goals for the coming week

i have ollie in my head singing his days of the week song! damn you nick jr!

the agent is starting to rub off on me.....oh man that sounds a bit odd!

anyway, he likes to set himself goals for the weeks. things to achieve. i'm not sure why exactly, however i totally get it. i like seeing items crossed off any list i make, be it a to-do list or a shopping list.

so, to help me have a better week than the one that is finishing today, i am going to make myself a list of goals i wish to achieve. not that there is anything wrong with the week that has just passed, heck i drove the girls and myself up to my parents place and back on my own - 1200kms all up! i just didn't do a lot of the stuff i would like to do and get done each week.

so, here goes. in no particular order....

1. exercise. everyday except saturday. tomorrow i'll be getting the agent to kick my ass into gear. he is training for the sydney to 'gong bike ride and will be doing his own training in the morning. i'm going to make damn sure i get to use my treadmill, or even escape and go to the gym. as for during the week, i'll be going and doing the gym classes i love every single time i can when they are on and the creche is open.

2. plan a budget with the agent. he is forever saying we need to do this, yet that is as far as we get. this week, it all changes!

3. my mum arrives on wednesday, so i'll be making sure the bathrooms are clean, the spare room is presentable (and i can only say presentable, as it's more a storage room with a bed at times!) and the house is just generally clean. this means a lot of cleaning will have to happen monday and tuesday, which is made a bit more challenging as i have children both those days. however, i will make do and get it done at night if i have to!

4. work out a meal plan and stick to it! even if it is just for dinners, the meal i struggle to most with. i love breakfast and have no problem eating it. special k and fresh strawberries. yum yum. tomorrow will be a treat though, after my run. a big bowl of fruit salad and harris farm yoghurt. mmm-mmmmm! anyway, dinner we struggle with. i end up in cooking 2 sometimes 3 times. once for the girls, then myself and then scott when he arrives home. so i really need to work out some meals that all of us will eat. again difficult cos this pregnancy has really messed up taste buds and tummy!

5. spend the last 2 hours the girls are awake relaxing with them and focusing everything on them. too often lately it seems we rush thru the last hour before bed. we used to read every night after they were dressed. not so much any more. so this week, i want to make sure they are in bed by a certain time - 7 or 7:30pm and that i or the agent (or my mum, seeing she'll be here) read to them. they love being read to, and since i did begin getting back in to reading each night, bug's speech had begun to improve. ok, there will be 2 nights this week that they won't be in bed that early - monday and wednesday as that's the night the creche at my gym is open so we'll be there!

6. get the agent to clean up his damn floordrobe! argh! so annoying that i can't see the carpet on his side of the bed for all the clothes he dumps on the floor!

7. buy some more plastic tubs to put clothes in to. i would have so much space in my cupboard if i got rid of all the jeans in there that don't fit me at the moment! and my drawers. so many summer tops that won't be getting worn this year that can go away in to storage and give me more room for other clothes!

8. move the plastic tubs that are full down in to the garage. they do not need to be in the house any more!!!

9. get my car cleaned! it is filthy - food crumbs from the girls eating in it, and covered in dust from the parent's driveway. i had it cleaned a couple of weeks ago, but nope needs it again already!

10. catch up with some of the girls from my mums group. been a couple of weeks since i saw some of them, and even longer since i saw one particular lovely lady. so really need to see them - girls get to play and i get some sanity!

11. download latest episode of true blood season 4 and watch it. i LOVE true blood. it's my monday night indulgence.

12. enjoy mine and bug's birthdays! i keep forgetting it's my birthday on tuesday! i am remembering it's bug's on wednesday tho! need to organise a cake for her to take to daycare. her first birthday to be celebrated at daycare! i can think of a few things i'd like for my birthday....

13. write a list and hand it to the agent. he was looking at a fancy-schmancy teapot in david jones on thursday night, and was asking me if i like drinking tea....i don't really. have tried to but can't seem to get the taste for it! to which i said 'how's about you buy me something for my birthday that i'd like to have, not something you'd like me to have? huh?!' he just smiled.....to me tea is simply for me to dunk my biscuits in before i eat them!

that's about all i can think of now, and miss bubble is needing to be out of my room!

this post is a work in progress. and each time i complete something from the above post, i'll be blogging about it!!!