Not only is it Fankful Friday, it's also Feeling Fulfilled Friday!
I fell off the fff train and it's time to get back on.
Pitifully, the only thing I can say about fulfillment this week is that I decided to be proactive about it again. It's been quite a week otherwise.
But next week better watch out!
Showing posts with label feeling fulfilled fridays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feeling fulfilled fridays. Show all posts
Friday, January 14, 2011
Friday, October 29, 2010
Friday! Who's feeling fulfilled?
I had a fairly good week, especially if I'm allowed to just throw Thursday out of the equation.
Monday and Tuesday were great school days. The kind where everything just flows, Jonzy's brain clicks on everything-even the things he's been struggling on, and we breeze through multiple lessons in each subject and get ahead of schedule.
Wes and I were pretty sick on Monday, but after everyone slept until 8:25!!!! on Tuesday morning we were all happy. Tuesday was the best day this week. The house was clean. School went well. The boys screamed at each other so much less than they have been lately; smiles and sunshine all around while it stormed outside.
Wednesday we started to falter a bit. And yesterday...it's a good thing we got ahead during the week because I had zilch in the patience department.
Today is looking good so far except that there's already too much on the schedule that I'm afraid won't get done in time. And we're off!
Hope you all had a fulfilling week!
Monday and Tuesday were great school days. The kind where everything just flows, Jonzy's brain clicks on everything-even the things he's been struggling on, and we breeze through multiple lessons in each subject and get ahead of schedule.
Wes and I were pretty sick on Monday, but after everyone slept until 8:25!!!! on Tuesday morning we were all happy. Tuesday was the best day this week. The house was clean. School went well. The boys screamed at each other so much less than they have been lately; smiles and sunshine all around while it stormed outside.
Wednesday we started to falter a bit. And yesterday...it's a good thing we got ahead during the week because I had zilch in the patience department.
Today is looking good so far except that there's already too much on the schedule that I'm afraid won't get done in time. And we're off!
Hope you all had a fulfilling week!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Feeling Fulfilled
It's Friday again. And you know what that means around here:)
I didn't accomplish all that much from my list every day this week. But I did make extra efforts in the patience department. The results were not as great as I would have liked, but I put that down to my boys combining their three drives for independence into one formidable foe. So it's been a fair week;)
As it stands right now, my nearly-three-year-old-twins are really doing their nearly-three-year-old duty to test every boundary over and over and over and over and over again. It's grating on my nerves. I can handle this kind of business remarkably well (that's my horn- toot toot!) until about 5 pm. Five to 8 pm are trying hours. And darn it, if I can make it to bedtime without wanting to throw someone out the window then we've survived the day alright.
But.
Bedtime has become an issue around these parts.
Jonz does fairly well. He's usually good about falling asleep when it's bedtime. Al and Goose on the other hand...currently those boys are toeing the how-much-you-wanna-bet-til-Mom-flips-out line. They think they're hilarious. Jonzy's giggles don't help the matter. Currently, Jonz is sawing logs and the twinners are "whispering" (classic two year old whispering is SO loud!) and jumping off beds. Lights out was 90 minutes ago. It's driving me bananas; as it has every other night in recent history.
Why, boys? Why must you test my patience so on the very week I've determined to be more patient??? Haven't you discovered yet that no matter what you do the bedtime boundary is 20 feet thick and you just can't get through it?
I didn't accomplish all that much from my list every day this week. But I did make extra efforts in the patience department. The results were not as great as I would have liked, but I put that down to my boys combining their three drives for independence into one formidable foe. So it's been a fair week;)
As it stands right now, my nearly-three-year-old-twins are really doing their nearly-three-year-old duty to test every boundary over and over and over and over and over again. It's grating on my nerves. I can handle this kind of business remarkably well (that's my horn- toot toot!) until about 5 pm. Five to 8 pm are trying hours. And darn it, if I can make it to bedtime without wanting to throw someone out the window then we've survived the day alright.
But.
Bedtime has become an issue around these parts.
Jonz does fairly well. He's usually good about falling asleep when it's bedtime. Al and Goose on the other hand...currently those boys are toeing the how-much-you-wanna-bet-til-Mom-flips-out line. They think they're hilarious. Jonzy's giggles don't help the matter. Currently, Jonz is sawing logs and the twinners are "whispering" (classic two year old whispering is SO loud!) and jumping off beds. Lights out was 90 minutes ago. It's driving me bananas; as it has every other night in recent history.
Why, boys? Why must you test my patience so on the very week I've determined to be more patient??? Haven't you discovered yet that no matter what you do the bedtime boundary is 20 feet thick and you just can't get through it?
Friday, October 8, 2010
It's time for FFF
Feeling Fulfilled Friday has arrived again!
And this week...hmmmm...
I've come to the conclusion that patience is my most fulfilling attribute.
When I'm on top of the patience game, boy do I feel fulfilled and like I can do this thing called motherhood with some degree of success.
When I struggle with patience, it seems that the fulfillment found by doing other things found on my list is fleeting at best.
I have discovered that patience is the hinge on which all this fulfillment business swings for me.
I knocked all sorts of things off my list this week. And it felt great to get those things done and experienced. But at the end of the day, I am still left feeling like hitting my head against the wall while chanting failure, failure, failure with each smack. My patience fuse has been so short this week...pretty much for two weeks.
I'll keep working toward fulfillment by doing the things I feel fulfilled doing, but I think to get that lasting feeling I'm going to have to focus mostly on patience.
And as my son screams behind me, I'm not quite sure I can do this...but if I couldn't, I wouldn't be here would I?;)
Don't forget to check out MamaBlogga for more FFF fun.
And this week...hmmmm...
I've come to the conclusion that patience is my most fulfilling attribute.
