Feb: Week 4

Since we were out of town last week, no review of last weeks goals!

This week:

-Try to be more on top of dinner. Think about it in the morning and do any prep work possible for it. This will free up some time in the afternoons for me to be more involved in the kids homework.

-Continue to go to bed early. Sickness has not helped getting up earlier to exercise.

-Finish Santa stitchery. I'm so close!

Feb: Week 1

Well, other than not getting around to posting Monday-(too busy!), I have made progress on my goals.

1. Hang hooks for the mudroom.
Is done!! Thanks to Dave, of course. My goals aren't meant to be honey-do lists, but he did do this one for me.

2. Learn hymn #193.
I have my hymn pretty close to learnt. I feel like it could just use some polishing if I ever planned on accompanying with it.

3. Get up at 6:30 am.
Getting up earlier has been hard! I did well for the first couple of days but was tired and cranky. I have switched my focus to going to bed earlier and that has been helpful.

I'm making a lot of progress on my Santa stitchery. I kept thinking that I could get it done this week, but like I said- I'm close, and yet there is still a lot to do. Definitely by the end of the month!
I also bought fabric to finish my placemats, but I haven't been motivated to finish that this week. In turn I also bought fabric to make Maddie a scripture bag, so here's to another unfinished project!
I have also taken a couple of pictures this week. Better than none, but sometimes I just don't know what to take a picture of!! Crippled by indecision once again!

Begin: February

This is my attempt at another blog. I have never been great at updating, so hopefully this time I will and have some accountability of my goals this year. 

My goal for January was just to keep my bedroom dresser clean. And I did really well- I just had the one focus and it was great.

I have three goals for February. I am trying to keep them simple, and achievable. 

1. Finish one unfinished project. I have been meaning to hang some hooks in our mudroom to keep the chaos of backpacks, coats and snowgear at bay. My goal is to decide on where to hang these hooks and get them up!

2. I have been trying to relearn the piano. My goal is to learn one new hymn this month.

3. I have been debating on this last one. I can't decide whether to get up a little earlier, have a better bedtime routine, or an exercise goal. I feel like they all correlate- If I get up earlier, I can add exercise into my morning routine. If I do better at my bedtime routine and get to bed on time, it will be easier to get up on time/earlier in the morning. So this month I am going to try to get up at 6:30 every morning. Whew! That is going to be a tough one.

A couple of other things that I am working on this month:

- I am really trying to finish some unfinished projects. I have some placemats I made that I just need to bind. I have a Santa stitchery that I am trying to get done (so close, yet so much still to do), and I have a quilt for Clark that I am trying to quilt and bind. 

- I am trying to take more pictures. I am participating in MCP Actions Photo-A-Day Challenge, though I am not posting them on their site. A picture every day is very hard for me, so some days I have done catch-up. I did 13 days in January and I am trying for more than half of the days this month. Another tough project!

I will try to post an update on Mondays, as long as that goes well. And hopefully I will post pictures also!