February Goals

It is the first of the month and I am trying to be more organized with things, so I am all about sharing my goals for February and looking at how I did for January!

Let's take a look at January's goals:

• Paint & put up new window treatments in office.  (Yes, this goal is already complete, but it was an actual goal that I wanted to get finished in January!) 

This was completed in the first week of January and I am soooooo very excited about it.

• Continue taking vitamin everyday

Done, done and done :-) I think I missed one day the entire month!

• Cut back on spending.

I think this was probably a complete fail.  We ended up buying a new car for hubby and still have yet to sell the Jetta.  We also had to purchase a new hot water heater, because I'm tired of taking 1/2 cold showers.  We also had a few unexpected expenses come up, so this was a complete and utter failure....

• Cut back on eating junk food.

I think I did a great job on this goal.  I have lost 4 lbs total, which isn't huge, but it is HUGE when you consider the fact that all I did was cut out the majority of my junk food.  I didn't workout anymore than I hd previously done and I didn't cut back on anything else.  

• Repaint the laundry room.

Fail.  This wasn't even considered during the month of January!

So, let's hope that I do better in February.  I know some of you hate the aspect of posting goals on your blogs, but for me, it helps to hopefully keep me accountable for some things that I just really need and want to do. 

February Goals:

• Sign up for my last "extra" class for my masters since I am not a teaching major.
• Sell the Jetta
• Workout at least 4 times per week for 30-45 minutes each time.
• Eat more fruits & veggies.  I'm talking a good veggie for every meal, and potatoes do not count.
• Start looking and applying for any counseling positions in our area
• Plan at least 2 meals per week ahead of time.
• Have new water heater installed by my hubby and my dad
• Visit with and shop with my mom!
• Hopefully get back home to spend some time with my brother and future-sis-in-law
• Have a fantastic game night, complete with plenty of food (to try and throw me off from one of my previously mentioned goals) and lots of friends!
• Celebrate Valentines Day with hubby by going to Dear John and out to dinner :-)

I don't think this month's goals are too hard, but we shall see! Happy February everyone! 

January Goals

It's goal time ladies!

Let's take a look at how I did in December.

December Goals:

• Workout at LEAST 3 times a week  Done!  I did it, well except the week of Christmas, because of all of the traveling we did.  Otherwise, this one was a success!
• Make dinner 4 times a week  This was also a success! :-)
  
• Get a pedi for Christmas, just to treat myself!- FAIL.  I didn't have any time!
  
• Lose 5 lbs before Christmas.  Success & Fail. I think I lost the weight, but put it right back on with all of the holiday goodness going around!
  
• Take a vitamin every day  Success!
  
• Not buy myself anything this month- This may have been a bit of a FAIL.
  
• Super-clean the house before Christmas Success!
  
• Give back to some organization we care about  Part success!  We gave back, but not like I wanted to.

Let's start off 2010 with some great January goals and then I'll post some 2010 goals!

January Goals:

• Paint & put up new window treatments in office.  (Yes, this goal is already complete, but it was an actual goal that I wanted to get finished in January!)
• Continue taking vitamin everyday
• Cut back on spending.
• Cut back on eating junk food.
• Repaint the laundry room.

2010 Goals:

• Expand our family.  I would love to welcome a little one into the world and our family in 2010 :-)
• Start learning how to budget our money better.
• Sell our home and buy my parents old home.
  
• Move back to my hometown.
• Secure a counseling job or finish my practicum and substitute teach while doing so.
• Pay off our last vehicle.

I think all of these goals are doable and I cannot wait to accomplish all of them and hopefully more! :-) 

Happy Monday!

Do you have any goals?  Long term or short term?

**Don't forget about my giveaway!  It ends January 11th!** 

December Goals

It's goal time ladies!

November Goals:

• Take our Christmas Card Picture Let's see.... We took our Christmas card picture last weekend and I got them printed, so this was a success!
• Workout at least 3 times a month- this was a minor fail.... Some weeks I made it 4 times, others only 2... So on average, maybe we can just say that it was a 1/2 success? (no, well too bad)
• Finish at least 75% of my Christmas shopping, done as of this last weekend!
• Make a weekly meal plan 2 times a month  (this is a hard one for me, as we're so busy!) Meal plan- Major fail.... I may save this one for next yeah
• Decide on a new camera for Christmas.  Any suggestions on SLR cameras??? New camera, done... I'll give you the new reveal after I "open" it up for Christmas! 

On to December Goals:

• Workout at LEAST 3 times a week (we'll try harder on this one folks, I promise!) 
• Make dinner 4 times a week
• Get a pedi for Christmas, just to treat myself!
• Lose 5 lbs before Christmas (this should be an easy task, but look at all the goodies that come out this time of year!)
• Take a vitamin every day
• Not buy myself anything this month
• Super-clean the house before Christmas
• Give back to some organization we care about

I think this month is doable, but we'll check back and see in January 2010!! Can you believe it, we're moving into a new year and we can no longer call it 08, 09 or 0 anything it'll have to be 20 10.... I think it's odd.... It was so much easier when things started with an 8 or 9! remember back in 99 or gosh, when this song came out it was probably around 92.... Blah blah blah.  I just think it's so odd. 

