a successful day

after getting sick over the weekend, it felt like my energy and motivation would never come back.  all i wanted to do was lay down for every single second of my life.  my body would inexplicably just gravitate to my bed.  so i prayed for energy and motivation and tried harder to get over it.

i made a pretty good menu plan for this week.  i've been tackling my junk room that has been the catch all for far too long.  and uhh, y'know... stuff like that.  generally, as a rule, i spend nap time in bed.  i can work on emails or whatever but i don't spend my nap time cleaning the house or doing other "work" type stuff.  i pay it forward and it makes me a better wife and mother for the second part of the day.  but somehow (answer to my prayers) i've found the energy and motivation to actually want to do stuff like tackle that junk room and make dinner and do other stuff during nap time that can't be done while reclining in bed.  not sure how long it'll last, but for now, it's pretty amazing.

yesterday, baby slept til after 10 before i finally woke her up, grabbed her a banana and milk and stuck her in a stroller to go walking with jodi and elle.  we all stopped at the playground for a while and didn't call it quits until a little after noon.  lunch then nap then dinner then relief society and then the day was over.  like most days, it just went too quickly.  

but today was a different story.  baby woke up at 7 50!  my christopher and i were actually still asleep when we heard her cry.  i got her and make us all a hot breakfast while honey showered.  baby girl and i got dressed and ready for the day.  we returned a cake pan to a friend on the way to the library for story time.  we went straight to costco and met up with jodi and elle at noon and after taking a quick trip to the mailbox, we didn't sit down for lunch until after 2.  baby girl though wouldn't even sit in her chair (she did have a lot of samples and ate an entire giant biscuit on the way home/mailbox trip) and communicated that she wasn't hungry but just wanted to go upstairs for nap.  well, great.  because it's after your nap time anyways.  while she was asleep i worked on dinner and made these deep south gooey butter bars to take to girls night.  honey got home and we were starting in on dinner when baby woke up after 6.  she's on a serious late nap streak right now.  then the relief society pres called to talk about something.  i put away the food from dinner and then kissed honey and baby goodbye as i left for girls night.  and again, even though i left the kitchen an absolute disaster... waaaayyy way worse than usual even... i came home at midnight to clear counters and clean dishes.  let me tell you, that is the quickest way to my heart for sure.

soooo, that was my super successful day.  i know some people, specifically moms, get frustrated with their days feeling like they don't ever accomplish anything.  but this is a peek into what a successful day looks like for me.  

i got quality time with my husband before work, and even fed him a hot breakfast (never ever eeeever happens).

i got myself and my baby dressed and fed and out of the house before 11am.

i actually remembered to return a cake pan and a library book.  in one outing!

baby girl got to go to story time!

costco trip!  and i got everything on my list that i wanted.  and it was with friends.

baby napped for over 3.5 hours.  that's really good... even for baby.

i made part of a copycat recipe for sweet pork salad.  i had the tortillas, lettuce, sweet pork, rice, black beans, guacamole, cheese, sour cream, and ranch dressing all set out for honey when he got home.  i know you can make all the parts but i didn't want to put thaaat much time and effort into it so i just did plain black beans, rice, and guacamole.  and used store bought dressing.  but it was wonderful.  and it was one of the few times that my meal actually came together at the same time that my honey got home.  probably because i didn't wash dishes and clean up as i went along.  maybe that's the secret!

i got in plenty of girl time and socializing with friends.

and of course, coming home to a clean kitchen is priceless.

sooo, i mean, it wasn't perfect.  like how i forgot to each lunch.  fail.  but it was a really really good day.  feeding my family, spending time with my husband, providing great playtime for my baby, and getting in some girl time for me.... all blend together to make a really accomplished day.  i need to make these happen more often.

 

jodi had to interfere to get elle to give baby girl a turn driving.

she got over that real fast though.

so like me, baby is just not a leader.  we're natural followers you know.

but followers are important.  they're like the motor sometimes.

double fisting biscuit while walking to the mailbox

oh happy day!