30 Days of Lists - Days Eleven and Twelve

Ok so I'm a little behind with my lists. Not the actual writing of the lists but the blogging of them. So here are my lists for Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th March. They're both about my daily routine, although most of it applies to weekdays when I'm at work - some things are the same at the weekend but not everything.

Things I do every morning....

• Check email on my phone as soon as I wake up
• Sit with Grace and read books while she drinks her milk
• Check the train's running on time on my phone
• Have porridge or Cheerios for breakfast
• Walk to work from the train station
• Say good morning to Barbara in the office
• Take my boots off when I get to work and change into my work shoes
• Fill up my water bottles at work to prompt me to drink more
• Have a banana and apple for mid-morning snack

Things I do every night....

• Read Grace a book or three while she drinks her milk
• Pack Grace's bag, lunchbox and nappy bag for the next day
• Pack my backpack for the next day
• Check Grace's cup of milk is ready for the next morning
• Leave James to lock the front door
• Get into bed before 10.30
• Try and read a bit of my book before I go to sleep

As you can see, most of my routine revolves around Grace and this is true whether it's a weekday or the weekend.

30 Days of Lists - Day Ten

On to today's list. Not a particularly long one today - sorry but I enjoyed thinking of things to put on it. I thought I would struggle at first but as I started writing I realised there were quite a few things that I crave at the moment.

I'm craving....

sleep
a holiday
anything that's bad for me on the days I'm fasting
Red Bull
the opportunity to do some scrapbooking

a day to myself

time to read more books

I'm sure there are more but the thing that underpins most of my cravings is 'time' (something I probably won't get back until Grace is grown up) but I don't want to start wishing it away so for now I am happy to have cravings. After all, life would be dull if I managed to achieve everything I wanted!

Liz

30 Days of Posts - Day Nine

I didn't really enjoy today's list because it seemed a bit negative to me. I prefer to concentrate on what I can get done and not what I can't. Also today was not a normal Saturday for me as I was working.

My oughta do list...

• Wash the evening pots
• Put the 2 piles of clothes away that are sitting in the bedroom
• Look at the CD of old holiday photos my mum gave me and sort out which ones I want to scrap
• Send my proof of no claims to the insurance company

So as expected I have managed to do none of these things today and since I'll be going to bed soon the chances of me doing them are pretty slim so it really is an "oughta do" list.

Hopefully tomorrow's list will be more positive.

Liz

30 Days of Lists - Day eight

I really enjoyed thinking of items to add to today's list. Although it did make me really hungry and want to eat all the things on it. Today I had to think of comfort foods. You'll see from my list that most of my comfort foods are savoury. I'm very much a savoury person rather than a sweet person. Most of the items on the list are also things my mum used to make when I was younger so remind me of being child.

Comfort Foods....

• Treacle sponge and custard
• Prawn curry
• Corned beef hash
• Chilli con Carne
• Mum's homemade meat and potato pie
• Beef stew and dumplings
• A big bowl of pasta
• Apple crumble

Sometimes I try to think what will come next in the 30 days of lists challenge and I never can. It's always a nice surprise when I open the email and I look forward to it every morning. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.

Liz

30 Days of Lists - Day Seven

Today's list was quick and easy to do but I love the fact that when I look back at this challenge in years to come, this list will give a real indication of what my life was like at this moment.

In my Bag...

• Book - The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
• Purse
• Security pass for work
• Umbrella
• Banana guard
• 2 receipts for children's books
• Pencil
• Business card for a company called Pythagoras
• Receipt for my monthly train pass
• Book - Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Piccoult
• Earmuffs
• Invoice for milk delivery
• Last month's train pass
• Receipt for am energy drink
• Mini hairbrush
• Packet of Extra Strong Mints
• Body Shop Foundation
• Next Lip Shimmer
• Paracetamol
• Blemish stick
• Avon eau de toilette
• A black bobble wrapped around 5 hair grips
• Online Banking doodah
• Blemish stick
• Spare button in a small plastic packet

If you're wondering how I managed to get all this stuff in my bag it's because I carry a backpack to work so that's my bag for 5 days of the week. It doesn't usually have this much stuff in but I'm glad it did so that I could document it today.

Liz

30 Days of Lists - Day Six

I really struggled with today's list. I think because I'm not very good at highlighting my good points. I feel a bit self conscious doing this kind of thing but I managed to put a short list together as follows:

My Talents...

• Working with spreadsheets 
• Analysing data
• Making pastry
• Falling asleep in the cinema
• Getting up early
• Clothes shopping in a hurry
• Seeing both sides of a story
• Making people laugh
• Delegating ;)

This is the first list that I've written in this challenge where I feel that I've not really got to the root of the question and not really put everything down that could go in the list. Maybe I'll be able to add to it later in the month as I think of things.

Liz

30 Days of Lists - Day Five

Today's list is just the kind of list I like to make. Not only is it good for helping me with my goals, it also helps me to get everything down and remember what needs to be done. So, on to today's list:

Things I would like to do/accomplish by the end of the month:

• create 4 scrapbook pages
• renew house insurance
• finish reading "Married to the Mouse"
• spring clean the whole house
• sort the kitchen drawers
• start my crm blog
• sort through blog photos

The easy bit was writing the list - the hard part will be making sure I accomplish each one. I'll let you know how I get on.

Liz