Backwoods Wife

S.M.A.R.T. Habits Saturday - Scanning photos

We are in the midst of forest fire season where we live and I don't like the thought of possibly having to leave town in a hurry without being able to take all of my photos with me. Most of the pictures we have from the last 4 years are digital ones and just need to be burned to CD. However, we have a lot of other photos loose or in albums. I've decided to spend 15 minutes a day this summer scanning our non-digital photos. That way they're backed up and I can burn everything to CD so if we ever do have to leave in a hurry, and I truly hope we don't, at least it will be as simple as grabbing a small stack of CDs instead of boxes of albums and photos.

The rest of my habits have kind of taken a hit lately with me not feeling great lately as I'm pregnant again and having a toddler who was quite ill this week. Hopefully there will be improvement this week! I don't think it can get worse! ;)

HABITS IN PROGRESS:

Planning meals for the whole month once each month. - Not so much.

Not drinking soft drinks - A little better.

Putting all papers/receipts/etc in one place in the house and only one place. - Wild laughter.

Writing one "real" letter per week - Still not mailed.

Emptying the car completely after each trip - Was doing great, have backslid a bit this week.

Putting clean laundry away - Getting much better.

Hobbies - Nothing this week.

Drinking more water - Doing a little better.

Exercise - More maniacal laughter.

Tickler File - Needs to be updated.

Doing the dishes immediately after each meal - Nope.

Having lunch ready each day when DH gets home

Keeping the dining table clear and presented nicely - Finally clear!

Getting up with my husband each morning - Needs major work.

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S.M.A.R.T. Habits Saturday - Habit List

Once again, I'm not adding anything this week. I have decided to make a list of the habits I am trying to adopt. I'm finding that I have too many to remember off the top of my head right now. Until they become habit I need a list!

HABITS IN PROGRESS:

Planning meals for the whole month once each month.

Not drinking soft drinks

Putting all papers/receipts/etc in one place in the house and only one place.

Writing one "real" letter per week

Emptying the car completely after each trip

Putting clean laundry away

Hobbies

Drinking more water

Exercise

Tickler File

Doing the dishes immediately after each meal

Having lunch ready each day when DH gets home

Keeping the dining table clear and presented nicely

Getting up with my husband each morning

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S.M.A.R.T. Habits Saturday - June 09/07

This week I've decided not to add another habit. I'm feeling rather bogged down right now around the house and am not making much progress on a lot of my other habits in progress. Saturday is going to consist of a day of boot camp followed by six days of maintenance.

HABITS IN PROGRESS:

Planning meals for the whole month once each month. - I put together a list of possible meals and went shopping for them on Wednesday with my husband. Now I need to sit down and schedule them in so I can become more organized about meals and meal times.

Not drinking soft drinks - Not so good, I had a relapse!! :) (I'm probably a little bit more happy about it than I should be...)

Putting all papers/receipts/etc in one place in the house and only one place. - Great! Still have to file it all though. By now most of it should be able to be thrown out...

Writing one "real" letter per week - Still not done.

Emptying the car completely after each trip - Habit.

Putting clean laundry away - Getting better.

Hobbies - Almost habit.

Drinking more water - Need to work on this one again.

Exercise - Big fat zero.

Tickler File - Need to file for this month.

Doing the dishes immediately after each meal - Not so much.

Having lunch ready each day when DH gets home - Habit.

Keeping the dining table clear and presented nicely - Getting there.

Getting up with my husband each morning - Not once this week. I'm still staying up waaaaay too late. I need to make a stronger effort here. It makes a huge difference to my mood and thought processes.

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S.M.A.R.T. Habits Saturday

This week's new habit is going to be:

Not drinking soft drinks. This is a tough one for me. I love my Coke! I plan on cutting it out cold turkey and then only having it very occasionally as a treat. I think I'm going to start making solar tea so that I still have something refreshing but I cut out all the excess sugar. I could drink diet soda but it's just not the same. I'd rather not drink any at all.

HABITS IN PROGRESS:

Putting all papers/receipts/etc in one place in the house and only one place. ~ Great! I just have to sort/file all the paperwork now.

Writing one "real" letter per week - In progress. :)

Emptying the car completely after each trip - Great! Down pat.

Putting clean laundry away ~ I need to work extra dilligently on this one this week.

Hobbies ~ I have been doing some sewing/crafting and am formulating projects and ideas almost daily.

Drinking more water ~ Getting a little better. Cutting out soda this week should help.

