Small Successes and Thankful Thursday.

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I have a few this week.

First, we went on Tuesday to see Cars two. It was a great movie.

Second, Steve and I have been to mass everyday.

Third, we took Madeline and Brigette to YCS camp on Monday. We also kept up with all the house work while they were gone.

fourth, we walked to mass on Tuesday with our younger 4 children. Joseph went in the pusher and all the others said they wished they were small still and could have a ride in it.

As well as these successes, I am thankful this week for:

The school holidays and spending time together as a family.

Going to see Cars two with the children.

A big pot of pumpkin soup sitting on our stove top.

A freezer that will take the excess for another meal, another night.

Small Successes and Thankful Thursday.

Thanks so much to Sherry from Chocolate for your brain for hosting Small Success each week.

We have had a great week here with the start of the school holidays. Here are a few of the small successes I have had.

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We went to Adelaide for a few days. We only saw family this time because we were only there for a couple of days. My mother is having a month in respite care at Southern Cross Homes in Klemzig. We spent a fair bit of time helping her pack up some things in her house. She will probably have to move soon into assisted living soon because she has so much trouble moving around.

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Today we got back to Port Augusta by 1.00 so after unpacking the car and having some lunch, Steve and I walked to the bakery in town to get bread for the rest of the week. I think it was probably about 7 km round trip.

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Changes have happened with the bedrooms at our house this afternoon too.

Up to today, the little boys room has been for Tom and Christopher. Now it is for Tom, Christopher and Joseph. I have moved the baby out of our room. He sleeps pretty well all night. I think being in the boys room will mean we will take longer to wake us if he wakes so maybe he will start sleeping right through till 7.00 when the other boys do. Well I can dream about this happening.

This week I am thankful for:

Our family holiday and the chance to catch up with family.

Joseph growing up.

Steve's sister having us stay while we were in Adelaide.

Going out for tea with Steve's sister.

Small Successes

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Took the children out for a walk today and went and visited the staff and children at Christopher's old kindy. This was huge for Christopher. He has been asking to go for a visit for a while now.

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Got up early on Monday morning and went walking with friends.

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Started planning term 3 literacy and maths program.

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Have been to mass everyday this week except Wednesday. We couldn't go on Wednesday because Joseph had croup. Today he seems much better. He still has a nasty cough but is back to his happy cheerful self mostly.

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Wrote up a list of things that I want to get done in the holidays.

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Small Successes.

Sherri from Chocolate for your brain now hosts the Small Successes. This is my first time participating since Sherri has taken over hosting. I suppose that could be a small success all on its own but I am not going to post it as one.

So these are my small successes for this week:

(1) We found 5 of the 8 missing library books. One of the three that is missing was broken by Joseph so we will have to pay to replace that one anyway. Hopefully we will find the other two this weekend. I have a few more cupboards to go through.

(2) been up the last two nights at 12.30 and 3.00 for Tom since he has been having high sugar levels. It is much easier to get up to him now that Joseph sleeps mostly through the night. It was pretty cold though and I really didn't want to get out of my nice warm bed.

(3) Joseph now sits quietly through our family prayer time. He was becoming a big distraction to everyone walking around and being cute so we decided it was time for him to sit on my lap for prayer. The first couple of nights, it was a fight to keep him there and we had a great screaming match with him. He sat quietly tonight for the whole time so I think we have a break through. Our next step will be to get him sitting quietly through mass.

Small Successes.

It is a while since I did a small successes with faith and family but this week has been such a good week that I really wanted to do it.

(1) My first small success is writing my mission statement. It has helped me to be much more focused on what I need to do and I know what I am trying to achieve with every chore I do.

(2) I have made our bed and cleaned our bedroom every day this week.

(3) I have written on my blog every night this week. I am also getting a good routine to get everything done each day.

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Small Successes.

Small successes for the week:

1) I have stuck with my commitment to staying off the internet between 8am and 4 pm.

2) I have gone through my room and cleaned out all the junk that seems to have overtaken since Joseph was born.

3) I have been through our socks box and paired all the pairs and got rid of all the mismatch socks.

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Small Successes.

My small successes for this week are:

1. Amelia's dress is finished. I just have to hand sew the lining to the zip seem.

2, We have kept up with school work in spite of me being busy preparing for visitors and getting Amelia's dress done for the weekend.

3. Tonight we had our parish priests over for tea. It was great to entertain them.

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Small Successes.

It is a while since I joined in the small successes meme.

My three small successes:

1) In spite of Joseph being a bit clingy and grumpy this week with a cold, we have still managed to keep up with our home school program.

2) I cleaned of our coffee table. Our coffee table is what flylady would call a hot spot. It doesn't take long for this hot spot to get out of control. Today I went through all the books on there and sorted them out.

3) I cooked 4 extra main meals yesterday to put in the freezer. My next oamc is due the weekend Amelia will be making her First Communion and I probably won't have the time to cook. We will have Amelia's God parents, my mother and possibly Steve's parents staying for the weekend.

