I came up with 12 goals I’d like to accomplish this year with the hopes of being able to cross one off my list per month to make them more manageable. I thought a great way to hold myself accountable to the things I want to accomplish this year would be to do a weekly update.
After all, we all need a little help staying motivated sometimes. Here’s how I am doing so far:
1. Clean, de-clutter and organize my entire home in 30 days or less. – So far this year I have cleaned my closet, decluttered my bathroom, organized my office, gutted the garage, and tackled the laundry room. Last week I touched up the floors and cabinets with my favorite wood stain pens. My cleaning task for this week is to go through my Arts and Crafts Closet. Which let me tell you Bob, is going to take a while.
2. Fit into the same jeans I wore 8 years ago when we moved into our house. – Here we are 3 months later and I still can’t fit into those pants {and the shirt I so badly want to wear}. I have fallen of the pedometer wagon and I’m mad at myself for continuing to stuff my face with sweets. I want to be able to cross this goal off my list by the end of April so I’m starting a new plan. Today. But you’ll have to wait until next week to read about it. {Sorry}.
3. Travel. – The Girl and I are trying to decide if we should take a road trip to Canada for spring break or fly to Virginia to look at Colonial Homes. It’s a tough one.
4. Send my daughter to college without having a nervous breakdown thus spending a week in bed sobbing. Notice how I said a WEEK in bed sobbing? so if I only spend 6 days and 23 hours in bed I still get to mark this goal off my list. Right?
5. Get 3 new teeth. – Nothing new to report. Still waiting to mouth to heal so I can get some chompers. The good news is, nothing fell out of my mouth last week. {Think silver lining}.
6. Pay off my car. – Done! Paid it off earlier this month. I never want a car payment again. Ever. Here’s a video of us when we bought it last summer.
7. Finish the primitive folk art rug I started 4 years ago. – What started out as an innocent little {okay, not so little} idea to finish a massive area rug using the supplies I had on hand, hasn’t exactly panned out. Not at all. In fact had I know when I began that I would end up spending a ridiculous amount of time {and money} “finishing up” the rug, I may not have started.
But, on a positive note, I have come back {with full force} to a hobby I once loved. Which is good. Mostly because it is keeping my mind off things that are out of my control right now. {More about that later}.
8. Family Day. Do one thing together as a family every Sunday. – We set a rat trap in the attic. Hows that for quality family time?
9. Secret Plan #1 – Working on it.
10. Secret Plan #2 – Still Plotting
11. Secret Plan #3
12. Convince the HH we should buy a Salt Box Style House in Colonial Williamsburg. – Status Update: Not going well.
13. Spend at least 1 hour a day working in my garden. – Last week the weather was gorgeous! This week however it’s suppose to rain. Every.Single.Day. so it looks like I might need to get Lucy Puggle a raincoat so we can continue to clear the raspberry patch and not get drenched.
So there you have it, my goals for the new year.
How about YOU? How are your 2014 goals coming along?
~Mavis
P.S. YES, I know I wrote down 13 goals. I’m fairly certain I won’t be able to attain one of them. {gee, I wonder which one?} 
But I wanted to add it in there anyway because I believe in miracles.
Kathy says
#3. Umm, come to Virginia! Unless of course, you are considering visiting British Columbia. And then I would hardly blame you! Have you ever done the peak to peak gondola ride at Whistler? Pricey, but amazing!!
Aurelie says
UMM totally come to CANADA!!!
Annemieke Cowles says
Love your site!! Look’s like you are well on your way to success!!:) Love feeling like I have accomplished things:) I also have days where I want sweets and treats!! Are you having dental surgery?:( I would love to share what has worked for myself and husband. PM me if you would like to know more!!!
Debbie says
Definitely come up to BC! 🙂 I’m in the south interior of BC, about 2 hours north of Wenatchee, and it’s BEAUTIFUL here! We’re only about 3 weeks behind you, garden wise, so the trees are just getting ready to burst with blossoms. And that’s definitely a sight to see, with the miles and miles of orchards we have up here. 🙂
And your dollar is so good up here right now, you would have that much more money to spend! 🙂 Win-win!
Ellee says
I laughed at the rat trap! 😀 That sounds like something I’d try to make an exciting adventure for my boys (2 & 5). Ha! 😀
Sandy says
OMG! Rats! I’ve never ever (ever! do you hear me!) had a problem with rodents or rats UNTIL (wait for it) last year. Somehow a ten lb Norway rat got into my crawlspace. Yes. (I’ll wait while you have a conniption. I know I did.) I had to have someone come out and get the damn thing out of my crawlspace. Yes. I did. Rat trap indeed. Call an exterminator! Now! And have them go around your foundation and get them to plug up anything where they can get under the house. And then have them check the roof, etc. Unfortunately I have a neighbor who feeds “only the squirrels and birds” because, oh, rats wouldn’t dare touch food set out for squirrels and birds, and one of them found a cozy little spot under my house to live.
And yes! I was a little traumatized by the experience? Why do you ask? 🙂
Mavis Butterfield says
Oh my word. That’s like as much as a cat weighs. Ewwwwwwwww
Sandy says
Yes ma’am. It was BIGGER than my two cats. Seriously. The poor exterminator. Since this is a family blog I won’t tell you what I said in the out loud voice before I burst into hysterical tears. The poor man had to go outside with the deceased until I’d calmed down, and then he came in and sat me down and said that I didn’t have to worry because he’d gone through EVERYTHING with a fine tooth comb. There were no more rats. (He was sure) There was no way for them to get in. (He was sure.) And then he said, ma’am. I’m married. I know how upset my wife would be. Do you think I want to come back and watch you cry like this again? (snuffle. Nooooo…..) Well then, he said. There will be no rats in your house. I promise you.
Ya. I handled it like a trooper. Said nobody EVAH!
janet says
Mavis, I’ve been meaning to ask if you have rats, with the woods behind and the chickens. I walked out to my garden last year and a small (by Sandy standards) 8 inch rat was sitting in the strawberry patch eating! Just looked at me and kept on eating! Yuk! My brother who has 20 acres in Stanwood told me if you see 1 rat you have 12 more.
How do you control rodents? (You should have a “ask mavis” spot on your fabulous blog!)
Thanks!
Mavis Butterfield says
We have field mice because of the woods {all the neighbors do}. We just set a trap in the attic everyone in a while to make sure they’re not up there. 🙂
Darlene says
We have a pet rat named Frank who is very sweet 🙂 Wild rats on the other hand…we had one in our pump shed and it died after eating decon, no more rats! Just one and its gone…mice…now that’s another story!