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, decluttered my bathroom, organized my office, gutted the garage, and tackled the laundry room. Last week I steam cleaned my carpets and this week I plan on touching up the trim and hardwood floors with my favorite wood stain pens. They are flippin genius!!

2. Fit into the same jeans I wore 8 years ago when we moved into our house. – For some strange reason I didn’t stuff my face with sweets. No cookies, pies or cakes to speak of and guess what? My pants are feeling a little loose. Oh, I didn’t do much walking either. Interesting.

3. Travel. – The Girl and I have decided to take a road trip over spring break. I despise driving like no other person on the planet so I’ll be sure and take plenty of craft projects along to work on in the passenger seat. 🙂

4. Send my daughter to college without having a nervous breakdown. – Don’t even get me started. The HH has been sick the last 2 nights so I’ve been bunking with The Girl Who Think’s She’s a Bird. And, she is in fact the coolest kid on the planet.

5. Get 3 new teeth. – I went to the oral surgeon last week for my checkup and he said everything looks good, but not good enough to get teeth yet.

6. Pay off my car. Done! 🙂 🙂 🙂

7. Finish the primitive folk art rug I started 4 years ago.  – I got distracted {again} this past week} and started yet another rug hooking project. This time it’s one with pumpkins.

8. Family Day. Do one thing together as a family every Sunday. – We did something, but now I can’t remember what it was. LOL.

9.  Secret Plan #1 – Working on it.

10. Secret Plan #2 – Still plotting. 

11. Secret Plan #3

12. Convince the HH we should buy a Salt Box Style House in Colonial Williamsburg. I’ve decided I will need a screened in porch. Like this one or this one.

13. Spend at least 1 hour a day working in my garden. – It’s official, winter hibernation is now over and the planting can commence. Well, at least up here in Seattle anyway {sorry my east coast friends}. 😉

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. Done!

So far this year I have cleaned my closet, decluttered my bathroom, organized my office, gutted the garage, and tackled the laundry room. My house is still CLEAN. Can you believe it? I think I might steam clean my carpets this week. Oh what fun.

2. Fit into the same jeans I wore 8 years ago when we moved into our house. – I’m sorry, did I really say that? Yes, I’ve been using my pedometer and yes I’ve been logging some pretty good milage {about 3-6 miles a day} but I think I’m going to have to sign up for some sort of training program if I’m ever going to wear those pants again.

3. Travel. The Girl and I have rested up and are now in the planning stages of our next trip. Ahhh, it never ends, does it? There are just so many places to see in this world.

4. Send my daughter to college without having a nervous breakdown thus spending a week in bed sobbing. Not going well. She registers for her classes pretty soon and I’m pretty sure I am going to lose it at that point.

5. Get 3 new teeth.  So. I went to the Oral surgeon yesterday for my check-up and he said everything looks good, but not good enough to get teeth yet. Nice. Maybe I’ll have teeth by the end of the summer? Who knows.

6. Pay off my car.  Done!!! How cool is that? 🙂 

7. Finish the primitive folk art rug I started 4 years ago. – I’m still plugging away. Apparently that rug hooking frame I ordered had a ship date of 1-3 weeks. I wish I would have noticed that when I placed my order. Oh well, it will be here soon enough. I don’t expect to finish this until the end of the year, but my goal is to finish 1 star a week and so far I’m on schedule.

8. Family Day. Do one thing together as a family every Sunday. This past sunday we all went to see Non-Stop with Liam Neeson. We all liked it and to tell you the truth, I totally thought XXXXXX’s character was the bomber. Who knew?

9.  Secret Plan #1 – Working on it!

10. Secret Plan #2 – Still scheming away.

11. Secret Plan #3

12. Convince the HH we should buy a Salt Box Style House in Colonial Williamsburg. – This week I’m thinking Vermont would be a pretty cool place to love. Maybe it has something to do with me watching Baby Boom over the weekend. 😉

13. Spend at least 1 hour a day working in my garden. – We’ve had beautiful weather that past few days! Our daffodils are just starting to bloom in the backyard, by next week it should look pretty awesome back there. 🙂

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. Done! 🙂

So far this year I have cleaned my closet, decluttered my bathroom, organized my office, gutted the garage, and tackled the laundry room. This week I plan on wiping down all the baseboard and cabinets. Totally boring I know, but it needs to get done.

2. Fit into the same jeans I wore 8 years ago when we moved into our house. Even though I’ve been logging at least 10,000 steps a day on the pedometer since we’ve been back, I can’t seem to wiggle into those pants yet. Maybe it would help if I stopped eating dessert. But I can’t, because it tastes so darn good.

3. Travel. Maybe I’m getting old, but I am still TIRED from our trip and we’ve been back over a week! I guess that’s what happens when you party like a rockstar and stuff your face full of pastries. 😉

4. Send my daughter to college without having a nervous breakdown thus spending a week in bed sobbing. Ha!

5. Get 3 new teeth. 😉 Third times a charm right? Yep, the screw fell out of my jaw again last night… and The Girl popped it back in. What did the HH have to say about it? “Can’t you just Super Glue it in or something?”  

Yes dear, that would be wise. Sheesh!

6. Pay off my car. – The plan is to pay it off this month!

7. Finish the primitive folk art rug I started 4 years ago. I couldn’t take it any longer and broke down and bought a rug hooking frame.  Hopefully it will arrive later this week and hooking this massive area rug will be a bit easier. In addition to hooking one star a week, I’ve also been working on a few side projects in my spare time.

8. Family Day. Do one thing together as a family every Sunday. – Success! My parents came over on Sunday and we celebrated  my Mothers birthday as well as my own. Geez… I’m officially getting old. My parents took us out for Mexican food and thank goodness the restaurant staff did not sing to us.

9.  Secret Plan #1 – Working on it! 🙂

10. Secret Plan #2 – Scheming away

11. Secret Plan #3

12. Convince the HH we should buy a Salt Box Style House in Colonial Williamsburg. Now I want a Saltbox house in Massachusetts. I haven’t added anything to my Saltbox board on Pinterest lately, so if you see a good house I should add to it, send me a link. 😉

13. Spend at least 1 hour a day working in my garden. Does trying to train Lucy the Puggle trouble in the garden count? Honestly it’s been nothing but rain here lately so I’m doing more gardening inside than outside 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.