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Small Successes.

I haven't done the small successes meme for a while but need a pick me up tonight and what better way to do it than to think about what we have achieved this week.

So my three are:

1) Tom is home tonight.

2) By this stage of pregnancy with Christopher, I was very swollen and carrying a lot of extra fluid. This pregnancy is much smoother. I have no swelling thank goodness and I feel much better about being pregnant for another 12 weeks.

3) Even though the temps have been really high and Tom has been in hospital, we have had home cooked meals every night this week. Usually when things like this happen, we ring up for pizza or take the children out for take away.

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Small Successes.

My small successes for the week:

1) We have had some visiting Jesuit Priests in our parish this week. They were giving talks on prayer this week on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday night. Even though I was really tired on Tuesday and Wednesday I still made the effort to go and I was very glad I did.

2) I balanced all our bank accounts today and paid all our bills for the fortnight.

3) Tonight the kitchen was a huge mess. Brigette is usually in charge of cleaning up after dinner but it was just too big a job to expect her to do on her own. I volunteered to help her. The kitchen is now done.

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1. I can see a light at the end of the washing tunnel. I will always have washing but I won't be doing 6 loads each day for a while after this weekend.

2. I have completed all the paper work for Christopher to get a membership with diabetes SA and all the paper work for Centrelink. Since Christopher is under 10, I am eligible for a carer's allowance for his diabetes care. This should help us nicely.

3. This week has been full of doctors appointments and meetings with Christopher's teachers for kindy but still we have managed to get all the home school work done that we needed to.

Small Successes.

1. Shopping bags: The shopping bags have three different fabrics. I have cut out the first two fabrics for 7 bags.

2. I filled in and sent off an application for a medic alert bracelet for Christopher. Tomorrow I will lodge the forms with diabetes SA so that he can get all his supplies at a reduced price. I also started and did as much as I could to apply to Centrelink for Carer's allowance for him.

3. We went to the library yesterday for home school.

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1. Every night this week, we have started the dishes before tea and then the kitchen has been finished by 7.30 each night.

2. Preparation for Tom's first communion is going well. We read the weight of a Mass and have spoken about Jesus being truly present in the Eucharist.

3. Day one of insulin for Christopher has gone pretty smoothly. Fortunately we haven't had any hypo's and his sugar has stayed in range for the day except for just before afternoon tea and just before bed. I hope it continues to be so manageable.

Small Successes.

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My three:

1. This past weekend, we got to Mass a half hour early so that we could all go to confession. It is great to go and then receive communion.

2. I did our curriculum plan for the whole term and it is going well so far.

3. We need to check both Tom and Christopher's blood sugar level now. I have always been pretty bad at keeping Tom's diary up to date and often will have to go back a week into the history. This week though I have kept up a diary for both Tom and Christopher.

Small Successes

My small successes for the week.

1. Today I mended Sam's work pants. I really love sewing but hate mending with a passion so this is big. I hope you appreciate it Sam.

2. I have kept Tom's bsl diary up to date all week.

3. Today I did all our paperwork and paid all our bills. I balanced all our accounts and they are both spot on.

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Small Successes.

My small successes for the week:

1. At the beginning of the year I started keeping a journal. I wrote in it the things I wanted to do each day and the next day I would go back and review my day and see what I had done and what I hadn't done. It was a good way for me to be on task and doing what I should do rather than what I wanted to do.

I kept it up every day for about three weeks and then just stopped. I think all it took was going to bed later one night and not doing my review.

My first success is starting doing this again.

2. We have our little car in for service this week. When it first went in, (Monday) it was going to be done that day. We still don't have it back.

My small success with this is I have managed to keep up with the housework and home school program even though I have had to chauffeur everyone every where.

3. My third success is making it to daily mass everyday this week. Yah.

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Small Successes

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A couple of weeks ago we got a bill for a repair that Steve and I thought we were being charged too much because of circumstances surrounding the repair.

We got in contact with Consumer Affairs and asked them what they thought we were responsible for with this bill.

Today I wrote a letter to the company explaining why we weren't paying the full bill and what Consumer Affairs had advised us.

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We got a new washing machine and freezer today. I will start our oamc soon and we have plenty of room to freeze all the meals now.

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Even though our routine was interrupted with Tom going to hospital, I have still managed to keep up with most of the housework. (Don't ask me about homeschooling though).

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1. My kitchen is clean. Our children have different chores. My 13 year old daughter was on clean up duty in the kitchen. It was a bit of a nightmare because she would rarely complete her job fully and many items were put in the wrong place after she had washed and dried them. I have decided to change her chore to folding the washing. I will keep the kitchen clean and I will know where everything is. Problem solved for the kitchen. I hope I haven't created a problem with our folding though.

2. I have preserved our chutney.

3. Our budget is on track and I have balanced our accounts and our spreadsheet.

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