I must say that though I didn't follow the plan word for word, having it on my mind definitely is making a difference. This week, in spite of a fender-bender & a holiday, I was still able to get a few things done, such as:
- Switch my older daughter's small dresser with the one we had in storage (that is larger), to give the small one to the baby.
- Take the non-maternity clothes out of my drawers.
- Go yard-saling with winter clothing in mind, rather than haphazardly.
- Plan my meals.
- Thank about the craft box. No...I didn't actually get to it.
- Buy a snazzy, large, RECTANGULAR basket at a yard sale to put the cloth diapers in (for 75 CENTS!!)
- Took my munchkin to the library with extra reading in mind (for all the children, not just her pre-school stuff). I brought home many fall-themed books, and will continue to try to make each week a reading theme. It's gone really well.
- Gone house hunting!
- Read a majority of the book The Millionaire Next Door: Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
. I've read it before, back when we were college students and were deciding whether to take out more loans or have me stay home with the children and be a cloth-diapering, gardening mama! This book influenced me quite a bit (perhaps you can tell?), and now that we have graduated (one of us with a B.S. Bus, the other with a Ph.D (and all the other degrees that come along the way with that)), it was time to look at the book from a different point of view.
I'm very glad I did, especially as we house hunt! FYI: I also enjoy Millionaire Women Next Door: The Many Journeys of Successful American Businesswomen. I think if you read it, you'd be surprised!
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