This week's goals!

Last Week's Goals:

Marriage/Mothering/Homemaking Goals

• Find babysitting for date night - this did NOT happen!
• Can Applesauce. 
• Write thank you letters with the kids to grandparents. - Didn't happen!
• Write up financial goals with the husband.

Personal Goals

• Get at least 10,000 steps a day using my Fit Bit. - did this for the weekdays
• Do 3 30 minutes sessions from Les Mills On Demand - didn't happen
• Deep clean some areas  
• Clean out my e-mail inbox (Desperately need to do this).  - I got rid of 1,000!  More to go

• List three items on Ebay (I have lots of homeschool things I need to sell).

Business Goals

• Look into setting up a business Facebook page. - Still not sure if I want to do this.

 This week's goals:

Marriage/Mothering/Homemaking Goals

• Find babysitting for date night
• Do science experiments
• Write thank you letters with the kids to grandparents.
• Keep working on grocery budget (working on lowering it)

Personal Goals

• Get at least 10,000 steps a weekday using my Fit Bit.
• Do 3 30 minutes sessions from Les Mills On Demand
• Hang decorative window and door THIS WEEK!
• Clean out my e-mail inbox (Desperately need to do this). 

• List more items on Amazon or Ebay (I have lots of homeschool things I need to sell).

10 Goals for the week

I thought I might try to get back to goal setting.  Here goes:

Marriage/Mothering/Homemaking Goals

• Find babysitting for date night
• Can Applesauce.
• Write thank you letters with the kids to grandparents.
• Write up financial goals with the husband.

Personal Goals

• Get at least 10,000 steps a day using my Fit Bit.
• Do 3 30 minutes sessions from Les Mills On Demand
• Deep clean some areas  
• Clean out my e-mail inbox (Desperately need to do this). 

• List three items on Ebay (I have lots of homeschool things I need to sell).

Business Goals

• Look into setting up a business Facebook page.

 

15 Weekly Goals

Last week's Goals:


 Personal

• Make a Daily Dozen plan - 12 exercises to do nightly - on Skimble
• Memorize my Bible verse - write it down, stick it on the fridge and practice it!
• Start a Shutterfly book for the boys birthdays coming up in June.  (Not done!) 

Homemaking

• Continue experimenting with dehydrating
• Make yogurt and cream cheese
• Do a freezer cooking session with two friends (this is scheduled for Thursday)

Marriage

• Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting. **Must do this!  (didn't happen)
• Read more of the Kindle book -What its like being married to me.

Children/Homeschooling

• Work on manners at the table - STILL!
• Work on being more independent with daily chores and school
• Read a chapter a day of the kids book I am reviewing
• Continue to read books to my middle two before naptime

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

• Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week. 
• Invite someone over for a meal or a snack
• Keep Mom's group going

This week's Goals:


 Personal

1. Do the daily dozen plan (on Skimble) every morning
2. Memorize my Bible verse - write it down, stick it on the fridge and practice it!
3. Start a Shutterfly book for the boys birthdays coming up in June. 

Homemaking

4. Look into pasta making and dehydrating
5. Plan next month's freezer cooking session with friends

Marriage

6. Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting. **Must do this!
7. Read more of the Kindle book -What its like being married to me.

Children/Homeschooling

8.  Work on being consistent at the schedule that is working right now
9.  Work on being more independent with daily chores and school
10.  Read a chapter a day of the kids book I am reviewing

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

11. Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week.
12. Invite someone over for a meal or a snack
13. Keep Mom's group going

Business

14. Work on E-book
15. Work on figuring out blog design

What are you working on this week???

 

Weekly Goals

This week's Goals:


 Personal

• Make a Daily Dozen plan - 12 exercises to do nightly - on Skimble
• Memorize my Bible verse - write it down, stick it on the fridge and practice it!
• Start a Shutterfly book for the boys birthdays coming up in June. 

Homemaking

• Continue experimenting with dehydrating
• Make yogurt and cream cheese
• Do a freezer cooking session with two friends (this is scheduled for Thursday)

Marriage

• Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting. **Must do this!
• Read more of the Kindle book -What its like being married to me.

Children/Homeschooling

• Work on manners at the table - STILL!
• Work on being more independent with daily chores and school
• Read a chapter a day of the kids book I am reviewing
• Continue to read books to my middle two before naptime

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

• Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week. 
• Invite someone over for a meal or a snack
• Keep Mom's group going

What are you working on this week???

