5 positives about my husband....

My 5 POSITIVE THINGS about my husband for this week

1) He took some time off this past weekend to spend it with me looking all over town at dining tables and patio sets for our new house. He was very good about not complaining even after many stores.

2) We found an "Irish Coast" table that we both loved and luckily it was a floor model that was on sale and ready to buy. We decided to think about it as all of our cash is going into the new house right now...but Anth got up early the next day and figured out how to make it work and went to buy the table.

3) Noah really wanted to go to a rock climbing camp this past week as she had the week off of babysitting. And even though Anth would have to drive her there each day (and interrupt his work day), he agreed to it and took her down there to register and pay. And she was so happy and loved every minute of it!

4) My sweet hubby asked me on two dates this past week. The last one was a great dinner at a cute little restaurant we love & a movie that he let me pick -which he loved! It was fun!

5) Poor honey has been working his hiney off on the new house - sometimes staying well past 8 pm at night. I think he is getting lots done and I am not nagging him to come home. Works well.

6) My dear hubby has been affectionate and caring this past week. Sending me "I love you" text messages and such. I like it.

My self-care for the past week...

So my self-care has been lacking a little the last week. But I do have some things to report...

1) I spent an entire day purging the bedroom & my closet; throwing out stuff, putting together garbage bags of clothes to donate etc. It may not sound like normal self-care, but it really is, as it's good for the mind & spirit to have a clutter free closet!

2) I have been making & eating healthy dinners just about every night. I have some great cookbooks and as long as I pre-plan a few meals and shop in advance, it is stress-free to make a great dinner that everyone appreciates. As well, I have still been losing weight - at a slowish pace, but it is still down a little each week.

3) Finally booked myself a hair appointed. It has been too long and my hair needed some attention!

4) I wore a skirt. Hmmmm.....is that really self-care? I think so. I rarely "dress up", at least not to go to work. But I found a nice summer skirt in the back of my closet that I haven't worn in ages, so I did one day and I felt great.

5) I have been trying to have nice hot showers when I am stressed or tired at night. I find it gives me some down-time and gives me a little more sleep-in time in the morning.

6) I learned some meditation and deep breathing exercises. Definitely relaxing!

Ok - 6 isn't bad. I'm still working on this...hopefully the list gets longer with time as I learn to put myself first in line for taking care of!