Last week's habit was not being so wasteful with the dishwater. It has been going pretty well. I don't think it is a set in stone habit yet, but focusing on this one thing has had the benefit of it actually being done.

For this week I would like to work on getting everyone, and that includes myself most especially, in bed at a decent hour AND prepared for the following day. That's right. We are going to hash out a before bed routine that takes the next day into consideration.  I am so tired of this: "Oh it's probably getting late.  (glance at clock) Oh Wow. It IS late." The  kitchen is still a mess, the kids haven't picked up anything, the kids are still up, (except the hard sleeper who wandered off and fell asleep still dressed to his shoes with unbrushed teeth. I don't know how many times this poor kid has slept in his shoes because once he crashes he is out cold)and I am so tired all I want to do is go to bed right NOW. This is not working for us. The problem is that I don't even think about  "what time is it?" until it is already too late.

To counteract this I have already set my trusty (and horribly unfeminine) watch to go off at 8:30pm instead of being a backup alarm clock for the morning. This should give me enough time to get the kids headed off to bed and still leave me time to get myself in bed at a decent hour. I would like for everyone to take care of teeth and face washing, set out clothes, check over planners, clean up rooms, have some  reading time, say their prayers and have lights out at a decent hour. Additionally I would like to have a dinner plan in place (with something thawing if necessary) and if we are going out to have all our "things" forsaid outing ready to go to the car.

Hopefully this will help the days be more manageable. So this is the new habit to start working on geting down pat.

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While blog surfing recently I cam across a lady who grew up in the Australian outback using cistern water. She talked about how wasteful we are in sending perfectly good water down the drain. It got me thinking about one simple habit I keep thinking  I should adapt.

Currently as I rinse dishes I use running water. It is a horrible bad habit that I do without thinking. I will even let the water run as I step away "just for a moment"  to grab a dish off the stove or table or whatever.So the habit I want to implement is to fill the sink with water and use that one sinkful of water to rinse all my dishes before loading them into the dishwasher. I know this will save a lot of water because the few times I have managed to remember to do it  I am always amazed at how early on in the process of rinsing I turn off the water.

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