A cup of tea should be relaxing...

The rain pours outside, the kids snuggle in with a movie 
and this Mama has a second to herself.

As the kettle boils I start to think about all the things I need to do, 

from a peaceful moment of making a cup of tea it quickly turns into heart racing stress.

As I was recently faced with an 'inconvenience' that has left us in transition with our living circumstances it feels as though (in the last 2 months) I have lost some of the simple things that kept my household running smoothly.
I never realised how I was dependant of those things, until now. I'm talking small things like doing the washing on particular days so I don't have a tonne to do over the weekend, or having a meal planner on the fridge as a guide for when I am stuck, having a stock of frozen meals for the daycare days and I'm rushing home from work or getting a gym session in.
In life I believe we all have our routines of some sort and mine were small but very BIG in keeping my world at a level that when I make a cuppa I don't go into heart palpation and anxiety about all the things falling a part.  
There are some things I need to get back, simple things like organising my only bookcase at the moment, getting a meal planner up, allocating gym time.
All these things were in steady flow until everything was 'washed' away.
'Mama is gonna try' one by one and get these things back.
1. Organise bookcase to be work and home friendly - Shouldn't take long and I'm sure half the stuff in there is junk mail, bills to be filed and scrap bits of paper. There will be after shots so I am accountable.
2. Meal planner - 10 meals to rotate that EVERYONE will eat (mm is that another challenge?)
3. Home roster for cooking, cleaning, gym etc  - excel document
4. Gym Time - needs to be added to roster / calendar so there are no excuses.


Sipping my tea now with a lot more ease and calmness - 'really a cup of tea should be relaxing'...
I would love to see your meal planners, images of your organised bookcases/office or your rosters/calendars.. it always helps to have a guide, plus it's also nice to know that other people are doing similar things to keep their heads above water.




For those that have been asking - Yes I am still on the skate board 'my first challenge'.
I jump on when I can and love it, I will definitely be adding that to my roster/calendar.


thank you for your support.
FH