Bringing in the New Year

Our first order of business for 2009 (way overdue in the first place) was to clean out the closet that held all of the toys:

(Notice how they spilled out into the living room so ugly-like)

And turn it into a real toy closet! Yay!

Admire:

Much better, don't you agree?

No more overspill into the living room! No more toys scattered all over my house! {The new rule is 1 tub per child at a time...then clean up if you want a new one!}

We love it. Couldn't have had more fun New Year's Eve than turning our disorganized mess into a beautiful, everything-in-it's-place closet!

Here's to hoping we can do the same with the rest of our lives, lol.

Accomplishments Galore...

Just a quick post to tell ya'll how proud of myself I am!

It's 9:58am and this is what I've accomplished so far:

• Ate breakfast first thing in the morning
• Read my scriptures while I ate breakfast
• Went to the gym - treadmill for 35 minutes (207 calories and 2.2 miles later) and weight resistance machines for 20 minutes
• Packed Joe-Z a lunch
• Helped Levi finish breakfast and cleaned the kitchen (dishes and counters anyway)
• Played with our Alphabet Friends and blocks, and successfully cleaned them up together!
• Had 4 bottles of water - that's a biggie for me

And now we're on our way to the post office!

This may not seem like much to some of you "go-getter's", but generally at this time of the day, the fog is still clearing from my eyes and I'm just beginning to think about what the day may hold. So, for us, it's been a great morning and it feels so good to accomplish so much!

Have a happy day!