Well after yesterday’s flat day, I was determined to try and rise above it today. No, I don’t want to ignore the low, but I am sure I have some control over it! So even though I was tempted to stay in bed, and then stay in my pj’s all day and thinking about cleaning up, I got up, got dressed and got moving! What inspired me? Well I lay there thinking about a blog post that I read the other day, I loved it so much I shared it on Facebook! I love Simple Mom, it is a fantastic blog, with lots of great ideas for getting back to basics and enjoying life. This particular post was called ‘Start you day by eating a frog‘, basically she suggests that if you start the day with the least enjoyable, but most necessary thing that needs to get done you will have a feeling of accomplishment all day, and there will not be a cloud over your head. And you know what? It works, yesterday I knew I had to clean up but I just didn’t, this morning I made myself do it! And I feel so much better! The kids also got involved as well, got stuck into it, Jordan did it all without being asked as well!

So my advice? Get those nasty jobs done early and then you can relax! An added bonus today is that it is hot, so we got the hot work done so when it does warm up later we can relax in front of the fans

So, today’s picture, Tom helping out by doing the vacuuming ..