Goals Update 1/16/2012

Every Monday I want to try to get on here quickly to post an update on my goals progress.  If you're keeping track of your goals, I encourage you to do the same, whether it be in your blog, on Facebook as a note, or on regular old pen and paper. 

You can view my original goals blog post here:  http://usnchic.blogspot.com/2011/10/goals.html

Daily
-One hour of reading and/or learning activities with Lulu. Thanks to educational apps on the Kindle Fire, we've been doing OK with this one.

-Fill out E-Ray's task chart so he can earn his allowance.  We were doing great with this for about a week and then forgot about it.  Will start back up today.....really.

-Limit kids' electronics time to 2 hours per day.  This includes TV, video games and computers. I need to work on this again.  Kindle Fire, Computer, TV.....at least most of it is educational.

-No more than one "sugary" snack per day.  (candy, fruit snacks, cookies, etc.)  We're actually doing really well with this.  

-Eat fruit AND veggies every day.  Doing good with this one, too!


-Kids in bed by 8:00 (8:30 on basketball nights), myself to bed by 10:00 and up at 6:00 to work out.  No more sitting on my arse wasting the day away on the computer all morning waiting for my motivation to kick in!!!


Weekly
-Stick to weekly cleaning and maintenance schedule.  I have the cleaning schedule written out, I haven't started following it yet.

-Work out at least three times per week.  I haven't worked out in weeks!  FAIL!

-Eat out no more than once per week.  Hubs is leaving, so this should be easy from here on out.

Monthly
- Check out local nature trails with the family when the hubs is home, or with friends when he isn't, at least once a month depending on the weather.  We have not done this yet this month, but we did go launch a model rocket in a big field yesterday and we lost it and walked all over the place trying to find it, with no luck.

- Go to church at least once per month.  Did this last month.  Have not been yet this month.

- Go to one new place per month.  Done for January (Great Wolf Lodge)

- Buy birthday cards for the month and first week of the next month at the beginning of each month and address and stamp them immediately.  Done for January.

-At the beginning of each month, upload photos from previous month to Snapfish. Done for January.


Short Term
- Have E-Ray send out the post cards that have been sitting in our house for months to his friends.

- Get Lulu potty trained.  She has been doing really well.  A few accidents here and there, but for the most part, she does it all on her own, and on the big potty at that.  I am very happy with her progress.

- Update meal plan. I need to come up with a meal plan for just the kids and I since Hubs will be gone most of the year.  This is a work in progress.  I printed out a bunch of new kid friendly recipes to try.

- Create a daily/monthly activity schedule


- Dry clean wedding dress.   
     Yes, our wedding was 6 years ago and I still have not gotten my wedding gown dry cleaned.  This is why I must set goals for myself.  I am the ultimate procrastinator!  I am trying to wait to for a Groupon or something for this.

- Get Spring consignment sale items sorted and counted.

- Make a plan for genealogy research and organization.  Focus on one surname at a time and don't get sidetracked.

Long Term
- Get out of debt.
- Continue working on mine and my husband's genealogy. This is a lifetime of work. It is so fascinating and worth every second spent on it. I hope that my children and their children will someday take an interest in where they came from.
- Learn to speak German and Italian with my husband and visit the places where our ancestors came from (Germany, Switzerland, Italy).
- Go back to school next year and earn my bachelor's degree with at least a 3.5 GPA.
- Learn how to use my sewing machine and actually make something with it.
- Run in a charity race.

Short/Long Term Goals Completed Since October 25, 2011: 10