I am super excited about Family Game Night Tonight. It has been so long since we have had a family game night. I am going to try some new things too with the little ones so they can have fun while the big kids get to play. I think I would like to set up a slumber party area for them. Plus we need to have popcorn for everyone.

When I am pulled in a dozen directions at once, I try to smile and enjoy the moment. How very grateful I am that I have this time with my children. I just love having them home with me for their schooling.

Sometimes we all have days that we try to prepare for, but at the end of the day after all is said and done, we just couldn't deal with everything and we just feel a little overwhelmed.

Over the past few years I have probably watched 1 PG-13 movie that I thought was appropriate for 13 year old children and myself. Today as I read from Teachings of George Albert Smith I was challenged to "stay on the Lord's side of the Line." I realize that if I am to do so I must be a lot more careful in the media that I watch and allow to come into my home.
My new committment is to strengthen my home and myself by making sure that the media that comes into our home lives by the standards that the Lord would have us keep.
In this way I hope to have more balance in my home as I keep the commandments of God and have the blessing of the prompting of the Holy Ghost.

You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

I can only work on paying down my loan once a month. I can work on staying in my food budget every day, but I have also decided to work on a few other areas that will help make a difference. Yesterday I started cleaning out and organizing my closet/storage room. I realize that there are so many small areas that I can make a big impact. My focus is to get things put away, spaces organized, and surfaces cleaned off. Then I feel better, and everyone in my home feels better.
My goal is to carefully evaluate the things that we have in our home. I hope to organize the things we use, get rid of the things that we don't need or use, and find a good way to organize and store the things that we will probably use but aren't currently using.

I want to pay our loans off in 3 years (not 4) but we are going to need some miracles. I have been incredibly blessed over the past 18 years and I am sure that if we set our sights high we can accomplish great things. So if you see that I am posting that we will accomplish the goal in 3 years, its because I believe that if I believe I have a much better chance of hitting my goal.
In addition I would like to set goals for myself that I can focus on. It feels so good to set a goal and accomplish it, and since my financial goal is so very far away I want to work on other goals to keep things fun and interesting. So my next goal is to read a book. The Soft Reply by Barlow L. Packer.
So excited to be reading this book and working on a goal.

I have decided to be a lot more aggressive towards getting rid of our debt. My new goal is December 2016. I actually don't have all the details worked out for actually making it happen. However, I have worked out some of the details, and I am optimistic that during this journey Heavenly Father will help us reach our goal. Especially if I do my part along the way.  So very excited.