JUST FOR TODAY ....... One day at a time ..... Daily Commitment Thread for 2018

Bex953172 wrote: »

Guess who I am tonight....


The tooth fairy 😂

Oh such fun!

Force feeding medicine. My youngest was sick a lot as a baby, actually until we moved out here she had asthma and was in the hospital a lot over her first few years of life. She hated medicine we literally sat on her to get it in her. I would put her on the floor, squat over her and hold her hands between my bent legs and her head between my knees. Remember, hubby drove truck so I was home alone a lot with her and just didn't have enough hands! I would use a syringe so I could get it far in the back of her throat. I wore more banana and cherry flavoured medicine than I care to remember. My eldest was petrified that her kids would take after their auntie and not be good patients, she remembers the fights we had.

Bex953172 wrote: »

Guess who I am tonight....


The tooth fairy 😂

Oh my god Bex I love you!! Completely forgot that my younger daughter lost one yesterday and you’ve reminded me to go and do my tooth fairy duties just the nick of time!! (In my defence I am very tired and this must be the 22nd time I’ve done it between the two girls) 😬 🙏 🧚‍♀️

Ooh so hectic here today. Have a half day (allowed to do planning from home as a Christmas treat but I’ve already done it) and lots to do before I host the work Christmas party at my house tomorrow night. 40 people - eek! It’s being catered, thank goodness but I’m still making dessert and have to make the whole house look pretty and make sure the girls and cat are sorted and..and...!!

Up early to make a head start - wish me luck!

Wednesday goals
- morning workout ✅
- Vouchers on car ✅
- Take presents for godchild and sibs to work ✅
- Meet friend at lunchtime ✅
- Stocking filler shopping after work ❎ had to go and collect another delivery!
- Pack car with stuff for the dump ✅
- Early night ✅ So early the bf phoned me at 10pm and I thought it was the next morning!

Thursday goals
- morning workout
- Take things to recycling centre
- Girls carol concert 2pm and pick up from school early at 3:15pm
- Pick up alcohol from M
- Get a tan
- jet wash garden and front steps?? This may be overly ambitious! And silly as it will be dark...
- Make cakes ✅ They’re in the oven - ice tonight
- General tidy up and clean
- Girls pack for weekend
- Card and wrap birthday gift
- Bed at a reasonably sensible hour??

Arghh! X

mytime6630 wrote: »

Did I not post again!! I was sure I had .... but... I can't find it. I guess I am losing my mind LOL!!

Today was a day full of temptations. I go to the gym in the morning.... and a friend there gives me a Christmas gift. I bag full of candy!!!! While it was sweet of her ... that is the last thing I need. These people at the gym are crazy! One keeps bringing in homemade cookies for everyone (luckly the day she brought in mine I did not go, so someone else took them and ate them!). I have not touched the candy yet ... I plan on taking it with us when we go to see our son and give it to the grandsons.

Then tonite, my neighbor comes over ... with my Christmas gift. It is a beautiful, 3 bowl set, all with lids, and very Christmassy! But guess what is in each bowl! First bowl is filled with Hershey Kiss candy! Second bowl has homemade Oatmeal Raisin Cookies! Third bowl is full of miniature snickers candy bars!!HELP ME!!~!!!!

So, to be polite while she was visiting, I ate one of the oatmeal cookies, and logged it. Tonite I am hungry, and instead of going and getting just one piece of candy ... I had a bowl of raisin bran cereal. I know if I eat just one piece ... I will end up eating candy the rest of the nite! My gift to my neighbor is not going to be candy .. I am sewing her something. And I told my husband that all these friends at the gym ... especially since I do not know what to get them as a gift ... they are all getting a bag of candy! Is that mean or what!!

So today I did OK. I tried to realize that food is not the answer. But eating healthy is something I can control... and just let whatever feelings want to drive me to eat ... those feelings will either pass, or I can figure out another way to handle them.

So my goals for tomorrow are simple, basic
1. log all food
2. concentrate on water
3. mindful eating.... is is worth those extra calories. How would I feel afterwards if I do not give in. Ask myself this each time
4. work on more christmas gifts .... 2 more sets of embroidered towels to finish.
5. go to walmart and get last gift

Quick! Stash your neighbor's goodies in the trunk of your car to take to the grands! Better the car's trunk than yours, lolol!!!! Great willpower you've got going there, keep going...and what the haystack??? The gym should ban all candy and cookies!!!

Peace and joy

Well, the last two days were rubbish.

