Back from Vacation

I'll start by admitting what a FAIL that 30 day challenge was! HA! On so many levels- complete failure.  But...not one to be satisfied with a very public humiliation once- I'm here to try it again!  Why be a loser once when you can do it twice? 
So, here we go again:
1) Drink water.  
2) Blog Daily!
3) Journal Food and Exercise Daily. 
4) Connect with my kids daily. 


Even though I didn't do all these things 100%, I made great improvements with all of them- except for the blogging part!  


I was much busier before vacation that I thought I would be.  Once on vacation, I did not expect my internet access to be absolutely ZERO!  In the past I've been able to get a signal from some parts of the resort, but not this year.
So, I'm back on track- I think...


I'm not sure where to start, so I'll start small, with some cute pics of my kids on vacation. I just need to get this darn post posted! 


Here Mack enjoys his first "ice cream" cone.  Until recently, he was allergic to dairy.  He is still really sensitive to it, so he's having a sorbet- which was delicious!  I had to "help" him with the drippy parts a bit. Ah..a mother's work is never done. 

Tommy was disappointed that they didn't have his fav, Superman.  Fortunately they had another lab created flavor to quench is craving for synthetic crap food- Blue Moon. I gave it a lick.  Worse than I remembered.  Drano came to mind.

Mack started on the cone portion a bit prematurely.  Bit a hole right through the side.  "Uh oh Mama" was exclaimed numerous times, with him pointing at the hole. 

 But soon he got back to work.
                                           
What a mess! Good thing we had the washers reserved for that afternoon! Can you believe it all came out?

30-Day Challenges

I love 30-day challenges.  One of my favorites is Crunchy Chicken's "Buy Nothing Challenge"- where, big surprise, you buy nothing for a month.  Sure, you get gas, food and absolute necessities, but nothing more.  I do this 2-3 times a year and it really helps the annual budget.

Anyway, while getting the house ready to sell, I got lax on a few things.  In order to get back on track, I'm going to do a few 30 day challenges.  Join me if you want, or not.  Whatever. It starts TODAY!

1) Drink water.  I've been AWFUL about this.  For months I've been under-hydrated.  It's time to do something about it.  I will now pledge to drink 5 of these a day.  It's super cute cup from Caribou Coffee.  It holds 24 oz.

Not only will I drink 5 of these, I will drink half of one immediately upon waking up every.single.day.  I know I always feel better when I start off the day with a cold glass of water!

To help me drink all this water, I'm going to do a few things.  First, utilize this cute cup.  It's more fun to drink out of something cute, don't you think? And I will use "add ins".  I will keep fresh lemon and mint on hand at all times.  I will try cucumber in my water and once a day, I'll add Emergen-C ElectroMix.

2) Blog Daily! Yes, I will post every day.  With Pictures.

3) Journal Food and Exercise Daily. Self explanatory

4) Connect with my kids daily.  The last 6 weeks have been tough on the kids.  They have heard a lot of "not now, I'm busy" and "No! I just cleaned that up!".  I now need to focus on them.

That's a lot to take on, especially since I'll be out of town so much.  Still, I think I can pull it off.  Even if it's not perfect, it will be better than before, and isn't that the point?

Ever done a 30 day challenge? Tell me about it.