basically I have a number of things on my plate at the moment and I'm losing focus and feeling badly muddled by it. I need to sort a few things out before I can comeup with some kind of challenge or theme for the week - unless anyone has a suggestion. Does anybody else feel like they need to get a tighter grip on what they're supposed to be doing?? For me that will involve list-writing, as always. It's just how I arrange my thoughts really, and then the list keeps me on track with whatever I've decided to deal with.

this morning I've come to the conclusion that I need to tighten up on the basic housework so that I can fit in the work of the new business without losing sight of my primary role - full-time wife and mother. The housework is fairly unimportant in the scheme of things, but the basics need doing, so the more I can get control of them the less time I need to spend on them. Does that make sense?? It's about not spending large chunks of my increasingly valuable time on things that don't matter to me. It really goes back to routines I suppose, and I'm trying to expand on what I'm learning about myself by implementing routines for the more essential housework jobs.

I have a couple or three shopping trips this week to squeeze in. One will be for clothes (smarter pieces suited to the occasional external business meeting) and groceries, and another is to pick up a few items at a particular shop in the opposite direction. I save them up and wait for bargains on things I want, and they have one of those fat separating gravy jugs this week so I'm partly going for that. I'll also get rice and other bits I don't get elsewhere though.

It's only Monday morning and already I'm running out of time this week! Now you know why I need to spend a little of my precious time this morning to save time on housework!

Kerri.