Focus Friday On Hold
August 14, 2009 by Ellen
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So you probably noticed no Focus Friday last week, sorry about the sudden drop. I am trying to cut back a bit as I reach the end of my pregnancy. I decided to put Focus Friday on hold for a while so I can make sure and have the time to keep bringing you great deals and giveaways. I hope you keep it up on your own or at least keep focusing it has been so much fun to do with everyone!
Focus Friday
July 31, 2009 by Ellen
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Wow this week went fast I can’t believe it is Friday already. I am happy to report I had a successful and good week. My doctor started me on medicine to deal with my high blood pressure and I have been feeling better. We celebrated my husbands birthday and I got to spend some quality time with my two good friends whom I have neglected for the past 2 months. I did get some of the random boxes sorted through which is great so overall last week was a success. Here are my goals for this week:
- sort through the girls toys ( these are a crazy mess)
- Start figuring out where all the baby stuff is
That’s all for this week. Locating all the baby stuff I need will be quite a project in and of itself since we have boxes at 4 places. So that is my focus for next week, what are you focusing on? New to Focus Friday here is the scoop: As we enter a new year everyone, myself included, has a list as long as their arm of things they want to accomplish. So I have decided to hold myself accountable by choosing one thing to focus on each week. It can be big or small, it doesn’t matter just as long as I specify what it is and get it done.So each week I will post my focus for the upcoming week as well as give a recap of how my week went with the previous focus. Now here is the fun part, I want you to join me on my little focus challenge. Grab my fancy button from above and post it along with your Focus Friday each week on your own blog. Then come and leave your link here in the Mr.Linky below. I promise if you participate that I will cheer you on and help you to stay focused and please do the same for me and all the participants. If you don’t blog just leave your focus in a comment below.
Focus Friday
July 23, 2009 by Ellen
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Well I feel like Dora the Explorer and I want to sing ” we did it, we did it!”. That’s right the house is on the market looks fabulous and has gotten off to a REALLY strong start with 5 showings in the first 2 days all with positive feedback, now we just need one to turn into an offer. I did get more sleep and my husband, kids and I have gotten to catch up on some quality time. On the down side I was a bit MIA from blogging this week due to the early arrival of an unwelcome friend… high blood pressure. Each pregnancy my blood pressure rises as the baby gets bigger and my uterus presses on major blood vessels. Fortunately it is never pre-eclampsia but I am induced early because of it. The past two times it has happened around 36 weeks, well this time it came at 31 weeks which is a bit unnerving for me. So I am taking it easy, the irony is I declined Blogher and an invite to Boston from TJ Maxx because I had an odd feeling this would happen early and sadly I was right. But the upside is I have an AMAZING doctor who I trust completely and I know my baby girl and I are in great hands.
So on to this week it is an eventful week that will be a roller coaster of ups and downs, my husbands birthday is this week which is cause for celebration but it is also the 1 year anniversary of a tragic death in the family. So please keep my family in your prayers as we deal with this anniversary. So here is my list for next week:
- celebrate my husband’s birthday
- get together with friends for play dates ( we missed them all this month so far due to working on the house)
- sort through some random junk boxes and get them organized
So that is my focus for next week, what are you focusing on? New to Focus Friday here is the scoop: As we enter a new year everyone, myself included, has a list as long as their arm of things they want to accomplish. So I have decided to hold myself accountable by choosing one thing to focus on each week. It can be big or small, it doesn’t matter just as long as I specify what it is and get it done.So each week I will post my focus for the upcoming week as well as give a recap of how my week went with the previous focus. Now here is the fun part, I want you to join me on my little focus challenge. Grab my fancy button from above and post it along with your Focus Friday each week on your own blog. Then come and leave your link here in the Mr.Linky below. I promise if you participate that I will cheer you on and help you to stay focused and please do the same for me and all the participants. If you don’t blog just leave your focus in a comment below.
Focus Friday
July 16, 2009 by Ellen
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I know I know you are really tired of hearing about my house drama but it is definitely the all consuming thing in my life right now. I am getting very tired of my husband being up till all hours working on the house, but we seem to be perfectionists. In this market we know it needs to be as close to perfect as possible. My husband is doing an amazing job and the house looks fantastic, wish we could enjoy it! But the good news is we have a realtor coming by tomorrow and hopefully another 1 or 2 this weekend, then we will pick one and get it listed. So that means maybe I will see my husband again and maybe we can both get some sleep. So here are my wish list goals for next week.
