march results for the cooks

well, jason officially floated away like mary poppins.

and me, well, i just gained several pounds, but i am blaming that on the jelly bean inside me, and possibly the starburst jelly beans, which have also been known to be inside me. jk, i haven't opened the bag yet. i'm waiting for april. :)

honestly i didn't do as well as i hoped, exercising has consisted of the lame-o prego ones when i felt up to it, which was rare. and i did eat a lot more fruit, but that was because i got a killer deal on strawberries. :) and i tried to eat yogurt for my snacks instead of chips or cookies. and i tried to drink more water during the day too.

but even though i didn't do as well as i had hoped, i was more aware of what i was eating thanks to the goal, so thanks steve... and thanks for making me even more self-conscious of my expanding rear and waist line. (jk again.... that's not really your fault. it's jason's, since he didn't really float away like mary poppins.)

MARCH RESULTS

We have been much more thinking of our health since Steven's goal last month. Dad does the gocery shopping and so we have tried to pick out more healthy food such as fruits and vegetables instead of snacky things that are on sale. We also have been better with our excercises then before. Dad usually walks down to get the mail and to mail a letter if we have one, which is somtimes 2 miles a day for him. As for me, Donna gave me an excercise machine of my mom's and I have tried to use it daily. It is one I can sit in a chair and row with my legs. I try to increase the number of rounds each day. We have eaten much more fruit then before. We did however get some cookie dough at Sam's, so we have eaten cookies this month as well. We are only human!!! Thank you Steven for a good goal even for a third party!!

Jones February Results

I felt the same as Ronda. I would think to myself, I did this and this, then I'd realize I always do them anyway, that's not special.
It was hard to come up with something other than food as a something "extra" for Dan. Usually it came down to buying his favorite candy bar or making a yummy dessert. I did make breakfast one morning. (Dan leaves between 6 and 6:15 every morning, so I'm usually not out of bed by the time he leaves.) Dan was great to change all the diapers and get the kids in bed when he was home. And many nights he got me ice cream or a root beer float. (and now we're on to Steve's goal of not doing that anymore!)
Jill was right on to tell us to write down the things we did. Of course WE didn't, so I really can't remember the other things we did. There were many more things we did for each other.....I'm sure.
The last half of the month was interesting. I tried to be nice mom and use happy tones more, but realized my kids don't take me seriously then. My kids are only motivated into action when I act mad and go on a rampage. Nice mommy is nice to have around, but everything around us suffers (like really messy bedrooms!)
What is the trick to being happier and nicer to my kids, but still getting work out of them???

Christenson February Results

Well I guess I don't have to feel so bad since my sisters also wished they could have done better.
When I read the goal I thought it was great and would be so easy but as we got into the month
it seemed harder than I thought. I did try to get up at 5 and eat breakfast with him a few times, put little candy hearts with a message on by his lunch, serve his dinner first and get a few little candy or treats he likes so he could take them to work. There were so many things I thought of but remembered it was already my job like laundry, dishes, and cooking. Ron did lots better than I did at serving me. The second half went better than I thought I could do but I also included prayer to help with my tongue and temper. Thanks for the goal Jill is was a great reminder.

cook results - february

Like Jill, I did ok, but could have done better. For the first part, I'm embarrassed to admit that I had a hard time coming up with ideas of how to serve Jason better. I did do a few things, like a few times I put a special treat in his lunches and one night I played his computer game with him (which he always wants me to do, but I rarely actually do it.)

For the second half, I really needed that, so thanks Jill. I too apparently have a temper, and prego hormones and lack of awesome-sleeping do not improve those moods. Throughout the whole month I tried to work on that aspect. I didn't do great 100% but there were multiple times that I found myself on the verge of lashing out and I remembered the goal and contained my frustration and smiled instead. (Obviously it wasn't a genuine smile.... but a 4 year old doesn't know the difference yet!)

I too found that the days I either didn't read my scriptures or hadn't yet at that point it was harder for me to stay non-raunchy.

PS I probably won't print off March's scripture and hang around the house, since my weight gain is inevitable... and yes, a little depressing.... but I am working on making better snacking and exercise choices. So, thanks Steve for reminding me that just because I need to gain weight, I don't know to gain bad weight.

Swenson Results for February Goal

Well once again I didn't do as good as I had originally hoped I would. My ULTIMATE goal was for Steve to do lots of nice things for me.He tried. I tried as well, but I could have done more. I did write down some of the nice things I did (i.e. take him lunch, make him breakfast, get his clothes for him, and clean up his HORRIBLY messy closet that I vowed I would no longer clean). Even though I didn't do awesome I was definitely more aware of trying to serve him and also noticing what he does for me.

The second half of my goal was mainly for me. I have a temper. I get really angry. And it all comes out too often. I actually did pretty good on this one, until the last night of the month. I lost it. :( It was the worst day of the whole month and it also happened to be the one day we didn't have our early morning scripture reading. I didn't want to get out of bed and I didn't hear any of the kids awake, so we didn't do it. Big Mistake! I really think that starting our day off right has a huge influence on everyone. If we really want to live by the scriptures then we really need to read them everyday. It truly does make a difference.