Tuesday was my department Christmas party. I was ok food wise, but drank way too much and ended up getting home at 1.30am (having to get up at 6.45am).

As such, yesterday I was shattered, hungover and ate everything in sight.

I'm not very impressed with myself. But equally, I'm not going to beat myself up. I will learn from it and move on. And the lesson I've learned is that I need to have a plan for the drinking and STICK TO IT. I've actually got much better for having and sticking to a plan for eating, but I tend to be more spontaneous plan for drinking and that really just doesn't work for me.

I can put this into action tonight - company Christmas party! My plan for tonight is actually not to drink at all. I have a job interview tomorrow, so cannot afford to be tired or even remotely off colour. I don't think I can trust myself to stop after one drink at a Christmas party, so it's going to have to be alcohol free! I have asked two work buddies to help me stick to this.

So, today's commitments:

- Read response cards at least twice
- Take only a moderate amount of food at the party. Only savoury food, nothing sweet
- 3+ bottles water
- No alcohol

- No eating whilst standing
- Savour every bite
- Monitor fullness after each meal
- Differentiate between hunger, desire and craving
- Give myself credit!

- Print out stuff for interview at work
- Finish work at 5pm
- Leave party at 8pm
- Prepare for interview
- Lights out by 11

mytime6630 wrote: »

Did I not post again!! I was sure I had .... but... I can't find it. I guess I am losing my mind LOL!!

Today was a day full of temptations. I go to the gym in the morning.... and a friend there gives me a Christmas gift. I bag full of candy!!!! While it was sweet of her ... that is the last thing I need. These people at the gym are crazy! One keeps bringing in homemade cookies for everyone (luckly the day she brought in mine I did not go, so someone else took them and ate them!). I have not touched the candy yet ... I plan on taking it with us when we go to see our son and give it to the grandsons.

Then tonite, my neighbor comes over ... with my Christmas gift. It is a beautiful, 3 bowl set, all with lids, and very Christmassy! But guess what is in each bowl! First bowl is filled with Hershey Kiss candy! Second bowl has homemade Oatmeal Raisin Cookies! Third bowl is full of miniature snickers candy bars!!HELP ME!!~!!!!

So, to be polite while she was visiting, I ate one of the oatmeal cookies, and logged it. Tonite I am hungry, and instead of going and getting just one piece of candy ... I had a bowl of raisin bran cereal. I know if I eat just one piece ... I will end up eating candy the rest of the nite! My gift to my neighbor is not going to be candy .. I am sewing her something. And I told my husband that all these friends at the gym ... especially since I do not know what to get them as a gift ... they are all getting a bag of candy! Is that mean or what!!

So today I did OK. I tried to realize that food is not the answer. But eating healthy is something I can control... and just let whatever feelings want to drive me to eat ... those feelings will either pass, or I can figure out another way to handle them.

So my goals for tomorrow are simple, basic
1. log all food
2. concentrate on water
3. mindful eating.... is is worth those extra calories. How would I feel afterwards if I do not give in. Ask myself this each time
4. work on more christmas gifts .... 2 more sets of embroidered towels to finish.
5. go to walmart and get last gift

Oh my they're really testing you aren't they?
So the first bag of sweets, even though it was yours, you're now gifting to your grandkids so don't eat any because they're theirs now!

I think it's just that time of year so alot of the gifts from people who don't know you extremely well will be gifting candy.
But well done on logging it and having something else instead.

You're in control right now!

JFT Thursday
Things have been going very well eating wise this week even though my job has been really stressful so hoping to stay the course.
1. Log all food
2. 150 oz water
3. Taking a friend for birthday lunch. Try not to overindulge
4. Go to barre class
5. Girl Scout cookie meeting tonight. Again, try not to overindulge

Checking in from Wednesday
1. Therapy exercises. Feed cats. Shower. Meds. Tea! Log 1 item. TAKE SHOES.
2. Review S2 plans and compare to S1 plans / notes. Check absences and compare to plans. Check on barn order with K. Check with C about Plex after school. Continue updating poetry quiz. Check on IXL account? Check on example poetry project and finish. Write out References for reflection essay. Revise and reprint button designs. Duo. Blog post.
3. Class 2-3: Present projects. Review/check grammar. Collect reflections. Prep for Socratic Seminar. Incarceration data? Need to practice subject/object pronouns (my friend and I / my friend and me). Need to practice relative pronouns.
4. Class 4 - Capitalization practice. Reflection 48. Preparation for Socratic Seminar. 4th needs practice with quoting & paraphrasing sources, identifying claims that would need support, use of last names for reference, and capitalization practice (common/proper nouns, titles). TAKE PROTEIN SHAKE HOME. TAKE BOOKS HOME.
5. Review assessments. What is my purpose for each unit? Sketch out semester block. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water!
6. Strength 4:30. Theater on Friday by 6:30. Update Goodreads Friday. Plan article on building up to public speaking for EJ. Add beef stew to recipe list and log. Marilla p 60-110.
7. Used bookstore and Christmas shopping. Library Thursday for buttons - CALL AHEAD.
8. Therapy exercises. Prep Thu lunch: BBQ salad. Chop celery. Meds. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. In bed by 8:45; devices off by 9:00; alarm set for 5:00. Look for low prices on eyepins and crimp beads.

