Goals

Being a mom, it's pretty hard to accomplish anything these days. Being able to actually get myself ready is considered a "productive day" to me.

It's sad, I know. You should see how overjoyed I get when I actually get myself ready and clean up the house/do the dishes in the same day... Yeah, it's a rare occasion. 

Now it's not that Olive doesn't give me enough free time, because she does. A lot. But I'll end up distracting myself with things like Instagram, or Twitter. And by the time that I realize that I have things in real life to take care of.. it's too late. She wakes up, and then it's all hands on deck. 

So I've decided to generate a list of everything I'd like to accomplish when the Olive ship is in the harbor. (That was horrible, I know. But hey, cut me some slack, I've been out of the social loop for a while now)

1. Crochet something! ...Since I still have yet to finish Olive's baby blanket....that I started when I was 2 months pregnant. I know, I know, I'm horrible. Procrastination runs in my family, just a bit. 

2. Write "Thank You" notes to everyone that has helped me and my little family in our time of need. Because I really, really appreciate everything they have and continue to do for us. It truly means a lot to have a great support system. 

3. Get back into painting. It's something I used to love, but I don't really find the time to do it anymore. I miss it. 

4. Take family photos! I'm able to get pictures of Vaughn and Olive, but I never seem to get all three of us. I think it's because I'm not happy with my self image right now, so I'm sort of avoiding the camera in every way possible. Okay, maybe a lot of avoiding is going on.

5. Start writing in my journal again. This was one thing that I really enjoyed doing. Not because I need to keep things secret, or that I have no one to talk to- it was just a great stress reliever. It helped me get out my thoughts, and then I was able to clear my head. If I only manage to cross this one thing off my goal list, I'll be perfectly okay with it. 

6. Start Olive's scrapbook. Now, I have absolutely no idea how to scrapbook. I don't even know how I'd start the process of scrapbooking. And if anyone has any pointers, I would be all ears (Or eyes*). I tried to scrapbook once in my life... it didn't turn out so great. It actually just became a huge mess of borders and cut up photos. It was horrendous, and it made me hate scrapbooks all together. The only reason it's one of my goals is because someone bought me one for my baby shower. Yeah, I wasn't the happiest girl when I unwrapped it. Not because scrapbooks aren't cute, but my past experience with them kind of ruined it for me. But, that is going to change! Hopefully, anyway.

7. Go on a date night. Might seem like an easy thing, but it's really not. To be completely honest, I kind of dread going anywhere with Olive. Not because I don't want to take her out, or that she's too fussy.. It's just that it is so difficult to get everything packed up and ready in order to actually take her out. Getting her fed, changed, wrapped up nice and warm, put into the carseat, then getting the diaper bag ready, then once we get to the place- putting her in the Moby, and finally going into our place of destination. Getting all of this timed out perfectly is still not my forte, yet. I'll master it soon, I hope. Because when we do take her out, she's great. She sleeps the entire time; doesn't make a peep. So I know that I'll have no problem when I do decide to work up the courage enough to go out on a date night. But until then, date nights at home it is. 

The little munchkin just woke up, so I'll have to finish this lovely list later!

xo Jess.