Anti-Procrastination Tuesdays #16

It’s already been a week!  Wow!!  We have been keeping our Summer Doozy list up on the computer screen to remind us of our summer goals.  Many of the items on there are ongoing things that I really can’t cross off, so I’m missing the gratification of adding the strike through line!

 Here are some on going things we have been actively pursuing and accomplishing:
~Working in a “zone” of the home 15 minutes a day.
I love this one, this week our zones have been the craft closet, our study closet, my youngest room, and my room.  I just gather all 3 girls, set the timer for 15 minutes and we work as fast as we can in the zone that I choose for that day.  (usually we would stay in the same zone all week, but because of doing this regularly all year, our zones do not have a week’s worth of stuff to do…that truly is a miracle, never thought I would be able to say that:)

~3 chores a day per girl
Example of some daily chores…gathering hangers for the laundry room, emptying the shoe basket, cleaning the pile on the stairs, scrubbing the bathroom sink, sweeping living room and dining room, emptying dishwasher.  Simple chores that take just a few minutes, but keep our home in order.

~Love on neighbor kids.
We have had so many friends over this summer.  My girls are LOVING it!

~Drag a girl into the kitchen with me every time I cook or bake
I had at least one of my girls helping me with the following food items this week: chai tea, strawberry bread, butterscotch bars, lentil soup, spaghetti sauce, popsicles in a cup, pancakes, scrambled eggs.

~Continue to establish morning and evening routines.
They are established and working like magic.  One of these days I will have some posts written by my husband on all our family routines and practices.  He takes his time but it is always worth the wait!

~Start my day with God time.
I’ve been grabbing a book on  God’s grace from my headboard each morning before I even sit up.  It is a short but beautiful way to start my day.

~Write posts on what I am grateful for on a regular basis.
I posted my first one this week.  It has been great fun keeping my eye out for God’s small gifts to me throughout the day.

~Cousin sleepovers
We had my nephew spend the night.  OH boy is he a cutie!

~Keep calendar as balances as possible.
Doing it.  Yipee!

~Create time for reading every day
It has been so much fun the last 3 days to have my girls grab their books and I grab mine, set the timer, and all read (silently) for at least 30 minutes a day.  It is precious to watch my seven year old concentrate so hard on her “big girl chapter book.”

~Read at least 3 novels this summer
I am halfway through “The Help” and I’m loving it!

So as you can see, we have been busy!  I want you all to know that even though I am not able to comment on each of your links this summer, that I visit every one of them and I am so thankful for your participation each Tuesday.

Here are a few featured from last week:

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