- spend lost and lots of family time with my husband and kids
- get more sleep
- get some of these posts I have swimming in my head onto my blog
- say lots of prayers for a quick sale
So that is my focus for next week, what are you focusing on? New to Focus Friday here is the scoop: As we enter a new year everyone, myself included, has a list as long as their arm of things they want to accomplish. So I have decided to hold myself accountable by choosing one thing to focus on each week. It can be big or small, it doesn’t matter just as long as I specify what it is and get it done.So each week I will post my focus for the upcoming week as well as give a recap of how my week went with the previous focus. Now here is the fun part, I want you to join me on my little focus challenge. Grab my fancy button from above and post it along with your Focus Friday each week on your own blog. Then come and leave your link here in the Mr.Linky below. I promise if you participate that I will cheer you on and help you to stay focused and please do the same for me and all the participants. If you don’t blog just leave your focus in a comment below.
Focus Friday
July 10, 2009 by Ellen
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Well since this is our first house to sell we have nothing to compare it with, but it is taking forever to get it ready. Since the market is so bad we want the house perfect needing no real work so it seems like we keep adding to our list. Isn’t it funny our house will be the nicest as we leave it? Well more packing has gotten done and we really are close to finishing, but as for a new routine with the girls, yeah right! We did have fun 4th of July. We went to the local parade which the girls loved, my husband tried to take our 3 year old to the fireworks but she fell asleep and would not wake up, next year I guess. So on to this week:
- keep working on the house ( I am seriously tired of this one)
- have some relax time with my husband ( we have been running in opposite directions all week!)
So that is my focus for next week, what are you focusing on? New to Focus Friday here is the scoop: As we enter a new year everyone, myself included, has a list as long as their arm of things they want to accomplish. So I have decided to hold myself accountable by choosing one thing to focus on each week. It can be big or small, it doesn’t matter just as long as I specify what it is and get it done.So each week I will post my focus for the upcoming week as well as give a recap of how my week went with the previous focus. Now here is the fun part, I want you to join me on my little focus challenge. Grab my fancy button from above and post it along with your Focus Friday each week on your own blog. Then come and leave your link here in the Mr.Linky below. I promise if you participate that I will cheer you on and help you to stay focused and please do the same for me and all the participants. If you don’t blog just leave your focus in a comment below.
Focus Friday
July 3, 2009 by Ellen
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So this past week I just kept plugging away at getting our house market ready and getting us settled in our new place. I feel like we have made real progress but still have a ways to go. I was hoping to be putting a For Sale sign up today but it is looking like next weekend is doable. My generous family spent an evening painting so we are getting closer and my father in-law and husband are starting repairs. So here is what I am up to this week:
- finish packing all the random junk still at the house
- start landscaping
- celebrate the 4th of July
- get more settled and a new routine established with the girls
So that is my focus for next week, what are you focusing on? New to Focus Friday here is the scoop: As we enter a new year everyone, myself included, has a list as long as their arm of things they want to accomplish. So I have decided to hold myself accountable by choosing one thing to focus on each week. It can be big or small, it doesn’t matter just as long as I specify what it is and get it done.So each week I will post my focus for the upcoming week as well as give a recap of how my week went with the previous focus. Now here is the fun part, I want you to join me on my little focus challenge. Grab my fancy button from above and post it along with your Focus Friday each week on your own blog. Then come and leave your link here in the Mr.Linky below. I promise if you participate that I will cheer you on and help you to stay focused and please do the same for me and all the participants. If you don’t blog just leave your focus in a comment below.
