Commitment to Loveliness, November 23

It's time for another Commitment to Loveliness, hosted by Charming the Birds from the Trees!

Here is my list for this Thanksgiving week:

1. Begin preparations for Advent and St. Nicholas Day next week.
2. Finish sorting baby clothes and put those bins away!
3. Haircuts for the "big" boys.
4. Go to bed early.
5. Pay more attention to my tone of voice. I feel like I've been shrill lately.

Commitment to Loveliness, September 14

One day late! Visit Charming the Birds from the Trees to join!

• Start planning our Michaelmas Festival.


• Exercise five days this week.


• Finish moving cookbooks (again!)


• Try a new recipe.


• Finish decluttering kitchen table and set up new centerpiece.

Commitment to Loveliness, July 27

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1. Cheer up.

2. Enjoy my toddler.

3. Continue freezing food items for after baby arrives (bread, pizza dough, chicken).

4. Take a walk everyday.

5. Practice patience. Breathe deeply before saying anything.

Commitment to Loveliness, June 8

It's time for another Commitment to Loveliness hosted by Charming the Birds from the Trees!

1. Try out a new recipe for potential use for DS's second birthday.


2. Celebrate our anniversary (yes, a week late).


3. Sit outside and relax with a cool drink.


4. Have my hair trimmed and eyebrows waxed.


5. Try wet-on-wet watercolors with DS.

Commitment to Loveliness, February 17

Here is my list this week:

1. Continue my Lenten cleaning. I did the downstairs closets today (pictures to come), finish several small projects, and work on master closet.
2. Compile several sections of my Home Management Binder.
3. Go to the library! Somehow we've missed our visits the last few weeks.
4. Make the bed. Again, something I stopped doing the last few weeks. I hate an unmade bed, but lately it just hasn't been happening. It's such an encouraging start to the day, though, isn't it?
5. Go to Stations of the Cross Friday night.

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Commitment to Loveliness, February 10

Well, my list from last week was only half successful, so a few items need to repeat themselves:

1. Write two thank you notes and one "catching up" letter.

2. Get those clothes out of here! One corner of my bedroom continues to be a disaster.

3. Make yogurt.

4. Reorganize my cookbooks and plan the menu for a lunch we're hosting.

5. Continue working on my toddler curriculum and plan next week's activities before Sunday night!

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Commitment to Loveliness, February 3

Emma is hosting another Commitment to Loveliness. Visit her blog for details and to join!

Here are my goals this week:

1. Write several thank you notes (Thanks for the reminder, Emma).

2. Plan a special Valentine's Day dinner and dessert.

3. Do something "creative" with DS every day.

4. Take time to slow down and rest-- even for five minutes and even is DS doesn't nap.

5. Finish sorting clothes and decide what to donate then get it out of the house!

Commitment to Loveliness, November 18

This week's Commitment to Loveliness:

1. Choose and purchase curtains for the kitchen door and window.
2. Continue working on decluttering project.
3. Hang artwork in playroom (we never had a chance last week).
4. Read. I'm terribly behind on my reading.
5. Spend time outside everyday, playing with the baby or walking.

Commitment to Loveliness, November 11

Emma is hosting another Commitment to Loveliness this week! Here is my list:

1. Work on decluttering project.


2. Finish digitizing budget for DH...this will be such a load off our shoulders!


3. Finish preparation for DH's birthday.


4. Hang artwork.


5. Cheer up.

Commitment to Loveliness, October 7

I have a few updates to post this week, but first here is my Commitment to Loveliness for October 7!

1. Organize fall/winter clothes. I think the cool weather will arrive for good later in the week!
2. Finish sorting and packing baby clothes and items that we no longer use/need.
3. Order new liturgical calendar for 2008.
4. Try a new recipe: English muffins!
5. Work on a baby and get-well gifts for some friends.

Commitment to Loveliness, September 23

Emma is hosting another Commitment to Loveliness!

Here is my list of goals for the week:

1. Figure out a way to cover the shelves in my closet. I'm thinking floral fabric. Check with Mom for scraps.

2. Try a new bread recipe.

3. Date my May/June pictures and put them into albums!

4. Try to find an inexpensive throw rug for Baby's room, finish hanging pictures, etc. in the baby's room and move him back in!

5. Work on seasonal decorations.

Commitment to Loveliness, August 26

Emma is hosting another Commitment to Loveliness! Here is my list for the week:

1. Finish organizing and storing toys.
2. Finish planning DS's "curriculum" for the school year so we're ready to start next week.
3. Try two new recipes in the bread machine.
4. Write letters to a few friends I haven't seen or talked to in a while.
5. Practice patience.

Commitment to Loveliness, June 17

A few days late, but here goes...

1. Catch up on the housework I've been neglecting the past few weeks.

2. Weed ALL the gardens.

3. Try a new whole wheat carrot cake recipe for the baby's birthday.

4. Mail a gift that's already late. Whoops!

5. Finally start reading Introduction to the Devout Life.

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Commitment to Loveliness, May 6

Charming the Birds from the Trees is hosting another Commitment to Loveliness. Here is my list from this week. I didn't accomplish everything I wanted to last week, so several items are the same. I am determined, though!

1. THE DESK!

2. Finish organizing and cataloging books.

3. Hang our photos.

4. Re-pot my mini-rosebush and buy berry bushes.

5. Organize my recipe binder and try another new recipe.

Commitment to Loveliness, April 29

Here is my list for this week:

1. Organize my desk and add some feminine touches. (This one is left over from a few weeks ago! Oops!)

2. Unpack photos and knickknacks to make the house more "homey" and welcoming.

3. Pack winter skirts and clothes that don't fit to make our closet more organized.

4. Get my hair cut!

5. Organize my recipe binder and try a new recipe.

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Commitment to Loveliness

Emma's hosting another Commitment to Loveliness this week!

1. Finish establishing daily/weekly/monthly routines for new house.

2. Unpack and organize my desk and find a way to add feminine touches.

3. Begin planning gardens: flower and vegetable. See if I can figure out where/what are in the existing gardens. Maybe the snow will stop soon!

4. Find complimentary placemats for kitchen table.

5. Organize Baby's toys/books and decide what stays upstairs and downstairs.

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