Thursday, June 2, 2011

June

Wow, I cannot believe it is June.  It sure doesn't feel like June.  It feels like February.  Really.  It was 56 degrees today.  I had my heat on.  Brr.
May flew by and I enjoyed it.  I really did.  It was a carefree sort of month in a lot of ways.  My house is a mess to prove it but that is okay.  Sometimes you just need downtime.  I even read a couple of books.  Yep.  2 days this month I read.  2 books.  You can probably figure out that nothing else got done that day but reading.  Oh well,  reading makes me happy and relaxed.
I am rambling I know.  So it is June and back to my goals.  I skipped May and that was nice.  But I need to get back on track.  Summer can be lots of fun but also stressful with 3 kids at home whining that they are bored.  Yes, my kids have now picked up on that lovely word.  I have a plan though for that.  I am going to make a list of things they can do when they are "bored" and I hope it puts an end to that word fairly quickly.  I am sure there will be more fun things they can figure out to do than pick up dog poop for instance. 
But my goal for June is to declutter.  Oh how I need to declutter.  I have too much stuff everywhere.  In my closet, in the kids' rooms, it's even staring at me on my desk as I type this.  Too much stuff!
And I want to have a garage sale so what better time to declutter than right before a garage sale.
That's it, that's my goal.  Something simple and hopefully doable. 
That might mean no more reading for me for a couple of weeks though:-)

3 comments:

Lainie said...

I'm with you on the de-cluttering. Must. Do.

On the boredom thing, have you ever thought to do a little summer "school" to give them structure in the morning and free afternoons? I found (before we actually homeschooled) that this kept everyone from bickering, etc... The first year I used "ABC" verses as a framework. We had a blast and the kids still talk about it. I saved it all if you're interested ;)

btw... I'm freezing too!

Sarah said...

Yeah for June!! I look forward to a less crazy schedule =)
We can have lots of play dates this summer and park trips =0)

Kristin said...

Lainie, the school idea is a good one. I have already told them they will have to continue reading in the summer but have some structure around it would be good. The kids have done the ABC verses at school. I might buy some workbooks or something and try that.
Sarah, playdates and doggy playdates for sure. I cannot wait for some warmth!