Goals

I'm a very goal-oriented person.  I love making lists and checking things off.  Sometimes I write things down on my list after I've already accomplished it, just so I can check it off.  I notice that I have the most ambitious goals in the morning, after I've had two cups of coffee but before the kids wake up.  And that's where I find myself right now.  So I thought I'd put down some personal summer goals and see how they shake out in the next few months:

1.  Lose five more pounds.  I just finished up my 8th week of Jeff Barton's bootcamp (http://www.jeffbartontraining.com/), losing ten pounds total (yup, gained a pound this week).  This month, I'm going to try working out on my own.  I don't really need to lose more weight but having a weight-loss goal helps me stay on track with nutrition and exercise.  The plan:  run or ride my bike at least three days a week and try to eat well (curse you, afternoon sugar craving!)

2.  Minimize waste from my vegetable garden.  I let a lot of vegetables (mostly tomatoes) go to waste last summer because I didn't have a plan for using them.  This summer, I'd like to try my hand at canning and freezing so we can enjoy them year-round.  I'm thinking it might be fun to have a canning "party" with other hippie folks like us.  Interested?

3.  Sew something that I actually wear.  I have all these ideas and nothing to show for it.  I just need to start somewhere and not expect perfection. I have this pattern:

but I still need to buy fabric and get to work!  

4.  Write a song (or finish one that I've already started) every week.  Maybe I'll start a YouTube channel so I too can become a teenage pop-star.  Mostly, I just need to keep my creative juices flowing.  Writing songs about brushing teeth, peeing in the potty, and being kind to your sister is wonderful and all, but I'd like to expand my horizons just a bit.

5.  Organize my house.  Just seeing this listed here makes me tired.  I need to go through our kitchen cupboards and come up with a more organized system.  And I'm continually sorting through kids clothes because they just keep on growing out of sizes!  Speaking of clothes, I have a total smorgasbord of sizes in my closet that need to be packed up.  I've been finding it hard to get into big organizing projects because I know I'm going to need a few hours.  And hours are pretty hard to come by these days.


Ok, I better stop there.  The kids will be up soon, and all my good intentions will, no doubt, be forgotten until tomorrow morning's coffee.  :)