JFT Thursday
1. Therapy exercises. Feed cats. Shower. Morning meds. Tea! Log 1 item.
2. GRADE ALL PROJECTS. Review S2 plans and compare to S1 plans / notes. Check absences and compare to plans. Check on barn order with K. Continue updating poetry quiz. Check on example poetry project and finish. Write out References for reflection essay. Find analysis of TV programs mentioned. PRINT SOCRATIC FORMS. Duo.
3. Class 2-3: Reflection time (20 min). Socratic Seminar. Collect ALL reflections. Need to practice subject/object pronouns (my friend and I / my friend and me).
4. Class 4: Put all assessments in Assessments folder. Check Handouts folder for standards. Socratic Seminar. 4th needs practice with quoting & paraphrasing sources, identifying claims that would need support, use of last names for reference, and capitalization practice (common/proper nouns, titles). TAKE PROTEIN SHAKE HOME
5. Review assessments. What is my purpose for each unit? Sketch out semester block. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water! Update class websites. Write blog comments.
6. Zumba 5:30. CALL LIBRARY. Take gifts for angel tree. Theater on Friday by 6:30. Update Goodreads Friday. Plan article on building up to public speaking for EJ.
7. Library after Zumba - make buttons. Discuss meals for next week. Marilla p 110-160.
8. Therapy exercises. Prep Fri lunch: Beef stew. Chop celery. Weigh and log. Meds. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. In bed by 8:45; devices off by 9:00; alarm set for 5:00. Check on Plex with C next week. Check on IXL account with math dept next week.

Scale goals
End of 2017: 174.6
February 2018: 173.6
March 2018: 179.6
July 2018: 189.6
August 2018: 187.4
September: 186.4
October: 185.4
November: 188.2
Today: 189.2

Ongoing plans/ideas
1. Go to Mac store and see if they can retrieve the files off the iMac. Look for an "ugly Christmas sweater" at thrift stores.
2. Create vocabulary lists for each unit that come from the texts used. Find a way to incorporate changing words from one part of speech to another. Students need to know how to review multiple sources and synthesize information in order to draw a conclusion.
3. Create poetry project using Those Winter Sundays, Sonnet 18, and Sonnet 30. Find out if a second masters pays the same as an EdS.
4. Develop writing mini-unit. Review scholarly research on 5PE. Parallel structure; use of emotional language, specific detail. Use "Write About a Pebble" lesson from Atwell. Use the UDHR and the Declaration of Independence to study paraphrasing; use that to front-load Machiavelli and how to deal with challenging texts.
5. Write next blog post. Comment on 3 posts each week -Tu Th Sun? Barn order: stapler, pencil sharpener
6. Keep track of medical stuffs. Dentist? Also Feb 7 9:30 w Ac Int. Sub already set up. Apr 22 McC. Need sub. Call to set up checkups with Dass (October). GET MAGAZINES FOR COLLAGES FROM DOCTORS.
7. Gifts for dad and DH - look for licorice puffs (Dollar Tree), cookbook.
8. Check on conference; follow up on seminar proposal. Do research on characteristics: curiosity, persistence, resilience, creativity, responsibility, optimism, courage, integrity, authenticity, leadership, self-awareness, humility, compassion - others? Can poetry unit be condensed?
9. Go to used bookstore and look for Design for How People Learn (Julie Dirksen), Dying for a Paycheck (Robin Hardman), The Prince (tr. Tim Parks). Check on alternate translations for The Prince.
10. Design minibuttons with school logo, mascot, crest. Minibuttons that say THIS IS WHAT ANTIFASCISM LOOKS LIKE. White text on black bars on red background. Create buttons at library.

@clicketykeys What grade do you teach? I'd love to be a fly on the wall in your class, I love all your assignment ideas - Language Arts/English was always my favorite subject. Good luck with the larger class size next semester!