So I’m still behind in finishing last week’s challenge. (And maybe the one from the week before…but I’m not admitting if that’s true or not!) My life is total chaos right now and I just can’t get my stuff together. So this one will be easy!
1. Make a meal and double it. If you make lasagna, do an extra one. Double a batch of soup or chili. Or make 2 meatloaves. Throw the extra in the freezer. Then when you have a friend in need due to illness, having a baby, death in the family or other hardship you can run it over to them with a bagged salad and some frozen garlic bread and they’ve got a meal ready to go. Or if you have a particularly busy day, you know there’s something you can make quickly and easily without falling prey to the fast food drive-thru!
2. Find a way for your household to reduce it’s environmental impact. Whether that be switching to CFL bulbs, making your own environmentally safe cleaners, starting to recycle or recycling more, using cloth instead of disposable for things like napkins and kitchen towels. Or my personal favorite, switch to cloth diapers. (If you want to try it, I have a dozen infant size DSQ prefolds, a Snappi, 4 Dappi pull on covers and 2 Bummi wraps I can sell you. No joke. She has outgrown them and I need the cash to buy some larger ones. Email me for details if interested. themama at iamthemama dot com)
3. Take an hour or 2 for yourself. Take a hot bath, get a pedicure, go for a run, or book a massage. Or whatever sounds like a blissful way to spend some time alone.
Bonus: If there is something you don’t normally do around your house (like mowing or other yardwork, taking out the trash, changing lightbulbs, maintenance, or whatever) do it. Surprise the person who normally does it with one less thing to do this week. If you don’t know how to do it, ask them to teach you. Then you can surprise them another time!
