{me}anderings . . .: 10 things: do it daily list

here i am joining shimelle's "10 things" monthly blog roll. i am late to the party per usual, but the 10th had me crazy busy with the last day of cub scout day camp and loading the june jbs mercantile gallery. then i guess i was recuperating on the 11th. but i came up with a great idea for getting our lives in order on the 11th and i wanted to share it with you on the 12th. but oops again i see midnight just rolled around so it's actually the 13th. sigh.

anyway, so my big idea is a list of 10 things that g and i need to try and do every day. i've made a little chart we can check off and we're hoping to make passing grades each day. you know if we hit 9 things we get a 90, but if we only hit 6 things we get a 60 and that ain't good. so here's our list. chelle's decided to play along with her three. fun! let me know if you decide to joing in too and we can cheer each other along. oh! and you can tailor your list to what your needs are.

here's my list of daily goals:

1. walk. my goal is 3 to 5 miles. g's is 1 to 3 miles.

2. weights. this is a fluff category for now. g has little 3 pound hand weights that he talked me into buying this past winter. he's using those. i'm thinking to use them for arms every other day and then go to the weight room for legs on the opposite days. i might add push-ups to the arms days and sit-ups to the legs days. or not. i really hate sit-ups and push-ups.

3. fruit. eat at least one.

4. vegetables. eat at least one.

5. clean. pick a cleaning chore. dishes and living room tidying don't count as i really want us to do those every day anyway. also, the random chores can't be repeated within a week.

6. math. g has to do a couple pages in his math workbook. i'm planning on answering emails while he does that. it's not exactly math for me, but i'll enjoy watching the number of emails in my inbox shrink.

7. read. g reads one of his books - a new title each day of the week. i need to read a chapter in a real book each day. trns and magazines don't count. i'm going to start with "the secret life of bees" simply because it's been on my nightstand since last august.

8. journal. i've started g writing a little journal of his gardening adventures. when he gets caught up on that i'll think of some other things. i'm going to count blogging and scrapbooking as my journaling and maybe add art journaling in july if i get around to it.

9. verse. g will be practicing his weekly memory verse from sunday school. i'm going to read a chapter in my dusty bible each night starting with exodus as we're currently doing a six week study of the 10 commandments at church.

10. thanks. a thank you card each day. this is a joint project. g picks who gets the card. i make it. g writes a bit and then i write a bit more that he dictates to me.

that's it! none of these items are heavy duty. i wanted it to be doable so it would be motivational. i'll keep you posted as to how it's going!

these pics are of my adorable little bug hunter. i was fussing at him yesterday as we were walking the greenway because he wanted to know why i didn't remember the water bottle and i told him he needs to start remembering a few things too because mommy simply can't remember everything for the two of us. so today when i told him we were heading to jenni's for a bit he dug out his school backpack and loaded it with his bug hunting gear and a water bottle and was ready to go. so cute.

Comments

That is certainly an admirable list! I am torn this summer between wanting to accomplish things and wanting to do nothing. So far, I've been "busy" but not very productive. I want June to be my "get everything accomplished" month and July to be my "lay around and relax" month. :) I love your list! I need to add "read the Bible" to my daily list for sure.

Posted by: TracieClaiborne | June 13, 2011 at 01:07 AM