recommend. There, now you have something thoughtful to read while I drag my feet. I do feel better, thank you for asking.
Clean the Kitchen and do the laundry – Every Day… Actually, progress in this resolution is the reason why I’m blogging today! I finally got myself into a routine after the craziness of March. I have a loose schedule I have been working from this week and it’s going very well! Today is the second day in a row I’ve done EVERYTHING I planned to do – and I have some free time left over to blog! Routines are a beautiful thing… And, in case you were wondering, yes I did fold the laundry before I sat down to type! :)
Do Homeschool with Evangeline… Yeah, that went out the window for a few months. Hopefully she’s not too terribly behind her peers now :P I have missed it though, and I am so glad we are restarting it now. She turned two on the 31st (my baby is growing up!! And yes I still need to post about that!!) so we are starting a new school routine for her that’s a little more advanced. I can’t wait to share with you! We are only doing a few things at the moment – not the full-blown school day. I knew I needed to start slow in order to make it successful. So I picked out the things that were most important to me, and we’ve been doing very well with those! I will put it on my list of things to blog about soon.
Have a Baby… Steadily making good progress here! Baby is very healthy, kicking lots and had a strong heartbeat at our midwife appointment last week. My placenta is also very healthy and very loud! We changed my due date from July 25th to July 20th because I am measuring about 3.5 weeks ahead. We only moved it up one week, but my midwife said not to be surprised if I go one or two weeks earlier than that!
Drink More Water… We haven’t been doing as well in this area as I would like. Fortunately, my heartburn has forced me to be drinking lime water throughout the day – so I have been very hydrated the last few days. I was eating tums like candy, and then my midwife told me since your body doesn’t actually absorb the calcium from tums (I know, what’s the point, right?!) it all goes into the placenta which deadens and calcifies parts of it. Hmm… not good… no more tums for me. Bring on the lime water!
Eat Healthier… Although I haven’t kept you updated, we were doing great on our healthier grains resolution. Until a couple weeks ago, and then we lost our resolve. But we are back on the wagon again, mostly, and officially free of improperly prepared grains in our home. It’s a real challenge making everything from scratch, but so worth it! I wrote up a weekly and monthly “chore” list for cooking and baking so that we won’t run out of food. Now that we’re in a more regular routine it actually hasn’t been too overwhelming! This is something else on my blogging list; I need to update you on all the new recipes and ways of eating we’re trying out!
Memorize Scripture… Thankfully, this is one resolution that we are still keeping! I’ll admit, we got out of the routine the last couple of months and had a few days of really cramming to get in our memory work – but we’re doing it! We have Matthew 3, 1 Corinthians 1 and 1 Corinthians 5 memorized and we will be starting on Matthew 4 for April! I will have to write on our memory program so you all know how we’re doing it! We have already seen benefits of memorizing Scripture together, and we are very much enjoying it. Evie loves it too! She will regularly ask for “bible zerses”, which means she wants to recite the passages with us! She actually does try and say them with us, her favorite phrase is “grace to you and peace”. Super cute… And often times at night she will crawl into daddy’s arms and ask him to say bible verses. For no other reason – it’s worth it.
Add More Resolutions… Haha… yeah… we’ll work on that later. Although we really should start packing….