 

This Week's Goals

This week's Goals:


 Personal

• Journal at least 3 days a week and use my prayer journal
• Exercise 4 days this week
• Go over my Bible verses from the Navigators - 2 a week.
• Put together a page every week for my Shutterfly Family Photo Year Book and put the finishing touches on my 2011 book and one page for my 2012 book.

Homemaking

• Join Money Saving Mom's 30 day house cleaning challenge
• Make yogurt and cream cheese
• Get back to freezer cooking club

Marriage

• Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting.
• Do something that he usually has to do - like take out the trash or start his vehicle if its cold.

Children/Homeschooling

• Work on manners at the table
• Work on quiet time consistency
• Work on refining Spider theme unit study

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

• Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week. 
• Invite someone over for a meal or a snack
• Keep Mom's group going

 

Goals for the Week

I only made three goals last week and well, I did some of them.


Last week's Goals:

1.  Follow this cleaning schedule. (Did not do it but I keep hoping)
2.  Do a workout a day from Skimble.com! (Did 3 or 4 and I love them!)
3.  Encourage quiet time for the kids from 1-3 every week day and really work with them on either napping or sitting quietly in their room to do quiet activities.  (Worked on this but need to continue to do so).


This week's Goals:


 Personal

1.  Journal at least 3 days a week and enter prayer requests on my phone app.
2.  Exercise 4 days this week using Skimble.com!
3.  Continue tracking my calories on My Fitness Pal.
4.  Put together a page every week for my Shutterfly Family Photo Year Book and do one page for my 2011 book and one page for my 2012 book - I am so behind!
5.  Memorize Romans 1:20 and review Rev. 4:11 and Psalm 1:2.

Marriage

6. Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting.
7.  Do something that he usually has to do - like take out the trash or start his vehicle if its cold.

Children/Homeschooling

8. Start a read aloud at lunch.
9.  Have the younger two do a book on CD in their rooms.

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

10.  Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week.

How did your week go?

 

Super Simple Goals for the Week (SSGW) - just 3!

I need to do goals.  Otherwise, I may not do anything.

1.  Follow this cleaning schedule.
2.  Do a workout a day from Skimble.com!
3.  Encourage quiet time for the kids from 1-3 every week day and really work with them on either napping or sitting quietly in their room to do quiet activities.

And that my folks is it!  I have other things I want to accomplish but if I work on these things life will be easier.


 

Weekly Goals

I will have to admit that I did PA-THETIC this week as far as my goals goes.  Bleck.  
I mean I didn't do horrible, but I sure didn't accomplish what I set out to


Last week's Goals:

Personal
1.  Journal at least 3 days a week and enter prayer requests on my phone app.  {I did not do this at all this week.}
2.  Continue with the Couch to 5K program, - finish week 3.  {I did 2 out of 3:(}
3.  Focus on "One Bite at a Time - 52 Projects for simplifying life" - cleaning routine. {I did not do this on the particular days but I did clean my house!  Although my floor steamer died.}
4.  Put together a page every week for my Shutterfly Family Photo Year Book and do one page for my 2011 book and one page for my 2012 book - I am so behind!  {Did my one for 2013 at least.}
5.  Memorize Revelation 4:11 and review 2 Timothy 2:15 and Psalm 1:2. 

Marriage

6. Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting.
7.  Read our book together.  {We've been reading just not discussing.}

Children/Homeschooling

8. Work on more consistent school routine for kids.  {We worked on that some last week.}
9.  Work on memorizing Psalm 1:2. {Still working on everyone} - We just keep focusing on being "kind to one another" but I need to get back to memorizing with them.

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

10.  Babysit for friends so they can go out.

 Ongoing:

• Continue sending fun and encouraging texts daily to my husband.
• Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week.
• Start a monthly game night.
• Continue our weekly accountability group meetings 
• Give
• Save for a replacement vehicle for my husband's work car. {Ongoing}
• Keep saving for a down payment for a new-to-us house with land. {Ongoing}

This week's Goals:


 Personal

1.  Journal at least 3 days a week and enter prayer requests on my phone app.
2.  Exercise 4 days this week for 30 minutes each day.
3.  Focus on "One Bite at a Time - 52 Projects for simplifying life" - cleaning routine doing this again.
4.  Put together a page every week for my Shutterfly Family Photo Year Book and do one page for my 2011 book and one page for my 2012 book - I am so behind!
5.  Memorize Romans 1:20 and review Rev. 4:11 and Psalm 1:2.

