final report
original goal list ~ update Apr 14 ~ update July 6 ~ update Oct 25
(since a number of items appear more than once, I am putting notations by the first occurrence, then making the font on subsequent ones smaller. I'm also shrinking the font on anything that hasn't changed since last time...)
original goal list ~ update Apr 14 ~ update July 6 ~ update Oct 25
(since a number of items appear more than once, I am putting notations by the first occurrence, then making the font on subsequent ones smaller. I'm also shrinking the font on anything that hasn't changed since last time...)
1--Keeping My Home
- Create (and then stick to) a housekeeping system more or less epically failed here (what a way to start off the list eh?) however, there aren't any mice or cockroaches and I do continue to vigilently battle the mildew that creeps in on all the outside walls, so maybe who cares if my 'system' is just 'do what desperately needs doing today' eh?
- Try out at least one new recipe each month Jan-Troy's Chicken and Speedy Burritos Feb--Spider Spaghetti, Mar--Lebanese spinach puffs and cheeseburger buns, April--black bean/rice veggie burgers and pound cake and trifle, May--spinach stuffed pork loin, June--tarragon cream halibut, July--Salmon burgers and salmon-dill quiche, August-- veggie gingerbread muffins, hot Mexican salad, September--gluten free cookies and stardrop (GF) cookies and Indian-style chicken, October--(I have no idea what I did in Oct, but maybe the extras in sep cover me huh?) November--stovies and oatcakes, December--fruit braid.
- Serve balanced meals (with a protein, a vegetable, and a starch/carb) at least most nights ☺
- Grind my own wheat flour ☺
- Make bread all year ☺
- Build up my food storage--at least 3m worth of all non-perishable items some pictures
- Learn about gardening in Alaska--what foods grow well, when/how to plant and harvest, etc ☺
- Have a garden ☺
- Can/freeze produce in season ☺
Participate in the butchering and/or preservation of a moose that Hubby shoots (that's one of his goals for the year)He didnt' get a moose in spite of much trying, BUT we got a half a cow from a local farmer. ☺- Render tallow from the beef scraps to make candles!
- 4/10 To Kill A Mockingbird
- 11/10 A Christmas Carol
- 7/10 something by an Alaskan author
- a biography or memoir nope
- *Going Rogue by Sarah Palin (mostly for cultural literacy) didn't finish...didn't mind
- 1/10 Icy Sparks
- Fablehaven I am now halfway through book 3...I have to keep swapping reading time with Wolf, as he's reading them too
- 10/10 The Mists of Avalon
- 8/10The Passage by Justin Croner (NYT top book)
- 6/10 The Audacity of Hope by Barak Obama (alternate)
- 12/10 Drawing Down The Moon
3--Improve Financial Stability
- Pay off (at least) one account ☺
- Keep current with tithing (unfortunately some months this has been hard for us, and then catching up on our tight budget is even harder) ☺
- Live within our means, always considering wants vs needs, and making the modest choice even with the latter. ☺
- Use coupons and shop sales at the grocery store ☺
- Use our tax returns and PFD's wisely (for food storage/debt, not playing!) ☺
- Build up our food storage ☺
- Build up my year's supply (the non food stuff, like toilet paper and toothpaste and laundry soap) to 3-6 months worth ☺
- Do not buy any new diaper/etc fabric ☺
- Sew items to sell using the fabric I have ☺
- Actively market my etsy shops ☺
4--Be More Present with my Family
- Read more books to my kids ☺
- Acquire a couple of new children's books in order to do #1 without losing my mind ☺
- Cuddle my kids every day ☺
- Include the kids in the housekeeping schedule (give them assignments)
- Stay OFF the internet one day a week (generally Tuesdays) ☺
- Be a good example for the kids by limiting my screen time on other days ☺
- Say "just a minute" less often ☺
- Play with my kids, not just work near them ☺
- Have a monthly 'date' with each family member it's been hit and miss, but pretty good...
- Go to bed at the same time as my Hubby usually ☺
5--Create
- Create (sew or knit) at least 6 things per month, for my family or my shop Jan FOs, Feb FOs, Mar FOs, Apr FOs, May FOs, Jun FOs, July FOs, Aug FOs, Sep/Oct FOs, Nov/Dec FOs
- Introduce a new product (or two or three) in my shop(s) this year. Four so far.
