June

May review:

Spiritual

Do visiting teaching.

Go to the temple.  Went!

Help kids memorize the primary scripture. 2 Peter 3:2 "Be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets" Done!

Attend RS temple fireside. Yep!

Address reverence in my primary class. Work in progress...

House

Focus on the budget. We have changed our financial priorities and my goal is to have a greater focus on detail and recording purchases with a weekly meeting with D. Doing!

Paint the living/dining room. -Bought paint on Saturday.

Yard work: pick up all twigs/sticks and take them to dump, mulch, plant flower pot? (maybe should wait until June...) This will continue in June...

Build garden box.  Darn no!

Clean off tool bench in garage. Forgot.

Sweep/vacuum out basement. Forgot.

Family

Make a more focused effort on dinner conversation. Create a topic list- safety (water, stranger, fire, gun, crowded places, what to do if lost, etc), courage, honesty, etiquette, ethical questions, etc Good idea- just need to implement better.

Plan the summer: camping trips, vacations, routines, daily boredom list. Get kids to input. Somewhat done. Ongoing. More details for this week. Only 9 more days of school!

Hobbies

Take Lightroom class.

Learn 3-4 new piano songs. Mostly just trying to practice various songs now more consistently.

Health

Run 4-5 times a week.  Pretty good.

Run a 5K on May 24th. Done. and SO FUN!

June

Spiritual

Do vt. New partner this month. Hopefully that helps. 

Help kids memorize new primary scripture: Matthew 18:18

Try to do Primary lesson by thursday of each week. 

House

Paint dining room. 

Plant flower pot. 

Build garden box?? Thinking this will not happen. :(:(:(:(:(

Spend some time each week de-cluttering. I'm overwhelmed with stuff and overwhelmed with where to start. Specifically load up one box to take to Goodwill by the end of the month.

Family

Plan something for the weekend while the boys are gone camping. 

Get kid input on summer plans. 

Finalize a idea of fun and structured things to do this summer.

Hobbies

Make a teacher appreciation gift. Any good ideas??

Not sure if there will be time for hobbies in the summer.

Health

Continue to exercise. Possibly sign up for another 5-8K to keep me motivated.

Recap of last week

Last week:

Spiritual

Pick a day to go to the temple in May. Between two days. 

Learn one more hymn on the piano. Thinking "Come, Come Ye Saints" Started

Attend RS Temple fireside on Fri night

House

Clean out some files on the computer. trying to Spring clean the machine.

Dust the inside of the computer.

Sort 6 months of 2012 pictures- picking best/favorite shots to print into a book. Got through 4 months.

Family

Plan a budget of upcoming "wants" purchases.

Redo monthly budget.

Get Maddie a new swimsuit. She needs one by Wednesday. 

Inventory kid clothes and assess spring clothing needs. 

Hobbies

Find a craft to make. I know that isn't very specific, but I am not sure what I want to make, just something.

Sign up for Lightroom class.

Health

Run 15 min per day 4 times this week. 

Not feeling very motivated this week...

-Working on potty training Ilah. This is just turning out to be a battle of wills. She has not gone on the potty yet and I refuse to put her in a diaper. Good thing there is a lot of paper towels.

-Doing a new budget. Well same budget, more accountability. 

-Keep training for 5K.

The end.

May Goals

April Review:

Spiritual

-Do visiting teaching.

-Watch conference. Check!

-Find primary sub. Check!

-Help kids memorize the monthly Primary scripture: The Family: A Proclamation to the World – “Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and. . . the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children” Check!

House

-Clean out the garage.  We have been waiting for warmer weather, so this should be the month. I am hopeful next Saturday will be warm enough.Check! So nice to have this done!

-Continue work on my Holiday Binder. Tabs are created, now I need to label and put a sheet of paper in each section where I can begin to put ideas. Didn't do a thing.

-Buy a pack of poster board. I have chosen a color pallet for the house, now I plan on painting a big poster board- like a big paint chip I can move around the room to make sure I like. Check!

-Buy ceiling paint and paint the ceiling in the living and dining room white. Check!