Exercise ~ Big fat zero.

Tickler File ~ There is still a large pile of paper beside the file waiting to be sorted. :)

Doing the dishes immediately after each meal ~ Most days this week.

Having lunch ready each day when DH gets home ~ Habit.

Keeping the dining table clear and presented nicely ~ Buried again. I am sorting out cupboards and it is the largest surface that is mostly out of toddler reach.

Getting up with my husband each morning ~ Not once this week. Need to make strong effort here. It makes a huge difference to my mood and thought processes.

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S.M.A.R.T. Habits Saturday

This week's new habit is going to be:

Putting all papers/receipts/etc in one place in the house and only one place. This way I should be less likely to keep out of date documents, duplicates, etc. It should make getting started on my filing backlog easier too.


HABITS IN PROGRESS:

Writing one "real" letter per week - Not yet, but I know who the first letter is going to. :)

Emptying the car completely after each trip - Great! Down pat.

Putting clean laundry away ~ needs work.

Hobbies ~ Twice this week I worked on sewing and paper crafts. Yippee!

Drinking more water ~ Still working on it. Coke is just so good...

Exercise ~ Once.

Tickler File ~ There is a large pile of paper beside the file waiting to be sorted. :)

Doing the dishes immediately after each meal ~ 10% of the time.

Having lunch ready each day when DH gets home ~ habit.

Keeping the dining table clear and presented nicely ~ It got cleared off this week and has been clear and clean for 2 days!

Getting up with my husband each morning ~ mixed bag. Up later than him some days, up before him others...

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This week's new habits are going to be:

Writing one "real" letter per week

Emptying the car completely after each trip

HABITS IN PROGRESS:

Putting clean laundry away ~ needs work.

Hobbies ~ did not happen once, zilch.

Drinking more water ~ a moderate improvement.

Exercise ~ 2/7 days...

Tickler File ~ Forgot all about it!

Doing the dishes immediately after each meal ~ 95%!

Having lunch ready each day when DH gets home ~ habit.

Keeping the dining table clear and presented nicely ~ wild laughter!

Getting up with my husband each morning ~ not once this week. :(

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This week's new habits are going to be:

Not starting another load of laundry in the washing machine until the load currently in the dryer is folded up and put away.

Spending 15-30 minutes per day on a hobby (sewing,drawing,etc).

Drink at least 2L of water each day.

Exercise for at least 30 minutes per day.


HABITS IN PROGRESS:
Tickler File ~ Only started on Friday but it did help clear the clutter from around the computer and off the dining table immediately. :)
Doing the dishes immediately after each meal ~ Did rather well, not perfect but a vast improvement.
Having lunch ready each day when DH gets home ~ Everyday!
Keeping the dining table clear and presented nicely ~ I don't think it's been clear all week!
Getting up with my husband each morning ~ This was accomplished about 4/7 days this week.

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My first new habit to start on this week is doing the dishes immediately after each meal, no matter how few or how many dishes need to be done. I find it too easy to lump breakfast dishes in with lunch dishes, which in turn, get lumped in with the supper dishes, and then there's the midnight snack dishes. It's way too overwhelming. You don't want to see my kitchen counter right now - actually you probably can't see my kitchen counter right now...

The second habit I'd like to work on this week is starting and using a "tickler" file. It's basically having a calendar in file folder format. You have a box or drawer with 12 hanging file folders in it, labelled for each month. Then you have regular file folders numbered 1-31 for the days of each month. As you go through your paperwork and bills you simply slip the papers into the appropriate date file according to when you need to have the bill paid or paper dealt with etc. Right now I have a pile of paper beside my computer that I rummage through every other day or so. Oh so effective! :p

Previous habits in the making:
Keeping the dining room table clear and presented nicely ~ one word - abysmal!
Getting up with my husband each morning ~ getting better all the time

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Well, my goal from last week was accomplished in part. I have been getting up earlier consistantly but not at the same time as my husband. I'll keep working on it this week.
My new habit to work on this week is to keep my dining room table clear of clutter at all times. Too often it becomes a dumping ground for things that need to be but away or papers that I don't know what to do with or don't want to deal with.
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We have been enjoying my DH being on paternal leave for the past four months. However, this Monday he has to return to work. This means I'm on my own again during the days and so I will need to have more of a routine. My habit to work on this time is getting up early and at the same time each morning. I want to start "working" the same time as my husband does.
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