My Goals for This Year – Week 7 of 52

1. Get Organized.

This week I cleaned out the master bathroom and Monkey Boy’s bathroom cupboards. Now all that’s left is for the boys to demo them a few days before Chino and his crew shows up.

2. Run, walk or crawl a Marathon, half marathon, 10k, and 5k race this year.

Ya… about that goal. 😉

3. Remodel our Master Bathroom, Master Closet and Monkey Boy’s Bathroom.

Although I really like the color of cabinet #2, we decided to go with #1. It’s a classic color and plus it matches the shelving I spotted at The Home Depot I plan to put above the tub and toilet.

4. Finish Every Room in Our House.

You are never going to believe what the HH and did last night. We bought a used couch off Craigslist. I still can’t believe we did it. This was my first purchase from Craigslist and older couple we bought the couch from were super nice. We need furniture for the living room {the room nobody will probably ever sit in} and I just couldn’t justify paying full price for furniture we will probably never really use. I still need a coffee table and maybe a chair for the corner of the room as well as something to throw on the wall and then I’ll be done. My goal is to furnish the room {nicely} for under $500. So far, so good. Not surprisingly Lucy the snuggle puggle thinks the couch is hers.

5. Turn Spare Bedroom into a Cozy Home Office Space for myself.

6. Create a Vegetable Garden.

I’m happy with the progress I’ve been making in the garden. Today I’ll be planting my blueberry and raspberry bushes as well as finding a spot for my 75 strawberry plants.

7. Build a Path into the Hillside for Easy Access to the Upper Garden.

8. Limit my personal spending to $100 a month.

I went to the library to check out a few book for the first time in 2 years and discovered I had a past due library fine of $10.80. Boooo! I also bought sack of gummy bears at Target for $1.00

Total spent so far this month $28.91 Still have $71.09

In January I Spent $84.33

9. Purge… Weekly. Find 10 things each week to donate to the thrift store.

This weeks donation was a real winner. 😉 Chandelier bulbs, cassette tapes, old shoes, a roasting rack and a size medium t-shirt someone gave my husband.

10. Read 1 book a week. – My goal is to read 52 books this year

See what I’m reading this month.

11. Slow Down.

I’ve been spending my extra time working on a few rug hooking projects. I drew out a large rug, started a spring bunny rug and hooked a black penny circle pillow. Well, it will become a pillow once I sew a wool backing to it and stuff it will wool scraps. In case you missed it I wrote an article on Primitive Rug Hooking – Basic Supplies and How I Draw Patterns.

12. Canning – Life was sort of crazy last year and I feel like I sorta fell off the canning wagon and I’d like to hop back on it this year. Ideally, I’d like to open my pantry at the end of the year and have rows and rows of home canned goodness staring back at me.

Did you set any goals for this year? If so, how are they coming along?

~Mavis