So I thought since I have been feeling this pressure I would start a mini series about it.
As you know we are expecting baby #4 for us. As you may also remember we were not planning on any more children and are very unprepared for this. We live on a tight monthly budget, as I am sure a lot of people do, so having another baby and needing all the baby stuff again has been very overwhelming.
Well if you are like us and don't have a lot of money and need to prepare for baby. There are so many ways to do this. First write out the list of everything you need and want. Be realistic here though, brands, colour and style doesn't matter when it comes down to it. What I mean really is don't get to set on one thing cause it might not happen. Once you have your list ready. Then just slowly keep eyes out online on used sites, if you know a friend getting rid of stuff see if they want to sell or even give to you. Don't think you need everything at once. You have 9 months to prepare for this.
Now when it comes to some things that you do want to be particular on, give yourself a budget of what you think you can afford towards it and slowly every week put money aside for it. For example for us hubby only wants a new bathtub, and I only want a certain kind of glass baby bottles. The bath tub is not that expensive, so I will just keep eye out for when a store has on sale, as I will with the bottles. The bottles I want are $15 a bottle and I'd like to start with at least 5. I have been putting aside $5 a week towards these bottles, and then when a sale comes up I have the money aside for them, so it will not feel like a financial hit on my budget.
Another thing is to look at is if you a re crafty see what you can make with what you have to save even more money. This little series will also have me showing you some items I have made for baby.
I hope you enjoy this series and follow along as I share.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
How I am going to get organized
So last year I tried this daily sheet, I would prep the sheet the night before of what I was going to do the next day and what needed to be done. I laminated it so I could easily do the wipe off method. This worked for, oh lets say a few weeks. I found when I would think of things I need to do the sheet wasn't around and then when I did have the sheet I couldn't remember what it is I wanted to do. Mommy brain!
Well this year I am going to try something new. Because I need to get organized and get things done in the house. We finally got the rooms done for the girls, I will share later. So I want to keep things tidy and organized. But simple daily chores I sometimes forget. I don't know how but I get side tracked with this or that and it doesn't end up getting done.
So while cleaning up my phone of photos and videos from 2013 I noticed the task app. I played around with it for a bit and then it hit me. Why not use this as my daily/weekly/monthly check list. So I got busy adding in my daily chores and have it set to repeat, then I added my weekly, monthly. I even added some projects I want to get done. As I think of things I just keep adding to the list. Yes, the list looks big now, and to some maybe discouraging. But hey, I don't need to do everything on the list at once.
So now its been a week of trying this method out. I didn't do so well first few days and am still working on it. But a new thing I love about it is even if the deadline has past it stays there. So for example I have put load of laundry in for everyday. I was away for a few days where I couldn't. When I got home I started laundry and checked off completed for one load. My phone tells me this deadline has past, I say okay, then it appears on my list again. Which means if I have time, do another load that day. Which I do! This way the who thought of load a day I will keep up is still in play, sort of. I mean normally I would forget I was away and didn't do laundry those days and still just do one a day and then I look at my laundry room and am wondering how I feel behind.
Needless to say, I am loving this method so far. I don't feel overwhelmed that I need to sit down at night and write out a new list. I don't feel bad and discourage when I didn't complete everything I had written on the page that day. To me I am feeling less pressure therefor I feel I am getting more done. With the new baby coming I am sure this will change a bit but if I can get a head of things now I think it will make things all that much better then.
What do you do to stay organize?
Well this year I am going to try something new. Because I need to get organized and get things done in the house. We finally got the rooms done for the girls, I will share later. So I want to keep things tidy and organized. But simple daily chores I sometimes forget. I don't know how but I get side tracked with this or that and it doesn't end up getting done.
So while cleaning up my phone of photos and videos from 2013 I noticed the task app. I played around with it for a bit and then it hit me. Why not use this as my daily/weekly/monthly check list. So I got busy adding in my daily chores and have it set to repeat, then I added my weekly, monthly. I even added some projects I want to get done. As I think of things I just keep adding to the list. Yes, the list looks big now, and to some maybe discouraging. But hey, I don't need to do everything on the list at once.