Focus Friday
June 26, 2009 by Ellen
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In case you were wondering yes I am still here we just had no power last night and what an advenure it was. My husband was out and he couldn’t reach me because the lines were dead ( note to self get a hard line phone) and he broke down on a one lane road under construction so in the horrible storm he and a kindly man were pushing his car. Meanwhile I am at home worrying because he is 1 1/2 hours late. Thank goodness we have family in town who could come and pick him up. Well the week has flown by as I packed up the house and today and tomorrow we officially try to move everything out. Wish us luck, the lack of power last night definitely put us a bit behind. So here are the goals for the coming week:
- Get moved out of house and get it all cleaned up
- get settled
So that is my focus for next week, what are you focusing on? New to Focus Friday here is the scoop: As we enter a new year everyone, myself included, has a list as long as their arm of things they want to accomplish. So I have decided to hold myself accountable by choosing one thing to focus on each week. It can be big or small, it doesn’t matter just as long as I specify what it is and get it done.So each week I will post my focus for the upcoming week as well as give a recap of how my week went with the previous focus. Now here is the fun part, I want you to join me on my little focus challenge. Grab my fancy button from above and post it along with your Focus Friday each week on your own blog. Then come and leave your link here in the Mr.Linky below. I promise if you participate that I will cheer you on and help you to stay focused and please do the same for me and all the participants. If you don’t blog just leave your focus in a comment below.
Focus Friday
June 12, 2009 by Ellen
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Well it’s Friday and of course not all the packing I wanted to get done got done. I have been totally exhausted and not feeling great ( probably due to stress) so all my plans kept getting pushed aside for resting. I did celebrate my birthday and had a great time at Yanni Voices with my mom, Nathan and Ender even sang me Happy Birthday when I met them. SO on to this week it looks pretty much the same minus my birthday:
- keep moving forward with getting ready to move
- try not to stress too much.
So that is my focus for next week, what are you focusing on?
New to Focus Friday here is the scoop: As we enter a new year everyone, myself included, has a list as long as their arm of things they want to accomplish. So I have decided to hold myself accountable by choosing one thing to focus on each week. It can be big or small, it doesn’t matter just as long as I specify what it is and get it done.So each week I will post my focus for the upcoming week as well as give a recap of how my week went with the previous focus. Now here is the fun part, I want you to join me on my little focus challenge. Grab my fancy button from above and post it along with your Focus Friday each week on your own blog. Then come and leave your link here in the Mr.Linky below. I promise if you participate that I will cheer you on and help you to stay focused and please do the same for me and all the participants. If you don’t blog just leave your focus in a comment below.
Focus Friday
June 5, 2009 by Ellen
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Ok so here it is another Friday and what a week it has been. Since I wrote my post last Friday we have decided we are selling our house and the plan is to have it on the market by then end of this month. This has been REALLY STRESSFUL for me, in the long run it is a good thing but being pregnant and trying to pack up a house makes for a killer combination. As for my other focuses for last week the recital got rained out so no first recital ( that’s ok she probably would have stood there frozen if she even went on the stage), and sorting for a garage sale is definitely on track as I begin packing. As for prep for birthday month well it took a back seat. So here are my new focuses:
- Pack, Pack, Paint and Pack ( that kind of sums up the rest of the month for me!)
- Celebrate my 27th birthday! On Sunday I turn 27 and my father in-law turns 1 year older (yes we share a birthday) and thanks to Christine at Mommy Story I am going to Yanni Voices with my mom and I can not wait! If you are wondering why I am excited for Yanni read my review of this great cd here.
- Try not to be too stressed ( bad for baby) about all the things I need to do in one month!
So that is my focus for next week, what are you focusing on?
New to Focus Friday here is the scoop: As we enter a new year everyone, myself included, has a list as long as their arm of things they want to accomplish. So I have decided to hold myself accountable by choosing one thing to focus on each week. It can be big or small, it doesn’t matter just as long as I specify what it is and get it done.So each week I will post my focus for the upcoming week as well as give a recap of how my week went with the previous focus. Now here is the fun part, I want you to join me on my little focus challenge. Grab my fancy button from above and post it along with your Focus Friday each week on your own blog. Then come and leave your link here in the Mr.Linky below. I promise if you participate that I will cheer you on and help you to stay focused and please do the same for me and all the participants. If you don’t blog just leave your focus in a comment below.