Marriage

6. Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting.
7.  Do 2 of the list of 10 for my husband this week.

Children/Homeschooling

8. Read 15 minutes a  day with each child.
9.  Have the older two read a book a day to one of us.

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

10.  Have game night.

 Ongoing:

• Continue sending fun and encouraging texts daily to my husband.
• Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week.
• Start a monthly game night.
• Continue our weekly accountability group meetings 
• Give
• Save for a replacement vehicle for my husband's work car.
• Keep saving for a down payment for a new-to-us house with land.

How did your week go?

 

This Week's Goals

I am also choosing a goal to focus on every week from this book - "One Bite at a Time - 52 Projects for simplifying life".  This week's focus is - Work on a consistent cleaning routine.  I am using Clean Mama's January Schedule.  It is simple.  I just have to work at keeping things picked up and encouraging the kids to consistently pick up.

Last week's Goals:


Personal
1.  Journal at least 3 days a week and enter prayer requests on my phone app. {I only journaled 2 days}
2.  Continue with the Couch to 5K program, - start week 3
3.  Focus on "One Bite at a Time - 52 Projects for simplifying life" - morning routine.
4.  Put together a page every week for my Shutterfly Family Photo Year Book and do one page for my 2011 book and one page for my 2012 book - I am so behind!
5.  Memorize Revelation 4:11 and review 2 Timothy 2:15 and Psalm 1:2.

Marriage

6. Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting. {We didn't do this last week:(}
7.  Read our book together.

Children/Homeschooling

8. Work on morning routine for kids - to get them to do it by themselves. {Working on this still}
9.  Work on memorizing Psalm 1:2.

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

10.  Send out invites for game night.

 Ongoing:

• Continue sending fun and encouraging texts daily to my husband.
• Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week.
• Start a monthly game night.
• Continue our weekly accountability group meetings 
• Give
• Save for a replacement vehicle for my husband's work car.
• Keep saving for a down payment for a new-to-us house with land.

This week's Goals:


 Personal

1.  Journal at least 3 days a week and enter prayer requests on my phone app.
2.  Continue with the Couch to 5K program, - finish week 3
3.  Focus on "One Bite at a Time - 52 Projects for simplifying life" - cleaning routine.
4.  Put together a page every week for my Shutterfly Family Photo Year Book and do one page for my 2011 book and one page for my 2012 book - I am so behind!
5.  Memorize Revelation 4:11 and review 2 Timothy 2:15 and Psalm 1:2.  {Need to get Revelation 4:11 down}

Marriage

6. Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting.
7.  Read our book together.

Children/Homeschooling

8. Work on more consistent school routine for kids.  We worked on that some last week.
9.  Work on memorizing Psalm 1:2. {Still working on everyone}

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

10.  Babysit for friends so they can go out.

 Ongoing:

• Continue sending fun and encouraging texts daily to my husband.
• Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week.
• Start a monthly game night.
• Continue our weekly accountability group meetings 
• Give
• Save for a replacement vehicle for my husband's work car.
• Keep saving for a down payment for a new-to-us house with land.

How did your week go?

 

This week's goals

I am also choosing a goal to focus on every week from this book - "One Bite at a Time - 52 Projects for simplifying life".  This week's focus is - Work on a consistent morning routine for me and the kids.

I didn't get to this last week because my husband switched shifts and things were a little crazy.  This week - we are on it!

Last week's Goals:


Personal
1.  start journaling again and using my prayer binder more faithfully. {Still need to work on this}
2.  Continue with the Couch to 5K program,
3.  Focus on "One Bite at a Time - 52 Projects for simplifying life" - morning routine. {I think I need this again this week}
4.  Put together a page every week for my Shutterfly Family Photo Year Book.
5.  Memorize 2 Timothy 2:15 and review Lamentations 3:22-24 and Psalm 1:2.{Almost have my verse down}

Marriage

6. Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting.
7.  Read our book together.

