It's Goal Time! February Edition

It's February! There is so much going on this month including baby boy turning 1! What a fun month in store. Here are my goals for this month.

Personal:
Finish reading Three Weeks With My Brother by Nicholas Sparks
Keep doing Through The Bible in 1 Year with my Bible app
Run and lift Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays
Eat clean 70% of time
Follow along with BusyMomGetsFit for her #FitFamFeb

Kids:
Continue dates with Princess (park, starbucks, walking around the state parks)
Start dates with little man
Finish reading American Girl book
Start a new book
Take 1 photo of each of them a day (this one is pretty easy for me, I'm always snapping photos)

Hubby:
Continue date nights ( really want to go to Cheesecake Factory with him)
Read a book about marriage (haven't decided which one yet)

Blog:
To post 2-3x's a week
Post reviews (I have a few coming this month)
Buy a domain!!! (excited!!)

Financial:
Get back into couponing
Spend under 100$ a week on groceries

What are you goals this month?

Goals for 2013

I'm not making resolutions this year. Resolutions never seem to stick and the word resolution just sounds like I'm setting myself up to fail. I've made resolutions before and never stuck to them. Resolutions are by definition to commit to doing something with determination. I'm determined alright. I just don't like the word resolution, it's lost it's meaning to me.

I will, however, be making goals. Goals are something I can work towards. I have small goals and large goals. Goals are achievable. I can reward myself for reaching each goal, and I will.

My number one goal is to grow deeper in my faith. Everything else will fall into place as long as I do this. I have a few books and devotions that I will be doing, as well as trying to read the entire bible this year.

Next is to be the best wife and mom that I can possibly be. Spending more time together out doing things as a family. Or just as a husband wife. I hope to continue dates with my princess and start having dates with WonderBoy (I can't believe he will be 1 in a month!).

My personal health goals are to be doing some sort of physical activity 5-6 days a week. I also want to be eating clean 70% of the time. Hubby and I are starting all of this on Sunday! I'm so excited he's doing it with me. I also want to grow a garden this year which will be great for our health.

I have some financial goals too. Really they are just to get back into couponing. Continue using swagbucks( i earned 100$ in amazon GC among other things thanks to swagbucks!) and ibotta to earn money (ill post more on those soon) continue to do things like Bzzagent and MomsMeet to get coupons and items to review.

My blogging goals. I want to do 2-3 posts a week. One book review a month and one product review a month as well. I also want to have my own domain at some point in the second half of this year.

Each month I will post how I'm doing on my goals and list what books and other small goals ill be working towards that month. Ill start February 1st!

Are you making any goals or resolutions this year? I'd love to hear them!

Goals For Week of 11/18/12

So I did succeed at my goals last week. Yay!!

I have only 2 goals this week. To post 4 blog posts, 2 that I've been meaning to get up, 1 about all thanksgiving cooking that I'm doing, and 1 about Charlie. The other one is to get Princess's birthday party invites done.

Are you all taking it easy this week? I hope you all really take the time to savor this Holiday with your families.


P.s. don't forget to enter the giveaway for the Prayer Notebook App!

Goals For Week Of 10/29/12: UPDATED

Since I decided to start making small goals to help me get back on track, I figured i might as well post them on here to keep myself a little more accountable.

Cleaning:
Get both bathrooms cleaned and organized. --I got them clean but not organized
Get ALL laundry washed, folded and put away.--- I got most o it done
Do daily chores. --this I accomplished fully!

Hubby:
spend 1 hour a day/night focusing on just him and and his needs.---accomplished this!


Kids:
spend 1 hour with each child focusing on them and only them.--- Accomplished this!
Take Princess out somewhere special.---never got to do this, thanks to Sandy.


Personal:
Run monday through friday. --didn't do this
Read bible and devotional every night. Did SOME of this.
Read a fun book if I have time. ---not at all
Get dressed a upon waking every day.--- haha not at all

Cooking:
Meal plan for a month.-nope :-(
utilize crockpot as much as possible.---Accomplished

Do you make goals every week? What helps you keep them?

Accomplished a Goal and It Felt GREAT

On Sunday I had the chance to complete a goal of mine. I tackled The DC Color Run. It was a blast! we even had the chance to meet a fitblr we follow!

If you have never heard of The Color Run, it is a 5k that you can walk,run, bring your kids, use a jogging stroller...Whatever. It's the "happiest 5k on the planet". Anyways, at each kilometer there is color station, where they throw or spray colored corn starch on you. I know, I know. A little strange. It was SO much fun though.

Each area that The Color Run is held in has a different charity attached to it. D.C.'s was Childrens Hospital. I think it is a wonderful thing they have going there, Getting to help your community while doing something for yourself.


My dad came up and watched us run and hung out for a little while afterwards. You have NO IDEA how happy this made me. He knew I couldn't run the whole thing yet and yet he was still proud enough of the effort I was making to come cheer me on. I have a truly wonderful Father!

My friends and I were right at the start line! SOOO exciting and nerve-wrecking at the same time! There were so many people there, SO MANY! We took off as soon as we could,then walked, then more running, you get the point. after you cross the finish line you get to throw your own color packet up with tons of other people.

I can't wait for next year..I promise you, I will Run the entire thing!