The Sensible Mom

I crossed off all but two of my goals last week. 🙂

Here’s what I accomplished:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Continue to work on memorizing two verses of scripture as a family

2. Schedule fun holiday events we normally partake in this time of year on the calendar

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 120 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 10 pages of The Lord of the Rings (Part One) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien — I got about 3 pages into my reading when I discovered a tiny little bug in my book. And that was it. I was done. And grossed out. And starting to feel itchy. So my book went into a big plastic bag and into the freezer. It’s still there.

6. Journal 2x

Home Management Goals:

7. Schedule the kids’ homeschool “Christmas vacation” days on the calendar

8. Fill one bag with items to donate — I pulled out a bag to fill and never put anything in it because I waited too long. Then I decided to forget it and go to bed. I’ll try again this week. 🙂

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload at least one new video to our family YouTube channel

10. Delete files, etc… on my computer to free up more space — These files were backed up over the weekend, and now I need to get them off my laptop.

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Continue to work on memorizing two verses of scripture as a family

2. Celebrate David’s 2nd “Transplant Birthday!” — We’re going to put up Minecraft decorations, have special meals, eat cake and ice cream, open gifts — everything. Why? Because it’s a big deal. My son is alive — because of the kindness of God and the selfless gift of his donor. So we’re celebrating! 🙂

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 120 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 10 pages of The Lord of the Rings (Part One) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien — I’m planning on pulling my book out of the freezer at some point this week. That bug (and any friends he might’ve had) should be dead by now, right?

6. Journal 2x

Home Management Goals:

7. Draw names for our little family “Secret Santa” party

8. Fill one bag with items to donate

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload at least one new video to our family YouTube channel

10. Return emails

What are your goals for this week?

I hope you had a good Thanksgiving holiday. 🙂

Our family definitely did. We cooked, we ate, we talked about what we’re thankful for, and then some of us went to my mom’s house and enjoyed a fun time with my extended family there.

As for my goals, I crossed all of them off my list.

Here’s what I accomplished:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Continue to work on memorizing two verses of scripture as a family

2. Make homemade pumpkin puree — With the puree, we made one absolutely delicious pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, and then with some of the leftover puree, I decided to make a second pumpkin pie a few days later. The second pie didn’t turn out so well, because when I was gathering the ingredients for the pie, I discovered that we didn’t have anymore eggs. I didn’t think that was a big problem because I’ve often used an egg substitute in recipes with good results. So instead of waiting until we had real eggs, I decided to go ahead and use an egg substitute from the pantry. And that was a bad idea because, for some reason, the egg substitute caused our pie to stay runny. It never set up and it’s definitely not as good as my usual recipe that calls for four real eggs. Lesson learned. 😉

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 120 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 10 pages of The Lord of the Rings (Part One) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

6. Journal 2x

Home Management Goals:

7. Make a list off all the books & programs my two oldest kids are working on or have completed for homeschooling

8. Fill one bag with items to donate

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload at least one new video to our family YouTube channel

10. Return emails

Here are my goals for this week:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Continue to work on memorizing two verses of scripture as a family

2. Schedule fun holiday events we normally partake in this time of year on the calendar

Personal Goals:

3. Do resistance band exercises 4x

4. Walk a total of 120 minutes on the treadmill

5. Read 10 pages of The Lord of the Rings (Part One) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

6. Journal 2x

Home Management Goals:

7. Schedule the kids’ homeschool “Christmas vacation” days on the calendar

8. Fill one bag with items to donate

Business Goals:

9. Shoot, edit, & upload at least one new video to our family YouTube channel

10. Delete files, etc… on my computer to free up more space — These files were backed up over the weekend, and now I need to get them off my laptop.

What are your goals for this week?