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Your Air Force is awake!

A New Day

and a new start. I'm starting over with my baby steps in the FLYlady program.
I've been doing little things here and there that she recommends and Ed and I both notice the difference. But I fell off the bandwagon, and I think I will benefit from a fresh start.

daily routine

I set out this morning a woman with a purpose. I have things to accomplish. I did what I have done for years now. I made a list of things I wanted to get done. I attempted to schedule out the day in order to get those things accomplished. That's when I started to get a sense that maybe this would not be like the pre-Hannah days when getting a list of things done only depended on my motivation and discipline. When will Hannah go down for a nap? Is it better to rush out to get my errands done before she naps? As these questions and others rushed into my head, I attempted to ignore them and pretend that I could in fact just do what I needed to do.

Things got snagged up pretty early on when I attempted to find clothes for myself and Hannah and ended up feeling mismatched and frustrated (and a half an hour "off schedule"). I'll have to add laundry to the list. Next on the list: out the door to get things done. Is Hannah hungry? Hmmm... and wait, I think she's giving me pre-nap signs. (she won't let me put her down, she yawns, etc.) It's not naptime yet! Okay, a quick modification of the schedule. What can I do with Hannah strapped to the front? That's when it hit me that maybe I would have to try again tomorrow with getting out to get the errands done. Then comes self doubt. Don't other people get things done somehow? I read that it's best to let the baby nap at home, but maybe it wouldn't really matter?

Is that the baby waking up?

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Okay, so pictures of Hannah are here

Year Old Wedding Cake

We approached with suspicion.

Surprisingly, it was not that bad.