• a blog a day
• art projects for kids
• walking in the mornings before school
• our summertime
• travel to Birdsboro early in the summer
• read aloud time first in our school day
• the Yes/No sign for neighbors
• going out to eat as a family (just recently)
• walks with friends instead of going out
• pre-planning spending and using cash
• hot tea at night instead of wine (much improved sleep!)
• spiral notebook planning for school
• a stopover on our flight to and from CA
• leaving kids for a few days 🙂
• chicken and rice in any iteration

Now…for what didn’t work:

• running errands wily-nily; many days I felt like I was running without a plan in place
• booking our Wednesdays
• allowing play in the basement without guidelines
• negotiating with a 3 year old
• trying to sneak in gym workouts without a plan

I’m still deciding on my word of the year.  It is hard this year because I know how I would like it to look and how I want to feel and what I will choose to focus on but not how to sum it up in one word.  Mostly, I would endeavor to:

• NURTURE my relationships especially working on listening
• BE STILL for some time each day instead of the usual go-go-go
• ELIMINATE the unnecessary in my schedule, day, house, diet
• learn to really feel the ENOUGH point in life
• focus on the ESSENTIAL of my day to day that then nourish myself and those around me.

so, you know, not very ambitious or anything.  I am sure if I continue to ponder this I will find a word just comes to me that encapsulates the whole darn thing…until then, a list!