Children/Homeschooling

8. Work on morning routine for kids - to get them to do it by themselves.  {Did not happen)
9.  Work on memorizing Psalm 1:2. {We actually worked on a different verse this week that they really needed.}

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

10.  Schedule game night for February and send out invites.

 Ongoing:

• Continue sending fun and encouraging texts daily to my husband.
• Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week.
• Start a monthly game night.
• Continue our weekly accountability group meetings 
• Give
• Save for a replacement vehicle for my husband's work car. 
• Keep saving for a down payment for a new-to-us house with land.

This week's Goals:


 Personal

1.  Journal at least 3 days a week and enter prayer requests on my phone app.
2.  Continue with the Couch to 5K program, - start week 3
3.  Focus on "One Bite at a Time - 52 Projects for simplifying life" - morning routine.
4.  Put together a page every week for my Shutterfly Family Photo Year Book and do one page for my 2011 book and one page for my 2012 book - I am so behind!
5.  Memorize Revelation 4:11 and review 2 Timothy 2:15 and Psalm 1:2.

Marriage

6. Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting.
7.  Read our book together.

Children/Homeschooling

8. Work on morning routine for kids - to get them to do it by themselves.
9.  Work on memorizing Psalm 1:2.

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

10.  Send out invites for game night.

 Ongoing:

• Continue sending fun and encouraging texts daily to my husband.
• Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week.
• Start a monthly game night.
• Continue our weekly accountability group meetings 
• Give
• Save for a replacement vehicle for my husband's work car.
• Keep saving for a down payment for a new-to-us house with land.

How did your week go?

 

This week's 10 Goals

This week I am breaking down one of my 2013 goal's into bite sized pieces.  For my exercise I am taking it slow and small since I have gotten out of the habit of doing consistent exercises.  Every year I say I'm going to exercise 5-6 days and then I get burnt out by week 2.  This year I am starting with this:

• January - 20 minutes 3 times a week
• February - 30 minutes 4 times a week
• March - 45 minutes 5 times a week
• April - 60 minutes 6 days a week

I think this might work best for me - and it does take 21 days to make a habit right?

I am also choosing a goal to focus on every week from this book - "One Bite at a Time - 52 Projects for simplifying life".  This week's focus is - Work on a consistent morning routine for me and the kids.

Last week's Goals:


 Personal

1.  Continue doing Daily Bread devotionals - and start journaling again and using my prayer binder more faithfully. {Did the devotions but only journaled a couple times}
2.  Complete the Couch to 5K program,  Completed the first week!!!!
3.  Focus on "One Bite at a Time - 52 Projects for simplifying life" - pick one each week.  {Starting this - this week}
4.  Put together a page every week for my Shutterfly Family Photo Year Book.  {Did it!}
5.  Memorize one verse a week and review two previous ones from this memorizing plan. {Did it!}

Marriage

6. Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting. {Did it!}
7.  Read a book a month together. {Waiting on the book to come in from Amazon.}

Children/Homeschooling

8.  Go on a date with each kid once a month - either me or my husband.   {Done - my husband took our oldest}
9.  Work on memorizing Psalm 1:2 and review Lam. 3:22-24.

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

10.  Make a fun event once a month and invite family/friends over.{Working on this.}

 Ongoing:

• Continue sending fun and encouraging texts daily to my husband.
• Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week.
• Start a monthly game night.
• Continue our weekly accountability group meetings 
• Give
• Save for a replacement vehicle for my husband's work car. {Working on this}
• Keep saving for a down payment for a new-to-us house with land. {Working on this}

This week's Goals:


 Personal

1.  start journaling again and using my prayer binder more faithfully.
2.  Continue with the Couch to 5K program,
3.  Focus on "One Bite at a Time - 52 Projects for simplifying life" - morning routine.
4.  Put together a page every week for my Shutterfly Family Photo Year Book.
5.  Memorize 2 Timothy 2:15 and review Lamentations 3:22-24 and Psalm 1:2.

Marriage

6. Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting.
7.  Read our book together.

Children/Homeschooling

8. Work on morning routine for kids - to get them to do it by themselves.
9.  Work on memorizing Psalm 1:2.

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

10.  Schedule game night for February and send out invites.

 Ongoing:

• Continue sending fun and encouraging texts daily to my husband.
• Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week.
• Start a monthly game night.
• Continue our weekly accountability group meetings 
• Give
• Save for a replacement vehicle for my husband's work car.
• Keep saving for a down payment for a new-to-us house with land.