When I'm on top of the patience game, boy do I feel fulfilled and like I can do this thing called motherhood with some degree of success.
When I struggle with patience, it seems that the fulfillment found by doing other things found on my list is fleeting at best.
I have discovered that patience is the hinge on which all this fulfillment business swings for me.
I knocked all sorts of things off my list this week. And it felt great to get those things done and experienced. But at the end of the day, I am still left feeling like hitting my head against the wall while chanting failure, failure, failure with each smack. My patience fuse has been so short this week...pretty much for two weeks.
I'll keep working toward fulfillment by doing the things I feel fulfilled doing, but I think to get that lasting feeling I'm going to have to focus mostly on patience.
And as my son screams behind me, I'm not quite sure I can do this...but if I couldn't, I wouldn't be here would I?;)
Don't forget to check out MamaBlogga for more FFF fun.
Monday, October 4, 2010
What is it with moms and lists?
Why does making a list make me feel like I'm better organized? What is it about seeing things in list form that helps goals seem more attainable? Hmmmm....
It's not the full list, but here are some things that make me tick; that really make me feel fulfilled:
Lindsey's ToDo Fulfill List
-Swallow the desire to yell and successfully use a quiet voice
-A clean kitchen (whether I was the one who cleaned or not;))
-Clean laundry folded neatly in drawers
-Prepare and enjoy a healthy meal with my family
-Read for fun at the end of a productive day
-Shower and girl up;)
-Wake up before boys, study scriptures and pray, pray, pray!
-Help Jonzy learn about someone/something in the scriptures and figuratively jump for joy when he mentions it at another time
-Choose to do/not do something that results in kicking Satan and his minions further from our home and family
-Not just teach, but enjoy school time
-Mop
-Get everyone out of pajamas by 10 am
-Memorize a verse from a hymn
-Continue in consistency; they'll learn to say please eventually!
I don't cross everything off my list everyday, but it's a grand start I think:)
Check out MamaBlogga's list, too.
It's not the full list, but here are some things that make me tick; that really make me feel fulfilled:
Lindsey's To
-Swallow the desire to yell and successfully use a quiet voice
-A clean kitchen (whether I was the one who cleaned or not;))
-Clean laundry folded neatly in drawers
-Prepare and enjoy a healthy meal with my family
-Read for fun at the end of a productive day
-Shower and girl up;)
-Wake up before boys, study scriptures and pray, pray, pray!
-Help Jonzy learn about someone/something in the scriptures and figuratively jump for joy when he mentions it at another time
-Choose to do/not do something that results in kicking Satan and his minions further from our home and family
-Not just teach, but enjoy school time
-Mop
-Get everyone out of pajamas by 10 am
-Memorize a verse from a hymn
-Continue in consistency; they'll learn to say please eventually!
I don't cross everything off my list everyday, but it's a grand start I think:)
Check out MamaBlogga's list, too.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Feeling Fulfilled
It's Feeling Fulfilled Friday, again!
It's been a...week. Not too shabby, but not very close to what I'd like it to have been. Why must life be like an old time rail journey? I sure wish I didn't feel like I was always taking one step forward and five steps back.
I tell you what though, I feel a major sense of accomplishment today. As of this afternoon, Jonz and I have officially made it to our first school vacation! We've been doing school for six weeks and we've made it to our first week break. Not exactly sure why, but I feel like this is a big success:)
And even though we won't be doing our normal, everyday lessons at home-we've still got school stuff next week. There's co-op and a field trip to the zoo planned. Yee-haw!
You may think that six weeks not so much to feel accomplished about; it does seem silly to me, too. But after experiencing these last six weeks- I feel like shouting from the rooftops, "We did it! Look how far we are!"
And I am very ready for this weekend:)
It's been a...week. Not too shabby, but not very close to what I'd like it to have been. Why must life be like an old time rail journey? I sure wish I didn't feel like I was always taking one step forward and five steps back.
I tell you what though, I feel a major sense of accomplishment today. As of this afternoon, Jonz and I have officially made it to our first school vacation! We've been doing school for six weeks and we've made it to our first week break. Not exactly sure why, but I feel like this is a big success:)
And even though we won't be doing our normal, everyday lessons at home-we've still got school stuff next week. There's co-op and a field trip to the zoo planned. Yee-haw!
You may think that six weeks not so much to feel accomplished about; it does seem silly to me, too. But after experiencing these last six weeks- I feel like shouting from the rooftops, "We did it! Look how far we are!"
And I am very ready for this weekend:)
Friday, September 10, 2010
Feeling Fulfilled Friday
Yes, I blogged about this weeks ago...I haven't remembered to document my efforts until this week.
Head over to MamaBlogga for more FFF details.
This week was a pretty darn good week as far as my feeling fulfilled goes. I didn't do the best job today:/; yesterday was the peak of the week.
Best, most fulfilling thing of Thursday: making my boys laugh. We had a laughter filled day on Thursday and it was awesome! Few things make me feel so fulfilled as making my boys laugh. None of that fake laugh stuff. I'm talking about really deep, from-the-gut, spontaneous laughter.
It was beautiful.
Now I've just got to keep working to make days like Thursday a regular occurrence:)
Head over to MamaBlogga for more FFF details.
This week was a pretty darn good week as far as my feeling fulfilled goes. I didn't do the best job today:/; yesterday was the peak of the week.
Best, most fulfilling thing of Thursday: making my boys laugh. We had a laughter filled day on Thursday and it was awesome! Few things make me feel so fulfilled as making my boys laugh. None of that fake laugh stuff. I'm talking about really deep, from-the-gut, spontaneous laughter.
It was beautiful.
Now I've just got to keep working to make days like Thursday a regular occurrence:)
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