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.
Didn’t happen. We are very bad at this spending time alone together I have noticed.
- Free Friday Download from Kroger each week. Free stuff people, what’s not to love?
This week the free Friday download was a Hershey’s Cookie Layer Crunch Caramel bar. Yum! Did you get yours?
- 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.
Does it count when the recipe comes in a box? Yep, in my world it does. Liv and I tried out the Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Chip Cookie mix this week and we loved it. I have another chocolate chip cookie recipe that I love more, but to have on hand and quick to make, these were definitely a hit.
- Track our grocery spending Spent $78.64 at Walmart and $7.00 at Dollar Tree
- Got back: $1.50 Ibotta; $0.00 Checkout 51; $1.68 from Savings Catcher
Do you shop at the Dollar Tree for grocery items? I have found gnocchi and Panko breadcrumbs there that we loooooove. For $1.00. Win, win, win.
Ibotta is a way for you to earn cash on purchases when you shop. Check the Ibotta app before you shop, then upload the UPC code and your receipt and get paid once your balance hits $20. Join Ibotta with this link (my referral link) and get $10 free!
Total spent this year $539.70
Got back from Ibotta $5.25 Checkout 51 $1.00 Savings Catcher $5.02
- 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.
Yay! I finally got something listed. You can see and purchase my items here.
- 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.
I have everything bagged up and ready to go, but I didn’t make it into the Salvation Army this week.
- Read a new book each week I will forever love Nora Roberts but sometimes you have to broaden your horizons, right?
I picked this book up on Friday and had it completely devoured about 12 hours later. It was that good. I’ll do a complete review later. It was awesome.
- 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.
Nothing. I have nothing. I suck as a gardener in the winter time.
- House project’s
This week I finally got a mirror hung in Hayden’s room that I have been trying to get up for a few weeks now. The biggest obstacle was Hayden himself. That boy/child/man does not like change. He would rather live in his 10 year old self’s room rather than change anything! His main concern was that I not disturb his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster from the eighties. Don’t worry, it was not harmed, just moved to a new location.
- 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!
I don’t think I even accomplished my two glasses a day this week and I can tell. I am much more tired than usual. I need to pick it up.
That’s it from me this week, what about you? How did you do?
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