Food Diary

Downs

  • N/A

Ups

  • I was pretty productive at work today and got several things done that I had been avoiding.

  • Calvin went down for his morning nap fairly easy. To avoid a repeat of yesterday, I pushed his nap later by 15 minutes and that seemed to do the trick. During his nap, I had time to exercise, shower, and get a little extra work done before he woke up.

Cute Calvin Moment

  • Calvin has almost figured out how to crawl out of the bathtub. Calvin isn’t a huge fan of baths. This is probably because he doesn’t take an afternoon nap so is exhausted by the time we give him a bath at night. He wants us to hold him instead of spending the time splashing around in the water. Usually, he stands up at the edge of the bath tub and holds up his arms trying to convince me to pick him up. However, today, he decided to take matters into his own hands and put his knee on the edge of the bathtub and tried to heave himself over. He isn’t quite strong enough to make this work yet but he’s very close.

Simplification

  • I spent 45 minutes filing financial papers today, many of them tax related, and only got through 2/3 of the pile. While filing, I realized that our file cabinets were running out of space. When it comes to financial documents, I’m an obsessive pack rat. However, I decided the file cabinet was getting out of control so I looked up the official recommendations on how to long to keep various documents. I’m planning to deal with one category at a time. Today, I shredded our old Xcel energy statements. It turns out that I had statements dating back to our first apartment in Colorado.

Food Diary
In an attempt to keep my eating under control, I’m adding another section to my daily entry. Like the simplification section, it’s at the end so it can be easily skipped by everyone but me :-) Before I had Calvin, I used software from Nutribase to keep track of the calories I consumed. I love the program and tracking every calorie definitely appealed to my obsessive detail-oriented personality. However, now I just don’t have the time for that level of precision. Instead, I’m just going to do a basic list of what I ate during the day. At the very least, it hopefully will keep me accountable when I considering sneaking into the freezer for my 3rd cookie of the day :-)