Another day, a consecutive blog post? Internally, I’m telling myself, “be cool. be cool. don’t make a big deal about it.” I tend to get a little squirrely when I’m on a roll. Two consecutive days of something is DEFINITELY a roll for me, okay?

How was your monday? Ours was pretty fab!

Once all the fellas were up we knocked out homeschool. Seriously, very thankful for it being fun again. Not to beat a dead horse, but also we all needed it to be fun again. After school time every body played well-ish together and then we had lunch. The babiest boy went down for a nap and the bigs enjoyed some rare screen time. It was a very peaceful two hours. When CGM woke up we headed out to my parents to drop off some sourdough starter for my mama to take to one of her coworkers whom I think is just precious. We picked the boys some dinner up, since JKM wasn’t going to be home until bedtime. Once home and full we got to cleaning since we are having our friends over today! We knocked it out pretty quickly, this could change in the next sixty seconds but while it’s accurate I want to put it in writing. I feel like my bigger boys have finally gotten to the point where they really get that working as a team instead of trying to WWE each other while doing tasks actually makes things go faster. The bookend boys played with some Christmas gifts while the middle one enjoyed iPad time.

(this sink from Walmart (their toy brand) is a HUGE hit. 2/3 LOVE it.)

Daddy got home after we finished reading and every body was able to tell him about their day and wish him a “sleep sweet” so bedtime went well also. Honestly, golden stars all around. I think the excitement of buddies coming over today was another big motivator.

I started a new book and deleted my social media apps off my phone before calling it a night. I really REALLY need to take a huge step back when it comes to scrolling. I am a master justifier and any time I am on a kick ( currently : decluttering/minimalism ) I use that as an excuse for extra media time in the name of research. No more. I also, as a thirty-three year old with responsibilities, need to go to bed at a reasonable time. Again, being with my kids 24/7, I justify staying up entirely too late so I can have time alone. Well, jokes on my night owl self because I’m flipping that narrative to waking up too early! I eventually want to get up at 4:30am but will probably start waking around 6am. Tomorrow is the day. Hold me accountable, okay?

SUGAR FAST UPDATE : I did very well all day. I realized AFTER I had partaken in a fortune cookie that I had messed up. Treating it like whole30 / 75hard and restarting today!

Have lots of thoughts swirling around so I may come back later and lay em out or I may just save it for tomorrow..

Was that mysterious? JK. I am many things but mysterious isn’t one.

Talk tomorrow? Later today? Soon!

Because of His Grace,

Hannah

Another weekend has come and gone… while it wasn’t anything special it sure was a good one!

My favorite days of the week are Mondays, Thursdays & Sundays.

Mondays are especially good because I’m a real big fan of a fresh start/clean slate.

Today is an extra special Monday because I am doing something wild and crazy. Today is day one of my 40 day sugar fast. Watch out! I am actually pretty excited about this challenge and real thankful for Wendy Speake and her God given wisdom and inspiration to write the book. I will FOR SURE be keeping myself accountable by doing daily/every couple of days check-ins here!

I am also really looking forward to another week of homeschool. Those words SURELY would not have come out of my mouth even last month. I have been on the struggle bus with our homeschool life but after some prayer, self reflection & a change of curriculum (Masterbooks is superior in our house), we are back in business! We used Masterbooks last year for Math and loved it. Then I decided that using something that worked made little sense when there HAD to be something better out there (story of my life) changed to the good & the beautiful. While TGATB is absolutely beautiful, it just wasn’t the right fit for me and mine.

We are hosting are monthly BBC+P (boys book club + little sister) presentation day here tomorrow and I AM PUMPED. I love having people over to our house and have finally given up on waiting until our home is *just right* to host. The Lord has really shown me that people care very little about our 1970’s brick ranch aesthetic and way more about how I make them feel while here. Thank you, Lord.

That’s the highlights for our upcoming week. I really do enjoy this blogging thing, so I’m gonna try real hard to see ya back here tomorrow!

Because of His grace,

Hannah

P.S. I’ll leave you with the cheese-in-ist baby around these parts. Also, I know he’s two but FOREVER the baby. Just ask him…

P.S.S. Christmas jams are a year round thing round these parts.

Can you even believe it’s 2023? Me neither!

Time just keeps on swiftly moving on…

How do you handle the new year? In the past I haven’t handled it well, honestly. Ive made too many resolutions that I haven’t kept. Or forgotten what I committed too. OR fallen and completely given up. This year though, I’ve decided to just improve in general. There are a few areas, I really crave change and hope I can do better than I did yesterday. For me these areas are…

+ Our home. Being a better gatekeeper. Decluttering like my kids think they’re next 😉 Cooking more. Having less to clean. Hosting more. More game nights. More movie nights. More homemade goodies. Less eating out.

+ My health. MORE consistent sleep. I am a night owl by nature. This year I want to rise and bed down earlier. Quit my habit of sugar. It’s real bad y’all. More water. Move my body. The usual.

+ Homeschool. Follow the boys interest more and enjoy it more than last year. Ruts are real, ya’ll. More field trips. More park days. More library time and NO LATE FEES.

+ Travel. CAMP MORE.

+ Books. My goal in 2022 was to read 36 books. I closed out the year at 57 books. Shooting for 72 this year!

+ Blogging. Become much more consistent. Write about what I like, am learning & enjoy.

+ Debt Freedom : Get it GONE!

These are really just guidelines. I hope they change as I get better at certain things or realize they just aren’t attainable in this season of life (read : yet).

What are you feeling going in to 2023? Hopeful? Dreadful? I want to know!

Peace & Blessings,

Hannah