January Goals

As promised {more for myself} here are my goals for the month of January. 

Read:

Good and Angry

Parenting:
Order The Jesus Storybook Bible
Read Good and Angry

Ministry/Friendships/Extended Family:
Write an encouraging note to a friend
Get together with girlfriends once this month
Fulfill ministry duties with the Nest on 1/11/13
Plan a dinner with my in-laws

Marriage:
Plan date night for 1/16/13
Register for Uncommon Marriage Conference

Personal:
Join the Journey
Complete Whole30{hope to post recipes along the way}
Plan meal 2 weeks at a time
Complete Organizing Made fun de-clutter challenges

Blogging:
10 Post this month
Arrange a guest post {let me know if you'd like to, never had a guest haven't a clue!!!}
Keep Office hours {weekday 6am-8am and 8pm-9pm weekends 3hr max whenever} this month will be trial and error on this one!

Financial:
Make Jan budget and input EVERY DOLLAR SPENT!!!
Review on the 1/15 and 1/29

This is a lot better than looking at all the goals at once!

Ready. Set. Go. 2013.

Here are all the goals I have for the fabulous year 2013!

Read: I really want to read alot this upcomming year. So here are some that I plan to get through
You're Already Amazing
Tell your Time - Amy Anderson
Hope for the Weary Mom
Choosing Gratitude - Nancy Lee DeMoss
Loving the Little Years - Jankovic
Good and Angry
Shepherding A Child's Heart
The Money Saving Mom's Budget- Paine
Cleaning House- Kay Wyma
Parenting with Love and Logic-Cline & Fay
Bringing Up Boys- James Dobson

Parenting
Potty train David
Read to the boys from The Jesus Storybook Bible nightly
One 'field trip' a month
Read my 6 parenting books from the Read section

Ministry/ Friendship/Extended Family
Continue to serve with The Nest and Merge
Write an encouraging note once a month to a friend{free to do more if time and memory permits}
Attend/host a monthly Mom's Night Out or coffee with a friend
Have dinner with my In-laws once a month

Marriage:
Have a monthly date night
Read 3 Marriage books
Attend a marriage conference

Personal:
Join the Journey with my Church for my daily Bible reading
Complete 3 Whole30 Challenges
Exercise 2 days a week
Meal plan monthly
De-clutter the house following Organizing Made Fun
Complete several DIY project {more on that coming}

Blogging:
2 post per week
Have a guest post per month.
Set 'office' ours for blogging {Weekdays: 6am-8am and/or 8pm-9pm Weekends: 3hrs max whenever}

Financial:
Budget MONTHLY, review BIWEEKLY
Eliminate our DEBT!!!

• Target Card
• Salle Mae
• Baylor Hospital
• Trail Blazer

Build Emergency fund with 2-4 month expenses
Begin saving for house down payment.

Ok Its all out there for the world to see! But hopefully this will motivate me to really stick to our plan.
I will be breaking them down by month so that it's not this big bad list BLARING in my face!

What are your 2013 goal?

2012 Goal Recap

After getting Money Saving Mom faithful emails about her goals for 2012, 

it made me think back to the goals I had made for 2012.

 Needless to say I fell short. Very short. But I'm not beating myself up about it. 

Do: 

Finish the boys dresser

Prepare 8-12 freezer meals a week ( I did this for about the first 5 months) 

Refinish/paint TV stand

Sew curtains for the garage door window

Have a garage sale

Organize the garage ( started but didn't finish) 

Plan a stay-cation with my husband 

Explore museums in the summer

Make ornaments for the Jesse Tree/ Do the Jesse Tree (Didn't even come close)

Go to Canton with girlfriends

Fill to operation Christmas Child boxes

Host a Christmas Party ( Had a Thanksgiving Potluck instead) 

Read: 

I had plan to read a book a month. I only read 3 from my list and several others 

Learn: 

Memorize James, and 1 Peter. 

Be: 

I had an attribute a month I was to work on. To be honest I didn't get past March. 

Most of the lack of progress is due to getting pregnant with boy number three, and loads of exhaustion. Which is why I haven't even been on my blog much. Sorry to my 6 readers! 

However I plan to do better in 2013! Stay tune to those goals coming Tuesday 

February Goal Update

Having to write all this down shows me that I am not being diligent in certain areas of my life and that isn't ok. Being accountable to the blog world is helpful, but I am thinking a live person would be better.


do:
I finished the dresser I was suppose to do in January {just need cute sport knobs}
I completed the 12 freezer meals
I listed 6 things Ebay and sold 5 all {this wasn't on the original list}!
Didn't even touch the TV stand. Guess this being bumped back to March!

read:
So my list has The Power of a Praying® Parent Deluxe Edition
 Well for whatever reason it has sat on my shelf all month. I did start it on Saturday so it will be my March reading and maybe I will start The Money Saving Mom's Budget: Slash Your Spending, Pay Down Your Debt, Streamline Your Life, and Save Thousands a Year at the same time. I really enjoy reading books but for some reason I can't get my act together with making the time for reading them!


memorize:

James is coming along nicely. I did memorize the next 12 verses of chapter 1. So I am pretty good through verses 25


be:
Can you see a theme{ not doing what is on my goal post?}. I haven't been intentional with my gentleness challenge. I feel this will be an ongoing thing. But I must get this under control! The Lord is my strength and through Him I will

Thanks Ya'll

Month by Month Goals!

