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10 Goals for the Week

April 1, 2014 by Sandra 3 Comments

Last week seemed like a walk in the park compared to how this week has started off.

Thankfully, the recent chaos is just part of everyday life the last few days. My two youngest boys are the main reason ~~I feel like pulling my hair out~~ I’m a little stressed out, but that’s okay. I’ll live.

This is motherhood, after all. It’s not supposed to be easy. 😉

Alright, here’s what I accomplished last week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. ~~Take the kids to our new local library to get library cards~~

2. ~~Plan a slow cooker recipe with Breanna~~ — We planned to make slow cooker italian sausage mini subs, and the recipe turned out wonderfully!

Personal Goals:

3. ~~Drink water with lemon (or lime) and cayenne pepper 5x~~

4. ~~Walk on the treadmill for 15 minutes 5x~~

5. ~~Read 20 pages of Balanced: Finding Center as a Work-at-Home Mom by Tricia Goyer~~

Home Management Goals:

6. ~~Vacuum the stairs~~

7. ~~Unpack one box~~

Business Goals:

8. ~~Set time aside to pray for my business~~

9. ~~Return emails~~

10. Write 4 blog posts

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Memorize the first of the Ten Commandments with the kids

2. Plan a Family Night

Personal Goals:

3. Drink water with lemon (or lime) and cayenne pepper 5x — Water is so much easier to drink this way.

4. Walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes 4x

5. Read 20 pages of Balanced: Finding Center as a Work-at-Home Mom by Tricia Goyer — I can relate to Tricia is so many ways, and I’m enjoying this book.

Home Management Goals:

6. Vacuum upstairs

7. Unpack one box

Business Goals:

8. Spend 4 hours on business education

9. Client work

10. Write 4 blog posts

What are your goals for this week?

10 Goals for the Week

March 24, 2014 by Sandra 8 Comments

It’s been such a long time since I’ve written a goals post, but I’m excited to get started again with a little online accountability. 🙂

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Take the kids to our new local library to get library cards

2. Plan a slow cooker recipe with Breanna

Personal Goals:

3. Drink water with lemon (or lime) and cayenne pepper 5x

4. Walk on the treadmill for 15 minutes 5x

5. Read 20 pages of Balanced: Finding Center as a Work-at-Home Mom by Tricia Goyer

Home Management Goals:

6. Vacuum the stairs

7. Unpack one box

Business Goals:

8. Set time aside to pray for my business

9. Return emails

10. Write 4 blog posts

What are your goals for this week?

5 Reasons to Love Relished Foods

March 22, 2014 by Sandra 6 Comments

This is a sponsored collaboration with Relished – a fresh ingredient and recipe delivery service
that delivers to roughly half the U.S.

I know I haven’t been around much lately. 😉

We actually went through a crazy move that seemed to go on forever. I was a stressed out mess during part of it, but thankfully, we’re finally settled now and mostly unpacked in our new home.

Life is back to normal, and I couldn’t be happier. After everything we’ve been through the past eight months, I crave normal living like never before.

I just want to cook, clean, homeschool my kids, and do laundry. Doing these things makes me incredibly happy right now. Does that sound crazy?

I don’t know…

What I do know is that in the midst of getting back to normal, I stumbled upon a service that I can’t stop talking about. It’s called Relished, and I’m completely impressed with this food and recipe delivery service. It’s just awesome!

Why?

Well, allow me to explain. 🙂

Top 5 Reasons to Love Relished Foods:

Reason #1: The only ingredients I needed to have on hand to put together mouthwatering meals were salt, pepper, oil, and water. All of the other ingredients were delivered right to my doorstep, and they were fresh coming out of the box.

They also stayed fresh for days in my refrigerator. I prepared three Relished meals in all with ingredients that came from one shipment.

Reason #2: Relished sends entire meals that are easy to prepare, and they come with step-by-step instructions, so there’s no guessing what to start cooking first or which ingredients go together.

The best part is that your finished meal looks just like the meal on the recipe card. (Below are the Sous Vide Short Ribs)

Reason #3: Relished has a scrumptious, diverse menu that changes on a weekly basis. I’m thinking the Kung Pao Chicken would be amazing to prepare for a date night with my husband in the near future. 😉

I love the colorful, fresh salads Relished offers on a regular basis, too.

Reason #4: I absolutely loved that while following the directions, I was learning how to cook foods I’ve never made in the past. I’ve never made quinoa or black lentils, but I know how to now.

I also roasted baby carrots in a way I never have in the past. Oh, they were so good!

Reason #5: Meals are full of flavor and just good! I’m not even kidding when I say that the meals I made with Relished foods taste far better than food served in most table service restaurants.

My husband is still talking about how much he loved the short ribs.

If I had to sum up my experience with Relished, I would have to say, it’s a convenient, doable, delicious way to make an awesome dinner for your family while spending less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying everyday (normal) life.

I can’t wait to place my next order. 🙂

UPDATE: You can use the code TheSensibleMom to save 60% off your first Relished order! This offer is good through March 31, 2014.

Relished is a Chicago based fresh ingredient and recipe delivery service that ships to roughly half the United States. Be sure to stop by their website to see if they ship to your area, and follow them socially here on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.

10 Goals for the Week

February 12, 2014 by Sandra 6 Comments

Last week was great.

Nothing particularly amazing happened, but we had the most “normal” week we’ve been able to have in a long time.

David only had to visit the doctor once for his regularly scheduled appointment (which is a big deal and takes up a huge chunk of our day), but other than that, we stayed home and didn’t have to deal with any pressing health issues. I’m hoping for a lot more weeks like this! 🙂

Here’s an update on what I accomplished last week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. ~~Read to my little ones 5 times~~

2. ~~Have a Family Night~~

Personal Goals:

3. ~~Juice 3x~~

4. Walk on the treadmill for 15 minutes every day this week — I missed two days.

5. ~~Continue reading Super Immunity by Dr. Joel Fuhrman~~

Home Management Goals:

6. ~~Order checks~~

7. ~~Sew the kids’ plushes~~

Business Goals:

8. Listen to one webinar recording — I didn’t make it through the whole webinar.

9. ~~Return emails~~

10. Write 4 blog posts — I only finished two posts.

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Check out a few educational DVDs from the library

2. Schedule a Family Day

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice smoothies 3x

4. Walk on the treadmill for 15 minutes every day this week

5. Continue reading Super Immunity by Dr. Joel Fuhrman

Home Management Goals:

6. Organize the pantry

7. De-clutter kitchen counter

Business Goals:

8. Listen to a business podcast

9. Return emails

10. Write 4 blog posts

What are your goals for this week?

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