I came up with 12 goals I’d like to accomplish this year with the hopes of being able to cross one off my list per month to make them more manageable. I thought a great way to hold myself accountable to the things I want to accomplish this year would be to do a weekly update.

After all, we all need a little help staying motivated sometimes. Here’s how I am doing so far:

1. Clean, de-clutter and organize my entire home in 30 days or less. – So far this year I have cleaned my closet, organized my kitchen, decluttered my bathroom, organized my office, gutted the garage, and tackled the laundry room. Last week I pulled some weeds alongside the house and this week, well, we are so busy that just keeping up will be a challenge so I’m not going to worry about tackling any big projects.

2. Fit into the same jeans I wore 8 years ago when we moved into our house. – I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that when you have 600 cupcakes sitting on your kitchen counter, you’re probably going to eat a few {or nine}. 🙂 All bets are off this week people. All bets are off.

3. Travel.   So far this year The Girl and I have been to Boston, London, Paris and now Portland, Oregon. We are thinking about heading to Maine for a week this summer. How cool would that be? So if you’ve ever been to Maine and you know of some good rentals or towns/ sites we should visit, let us know.

4. Send my daughter to college without having a nervous breakdown thus spending a week in bed sobbing. – I’m keeping my mind off things by thinking up all sorts of fun gifts like this water bottle full of quarters for her for graduation. Stay tuned, I’m on a crafty streak. 😉

5. Get 3 new teeth. – I visited the oral surgeon last week and he says everything is coming along nicely. I’ve got one more appointment to go before I get the green light for teeth. 🙂 Yee-Haw!

6. Pay off my car. Lucy was so excited on the car ride over to doggy daycare that see had a little accident. Leather seats, they’re the best, aren’t they?

7. Finish this primitive folk art rug I started 4 years ago. Hey Hey Hey, check it out. 🙂 I’m almost done!! Maybe this week I’ll work on those two missing stars.

8. Family Day. Do one thing together as a family every Sunday. On mother’s day we all sort of lounged around {rested in our pj’s really} and then all came together for dinner around the kitchen table. 🙂

9.  Secret Plan #1 – Working on it. 

10. Secret Plan #2 Still plotting away. 

11. Secret Plan #3

12. Convince the HH we should buy a Salt Box Style House in Colonial Williamsburg. Oh happy day! I found a website with listings for Colonial Williamsburg. Checkout this one, ain’t she purty?

13. Spend at least 1 hour a day working in my garden. – Done! It’s pretty easy to spend an hour outside everyday when the weather is nice.

So there you have it, my goals for the new year.

How about YOU? How are your 2014 goals coming along?

~Mavis

P.S. YES, I know I wrote down 13 goals. I’m fairly certain I won’t be able to attain one of them. {gee, I wonder which one?}  But I wanted to add it in there anyway because I believe in miracles. 

I came up with 12 goals I’d like to accomplish this year with the hopes of being able to cross one off my list per month to make them more manageable. I thought a great way to hold myself accountable to the things I want to accomplish this year would be to do a weekly update.

After all, we all need a little help staying motivated sometimes. Here’s how I am doing so far:

1. Clean, de-clutter and organize my entire home in 30 days or less. – So far this year I have cleaned my closet, organized my kitchen, decluttered my bathroom, organized my office, gutted the garage, and tackled the laundry room. Last week I cleaned up the back and front porch areas and  this week I’ll be pulling the boatload of weeds that suddenly popped up overnight on the hillside next to the house.

How does that happen anyway????

2. Fit into the same jeans I wore 8 years ago when we moved into our house. Well, after last weeks show and tell I thought I better jump back on the pedometer bandwagon again. 😉 There was one day last week when I looked down at my pedometer and noticed I had only taken 1,300 steps {it was 3 in the afternoon} so I hit the road and took Lucy the Puggle princess for a long walk.

The goal is to walk at least 10,000 steps a day but I’ve been a little lazy in the walking department so hopefully next week I’ll have some better number to show you.

3. Travel.   So far this year The Girl and I have been to Boston, London, Paris and now Portland, Oregon. Now I’m just waiting for a phone call from the Discovery Channel saying they want me to be their new travel writer. 😉

4. Send my daughter to college without having a nervous breakdown thus spending a week in bed sobbing. I am in total denial. I’ve actually got a countdown calendar going on my phone letting me know how many days, hours and minutes until she abandons us for higher education.

5. Get 3 new teeth.

6. Pay off my car. Done!

7. Finish this primitive folk art rug I started 4 years ago. Moving right along. I’m hoping to get this done by the end of June.

8. Family Day. Do one thing together as a family every Sunday. I can’t remember what we did last week but I know we did something. Note to self: I need to start writing this down on a sticky note and put it on my desk so I don’t forget what we did}.

9.  Secret Plan #1 – Working on it. 

10. Secret Plan #2 – Still Plotting away.

11. Secret Plan #3

12. Convince the HH we should buy a Salt Box Style House in Colonial Williamsburg. This is actually harder than I was anticipating. 🙁

13. Spend at least 1 hour a day working in my garden. I don’t know what Lucy’s fascination with cabbage plants is but man oh man does that pup love to dig in the cabbage patch. She doesn’t dig anywhere else but the there which is kind of strange if you ask me.

So there you have it, my goals for the new year.

How about YOU? How are your 2014 goals coming along?

~Mavis

P.S. YES, I know I wrote down 13 goals. I’m fairly certain I won’t be able to attain one of them. {gee, I wonder which one?}  But I wanted to add it in there anyway because I believe in miracles. 