-Begin yard work! Fertilize lawn, prune bushes, etc. Still waiting for spring....

Hobbies

-Take Lightroom class. Trying to decide if this is a good idea since we will be on vacation for Spring Break or if I should wait until May? Trying for May...

-Take an organ lesson from Sherri. Check!

-Build small garden box and plant peas. :( Not done. Probably won't get peas but putting this on May goals...

-Hem one pair of pants! Probably should stop putting this on my list...

Health

-Exercise 5x per week. I'm training for a 5K at the end of May,  so I am trying to increase my running endurance.  Mostly check. I am not running everyday, but I am building up my endurance. 

-Eat less refined sugar. I had a successful no sugar week, but need to create a "Do Not Eat" list of stuff that doesn't make me feel good. Even though it doesn't make me feel good, it is still tough to eliminate. So hard. Doing well on some aspects and NOT at all on others. Also the goal was too vague and not specific enough.

May

Spiritual

Do visiting teaching.

Go to the temple. 

Help kids memorize the primary scripture. 2 Peter 3:2 "Be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets"

Attend RS temple fireside.

Address reverence in my primary class.

House

Focus on the budget. We have changed our financial priorities and my goal is to have a greater focus on detail and recording purchases with a weekly meeting with D.

Paint the living/dining room. 

Yard work: pick up all twigs/sticks and take them to dump, mulch, plant flower pot? (maybe should wait until June...)

Build garden box. 

Clean off tool bench in garage.

Sweep/vacuum out basement.

Family

Make a more focused effort on dinner conversation. Create a topic list- safety (water, stranger, fire, gun, crowded places, what to do if lost, etc), courage, honesty, etiquette, ethical questions, etc

Plan the summer: camping trips, vacations, routines, daily boredom list. Get kids to input.

Hobbies

Take Lightroom class.

Learn 3-4 new piano songs.

Health

Run 4-5 times a week.

Run a 5K on May 24th.

I'll review this week on Monday.

April: Week5

Last week:

Spiritual

-Contact my visiting teaching partner and follow up if she had a chance to contact our people, or if we still need to do that.  Called her but she never got back to me.

-Prepare Primary lesson. Try to do that on Thursday.  Did get this done earlier in the week than normal. 

-Have the kids recite the Primary scripture 5 times this week.  Forgot about this until last minute, so we recited it a bunch on the drive to church. Maddie got it memorized and Clark is really close!

House

-Buy and fertilize lawn. It is finally time! -Bought it! Just need to apply.

-Gather sticks in yard. Clean up from winter.

-Hoping Saturday to clean out the garage. I think the weather will cooperate. BEST accomplishment of the week!

-Vacuum out the car from our road trip.

-Do a ten minute pick up at night, even though I am super tired. It doesn't take long and makes such a big difference in the morning and my attitude. -Tried to do this and I got some days and missed some.

Family

-Plan the summer schedule! Including vacations (camping, Boise, Ohio), activities (baseball, t-ball, basketball camp, Maddie, swim lessons) and day trips/things we want to do close (nature center, zoo, etc).  Getting close on most all of the details. I hate schedule planning. :(

Call babysitters for Fri and Sat. Three dates this week! (We are also going out tonight.) Wahoo!  Had lots of fun.

Hobbies

-Fix Clark's blanket. It is in shreds but he won't give it up yet.

Health

-Run 12 min per day, 5 times this week. I am running a 5K at the end of May and really need to built up my endurance. Probably only got 4 days but close enough.

This week:

Spiritual

Pick a day to go to the temple in May. 

Learn one more hymn on the piano. Thinking "Come, Come Ye Saints"

Attend RS Temple fireside on Fri night

House

Clean out some files on the computer. trying to Spring clean the machine.

Dust the inside of the computer.

Sort 6 months of 2012 pictures- picking best/favorite shots to print into a book.

Family

Plan a budget of upcoming "wants" purchases.

Redo monthly budget.

Get Maddie a new swimsuit. She needs one by Wednesday. 

Inventory kid clothes and assess spring clothing needs. 

Hobbies

Find a craft to make. I know that isn't very specific, but I am not sure what I want to make, just something.