2012 goals by month:

	Do:	Read:	Learn:	Be:
Jan.	Finish the boys dresser list 2 items on eBay/Craigslist prepare 8 freezer meals	Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage Dr Kevin Leman	Memorize James  1:1-12	quiet: make a conscious effort this month to keep my mouth from complaining
Feb.	prepare 12 meals for freezer refinish/paint TV stand sew curtains for the garage window	The Power of a Praying® Parent Deluxe Edition by Stormie Omartain	Memorize James  1:13-25	gentleness: taking the gentleness challenge to react sweetly to my family
March	prepare 12 freezer meal Have a garage sale Plant early garden veggies	The Money Saving Mom’s Budget by Crystal Paine	Memorize James  1:26-2:10	sweet: sit on the floor with the boy for as long as they want and just play
April	Organize and finish painting the desk  Organize the garage  prepare 8 freezer meals	The Ministry of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson	Memorize James  2:11-22	merciful: show mercy to each child when they don’t deserve it as possible
May	Spend as much time as possible outside with my boys	Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus byElyse Fitzpatrick	Memorize James  2:23-3:8	a helper: ease the burden of someone else
June	Plan a stay-cation with my husband	The Mission of Motherhood: Touching Your Child's Hear for Eternity Sally Clarkson	Memorize James  3:9-4:2	affectionate: hug and kiss my husband when he walks in each day, no matter my mood.
July	Explore museums in the summer heat as a family	One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp	Memorize James  4:3-14	Loving: have bottled water in my care for homeless in the heat
Aug.	Prepare 8 freezer meals	How to Have a HEART for Your Kids by Rachael Carman	Memorize James  4:15-5:9	Patient: Be thankful for slow moments as a gift to pray and be thankful
Sept.	Prepare 12 freezer meals		Memorize James  5:10-19	kind: make an effort to encourage my husband with my words (his love language)
Oct.	Make the ornament for the Jessie Tree Go to Canton with girlfriends		Memorize 1Peter  1:1-12	thankful: write thank you notes to loving people in my life
Nov.	Fill 2 Operation Christmas Child boxes Start Jessie Tree		Memorize  1Peter  1:13-22	caring: take a hot meal to a friend or neighbor who can't return the gift
Dec.	Host a Christmas Party for friends		Memorize  1Peter  1:23-2:9	generous: give away something I love to someone who needs it

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This table has been adapted from one of my favorite blogs Biblical Homemaking, many of the books are repeats I do make a small portion if you use my links that take you to Amazon. 

I am still looking for some books to add to the last 4 months of the year so if you have some recommendations I am all ears.

What are your goals for the year. I am sure I will be tweaking this and reviewing at the end of the month so I can better prepare for the future. 

Personal Goals for 2012

So I have been inspired by Mandy over at Biblical Homemaking to have categories for my personal goals. I too need accountability. Do this has helped me think beyond my wants and focus on what the Lord wants from me this year. Mandy I loved your categories so I am using the same ones I think they are great!

Here are my categories for personal goals in 2012:

do:
These are any tasks I want to accomplish. I am sure that I will tweak these as the year goes on seeing how I cant predict my whole year. I just know that this category is a place to put the things that I would live to accomplish in 2012. My goal is to keep you guys posted on a monthly bases!

read:

I love to read, however 2 boys two and under makes it very difficult to accomplish this love of mine. My desire is to use this area to help me prioritize my time so that I can get back to reading regularly. A book a month will ROCK!

learn:

My bible study group at church encourages us to learn a portion of scripture per semester. I have never diligently applied myself but this year I plan to do just that. I remember doing AWANA as a child and learning lots of scripture. I love that I can still recall most of those verses. However at 26 I should have a bigger bank of verses that I can recall at any given moment to encourage, and equip myself and othersI went to Christian schools as a child and was required to memorize lots of Bible verses. My goal is to memorize all of James this year. Bible study started with just chapter 1 but I want to have the whole book in my head and heart.

be:

As a believer of the Lord Jesus Christ my behavior is what the world sees sometimes before I even open my mouth. My character is a representation of what I believe. How I talk, act and treat others is a reflection of Christ. I want others to see Him in me. I am unable to do this alone. Only the Holy Spirt can give me the strength to become more Christ like  and change my heart towards Him. My prayer is for me to be open and obedient to His leading and His calling so that I can become more and more like Christ. I hope that through this project it will help me to see my shortcomings and sinfulness- the ones I can see {admit too} and those I don’t.
My monthly goals are coming soon.

Happy New Year 2012

Well its a new year. So much happened in 2011 it is crazy to think about

• We moved at the tail end of 2010 and have been enjoying a house and yard all of 2011.
• D turned 1 Jan 14 
• E turned 1 Dec 30
• Celebrated our 3rd anniversary
• Got a new to us Trailblazer
• Joined the Leadership team at my churches Parents of Preschoolers ministry
• Reconnected with old friend

Just the highlights. Being a stay at home mom leads to a pretty non eventful year. Can't get fired, or promoted. Though it may seem stagnant it is anything but boring. My boys keep me on my toes.

I am looking forward to this upcoming year. I am not too big into New Years Resolutions, however I decided to make a few.

1. Be super intentional about friendships, and putting others first
2. Meal plan and do once a month cooking (Onceamonthmom) 
3. Organize/Declutter my small home to maximize every sq. in. (MySimplerLife)
4. Pay off debt
5. Save for a house

Nothing awe inspiring but this 5 things will make for a better year. Do you go NYR? I don't plan to take this too lightly. I really want all of these things even more than I want to loose weight, which is always the #1 NYR. I am so thankful for another year, month, week,  and day to serve the Lord. May my resolutions give glory to Him in 2012!

Happy New Year Ya'll!