I have found that the only way I get anything accomplished is to have a clear path to follow. I am absolutely not a fly by the seat of my pants type of person. So this year I have decided to lay out some goals to strive for and see how I do. We shall see.
- Go on a date with Denton every single week. Marriage is work people. Don’t let anyone tell you differently. It’s not bad work, but it is something that needs to be tended to and nurtured. Your spouse is one of the most important people in your life, you should want to spend time with them and cultivate that relationship.
Does going to the dentist again count? I’m counting it. We spent quality time alone together. And I entertained Denton by sounding like someone from a horror movie. Novocaine. It makes for a fun date.
- Free Friday Download from Kroger each week. Free stuff people, what’s not to love?
I have no idea what the lovely, free item of the week was. Sad face emoji. Hayden and I were laying wood floors and I completely forgot. Again.
- Try a new recipe each week I have lists and lists of new recipes that I have saved to my Evernote account, and hundreds of cookbooks, that are just sitting there forlornly waiting on me to try them and see how delicious they are. This is the year to find new foods that my family will enjoy.
No new recipe. Maybe I should change this category to be something like, here is the new cookbook I bought this week. Maybe someday I’ll actually cook something from it! Like this one. It does look amazing.
- Track our grocery spending Spent $57.15 at Food Lion and $28.83 at Aldi
- Got back: $0.50 Ibotta; $0.25 Checkout 51; $0.00 from Savings Catcher
Last year I set out grocery budget at $100 for each week. That’s for essentially four adults. It worked very well for most weeks. This year I wanted to actually track the numbers to see how well.
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- List something new on Etsy and Ebay each week
I find so many beautiful treasures each week that I can’t keep them all. Otherwise our house would like a hoarders episode. So, I pass them along to other lovely people via Etsy and Ebay.
I think that I need one whole day where I have nothing to do except list stuff. A whole day, with no interruptions. It’s all here, ready and waiting.
- The donation box Mine is a pink tote that I keep in my closet. Everyone knows that if something doesn’t fit anymore, it goes into the pink tote.
This week I took 42 items to our local Salvation Army. Some of it was clothes from my closet. I’ve been truly trying to get my closet down to the just the stuff that I love and wear and I am getting very close. I also cleaned out the Christmas stuff while I was putting it away last week. I found half of a tote full of fall decorations that I didn’t even remember having in the attic, so it definitely had to go. I mean if you don’t remember having it and it’s not your taste anymore, why store it? I also did another round in the garage. Lord help me, but it’s going to take a while for that area.
- Read a new book each week I will forever love Nora Roberts but sometimes you have to broaden your horizons, right?
This week I have only read trash. Utter trash. What have you read that is good?
- Gardening of some sort Every single year, Denton and I decide that we are going to plant a small garden. And then life comes along and gets in the way. Hopefully since this is on my list, I can remember to tackle this one this year.
I keep drooling over my seed magazines. And wishing for spring. Only 42 more days!
- House project’s
Hayden and I worked on the flooring again this week. We started in the hallway and first part of the living room. This one is going to take a while. It is a very large space, so we are doing it in stages. One whole day it took us to remove the carpet, pad, carpet tack strips and staples. Hundreds of thousands of staples. That could be a slight exaggeration. But probably not.
- Track how much water I’m drinking ~ I know that I need to be drinking more water every single day, so I’m going to keep track and see how I’m doing. I also know that you have zero interest in how much water I’m drinking, just skip this portion if you like!
Now that I’m consistently using my Contigo, I am drinking about 2 full carafes a day. I feel much better when I am drinking more.
That’s it from me this week, what about you? How did you do?
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