My goals for 2017
Get 7- 8 Hours of Sleep Each Night
As I type this it is 3:17 am and I have not been to bed yet. I didn’t mean to stay up all night and well into the wee morning hours it just kind of happened. I blame Pinterest, Wikipedia, Instagram and the news. Gaaa. All nighters are fun until that wave of tiredness hits you and you just want to roll off your chair and sleep on the floor.
But then you remember that you’ve seen 2 giant spiders on the floor this past week and you are afraid to actually sleep on the floor let alone walk barefoot in the house. If there are typos in this post this is me apologizing in advance. 🙂
Make Saving a Priority, Not an Idea
We paid our mortgage payment for September and when we did we were able to make an additional 5 principal payments towards or mortgage. We have lived in this house just under three years and in that time we have paid down an additional 15 years off of our mortgage. How crazy is that? I’d like to see it get to 10 years by the end of the year but that would mean an additional 7 principal payments each month for the next three months and I just don’t think we could swing that. But hey, even if we get close, I’d be thrilled.
Do you listen to Dave Ramsey? I love listening to his podcasts while we are driving and well, one of the things he has says is that when people really get serious and about paying down their mortgage, “It takes the average family five to seven years to pay their home off early. This journey to debt freedom is a marathon. Stay focused and intense, and keep a steady pace.”
I would have never believed that unless we started this crazy goal after we finished all the remodel projects on this house. But you know what? It’s totally true. If we continued at this pace, we’d have our home paid off in about 2 years. I won’t last that long here, but in theory, I’d say the 5-7 year rule is spot on.
Seriously. What are you waiting for? Every little bit counts.
Live a little
I went Costco shopping with Mrs. HB… during sample time. I didn’t buy anything worth mentioning, but still, I got out of the neighborhood for the first time on 10 days, so that was exciting. Also, I’m thinking about getting some new gardening threads for when I work in the front yard. What do you think… THIS OUTFIT or this one?
Visit 52 REAL Bakeries
The Girl and I were thinking about going to Crater Lake in Oregon but so many of you mentioned the forest fires that now we are going to hold off. Luckily, I have a vacation planned in the near future and some new bakeries to try out so I’ll be able to add a few more bakeries to my list.
Have 1 “no spend” week each month
Well it won’t be this week or next week so maybe the 3rd or 4th week in September?
Start a Line of Rug Hooking Patterns
I have 8 rug hooking patterns listed in my Etsy shop, 5 more completed rugs that I need to get patterns printed up for so I can get them listed, and 3 more drawn out but not completed. I’ll get them done, sooner or later.
Turn My Wool Stash into $2500 Mission Accomplished
It was a crazy good week and I ended up selling $875.32 worth of goodness in my Etsy shop and Ebay store which brings my total to $7440.12 for the year. Hot dog! Last year I ended up selling $6912.41 worth of my hooked rugs in my Etsy and Ebay stores so I am really pleased with how well I’ve done so far this year. Maybe I’ll be able to hit $8,000 by the end of the year!? Who knows.
Purge 250 Items Including Selling Larger Items We No Longer Feel We Need Mission Accomplished
So far this year we’ve purged 262 items. And you know what? I don’t think we have anything left to get rid of. How weird is that?
Learn to Crochet Mission Accomplished
Dote on My Husband Even More Than I Do Now.
Working on it.
Lose the Muffin Top. {again}
I seriously don’t understand people who pay good money to get in their car, buy special clothes and PAY to workout at a gym. Gardening, I’m telling you, it’s the best exercise on the planet. And you know what? It’s free!
Speaking of gardening, my lawn smells like a cow pasture. The Girl and I spread about 2 yards of Tagro on the front lawn yesterday and today we are going to try and get the other 3 yards safely in the back. We were laughing so hard yesterday {because of the smell} I had tears in my eyes. Seriously, it’s so bad right now it’s beyond funny. It’s like gasping for air, making weird noises and falling on the floor funny. Well, at least to us it is anyway.
When the HH came home from work he was FLIPPING OUT and told me NEVER to order that stuff again. I almost peed my pants. And then he went out to the garage to take off his shoes and like 10 seconds later I heard the sprinklers going. And then I was like YOU KNOW, water is just going to make it WORSE!!!! And then he said a bunch of words that have four letters in them and said he can’t even go outside this weekend because he’s so embarrassed. And I was like, OH PLEASE. You don’t even go outside as it is now.
Whateva.
Wear out {most of} the clothing I already own.
I’m working hard on wearing out the shirts I already own so next year I can start on this stack of 8 black tees and 3 grey ones I set aside at the beginning of this year {they were all practically like new}.
Try 52 New Recipes
Mrs. HB and I got together and tried out a new chili recipe. I’ll get it posted soon.
Read 52 Books
I went to go download Working Stiff on audiobook but my library’s daily limit was reached yesterday by around 1pm. Luckily I was able to request it this morning because apparently no one is reserving books online at 3am.
Give Back to 12 Different Organizations in My Community
January – Donated to Quilts from the Heart in Memory of my brother.
February – Donated to Empty Bowls Fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club.
March – Donated to my daughter’s mentor who was in a horrible car accident.
April – Donated again to my daughter’s mentor who was in a horrible car accident.
May – $100 Tip to a waitress on Mother’s day.
June – Started collecting men’s shirts to donate this winter.
July – Chew Dog Rescue
August – Donated to the Houston Flood Relief Fund
And then, there’s those top secret goals we’re not talking about yet.
Secret Goal #1Sell East Coast House Mission AccomplishedSecret Goal #2Chickens! Mission Accomplished- Secret Goal #3
- Secret Goal #4
How about YOU? Did you set any goals for 2017? How are they coming along?
~Mavis
Read About My 2017 Goals HERE.
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