Tackle It Thursday

Today on my Tackle It Thursday I have something that is very hard for me to accomplish. Very hard. A little back story: Yesterday my body was working against me. First I had some kind of choking fit. It was really scary. I mean I've choked before, but this was way worse. I'll spare you the gross details, but by the time it was over my abs and ribs were sore and hurting. My voice was a little deeper and raspier. Second, last night I realized I was coming down with mastitis (simply put: an infection of the breast of breastfeeding moms). I started taking an onslaught of things to help stop it, or at least prevent it from becoming full blown mastitis.

Today, my throat is really raw and my voice sounds so funny. It would be almost cute if it didn't hurt so much. That's less of an issue for me though. It does seem that I was able to prevent full blown mastitis, which is good. If you haven't had it before - compare it to the worst kind of flu. With 3 kiddos I just don't have time to be taken out like that. Which is why #1 on my list today is going to be so hard....

1. Rest. Lots and lots of rest.
2. Make Valentine's Day boxes for the girls to receive their Valentine's in for tomorrows party.
3. Help the girls fill out their Valentine's for the party.
4. Work on details of my 2nd daughters birthday party.

That's it. I'm keeping it simple today. But that rest part... that's going to be hard!

Tackle It Thursday

As a part of my rotating daily themes, I'm introducing Tackle It Thursdays!

It's safe to say as a stay at home-and homeschooling-mom to 3 girls we're busy. And a lot goes on in our house each day. Tea parties, movie time, baking time, fort building, pet worlds are created and destroyed. All this means one thing: a load of mess to clean up. Of course I have my daughters help, but we all know, the majority falls back on mom. So while I'm running around with them all day (having fun of course) things get piled on the desk instead of sorted away, the books get laid on the bookshelf instead of put up, etc etc. My fix for it: Tackle It Thursdays. A day set aside for catching up on the dirty work. It really works out beautifully for me. I like the how to be in good order for the weekends. That way when we do our running around on the hubs days off, we can return to a nice clean space.

Here is what is on my To Do list for today:

1. Clean off my desk! By doing that, I guess I better aim high and clean out it's insides too. I'm scared...
2. Find a new toy basket for the living room for the baby's toys.
3. Have the girls clean up their room.
4. The bathrooms. Clean them.
5. And my nemesis... catch up the laundry AND put it away. In the same day. (I can do this, I can do this, I can do this... I say as I click my red heels...)

There. A simple 5 task list. I'm going to hold myself accountable and make myself post a comment at the end of the night reporting what I have finished. If you do a Tackle Me Thursday, share your list here! Alright so here I go, time to get at it!!