Comments on Our Life Upstate: It Doesn't Come Naturally

So many things -- exercise, cleaning the house (I&...

2012-01-27T19:32:07.657-05:00

So many things -- exercise, cleaning the house (I'm so not domestic in the least!), dealing with difficult customers -- the list goes on -- sigh. Some days I would do better as a hermit on an island :-)

Visiting from Aloha Friday

Drink more water, I know my body needs it, but it...

2012-01-27T12:44:33.629-05:00

Drink more water, I know my body needs it, but it's not part of my daily routine so I have to force myself to remember by always having a bottle of water next to me.

I want to exercise more. I want to be healthy, I k...

2012-01-27T10:36:48.491-05:00

I want to exercise more. I want to be healthy, I know even though I'm small, it doesn't mean I should n't exercise.

I have such high hopes, but then it doesn't keep up and then a month later I start again and so forth and so on.

I love what you are trying to do with your family. I am also learning to do this. It is hard.

Well, I tend to be a perfectionist. So, It is hard...

2012-01-27T09:46:34.945-05:00

Well, I tend to be a perfectionist. So, It is hard for me not to try to get my teen to pick up and put away. I have decided not to react to her messiness and just let her know I will be picking things up once a week, if she does not. A few weeks of that seem to help with the teen tension in the home. It is hard not to yell and give a lecture to her, But I am doing it and it is working!

Exercise. Totally exercise. I need to, MUST DO IT,...

2012-01-27T07:16:46.269-05:00

Exercise. Totally exercise. I need to, MUST DO IT, but I just can't seem to get motivated. I want to do something I don't normally do - run - but ugh, I just hate the thought of it. I wish I could afford a gym membership so I could have some fun like Zumba or something.

And good for you for taking steps to improve your parenting skills! :D