KPIs....how best to track?

Trying to do my own KPIs for 2016 and got to reading some interesting material online... one article clearly put it that non profits are 'notoriously lofty and vague' in the way they write about what they plan to do and actually do!! That was funny - and they way I thought we were pretty clear!!

I think i will do a paper on KPIs for non profits in Kenya!! That would make for interesting research - let me give myself till August to write a paper on this!!

So thats my challenge for 2016 - so help me God!

Nutty dreads!

Looking at this lady with her long luscious locks and makes me long for dreadlocks again!!

I had them for about 4 years and loved them....was a bit of a challenge at the beginning getting them to lock and everytime I went to the salon and they were washed, they completelty untangled - leaving me with a big fro to start afresh. Finally they got their act together and I had locked locks! J, the guy who used to twist them for me was so excited when I wobbled into his salon when expecting my third born...he said that now they would grow very very long!!

Mixed reactions from people who saw me in locks - some were against them, others loved them....one person asked me what I was rebelling against!!! imagine that...me...a rebel?? ....I laughed it off. You see for me it was a very convenient (and safe) style and it solved a myth I have had in my head for so long - once long long time ago...as a young impressionable girl...when I became aware of chemicals that transform kinky hair (perms)...a lady I knew had a perm done and her face broke out in bad marks like she had suffered bad burns...I was shocked!!!....and this image always stayed with me....I was actually scared that when I if I was to get a baby the chemicals would find their way to the baby I was carrying so.... in with the dreadlocks...and sure enough...after I got S in late 2012, the dreads came off (said barber reacted like I had betrayed him! not been able to go back to his salon since then!)

Now after 4 years of battling nearly every weekend on what to do with my hair...and tempted to cut it off several times...I think am ready for the locks once more!!

Its a New Year!!

2016 here we are!!

Its exciting to be in a new year....it spells new and fresh things!!

I just heard over the radio -Waumini FM - that its a good idea for families to set joint goals for the year...this we had not done before, but now since the kids can be able to make demands for various things, then they can also make plans for 2016 and we see how best we can jointly achieve them!! exciting!!

Vision Board!!

So I heard (our very own) Lupita in an interview say that her mum had a vision board when they were growing up and her aim was to put up all the destinations she wanted to take her children....and i had an aha moment!!

I immediately made an order for a good notice board where i would put postcards for nice destinations we always talk about as family,,,now its up....but alas, it has more notices of what i should remember to do ie bills and etc as opposed to postcards

Launching Operation Take Back the Vision Board!!

My little shadow

My kids generally have socks on even if hot....so long as they are in the house...

So when they walk around the house, you can't actually hear them....and soon you turn abruptly and a little person was right there and you almost topple them

This is the beauty of having tiny tots around you. The love is underconditional; so long as you are within the house they follow you everywhere you are...your little shadow... and i mean everywhere. It can be overwhelming sometimes but you must remind yourself that soon they will be too big to carry; and too opinionated to answer to your every call

I love this stage!!

So let me savour the moment!

Family

Its Christmas time....time when families get together...

Family...ehh!!!

what would it be if we didnt have a good mix of family members; that is the spice of life!

Those that you can trust
Those that you cant trust
Those that you trust only with certain aspects
Those that second guess you all the time!
Those that cheer you on no matter what!
Those that assume you are always well put together
Those that you can confide in during the valley moments
Those that feel entitled to what you have
Those that pull their own weight
Those that organise a great get together
Those that cant plan anything to save their lives!
Those that are family magnets
Thsoe that are family repellants!
Those that can cook a mean meal
Those that cant even boil water, but who cares?
Those that cant let an offer of a night out go
Those that preach and preach and appear like their more spiritually put together
Those that have joined the family recently and brought in a whole set of issues
Those that remember you only when they are in trouble
Those that check on you every so often, bless them!
Those that remember important dates and wish you well
Those that only remember dates that relate to them! (LOL)
Those that treat children around like the precious angels they are
Those that dont seem to know kuna children in the family that need close role models!
The list is endless

Family is family, no matter what they are made of

we love the good, bear with the bad and tolerate the ugly aspects

Cheers to family!

Hot seating

Hot seating

I had heard of this with interest...i was like...mmm...that would be different!!

So now that am experiencing it myself, I must say it will take a bit of time getting used to this. There is a certain level of comfort in knowing that you have a desk in a certain space and you can put all the paraphenalia that makes you comfortable!!

Couple that with the possibility of working of home and suddenly a lot of personal discipline is required to at least ensure results are achieved!!

I will not even mention disabusing myself from the habit of printing too often!

Either way, am loving this new way of working!