How did your week go?

 

Goals for 2013

These are my goals for 2013.   I need to get back to being intentional.  I think these are very doable for me.   I just need to break them down into "bite size pieces".


 Personal

• Continue doing Daily Bread devotionals - and start journaling again and using my prayer binder more faithfully.
• Complete the Couch to 5K program,
• Focus on "One Bite at a Time - 52 Projects for simplifying life" - pick one each week.
• Put together a page every week for my Shutterfly Family Photo Year Book.
• Memorize one verse a week and review two previous ones from this memorizing plan.

Marriage

• Continue sending fun and encouraging texts daily to my husband.
• Work on carving out a weekly date night time - arrange babysitting.
• Read a book a month together

Children/Homeschooling

• Go on a date with each kid once a month - either me or my husband.
• Work on memorizing verses each week and remembering them and applying them.
• Work on consistent morning routine and bedtime routines.

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family

• Encourage others - send a verse once a week with encouraging words via text, e-mail or phone call and write two encouraging notes per week.
• Make a fun event once a month and invite family/friends over.
• Start a monthly game night.
• Invite someone new over once a month.
• Continue our weekly accountability group meetings

Financial

• Give
• Save for a replacement vehicle for my husband's work car.
• Keep saving for a down payment for a new-to-us house with land.

 

10 Goals for this week

It has been a month or so since I set some goals and actually wrote them down.  Today's the day to start that again.  I love linking up to Crystal's blog - Money Saving Mom.  She is always encouraging and she is always challenging each of her reader's to be more efficient and productive. 



She has a new e-book out - 21 Days to a More Disciplined Life. 

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You will also have one completed “Mega Project”. Completing your first Mega Project is so important to your continued success in creating discipline habits. It will propel you forward and motivate you like nothing else.

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Now onto my goals.

This week's goals:

Mothering Goals
1. Start What's In The Bible DVD with coloring pages and flash cards.
2. Work on Word of Life quiet time consistency.

Personal Goals
3. Wake up at 7am now that I am getting more sleep at night.
4.  Memorize one verse a week consistently.

Home Management Goals
5. Keep the "one load of laundry a day" consistent.
6. Be consistent about using our Daily to do/chore charts.
7. Organize kid's school papers.
8. Work on a freezer list with to do's and grocery list.

Ministry Goals
9. Schedule a time for this week to help someone or take them a meal. 
10. Write two encouraging notes this week.

I will be doing this list using my M.I.T. (most important tasks) and my daily docket.   I also have made up a chore chart/daily to do list for myself to use.  If it is written down and I can cross it off then it is more likely to get done.  I hate the have to think of what I have to do each day.

10 Goals for this Week

I am finally back into making some goals and actually accomplishing them.  After selling our house and then finding out we didn't sell our house and having baby #4, I am finally feeling like we can get into a routine again.

This week's goals:

Mothering Goals
1. Work on having the kids do their own quiet times before they leave their room in the morning.
2. Work on having the kids get their morning chores done without much help or reminders from me.

Personal Goals
3. Do 100 squats everyday (for a Facebook challenge I am doing).
4.  Memorize one verse a week consistently.

Home Management Goals
5. Keep the "one load of laundry a day" consistent.
6. Be consistent about using our Daily to do/chore charts.
7. Set up a library for the kids in the boys room and make this crate seat.
8. Make English muffin pizzas and quesadillas for the freezer for lunches.

Ministry Goals
9. Schedule a time for next week to help someone. 
10. Write two encouraging notes this week.

I will be doing this list using my M.I.T. (most important tasks) and my daily docket.   I also have made up a chore chart/daily to do list for myself to use.  If it is written down and I can cross it off then it is more likely to get done.  I hate the have to think of what I have to do each day.

Spring Break Accomplishment list - new items and some accomplished ones

Last week I wrote about what I wanted to accomplish during our long spring break (we have this week and next).  I actually accomplished a few things that weren't on my list but should have been:

Curtains for our laundry room, master bedroom and boys bedroom

Just a very simple valance in our bedroom

No Sew Hopscotch Mat

Still need to add some details to the front and back

And here is my original list:

1.  Redo my recipe binder - split it up into a few binders and make it prettier.
2.  Make curtains for my laundry room shelves (I have had the fabric forever).
3.  Make Alphabet bean bags or stenciled Alphabet bean bags
4. Make number bean bags  (Stencils to download)
5.  Make sandpaper letters
6.  Make a few child's aprons
7.  Check into DIY Montessori
6. Make an indoor sandbox
7.  Work on some freezer cooking
8.  Think about the idea of a breakfast bar and how to implement it
9. Try out mason jar meals
10.  Try out more easy lunch ideas 
11.  Make my daughter this sewing kit and work with her on it

I have made some plans with my stepmom and mamaw to help me make all those bean bags so they are coming over this week to help.

