Well, 2021 started off, rough, shall we say. It didn’t feel right to write this post without acknowledging what is going on in our nation. I really don’t know what to say. I was horrified and saddened at what I saw, but I can’t say that I was shocked. I am praying the deep divide I see everywhere can start to heal. I am praying.
So, now I am going to try to focus on the positives of the week.
Outside Time
We have been trying to spend lots of time outside for our 1000 hours outside challenge. It’s been easy since Autumn is still off school. She goes back next week, and I know it will be a little more challenging to get outside. If you are looking for an outside tracker, you can get yours here.
On Sunday we woke up to a winter wonderland, so we got outside ASAP, and the older girls built a snowman.
Then, throughout the week we got outside and played. So far we’ve wracked up six hours.
Knit Hat
I have almost finished this hat for Annabelle. This was my first time knitting in the round, so I’m pretty excited about how it turned out.
Heart Marshmallows
If you follow me on IG then maybe you saw when I posted this, but wanted to share here too. I took a video while making them, and I hope to have it on the blog soon. I was planning on working on editing it last night, but my computer has been giving me the blue screen of death, so I’m working on getting all my files and photos off it so we (meaning Matt) can reformat it. I’m actually finishing up my blog posts on his computer.
Screen Time on Phone
One of my goals for the year is to spend less time on my phone, so I decided I’d occasionally share the numbers to help keep me accountable. Mainly I am trying to keep off Facebook and IG, but overall I want to spend less time too.
January 3: total time 5h03 | IG: 1h26 | FB 34 minutes
January 4: Total time 4h10 | IG: 1h06 | FB:48 minutes
January 5: Total time 4h40 | IG:58 minutes | FB:30 minutes
January 6: Total time 3h44 | IG: 56 minutes | FB: 41 minutes
January 7: Total time 2h20 | IG:10 minutes | FB 3 minutes**
**these times are as of 8:30pm. I made a very big effort on the 7th to take a break from the phone.
On the Blog
In case you missed it, this is what was on the blog this week.
I shared an outside time tracker. It goes up to 100 hours.
I talked about how the state of my girls rooms has been driving me nuts. So I made them a cleaning checklist to keep things on track.
I’ve got my fingers crossed that Matt will be able to fix my computer. I had hoped to get a little more ahead in my blog before having him reformat it, but that just isn’t going to happen. I hope that everyone is able to have a safe and relaxing weekend. I’d love to know if you have any fun plans!