The Wife's October Goals - how'd I do?
>> Saturday, October 31, 2009
I love months when the goals list looks productive. While we didn't get everything done, I'm very proud of all we did this month, particularly considering that we had a big project from start to finish (wainscoting) and were busy with work and school. It's months like these that make up for unproductive months.
The Wife's October Goals
Fun:
Celebrate Ryan's birthday! SUCCESS! (Happy birthday month, husband .)
Decide on a location to visit for our anniversary. SUCCESS! (Booked a trip to Galena for our anniversary and took the week off.)
Book hotel room for Thanksgiving in Memphis. SUCCESS!
Read two books. SUCCESS! (Country Living Crafting a Business and The Book Thief )
Continue learning and playing with my new camera. SUCCESS! (I'm still learning a lot, although I still have lots to learn.)
DIYing/Crafting:
Sew something new. SUCCESS! (Apron)
Make two fall crafts. SUCCESS! (I made about four of the fall pennants , so I'm counting it.)
Paint something new. SUCCESS! (Board and batten led to a painting parade.)
Decide and make at least one Christmas gift. SUCCESS! (Hopefully I can figure out a way to share soon, without ruining any surprises.)
Gardening:
Keep harvesting. SUCCESS! (The garden is officially done.)
Compost lawn. FAIL! (We put this off and eventually decided not to do this.)
Plant transplants. FAIL! (We didn't transplant anything at all.)
Prepare new garden bed and plant fall bulbs. SUCCESS! (See the plan here .)
Pull up any garden plants that are finished and compost. SUCCESS!
Pull dahlias, ranunculus and callas and store. FAIL!
Clean up garden beds. SUCCESS!
Mulch. SUCCESS!
Write an overview of gardening - what went well, what we'll do differently. FAIL!
Home:
Wainscoting in dining room. SUCCESS! (Rock on !)
Curtains in office. FAIL! (I don't want to spend the money yet.)
Clean out bedroom, hall and office closets and organize. SUCCESS!
Cooking:
Make a new recipe. SUCCESS! (Yum yums )
Host a get-together with friends. SUCCESS! (They loved the smoker !)
Wellness:
Work out three times each week. EPIC FAIL! (Off the wagon this month.)
Go to yoga each week. SUCCESS!
How was your month?
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8 people have something to say:
You both did a great job this month. Inspiring me to do a monthly goals list! Deb
Looks to me like you were pretty successful! :) I love having lists like this to look back at...makes me feel like I really accomplished something!
Did you like The Book Thief? I have ordered it, waiting to read it. I love your list making skills! I want to try to make a month list, seems very efficient :)
Yea, looks like you had quite the successful month!
Someone already asked...but what did you think of The Book Thief?? One of my favorite books from last year! :-)
Kim: You did GREAT on your October goals. I love how you made your successes green, I need to do the same to balance out the flood of red. LOL. What gardening zone are you guys in? Luckily I can keep a cool weather garden bed through the winter, but this years El Nino might just kill it.
What a great, great job!!! My month was horribly unprotective! The Swine Flu let me down (and laziness) I'll post my results in the next day or so.
You are some kind of crazy! I hope you don't look at a list like this and see anything but SUCCESS!
Now, give yourself a big pat on the back:)
tamera@doubledelight
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