I am adding some spring cleaning to this week lists.  It isn't tough spring cleaning though and my older son wants to earn some more money so he will be helping me.  I will do a room a day:

• Clean ceiling fan
• Wipe down baseboards
• Wipe down walls
• Clean windows (if we are really ambitious otherwise that may wait until next week)

Obviously I am working on these things a little bit each day and some are very easy and some are not. 

This is what I have accomplished so far.   Do you have some things you are working on during spring break?

What I Hope to Accomplish during our long spring break

With the school my son goes to we are on a calendar year that gives us 2 weeks off for spring and fall plus the week before those breaks we get a flex week where we can catch up on any lessons that we are behind on.  Since we are caught up we have an almost 3 week time frame where we don't have to do any schedule lessons.

We will still be doing calendar time and also some other learning things to help us not forget what we have learned so far.  We may even work ahead in math some but I have plans to get some sewing and other projects done.  I wanted to list them here so I have some accountability to get them finished.  I may add to the list as the week goes on but this is my starting point.

1.  Redo my recipe binder - split it up into a few binders and make it prettier.
2.  Make curtains for my laundry room shelves (I have had the fabric forever).
3.  Make Alphabet bean bags or stenciled Alphabet bean bags

From Mama Mel Loves

4. Make number bean bags  (Stencils to download)

From Crafting a Green World

5.  Make sandpaper letters

From the Moffatt Girls

6.  Make a few child's aprons
7.  Check into DIY Montessori
6. Make an indoor sandbox
7.  Work on some freezer cooking
8.  Think about the idea of a breakfast bar and how to implement it
9. Try out mason jar meals
10.  Try out more easy lunch ideas 
11.  Make my daughter this sewing kit and work with her on it

 

If you have any more ideas for me let me know!

This Week's 10 Goals - Valentine's Week

I accomplished a few good things last week.  I didn't actually do all of the goals on my list but I did do some other things like:

Reorganized my kitchen cabinets

Organized my freezers

Last week's goals:

Mothering Goals
1. Work with my oldest on emptying the dishwasher by himself.  *I reorganized the kitchen this weekend and put all of the dishes down on his level (something recommended in Montessori circles).  This is making it easier for him to do.
2. Work on having the kids get their morning chores done without much help or reminders from me. *Still working on this but making progress

Personal Goals
3. Work on doing the 10 Minute Solutions videos on Netflix and 30 minutes of walking at least 4 days a week.
4.  Catch up on memorizing Colossians. *Still working on this, I made progress but still need to catch up.

Home Management Goals
5. Keep the "one load of laundry a day" consistent. *Um, no
6. Pack up any extra stuff in closets to get ready to sell the house.
7.Organize the school room closet. *Moving this to this week's goals.
8.Work on the paper monster that has piled up in our computer hutch.

Ministry Goals
9. Make a freezer meal to give away to someone who could use it.  *Didn't do this, but will try again this week.
10. Write two encouraging notes this week.

This week's goals:

Mothering Goals
1. Work on remembering previously memorized verses.
2. Work on having the kids get their morning chores done without much help or reminders from me.


Personal Goals
3. Work on 40 minutes of walking at least 4 days a week.
4.  Catch up on memorizing Colossians.


Home Management Goals
5. Keep the "one load of laundry a day" consistent.

6. Make curtains for the laundry room shelves.
7.Organize the school room closet.

8.  Look into making roman shades for bedroom.

Ministry Goals
9. Make a freezer meal to give away to someone who could use it. 

10. Write two encouraging notes this week.

I will be doing this list using my M.I.T. (most important tasks) and my daily docket.

This week's 10 Goals - February 2012

I missed doing my goals (or at least putting them on paper) for several weeks months now. 

