12 Goals for the New Year – Week 22 of 52

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, organized my kitchen, decluttered my bathroom, organized my office, gutted the garage, and tackled the laundry room. Last week  I cleaned my garbage disposal and this week I think I’ll work on cleaning out our night stands. How does stuff pile up in there anyway?

2. Fit into the same jeans I wore 8 years ago when we moved into our house. – You are going to be so proud of me! For the past 10 days I’ve made it my mission to log at least 12,000 steps a day on my pedometer.

Well, not only have I been typically reaching 13,000 steps, but I’ve also lost a wee bit of that muffin top as well. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still totally there,  but for I finally feel like I’m headed in the right direction.

3. Travel.   So far this year The Girl and I have been to Boston, London, Paris and now Portland, Oregon. It’s official! Our summer vacation plans are set in stone. 🙂 I’m not ready to let the cat out of the bag just yet but let’s just say holy canolies, it’s going to be a wild summer full of travel. {Squeal!}

4. Send my daughter to college without having a nervous breakdown thus spending a week in bed sobbing. A few days ago I broke down sobbing over a handwritten note on a coffee cup. And you know what? I think it’s just going to be like that for a while around here and there is nothing I can do about it.

5. Get 3 new teeth. – I still have one more check up to go before I get the go ahead.

6. Pay off my car. Done!

7. Finish this primitive folk art rug I started 4 years ago. It’s almost done!!!!!! One more star and a little  more black and I’ll be finished. Wahooo!

8. Family Day. Do one thing together as a family every Sunday. Although we didn’t do anything super exciting, we all worked in the yard and went for a nice long drive. 🙂 Quality time doesn’t have to cost a penny!

9.  Secret Plan #1 – Done! – I’ll tell you about it next month. 

10. Secret Plan #2 Still plotting away. Making progress though. 😉

11. Secret Plan #3

12. Convince the HH we should buy a Salt Box Style House in Colonial Williamsburg. Still working on it.

13. Spend at least 1 hour a day working in my garden. Got weeds? So do I and let me tell you Bob, pulling weeds stinks! It’s not super high on my list of favorite things to do, but once I get this patch cleaned up, I’ll be a happy camper that’s for sure.

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.