February Wrap Up

My plan is to report on my 2008 goals at the end of each month to keep me from forgetting what they were. So:

1) Exercise: It was an ok month until I took my little shopping trip. As much as I had hoped shopping 8 hours a day for 3 days would count as exercise, I'm afraid it didn't (I did buy new running shoes, so that should count for something, right?). I came home and felt like I was starting from square one again.

Of the 25 possible exercise days in February, I worked out 19.

2) Pick Up After Myself: I focused on picking up my clothes instead of leaving them in a heap; I made improvements in this area. My room is looking better. Now I am trying to form the habit of cleaning Pedro's highchair up as soon as he's done eating, instead of what I normally do which is to clean it up right before his next meal (all the while cursing myself for having left it).

3) Execute New Laundry Strategy: It's going ok-I have to get better about doing the laundry in the morning and not leaving it for the afternoon which quickly turns into me doing it after the kids are in bed. Not fun.

4) Hug My Kids More: Going well. Lots of hugging here.

5) Learn Excel: Humph. I bought a book in Houston. I haven't looked at it yet.

6) Portuguese: I didn't start my lessons back up when the kids went back to school. We started receiving a local newspaper everyday and I was reading it with my dictionary in hand every night. It was helping-and then they must have figured out we didn't order it because it stopped coming. :(

7) Primary Songs: This month I learned Tell Me the Stories of Jesus, If the Savior Stood Besides Me, and I Love to See the Temple. I played in Primary last week-a lot less stressful than sacrament meeting, but still slightly nerve-wracking. Sunday, to introduce the kids to "If the Savior Stood Besides Me" I am playing and Margarita is going to sing a solo! That should be fun.