So now its been a week of trying this method out. I didn't do so well first few days and am still working on it. But a new thing I love about it is even if the deadline has past it stays there. So for example I have put load of laundry in for everyday. I was away for a few days where I couldn't. When I got home I started laundry and checked off completed for one load. My phone tells me this deadline has past, I say okay, then it appears on my list again. Which means if I have time, do another load that day. Which I do! This way the who thought of load a day I will keep up is still in play, sort of. I mean normally I would forget I was away and didn't do laundry those days and still just do one a day and then I look at my laundry room and am wondering how I feel behind.
Needless to say, I am loving this method so far. I don't feel overwhelmed that I need to sit down at night and write out a new list. I don't feel bad and discourage when I didn't complete everything I had written on the page that day. To me I am feeling less pressure therefor I feel I am getting more done. With the new baby coming I am sure this will change a bit but if I can get a head of things now I think it will make things all that much better then.
What do you do to stay organize?
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Getting fit and motivate, how do you?
So with this new year coming. I went back and organized all videos and photos of 2013. I was really working hard on taking out bad foods and drinks from my diet and slowly getting myself to lose weight. Well come July I was getting frustrated that all my new clothes were getting to tight, didn't make sense to me. Then I found out late August we were pregnant. So my whole workout plan was thrown away. I looked into aqua fit and other light things, but nothing worked with our schedules.
While being pregnant I actually haven't gained any weight since 3 months. Mind you I have been sick and not eating a lot if anything, which is incredibly bad I know. But when I eat I try to avoid fatty foods and stick with water or milk for drinks. This also being anything else makes me sick. I hope to do some light work outs each week and when the baby comes get back into getting fit and healthy. This is a BIG challenge for me as I love certain foods and drinks. I think this is a challenge for all though.
What do you do to stay healthy and get fit? I don't want to go on a strict diet or do anything to dramatically because lets face it, 4 kids and one being a baby I won't have the time to prepare those healthy meals and honestly will just forget to eat like I do now as I am so busy getting the kids food ready.
For the holidays I got what I wanted, a slow cooker. I hope to use this quite often as my cooking abilities are not as great as their dads. I am the baker of the house, I love to bake, but never eat the sweets, weird eh! Do you have any good cook book recipes for slow cookers? I got one for the holidays and it looks confusing but is still pretty awesome as it is very details and descriptive.
To motivate myself getting fit and healthy I made a video/slideshow of myself over 2013, I compared it to 2012 and wow did I gain a lot it feels like in 1 year. I look at this video and it so far has motivated me and hope it will motivate me more. Not only in weight and health but it beauty and joy as well. I mean some days I just don't feel like getting my hair done and make up, but I look at those photos and remember how great those days were and want more like that.
While being pregnant I actually haven't gained any weight since 3 months. Mind you I have been sick and not eating a lot if anything, which is incredibly bad I know. But when I eat I try to avoid fatty foods and stick with water or milk for drinks. This also being anything else makes me sick. I hope to do some light work outs each week and when the baby comes get back into getting fit and healthy. This is a BIG challenge for me as I love certain foods and drinks. I think this is a challenge for all though.
What do you do to stay healthy and get fit? I don't want to go on a strict diet or do anything to dramatically because lets face it, 4 kids and one being a baby I won't have the time to prepare those healthy meals and honestly will just forget to eat like I do now as I am so busy getting the kids food ready.
For the holidays I got what I wanted, a slow cooker. I hope to use this quite often as my cooking abilities are not as great as their dads. I am the baker of the house, I love to bake, but never eat the sweets, weird eh! Do you have any good cook book recipes for slow cookers? I got one for the holidays and it looks confusing but is still pretty awesome as it is very details and descriptive.
To motivate myself getting fit and healthy I made a video/slideshow of myself over 2013, I compared it to 2012 and wow did I gain a lot it feels like in 1 year. I look at this video and it so far has motivated me and hope it will motivate me more. Not only in weight and health but it beauty and joy as well. I mean some days I just don't feel like getting my hair done and make up, but I look at those photos and remember how great those days were and want more like that.
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