12 Goals for the New Year Week 46 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. Bit by bit I’m getting there! My goal is to have this room cleared out my friday morning so the carpet guy can stretch the carpet a wee bit.

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,  North Carolina,Virginia and Victoria B.C. Anyone want to guess where I’m headed next?

4. Send my daughter to college without having a nervous breakdown thus spending a week in bed sobbing.  The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird is feeling much better after being sick last week. While I was in Costco the other day I spotted Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella by Jan Brett and rushed home and ordered it for her. Amazon Prime rules people, seriously it does. It makes sending little care packages and treats a breeze to college students. It should arrive today, I hope she likes it. 🙂

5. Get 3 new teeth. – Oh.My.Word.

So, I was snacking on a homemade granola bar over the weekend when all the sudden I noticed a GIANT CHUNK OF MY TOOTH was gone. It NEVER ends people. I am fairly certain that by the time I’m done getting all my teeth repaired, the money spent would be the equivalent of a new car. It’s insane. Really, it is.

6. Pay off my car. Done!

I’m pretty sure the Volvo wagon was the best car that was ever invented and Lucy loves looking out the back window.

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. Which means of course I’ll be sitting on the couch all weeekend finishing it up! Perfect timing if you ask me.

8. Do something together as a family ever Sunday. Last weekend we raked leaves, trimmed branches and cleaned up the garage a little. It was the stuff dreams are made of. 😉

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.

13. Spend at least 1 hour a day working in my garden.  On the agenda this week: finish cleaning up the yard, chop down a few more rhodies, and plant a few more bulbs. 

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.