I am back at it this week so here are some new goals to work on for this week:

This week's goals:

Mothering Goals
1. Work with my oldest on emptying the dishwasher by himself.  *I reorganized the kitchen this weekend and put all of the dishes down on his level (something recommended in Montessori circles).  This is making it easier for him to do.
2. Work on having the kids get their morning chores done without much help or reminders from me.

Personal Goals
3. Work on doing the 10 Minute Solutions videos on Netflix and 30 minutes of walking at least 4 days a week.
4.  Catch up on memorizing Colossians.

Home Management Goals
5. Keep the "one load of laundry a day" consistent.
6. Pack up any extra stuff in closets to get ready to sell the house.
7.Organize the school room closet.
8.Work on the paper monster that has piled up in our computer hutch.

Ministry Goals
9. Make a freezer meal to give away to someone who could use it.
10. Write two encouraging notes this week.

I will be doing this list using my M.I.T. (most important tasks) and my daily docket.

Two Things I am trying to be consistent about

Money Saving Mom had a little Q & A about keeping her kitchen counters cleared off and clean.  I read it a while back but it inspired me to take pretty much clean everything off of my counter and put it away.  This included my Kitchenaid mixer and you probably know how heavy those things are.

Even though my counters were pretty much cleared off it is still a constant battle to keep them that way!  My husband and I were talking about doing something to make life run smoother everyday.  He asked me what we could do to make that happen and as usual I had a list of about 100 things.

He wisely said name a couple things first.  So my top two items were to complete one load of laundry everyday - start to finish and to keep the kitchen counters cleaned after we went to bed so I woke up to a clean(er) kitchen.

I am making an effort to be consistent about these two things for at least a week and then hopefully for two and so on.

You would think that these things would be easy to accomplish but for me they are not.  I have to be intentional about putting the clean dishes away from the dishwasher so I can load it with the dirty ones.  For some reason putting away clean dishes and clean clothes are two of my most hated chores.  I don't know why.

Anyway, this is what I am doing.  It makes my day go so much more smoothly. 

What are you trying to be more consistent about this year (or this month or this week)?

Three Things I do to make my week easier and 10 goals for the week

I missed a week doing my goals (or at least putting them on paper).  I am back this week.  I wanted to share with you what I have slowly started doing on Sunday nights that helps me have a better week.  I did not start this all at once.  I took one week and added one thing, then the next Sunday I added another thing until now. Here are the 3 things that help me have a smoother week.

1.  You already know about this but I pack the kid's lunch for the week even though we eat at home most of the week.  You can read more about how I do it here.

 2.  I pick out 5 outfits for the kids and put them in this hanging organizer so they can easily grab an outfit for every weekday.  I just do this after I've done their laundry so it is easy to do.  I don't do it for my littlest guy because I dress him anyway.  I try to put an outfit in each box including socks.

3.  I have started making homemade freezer breakfast sandwiches.  I usually only have to do this every other week.  You can read how I do this here.

It honestly takes less than an hour to do all three things, but it makes my week run so much more smoothly.  The kids also help out sometimes too.  It also makes me less grouchy in the morning knowing that these things are already done.  I am limiting it to three things because adding anymore makes me grouchy on Sunday nights.  And who wants a grouchy mom (or wife)? 

One last thing - you already know this - I post my menu plan and then print it out and put it on the fridge this way I always know what we will be having and I can trade days around if I want to but at least I know there are 5-6 meals we can eat each week and we have all of the ingredients on hand.

Now onto some new goals so I can hopefully form new habits:

This week's goals:

Mothering Goals
1. Work on getting the kids to do their morning chores on their own quickly.
2. Work on keeping a soft voice when dealing with the children.   I had been doing well but need to keep at it.

Personal Goals
3. Work on doing the 10 Minute Solutions videos on Netflix every morning - doing at least 2 (20 minutes).  Maybe saying exactly what I should be doing will  make me do it.
4. Finish reading How We Got the Bible - I am loving this so far!

Home Management Goals
5. Make and can apple butter and apple pie filling.
6. Work on price list and refining grocery budget.
7. Work on plan for next freezer cooking - still working on this.
8. Work on Christmas list - see what else I need to buy, keep on making the ones I  need to.

Ministry Goals
9. Make a meal (or freezer meal) for someone this week and take it to them.
10. Write two encouraging notes this week, one to a missionary from our church. Have the kids also write a note or draw a picture to include.