Smart Habit Saturday

Ok, it's time for the drawing this month! Try to get your links up by Sunday night and I will do the drawing on Monday. Just to let any new readers know, anyone who participated in SHS for 3 weeks in April will be entered in a drawing for a copy of The Five Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me, signed just for them along with their very own Organizing Bag to put it in!

I haven't planned anything for the drawing next month but I'm sure it will be fabulous so you don't want to miss it!

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I did a lot better with my paperwork this week but I know I can do better now that I'm about finished with the closets. I also did better with my crock pot meals. I used it four times this week and let me tell you, it was so nice!!! My kids especially loved it.

I realize now that I totally messed up my habits this last month. If my habit for April had been to build or paint something every day I would have been a huge success and felt so accomplished! Instead I was struggling with dumb paperwork! Now I know for next time. In fact I am looking at next week and what I want to get done and planning my habit accordingly.

My kids have been very envious with all this "fun" I've been having with their closets. They have several little projects that they've made in the kids workshops at Home Depot so I promised I would make time to supervise while they painted and decorated them. Funny how their mom won't let them help her paint the dressers and closets she's working on. Actually I discovered a little trick. Since I was using the wall color for the closets, every time they came in and wanted to help paint I just had them paint a spot on the wall. That usually satisfied them enough to skip off and play in another room for a while.

For my new habit I am going to help my kids with a craft every single day. Yes, I know I should already be doing that! But this is where I bare all my deepest darkest secrets about how my kids want me to do crafts with them and I always say we will do it later, later, but later never comes. Well, this week is going to be later! Do you hear me?

My kids and I used to sew together every single day. Yes, we were fabulous! Unfortunately, a year and a half ago we got really busy building this house so we stopped and never started again. I am very excited to renew this old habit!

Here are the rest of the habits I have been working on this year. Some of them are habits and some of them still need a lot of work but all of them have improved my life!

Using Crock Pot - Doing better.
Paperwork, again, and again - Doing better.
Have lunch ready by Noon - Ok
Turn Off Computer during chores - Surprisingly I am doing this really well.
Become a Dresser, Playing games with my kids and reading my Church Magazine - I am doing really well with these except playing games with the kids. We seem to keep forgetting about the games.
Kitchen and studio clutter free - Good
Clear Counters - Good
Clear Desk - Good
Review Planner - Habit
Daily Prayer - Habit
Clean Toilet - Good

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