Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Summer Schedule – Month 2

July 29, 2020

So July turned out all right. Had some ups and downs but overall making progress.

One thing that I did was cut down on my internet time and that was a revelation. I began to be much more intentional with my time. Like taking time to watch some of my favorite movies on Turner Classic Movies. I’ve also started re-watching “thirtysomething” Season 2 again. These things feed my soul and are far better than jumping online because I’m bored. I also do some housecleaning or planning or whatever else I might be in a mood for when I realize I’ve been online too long.

Skincare – I’ve noticed I’m going to need a lot more than just a few items for skincare. I need a seasonal assortment to treat my skin as the seasons and even weather changes within a season. We had been hot and muggy which means makeup meltdown among other things, but now we’re in a cooler more fall like pattern and my skin feels drier. Sooo, I may need to get back on Sephora and pick some minis of gel moisturizers and my Fresh Soy Cleanser for when the weather is hotter, and stick to my Milk Makeup cleanser and moisturizer when my skin is drier. As far as the Supergoop Daily CC Cream it does tend to slide off in humidity so I may need to rethink that too. It is hard to find matte products that don’t suck the life out of your skin though.

Housework – I’ve really dug in with the Flylady Zones this month and made some real progress. The “junk room” portion of the master bedroom got a big dent made in it. Things got sorted and tossed and it looks much better. The kids bathroom is the biggest wreck but I’ve been giving it more TLC lately and it’s coming around. I’ve dusted around the edges of rooms in every zone and even done once a month they stay cleaner.

Menu Plan – I made too many trips to the store but I managed to finally gather everything and make a two week meal plan with what I had on hand. I also tacked the shopping list to the fridge so anyone can add what we run out of right away. I forgot to buy some things on my Target haul last weekend, but I’m going to try to make it until next Wednesday to save my wallet.

Monthly Focus – Remember how I decided to get up at the same time every day? Yeah, that’s gone out the window. I really need a new alarm clock or a reminder to set my phone alarm. This habit is going to be a little harder to stick with. I will add though for the most part I do get up at 6 or 6:30 am every day. However, I’ve been sleeping in until 7:30 the last two days. Not bad but I’d rather be up earlier especially with school starting soon.

Water and Exercise – HA! Forgot about this category. I am drinking more water and reaping the benefits of that, but exercise remains elusive. I do move each day with housework but I still haven’t nailed down anything else. Eating more healthfully is going to be taking center stage soon and I simply need to make fewer changes at a time so I can keep up. I was thinking though, as we’re having a cool spell, maybe once a week my girls and I can get out to the duck pond for a walk. At least it’s a start.

And I’m sticking to a daily schedule pretty well. I will talk about this in a different post but I realized one day that I already compartmentalize most of my day so I really don’t need to change this much.

And that’s my July roundup of the Summer Schedule. August is usually busy with the start of school but it looks different this year and I think we may have a calmer start and my routines may not get totally derailed. So far though this whole thing has been good for me in so many ways and making it stick beyond summer looks easier now. Progress indeed.

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Summer Schedule Update

July 9, 2020

Okay, so the last two weeks I got off schedule and my routines. I can use my busy-ness as an excuse but I know better than that. This week I realized all that didn’t get done last week and have spent the time catching up but also sticking to my routines. For instance, I decided to keep on my usual laundry schedule even though some stuff needed to be done. I do towels on Thursday and I kept to that so I could stay on schedule. I know that I do better when I stick to my routines. It just makes life easier. Tomorrow I’m shutting out the extra noise I took on and get back to what I need to do. I feel better already.

In other news I decided that I need my own monthly focus. It is something Flylady added in years ago (not part of the original plan) but I never do them because most of them I do already. So, I decided I needed a focus for something I wanted to make a habit and this month (drumroll please) it’s going to be going to bed at 10pm and getting up at 6am every day. That means setting an alarm. I haven’t gotten up to an alarm in a long time because I bought a new clock years ago and couldn’t figure the damn thing out so I ditched it. For now, I’ll use my phone.

My skincare routine is humming along – the added addition of the Glow Recipe Watermelon Sleeping Mask has been a good one. It doesn’t irritate and it seems to be helping. I also ordered the Milk Makeup Vegan Cleanser because I’m out and added the moisturizer because both were on sale at Sephora and with my extra $10 off it was an even better deal. My toner is the Neutrogena Alcohol Free Toner and while I don’t love it, it’ll do until I can find something better. Oops – almost forgot about my SPF! I’m using Supergoop’s Daily Correct CC Cream in Fair/Light. It’s 100% mineral sunscreen and it covers my redness so it’s a win for me.

As for menu planning well, I’m planning and sticking to that fairly well for dinners. I still need to add tracking in but I have started eating lunch and that’s something that went missing awhile back. I’ll take that as progress.

And that’s where I’m at right now. Slow and steady will get me where I need to go. Sometimes it feels really slow but it’s better to go slow and build up as you can because those are the habits that will stick. Go me. :0)

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