Completely satisfied 2023! How did you usher within the new 12 months? It was a wet and foggy one right here and we stayed house, had mates come over, smoked brisket, made a hearth, and performed music video games whereas we watched the soccer playoffs. We couldn’t cheer Michigan on onerous sufficient to assert a victory, however Georgia one way or the other pulled it off, aligning the missed area objective that secured the “w” completely in sync with the ball drop. We had two TVs arrange and to observe them concurrently happen was unbelievable.
I swear that adrenaline rush of a sport is the one factor they stored us as much as midnight; I’m so pleased for my Georgia bulldogs! We let the children wait for the primary time to usher within the new 12 months with us and all of us did a cheers at midnight- glowing apple juice for the children and a glass of prosecco for the adults. Please take pleasure in mine and Hailey’s “we received!/pleased new 12 months!” faces.
A late evening meant we began off day one in all 2023 a bit of sleepy. The children and I rewatched the whole Georgia sport with rather a lot calmer nerves, then we acquired up and going. I put a pork butt on to gradual cook dinner, then David and I went for an interval run (jog a mile, run 1 minute, stroll 1 minute, run 2 minutes, stroll 2 minutes, run 3 minutes, stroll 3 minutes, then again down the ladder). 4.08 miles in 56 minutes; quickest mile was 9:58 and slowest (strolling with Finley) mile was 20:04. It was a enjoyable problem and I appreciated monitoring it on my Apple Watch that I plugged again in for the primary time in months.
The women performed some basketball, I did a sauna bag session, then I cooked the collards and black eyed peas and lower up the tomatoes. It’s our conventional new 12 months day feast to convey cash, luck, and love within the new 12 months. It was scrumptious.
Initially I deliberate to begin again to highschool this week, however determined we wanted a buffer week. It’s been nonstop chaos (enjoyable, however chaotic) from the kick off to Christmas to getting the home de-Christmasfied, to internet hosting New Years.
I would like every week to get my toes again beneath me. I additionally haven’t had any time to mirror on the brand new 12 months. I’m undecided if I’m making particular objectives or not, however I’d wish to mirror on this previous 12 months and set some intentions for 2023. It has the potential to be a extremely thrilling 12 months for us, however after making the identical announcement in 2020, then 2020 going the way it went, I really feel like I’ve realized to carry off on making massive proclamations and as a substitute, share as issues unfold.
The plan for the week:
- Begin getting the children again to regular bedtime and wake ups. In mattress by 8:30; up by 8:00.
- Use the “my day” charts (free on the useful resource web page) to offer the children an expectation of what their days appear like, together with their obligations. They’ll have chores and a few mild studying to ease again in (math, Thriller Science, Kiwi Crate packing containers, and many others). I printed them and laminated them yesterday.
- Peruse the Chemistry Collect Spherical Unit we’ll start subsequent week to collect provides and lesson plan.
- Get by the laundry and have the home absolutely put again collectively and clear.
- Make a meal plan and implement.
- Exercise on daily basis.
- Spend time reflecting on 2022- highlights, what went effectively, what didn’t work. Spend time planning for 2023- habits, priorities, plans.
That’s it! Easy, however by the point Friday roles round I hope to be experiencing a clearer and extra targeted thoughts. I’ve already checked off the meal plan; right here’s what we’re having this week! A brand new 12 months well being objective for David is to deal with getting sufficient protein, even when it means consuming lunch, which traditionally he hasn’t been capable of do at work. However now it’s a precedence (yay!) and I’ll be curious to see the way it results our grocery invoice (I plan to proceed monitoring after your optimistic suggestions).
- Sunday: pulled pork, collard greens, black eyed peas, tomatoes
- Monday: gradual cooker meatballs over spaghetti and zoodles (or palmini)
- Tuesday: brown sugar glazed salmon, inexperienced beans, and rice
- Wednesday: hamburgers with roasted potatoes and broccoli (Hailey’s alternative as a result of she will get braces of Thursday!)
- Thursday: rooster noodle soup (straightforward to slurp for sore enamel and making a double batch to convey to a good friend)
- Friday: Shepherd’s pie (one other comfortable meal and one in all Hailey’s favorites)
- lunches: rooster tortilla soup, leftovers, sandwiches
- breakfast: potato and veggie hash, fruit, eggs
Do you do a mirrored image/intention setting session for the brand new 12 months? Do you comply with a sure protocol in case you do? Are you continue to getting your toes again beneath you, too? Or are you able to tackle 2023?
