My Gold Nuggets of Success

So here are a couple thoughts that will help me to be successful with school and wife/mother responsibilities.  If I stick by these, I know I will do well.

1) Get my sleep.  This is one of the first thoughts I had.  If I'm shortcutting this, in the end I will not gain anything, but lose a whole lot. 

2) I need to have good food on hand. (which means I need to cook)  Especially with my dietary requirements, I can't live off quick foods, and starving isn't really an option. 

3) My house needs to be clean.  I can't think straight when it's not.  It doesn't need to be eat off the floor clean, but picked up and not filthy.

4) I need to spend time snuggled up to my hubby every night.  I can study, I just need to be studying next to him.  (thank goodness I'm finding it easy to study while the TV is on, not something I use to be able to do)  It allows me to connect to him and keeps things going well between us.

5) Date night once a week.  No studying or anything else.  One night a week that belongs just to Bryan.

6) No studying on Sunday, for religious reasons.  I am using Sundays for my planning day.  I get everything ready for my next week.

7) I read over this and realized that I forgot my morning routine.  I learned, when I started homeschooling my kids, if I don't do this, my day never gets started.  It's horrible!  So my routine includes: up, exercise/scripture reading, (I have started putting these together for time) dressed and ready.  If I miss any one of those, I'm in trouble.

Boy, I am sounding high maintenance!  How do I have time to do anything else.  I don't know, but I get many hours of studying in every day...and I'm blogging now.  No pat on my back.  I was hardly making it happen BEFORE I took on school.  That's how it works, though.  When I feel that something needs to happen, a way is always provided! 

There it is!  I am already reaping the benefits from following my own rules. They truly are my gold nuggets of success.  If I get off, it won't take me to long to rectify the situation;  I will start failing miserably.  It is one of the advantages of taking on something challenging later on in life.  I have learned the things that really help my life to work, and the things that sink me immediately. 

Here is my Kid Moment For the Day:

I woke up a couple of days ago and found this on the fridge.  Hope reminding us that her birthday is coming up quick.  I thought it was creative how she manipulated the other letters to create her message.  Very Hope!