- Allow myself the thought-outlet of blogging frequently ☺
Finish Wolf's sweatersewed him a hoodie instead
- Knit something for myself (I have no idea what yet) No knitting, but I sewed a pretty blue gown for myself, so I think it counts
- Use up existing stash rather than buying new materials
- Try out at least one new recipe each month
- Learn how to make shampoo/conditioner strike
- Make handmade gifts for my family/friends (not necessarily to the exclusion of purchased items). I made the gifts for each of my family members for Christmas☺
- Help my children make things
6--Focus Inward
- Be more active (I'd like to go walking, though in winter in Alaska with two little ones and no where to walk indoors this is a challenge...)
- Work on my poor ignored abdominals...crunches or pilates or something very hit and miss...
- Get outside more often ☺
- Read more fiction (see list above!) ☺
- Read my scriptures also a bit hit and miss...
- Pray more (an ongoing challenge for me unfortunately) ☺
Get the local breastfeeding support group on it's feet.
- Sing more ☺
- Take time to be still and quiet ☺
- Check in on these goals at least quarterly to monitor my progress ☺
7--Focus Outward
- Do my visiting teaching every month ☺
Become a Big Sister with Big Brothers/Big Sisters...it's something I've wanted to do for a long time.or not
- Build up the local breastfeeding support group.
- Fulfill my church calling I'm now the music coordinator for the ward.
- "Pay It Forward" whenever I can (in whatever ways I can) ☺
- Look specifically for opportunities to PIF/send out good karma ☺
- Shop locally or handmade whenever possible. ☺
- Feed the local missionaries each month ☺
- Teach a friend how to do something new ☺
- Teach my kids how to do new things ☺
- BONUS--start a nonprofit organization for miscarriage support and education (ha, who'd have guessed!)
8--Learn
- Read a parenting book Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn (review coming sometime...)
- Read a marriage/relationship book The Soul of Sex by Thomas Moore
- Read a political book The Audacity of Hope by Barak Obama
- Read a nutrition or health book
- Read a biography or teachings of a latter day prophet or apostle aww scrappy
- Read my scriptures
- Learn new knitting techniques Jan--increases, Feb--seaming (shoulders, sides, and setting in sleeves), Jun--picking up stitches
- Learn how to make shampoo and/or conditioner
- Try out at least one new recipe each month
- Seek to find/recognize the sacred in all aspects of life, and the connections between truths ("spiritual" and otherwise) this has been just awesome
9--Blog
- Write a series of posts about The Family proclamation strike
- Finish the final post in my "motherhood" series done ☺
- Finish the birth-related posts that are sitting in my drafts folder done ☺
- Research and write more posts on specific vaccinations
- Write reviews of the books I have read but haven't written about yet: Hold On To Your Kids, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Raising Your Spirited Child strike (my goodness I didn't do a single one of these books! Oh well, there's 2011, right?!)
- Write reviews of books I read this year meh ☺
- Post more regularly on my cooking blog ☺
- Post more regularly on my family scrapbook blog (it's private, for keeping extended family updated mostly) ☺
- Fill in gaps by posting older stuff on the family scrapbook blog too ☺
- Leave comments on my friends' blogs ☺
- BONUS write a series on the Relief Society proclamation
10--Celebrate
- Celebrate the earth cycle holidays (equinoxes, solstices). ☺
- Finally start our long-planned family tradition of having an authentic medieval meal (ie, big meat, candlelight, no utensils) once a year. It was pretty cool
- Establish a new family tradition for Jesus' Birthday This was also pretty cool
- Have a family pizza night
at least twice a monthfrequently, and invite someone to join us. ☺ - Have a family or couples game night at least once a month strike
- Go to playgroup
and mom's support (breastfeeding) groupand RS meetings and thus rejuvenate myself often meh ☺ - Visit some major sites of my own state this was quite an adventure, to say the least...
- Play music in the home/car, and sing more ☺
- Get outside often and breathe deeply ☺
- Do my best to live deeply and suck the marrow out of life ☺
- BONUS start a new family tradition of celebrating the countries of our ancestors by having a meal of authentic foods on that country's national holiday (some I've hit and some I've missed...and I'm just being ok with that at this point)
- I know I posted somewhere my plan to make cakes for each family member's birthday, but can't find it on this list... I have done it for Hubby & Bear, Wolf and Eagle. ☺
- So, six strikes off a list of 100 (but did about that many 'bonus' things)...not too shabby! ☺
2 comments:
That was really QUITE the list. You did great!
WOW! Way to go! Seems like a very balanced way to set goals. Congrats!
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