12 Goals for the New Year Week 44 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 cleaned my closet, organized my kitchen, decluttered my bathroom, organized my office, gutted the garage, and tackled the laundry room.  But that was at the old house. 

Cameron and John Voight are back at the house today working on the kitchen and trim. Fingers crossed they’ll get a bunch of work done today and go home without shooting themselves with a nail gun. The gas guy is suppose to stop by as well and hook up the cook-top {fingers crossed!}.

2. Fit into the same jeans I wore 8 years ago when we moved into our {now old} house. Mission Accomplished!

I’m not sure if it was because of the It Works Ultimate Body Applicator {I wrapped twice} or working as Chino the Handyman’s sidekick for the past month, but the muffin top is gone. Let’s hope she doesn’t come back!

3. Travel.   So far this year I have been to Boston, London, Paris, Portland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and Victoria B.C. Last week I discovered I hate sitting in the middle seat on an airplane. 🙁

4. Send my daughter to college without having a nervous breakdown thus spending a week in bed sobbing.  Done!

5. Get 3 new teeth. – Not yet.

6. Pay off my car. Done! I’m pretty sure the Volvo wagon was the best car that was ever invented.

7. Finish this primitive folk art rug I started 4 years ago. Finished! It took me 6 months but I’m done {I’m working on a second one and I hope to have it finished by Thanksgiving}.

8. Do something together as a family ever Sunday. I got home late but we did manage to get a few more house projects done but for the most part it was a pretty lazy day.

9.  Secret Plan #1 – Sell our house. It felt like it took us forever, but we were finally able to downsize both our home and yard and let me tell you Bob, it feels good. Really, really good.

10. Secret Plan #2 Buy a smaller house.  Done!

11. Secret Plan #3 – Working on it. 😉

12. Convince the HH we should buy a Salt Box Style House in Colonial Williamsburg. Done! We didn’t buy a house in Colonial Williamsburg, but I did find us a vacation house on the east coast and we LOVE it. A giant galvanized bowl, an old tin pie plate and 2 stoneware mugs were my latest finds at the local thrift store. Buying second hand is fun!

13. Spend at least 1 hour a day working in my garden.  On the agenda this week: grow some sprouts and baby my basil plants so that when the kitchen is all finished in a few weeks I can have a mini indoor garden. 🙂

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.