November Ambitions

Kind of like a New Years Resolution, I have a few goals for November:

1. Pick one 'non-routine' chore per day and do it before noon.

2. Do one craft per day/spend 30 minutes a day doing something creative.

3. Focus on eating nutrient rich food for Dexter and I.


Non-Routine Chores
I'm brainstorming a list right now, of chores that aren't daily maintenance but that keep the house clean. It's so easy to get bogged down with sweeping, tidying, and dishes! And I've touched on topic of morning non-productivity so this is a goal to help with both. Some examples of non-routine chores for me (no judging me if you do these daily!):
-clean out and wipe down fridge,
-run a dishwasher cycle of vinegar and then baking soda to wash it,
-wash floors,
-vacuum various rooms,
-clean oven,
-specific dusting areas,
-declutter kitchen counters,
-file paper in office.

A Craft-a-Day/ 30 Minutes Creative Time
With Christmas coming only 55 days away (http://www.xmasclock.com/) I have a few handmade projects I would like to do for presents. However they take time of planning and execution. I also pin lots of ideas on pinterest but don't often check back to make some of them. Thus a goal to work on these presents, projects and ideas! I'm including in this time work on my Heritage Makers photo projects as I'd like some for us as well as possibly family. And I signed up for Part 2 of my art class so I would like to devote some time to that. If I spend more than 30 minutes a day, I'd be really happy with that, but the goal is at least 30.

I'm a much more fulfilled person when I get to be creative so I'm really looking forward to focusing my time this way :-)

Nutrient Dense Food
Unfortunately, I have been eating a lot of junk food and not doing a lot of meal planning pretty much the whole year. I am officially the biggest/heaviest I have every been. The number on the scale is a pretty scary one, and although I'm not super motivated to do anything about it, I am at least interested in eating more nutrient dense foods. Like super foods.

I know I have to lead by example for Dexter and now that he's three, he's really old enough for me to enforce the "this is dinner or have nothing" rule. Teaching my kids to eat for fuel rather than enjoyment/emotion was a goal I had pre-children and it's time to work on that! Dexter deserves to grow up with a healthy food mindset.

Some of my ideas are to incorporate smoothies and to do some veggie puréed in our food. As of now, Dexter eats a very limited selection of food... I'm embarrassed to admit that it's focused on one food group and consists of mostly process foods. His go to foods are: yogurt (happy about that one), fries and Cheerios. Depending on his mood, he's been known to eat strawberries, granola bars, goldfishes, fruit snacks, grapes, KD, grill cheese, meatballs. That's about it. Pretty short list for a 3 year old!

The key to success is going to be table eating together, and enforcement of 'this or nothing'.

Wish me luck! Send me ideas of recipes if you have them.