Focus Friday
May 29, 2009 by Ellen
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First of all I can not believe it is Friday already with the long weekend this week just flew by! So are you ready for this…. I GOT MY WHOLE LIST ACCOMPLISHED!!!!!!!!! That’s right I got some new maternity clothes, we celebrated Memorial Day with a parade and cookout at my parents, I got some more yard work done oh and my daughter is POTTY TRAINED!!!!!! I am so thrilled to be almost done with diapers ( for her at least). She still wears them at night but next week I am taking that away too. After being home bound for days while my daughter figured out what having no diapers meant we have been able to resume life as normal with only 1 accident. I am so proud of her! So on to this week, here are my goals:
- start sorting through the house to have a garage sale ( this will be a major task)
- enjoy my daughters first ballet recital
- get ready for birthday month, we have lots of birthdays in June so I need to get moving on presents, ect.
I am not taking on too much besides getting ready for the garage sale because that will be a big task that requires kid free time (which is minimal) I really want to do it in June but it all depends on when I can be ready by. So that is my focus for next week, what are you focusing on?
New to Focus Friday here is the scoop: As we enter a new year everyone, myself included, has a list as long as their arm of things they want to accomplish. So I have decided to hold myself accountable by choosing one thing to focus on each week. It can be big or small, it doesn’t matter just as long as I specify what it is and get it done.So each week I will post my focus for the upcoming week as well as give a recap of how my week went with the previous focus. Now here is the fun part, I want you to join me on my little focus challenge. Grab my fancy button from above and post it along with your Focus Friday each week on your own blog. Then come and leave your link here in the Mr.Linky below. I promise if you participate that I will cheer you on and help you to stay focused and please do the same for me and all the participants. If you don’t blog just leave your focus in a comment below.
Mr.Linky is still not working so just leave your post in the comments section.
Focus Friday
May 22, 2009 by Ellen
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So I had a very productive week…I cleaned the back porch and it looks really good if I do say so myself. I did buy pots and plant all of my herbs just not strawberry pots ( I couldn’t find a good price) but my herbs are happy and looking good. I got some extra yard work done that has been hanging over my head so hurray for me! I also took away diapers from my 3 year old and it has been an adventure. She uses the potty when she wants to but so far she has wet in my shoes and had several more exciting accidents. So on that note hear are my focuses for this week:
- Get our potty accidents down to few and far between
- Do some more yard work
- celebrate Memorial Day
- buy some summer maternity clothes
So that is my focus for next week, what are you focusing on?
New to Focus Friday here is the scoop: As we enter a new year everyone, myself included, has a list as long as their arm of things they want to accomplish. So I have decided to hold myself accountable by choosing one thing to focus on each week. It can be big or small, it doesn’t matter just as long as I specify what it is and get it done.So each week I will post my focus for the upcoming week as well as give a recap of how my week went with the previous focus. Now here is the fun part, I want you to join me on my little focus challenge. Grab my fancy button from above and post it along with your Focus Friday each week on your own blog. Then come and leave your link here in the Mr.Linky below. I promise if you participate that I will cheer you on and help you to stay focused and please do the same for me and all the participants. If you don’t blog just leave your focus in a comment below.
Focus Friday
May 15, 2009 by Ellen
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Guess what…I did it I took every shelf and drawer out of my fridge and scrubbed them and my fridge looks like it did the day we bought it. I did get ready for my coupon class and held it, I also frantically cleaned my house this week and dealt with several halfway finished projects. We are going out of town this weekend and I thought my sister in law would be staying at our house so I was kind of panicking. But it turns out we can take our dog with us so she won’t be here. So for that reason the bulbs got punched to the back burner as I dealt with indoor projects. I did also clean out my car and it looks might good! Here are my focuses for this week:
- Get strawberry pots for my herbs if I can find a good price and plant them.
- Find next size up pajamas for my youngest in the bins in storage
- Clean the back porch
That’s all for this week
New to Focus Friday here is the scoop: As we enter a new year everyone, myself included, has a list as long as their arm of things they want to accomplish. So I have decided to hold myself accountable by choosing one thing to focus on each week. It can be big or small, it doesn’t matter just as long as I specify what it is and get it done.So each week I will post my focus for the upcoming week as well as give a recap of how my week went with the previous focus. Now here is the fun part, I want you to join me on my little focus challenge. Grab my fancy button from above and post it along with your Focus Friday each week on your own blog. Then come and leave your link here in the Mr.Linky below. I promise if you participate that I will cheer you on and help you to stay focused and please do the same for me and all the participants. If you don’t blog just leave your focus in a comment below.