Do you have any goals for this month?  Good luck and Happy December 1st!  The 25 Days of Christmas has officially started!!

November Goals

It's about time I set some goals for this month!  I promise I'll be back in December to let you all know how far I've come!

November Goals:

Take our Christmas Card Picture
Workout at least 3 times a week!
Finish at least 75% of my Christmas Shopping
Make a weekly meal plan 2 times a month  (this is a hard one for me, as we're so busy!)
Decide on a new camera for Christmas.  Any suggestions on SLR cameras???

I think it's a pretty easy list, but we shall see! 

Have a great week everyone!!! :-)

September Goals

It's a good thing I have all of you to remind me to do this each month! I'm terrible at remembering things like that! Seriously, I might as well be 80 with the memory I have sometimes! So, here goes nothing!

September & October are my favorite months. I've decided to post my goals for the next two months instead of just one, that way I have more time to complete them! (yes, that is cheating, I know!)

1) Buy a new (to us) car

2) Continue to buy a few Christmas gifts just to get a head start

3) Celebrate my mom's 50th!!!

4) Celebrate my parents 31st Wedding Anniversary! (How cool is that??)

5) Prepare for my friend, Pammy's visit in Sept!

6) Bake a pie (I have NEVER EVER done this before)- Any suggestions??

7) Get our gutters/downspouts/soffits replaced (which means we'll be poor for the next year because of it)

8) Get plenty of quotes for said gutters/downspouts/soffits so that we aren't ripped off!

9) Keep up on classwork since this is the hardest class of my program. Research & Stats, yuck!

10) Go on a mini-vacation with my Hubby for our 1st Anniversary! We're actually (don't make fun), going to Chicago and we're going to go to 6 Flags when they have their fright fest. Our first official date was to a haunted house, so we thought what a better way to celebrate the last year! We're staying for 3-4 days and on our actual anniversary (Oct. 4th) we're going to have a romantic dinner at some restaurant in Chicago and rent a hotel suite :-) I'm pretty excited!

11) Participate and help at our Big Brothers Big Sisters Annual Bowl For Kids Sake

12) Visit my In-laws and take care of their pets so that they can go up to a bed & breakfast (that we purchased for them as a thank you at our Rehearsal dinner)

13) (Last but not least) Workout 4-5 times a week and take my multivitamins daily!! O, and take time to enjoy the leaves turning in our backyard, buy pumpkins to carve and drink hot apple cider from a local orchard!

Yeah, it's a long list, but I think it's pretty doable for these next two months. Maybe I'll make November & December a bit harder! What are your fall goals??

The Bix

Tomorrow is the big day! We're running in The Quad City Times Bix 7 race. I'm nervous and excited all at the same time. This is my first big race since trying to start up running again... It's a 7 mile race and it's one of the most prestigious races in the country. People finish this race in under 32 minutes or better! (Mostly Kenyon runners who sprint the entire thing and win a new car and $25,000 for winning) I however, have my own goals for this race. I will not be running a 32 minute 7 mile race, so I hate to disappoint all of you!

Goals for the Bix:

1. I want to finish and I want to finish running

2. I will not walk any of the race, I refuse to. I don't care if I have to "run" the speed of a turtle, I will run the entire thing. It has been my goal since the beginning.

3. I say I don't care about my time, but my goal for a time is to be under 1:10:00. That's 10:00 minute miles which is totally doable. But since my LASIK surgery, I haven't been able to run much. At one time, I could run a 7.25 minute mile, but those days are long gone. Since LASIK I've only been able to run 4 times, so that's not a good sign.

4. I want to have energy after the race. I don't want to die after the 7 miles, because my next goal will be to run a 1/2 marathon on October 18th.

5. My last goal will be to not keep up with anyone. I want to run my own pace and do as well as I can without trying to run next to someone.

I will check back on Sunday or Monday to let you know how it goes. As far as after the race, apparently there is a huge Bix party that night, so I'm pretty excited to join in on the festivities.

Those also running the race with me are: my hubby, parents, brother, future-sister-in-law, her parents, her sister & boyfriend and a few others. It should be a good time! :-)

Maybe a giveaway and a little Q&A

So, I love followers, though I may not always ever be interesting...... :-) I only have 18, I'm thinking if I get to 25 then I'll have my giveaway! So give a shout out for me if you would.

Also, I'm having trouble blogging and I've seen a lot of people simply do a Q & A session.... If you guys have any questions for me, this is your chance! Ask away! :-) Is there a burning desire to know the color of my walls, my favorite go to shopping places or anything else that your little hearts desire, post it here and I will answer them in the next few days! That's only if I am worthy enough for you to actually wonder anything about me!

Happy Tuesday!!! :-)

April Goals

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Thanks to Meredith over at La Buena Vida... She has inspired me to make a few April goals to keep myself on track with her latest post of April Goals

April Goals:

1) Exercise at least 3 times a week (this is defiantly doable, and I'm already almost on track for this week!)

2) Eat at least 3 fruits/day

3) Take a multivitamin daily

4) Paint the basement

5) Clean out the shelves in the basement

6) Get yardwork done for the spring

7) Attempt to buy new windows for the basement

All in all, I believe that all of these are defiantly attainable, I just need to work at it!

What are your April goals?? Do you have any?