I came up with 12 goals I’d like to accomplish this year with the hopes of being able to cross one off my list per month to make them more manageable. I thought a great way to hold myself accountable to the things I want to accomplish this year would be to do a weekly update.

After all, we all need a little help staying motivated sometimes. Here’s how I am doing so far:

1. Clean, de-clutter and organize my entire home in 30 days or less. – So far this year I have cleaned my closet, organized my kitchen, decluttered my bathroom, organized my office, gutted the garage, and tackled the laundry room. Last week I clean all pollen off of the greenhouse roof, and this week I’ll be cleaning up the front porch area and getting some pots planted.

2. Fit into the same jeans I wore 8 years ago when we moved into our house. – Just because you can zip up your pants, doesn’t mean they fit. Bahhhh ha ha. Nice muffin top, right? I am fairly certain my love handles were not that big when we moved into our house.

I am on week #2 of eating less cookies, pies and sweets in general. Maybe I should start exercising?

3. Travel. So far this year The Girl and I have been to Boston, London, Paris and now Portland, Oregon. Canada is still on our list as well as a few other places.  🙂

4. Send my daughter to college without having a nervous breakdown thus spending a week in bed sobbing. – I’m not thinking about that today because she is playing hookey from school {she’s sick} and we are watching old movies. 🙂

5. Get 3 new teeth. 😉 – Not yet.

6. Pay off my car. Done!

7. Finish this primitive folk art rug I started 4 years ago. – At first I was thinking this would take me until the end of June to finish,  now I think I might be able to get it done by Memorial Day. How cool is that? I also listed a few of my smaller primitive hooked rugs on my Etsy page this week too.

8. Family Day. Do one thing together as a family every Sunday. – The HH got back late last saturday night so on Sunday we all hung around in our pj’s and had an official “lazy day.” It was nice.

9.  Secret Plan #1 – Working on it.

10. Secret Plan #2 Still plotting away.

11. Secret Plan #3

12. Convince the HH we should buy a Salt Box Style House in Colonial Williamsburg. I keep emailing him old houses from up and down the east coast. My new plan is just to wear him down. It’s got to work eventually, right?

13. Spend at least 1 hour a day working in my garden. – But of course. Darrrrling, the weather has been just splendid lately.

So there you have it, my goals for the new year.

How about YOU? How are your 2014 goals coming along?

~Mavis

P.S. YES, I know I wrote down 13 goals. I’m fairly certain I won’t be able to attain one of them. {gee, I wonder which one?}  But I wanted to add it in there anyway because I believe in miracles. 

I came up with 12 goals I’d like to accomplish this year with the hopes of being able to cross one off my list per month to make them more manageable. I thought a great way to hold myself accountable to the things I want to accomplish this year would be to do a weekly update.

After all, we all need a little help staying motivated sometimes. Here’s how I am doing so far:

1. Clean, de-clutter and organize my entire home in 30 days or less. – So far this year I have cleaned my closet, organized my kitchen, decluttered my bathroom, organized my office, gutted the garage, and tackled the laundry room. Last week we cleaned the light fixtures. This week I am going to take the week off from cleaning and just relax {or try to anyway}.

2. Fit into the same jeans I wore 8 years ago when we moved into our house.  – So. Late Sunday afternoon I got the marvelous idea to try on those jeans. And let’s just say it was not a pretty sight. Which was a good thing really because over the last 3 days I have only had 1 treat {an oatmeal raisin cookie} and have been eating pretty healthy. No shoving cake, slices of pie or handfuls of cookies in my mouth. And you know what? Besides being a wee bit crabby, I feel great.

Hopefully I can continue on this path long enough to fit in those jeans so I can mark it off my list.

3. Travel. So far this year The Girl and I have been to Boston, London, Paris and now Portland, Oregon. Canada is still on our list as well as a few other places.  🙂

4. Send my daughter to college without having a nervous breakdown thus spending a week in bed sobbing. She filled out some forms over the weekend so it’s kind of a done deal. She’s leaving me forever. 🙁 On a happier note, all of her friends {Miss Smarty Pants, Pocahontas, The Mathematician, the Sweetest Girl in the World and the Boy Scout} have all decided on where they are going and you know what? It’s pretty darn exciting.

5. Get 3 new teeth. – Nope, not yet.

6. Pay off my car.  Done!

7. Finish the primitive folk art rug I started 4 years ago. –  Ever since I made the decision to turn the giant rug I’ve been working on into a more manageable 4’x2′ front door rug, I feel like I am finally making some progress.  The goal is to get it finished by June.

8. Family Day. Do one thing together as a family every Sunday. – It was Easter Sunday, so of course we all hung out together.

9.  Secret Plan #1 – Working on it.

10. Secret Plan #2 – Still plotting away.

11. Secret Plan #3

12. Convince the HH we should buy a Salt Box Style House in Colonial Williamsburg. – Not going so well. But, it’s not stopping me from pinning stuff on to Pinterest.

13. Spend at least 1 hour a day working in my garden. – Lucy the Puggle dog and have been hanging out in the garden rain or shine. Everyday is an adventure for her. 😉

So there you have it, my goals for the new year.

How about YOU? How are your 2014 goals coming along?

~Mavis

P.S. YES, I know I wrote down 13 goals. I’m fairly certain I won’t be able to attain one of them. {gee, I wonder which one?}  But I wanted to add it in there anyway because I believe in miracles.