Goals

It’s a bright, sunny day and that makes me happy. I didn’t love daylight savings yesterday because the day seemed to zoom by. But time feels more normal and even paced today so that’s good.

We made a little progress on our vacation this year and have decided that we’re going to break up our vacation into two small vacations. We want to spend a little time in Galena, Illinois which is a town we’ve never visited here in our home state. As for the second place, we haven’t decided yet.

We thought about visiting Branson, Missouri, but I think we’ve changed our mind about that and are tossing around other ideas. Anyway, I’ll let you know what we decide on in a later blog post. 🙂

In the meantime, here are my goals for the next week or so:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Take Nathan out for a special meal — My husband and I started taking one of our kids out to eat for a special meal each week throughout the holidays and we’ve decided to continue in 2022. Nathan wants to go to Culver’s. I like to order a kids meal there for myself and I get lettuce, grilled onions and pickles in my cheeseburger. It’s not the healthiest but it has several veggies and tastes good as a special treat meal.

2. Do driving lessons with Breanna at least twice – She’s making good progress and driving around our neighborhood now. On her last lessons, she did all the driving. 🙂

Personal Goals:

3. Lift hand weights 3 times

4. Walk at least 180 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read Bible

6. Journal twice

Home Management Goals:

7. Work on my daughter’s taxes — I finished ours the other day and I’m glad to have them done. Are you finished yet?

8. Fill a bag with items to donate

Business Goals:

9. Write a blog post

10. Edit and upload a video to my YouTube channel — Someday, I’d like to start sharing again on my YouTube channel. I’m honestly not in a rush but I still want to keep this as a goal for now. This is because I have a video that I have partially edited and I really need to finish it and just publish it.

What are your goals?

It’s March! Who’s excited that spring will be here later this month? I am!

My favorite season is summer and I’m really looking forward to it this year. I’m over winter.

And fall, which used to be my favorite season is no longer my favorite season because it means that winter is right around the corner. I love all the fall colors and the seasonal treats and things to do but because it means cooler weather, it’s fallen to the number two spot in my list of favorites. 🤓

Not that anyone cares about that…I’m just happy that the weather is starting to warm up and the days will soon be longer.

Anyway, here are my goals for the next week or so:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Take Breanna out for a special meal — My husband and I started taking one of our kids out to eat for a special meal each week throughout the holidays and we’ve decided to continue in 2022. Here’s a picture of my salad at MOD Pizza when we went with David.

2. Do driving lessons with Breanna at least twice – She’s making good progress and driving around our neighborhood now. On her last lesson, she did all the driving. 🙂

Personal Goals:

3. Lift hand weights 3 times

4. Walk at least 180 minutes on the treadmill

5. Bible: Read another 4 chapters in Jeremiah in addition to my regular Bible reading

6. Journal twice

Home Management Goals:

7. Work on our taxes

8. Fill a bag with items to donate

Business Goals:

9. Write a blog post

10. Edit and upload a video to my YouTube channel — Someday, I’d like to start sharing again on my YouTube channel. I’m honestly not in a rush but I still want to keep this as a goal for now. This is because I have a video that I have partially edited and I really need to finish it and just publish it.

What’s your favorite season?

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We’re expecting another snowstorm to roll through our area today. How’s the weather where you live?

Honestly, this winter hasn’t been bad as far as snow goes, but it isn’t over yet, is it? There’s still time for more snow before Spring is here but, personally, I’m hoping we continue with this more mild winter as far as snow is concerned. It has been bitterly cold, but I’ll take that over snow any day.

On the bright side, we were finally able to purchase a snowblower for the first time in our lives and Isaac and David are now old enough to do most of the snow clean up so that’s a bonus! My husband helps the boys and gives them instruction as needed. I haven’t had to pick up a shovel all year and I’m very thankful for that. 🙂

Anyway, here are my goals for the next week or so:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Take David out for a special meal — My husband and I started taking one of our kids out to eat for a special meal each week throughout the holidays and we’ve decided to continue in 2022. Here’s a picture of Elisabeth from when we visited City Barbeque with her recently.

2. Do driving lessons with Breanna at least twice – She’s making good progress and we ended up getting our car magnets from Amazon. I have more than I need but that’s okay because Isaac will be learning to drive in the next few years.

Personal Goals:

3. Lift hand weights 3 times

4. Walk at least 180 minutes on the treadmill

5. Bible: Read another 4 chapters in Jeremiah in addition to my regular Bible reading

6. Journal twice

Home Management Goals:

7. Work on our taxes

8. Fill a bag with items to donate

Business Goals:

9. Write a blog post

10. Edit and upload a video to my YouTube channel — Someday, I’d like to start sharing again on my YouTube channel. I’m honestly not in a rush but I still want to keep this as a goal for now. This is because I have a video that I have partially edited and I really need to finish it and just publish it.

What are your goals?

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January is over and this year is moving right along, isn’t it?

This month I’m looking forward to catching up online with a couple of good friends. We all live in different time zones but we’ve found a time that works for all of us in our respective time zones so we always meet then. Of course, Valentine’s Day is this month so there’s that. We don’t make a big deal about it but we’ll probably have a special meal that day or give our kids a little something special. We’ll see.

We’re trying to figure out where we can go on a short vacation that’s not too far from home. Right now, since the world has lost its mind and everything costs a million dollars, we’re trying to stay close to home for any trips we take.

We went to Wisconsin Dells for 4 days last year and that was a lot of fun. We made some great memories and would like to visit again someday but we’re trying to perhaps find a new place to visit that we’ve never been to before. If you’re in the Midwest and have any suggestions, please feel free to leave them in the comments below. 🙂

Anyway, here are my goals for the next week or so:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Take Nathan out for a special meal — My husband and I started taking one of our kids out to eat for a special meal each week throughout the holidays and we’ve decided to continue in 2022. This week, it was Breanna’s turn and, next week, it’s Nathan’s. The kids get to choose where they want to go and it’s really a special time.

2. Do driving lessons with Breanna at least twice

Personal Goals:

3. Lift hand weights 3 times

4. Walk at least 180 minutes on the treadmill

5. Bible: Read another 4 chapters in Jeremiah in addition to my regular Bible reading

6. Journal twice

Home Management Goals:

7. Sand and paint a small area in the bathroom

8. Fill a bag with items to donate

Business Goals:

9. Write a blog post

10. Edit and upload a video to my YouTube channel — Someday, I’d like to start sharing again on my YouTube channel. I’m honestly not in a rush but I still want to keep this as a goal for now. This is because I have a video that I have partially edited and I really need to finish it and just publish it.

What are your goals?

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