Sign up for Lightroom class.

Health

Run 15 min per day 4 times this week. 

April: Week 4

No review from last week since I didn't set any goals. I did have an organ lesson from Sherri while we were gone, so that was great!

Spiritual

-Contact my visiting teaching partner and follow up if she had a chance to contact our people, or if we still need to do that. 

-Prepare Primary lesson. Try to do that on Thursday.

-Have the kids recite the Primary scripture 5 times this week.

House

-Buy and fertilize lawn. It is finally time!

-Gather sticks in yard. Clean up from winter.

-Hoping Saturday to clean out the garage. I think the weather will cooperate.

-Vacuum out the car from our road trip.

-Do a ten minute pick up at night, even though I am super tired. It doesn't take long and makes such a big difference in the morning and my attitude.

Family

-Plan the summer schedule! Including vacations (camping, Boise, Ohio), activities (baseball, t-ball, basketball camp, Maddie, swim lessons) and day trips/things we want to do close (nature center, zoo, etc).

Call babysitters for Fri and Sat. Three dates this week! (We are also going out tonight.) Wahoo!

Hobbies

-Fix Clark's blanket. It is in shreds but he won't give it up yet.

Health

-Run 12 min per day, 5 times this week. I am running a 5K at the end of May and really need to built up my endurance.

April week 2

Last week: 

Spiritual

Report VT. Call partner to know when she is available this month. Did get in touch with my partner. Visits prob. won't happen until the end of the month. Oh well.

Find primary sub. Just found one this morning! Everyone is gone for Spring break.

House

Buy ceiling paint and poster board. Paint the board. Check! And check that we painted the living and dining room ceilings on Saturday! 

Hobbies

Decide on class. Decided to wait until May.

Build garden box. -Really wanting to do this before we leave so we could plant peas. Hope it's not too late when we get back!

Hem a pair of pants. -Didn't do this but did alter a dress I had that was too big and now fits! 

This week:

Finish planning and prep for our trip.

Go to the library and get some books on CD.

April!!

March review:

Spiritual

Contact visiting teaching people- hopefully visit.

House

Inventory food storage I did actually begin this. Overwhelming right now because I feel like there is so much to do, but starting feels good.

Finish meal idea list

Hobbies

Learn another song on the piano. Primary song #103 Baptism.

Hem all of Dave's billion pants that are sitting in a pile unhemmed.

Health

Exercise 5 times per week

Go to bed early

April:

Spiritual

-Do visiting teaching.

-Watch conference.

-Find primary sub.

-Help kids memorize the monthly Primary scripture: The Family: A Proclamation to the World – “Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and. . . the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children”

House

-Clean out the garage.  We have been waiting for warmer weather, so this should be the month. I am hopeful next Saturday will be warm enough.

-Continue work on my Holiday Binder. Tabs are created, now I need to label and put a sheet of paper in each section where I can begin to put ideas.

-Buy a pack of poster board. I have chosen a color pallet for the house, now I plan on painting a big poster board- like a big paint chip I can move around the room to make sure I like.

-Buy ceiling paint and paint the ceiling in the living and dining room white.

-Begin yard work! Fertilize lawn, prune bushes, etc.

Hobbies

-Take Lightroom class. Trying to decide if this is a good idea since we will be on vacation for Spring Break or if I should wait until May?

-Take an organ lesson from Sherri.

-Build small garden box and plant peas. 

-Hem one pair of pants!

Health

-Exercise 5x per week. I'm training for a 5K at the end of May,  so I am trying to increase my running endurance. 

-Eat less refined sugar. I had a successful no sugar week, but need to create a "Do Not Eat" list of stuff that doesn't make me feel good. Even though it doesn't make me feel good, it is still tough to eliminate. 

This week: 

Spiritual

Report VT. Call partner to know when she is available this month.

Find primary sub.

House

Buy ceiling paint and poster board. Paint the board.

Hobbies

Decide on class.

Build garden box.

Hem a pair of pants.

I am definitely feeling more motivated this month. I am sure this is because of the weather- it was a nicer weekend.