Goals

This week I would really like to establish a routine! Or maybe a list of things I need to get done each day. Something like that.

Also, I have been looking into Money Saving Mom's 31 ways to earn extra cash before Christmas posts and really think these are valid options for me :)

This Weeks Goals :

1. Do all budgeting on Friday
2. 1 load of laundry each day from start to finish
3. All dishes in the dish washer each night
4. Continue to check out Crystal's extra cash before Christmas series and do each to the fullest
5. Keep up on meals and times for child care business
6. Meal Plan
7. Work out 4 days
8. Finish Karen Kingsbury's book Take 3
9. Make Banana Bread
10. Volunteer at Caleb's school
11. Make a list of TTD each day

Hopefully I can get a few of these done this week. It really has helped to have my goals written down for the world to see.

Weekly Goals

This weeks goals:

1) 10 minutes of extra cleaning in each room this week

2) Vacuum main level of the house

3) Donate 10 items 2 times this week

4) Finish Taxes

5) Conferences for Caleb

6) Start new Child Care Kiddo

7) Return pop cans

8) Make dinner menu for this week and keep to it

9) Pray with family every day/begin March habit

10) Write 2012 goals review
11) Get all of Joel's invites out
12) Post face scrubbies on to etsy
13) Finish Money Saving Mom's book

Blurrrrrr of a week

So here's my blurred recap of last week.

Feeding tube supplies:
Our supplier never called for Joel's feeding tube supplies so I called them
Feeding tube supplies came next day
All feeding tube supplies that came were wrong
Fiddled around with trying to get the right parts
Got the right parts now we're in good shape

Icky Sicky Family:
Caleb says he wasn't feeling well after snack
Caleb pukes then feels totally better, no fever or anything
I bring Caleb to school
I find out that there are only 5 kids in class because everyone has flu
I bring Caleb to grandma's because Joel has Dr's appointment
Caleb feels better and goes back to school
Jimmy wakes up super sick on Sunday
Jimmy is sick all day Sunday
I get sick Sunday night
I call into work Monday morning and I am sick all day Monday
Now we are all feeling better for the most part
Oh, and Joel never got sick YEAH!!

Joel's new feeding schedule:
Went to said Dr's appointment for 2 hours
Thought we would be going back on the bottle
No such luck
We are doing changes every 4-5 days for the next month or so
I got eerked
I called back the Dr and told him this tube thing wasn't working
Convinced him that we can go back to the bottle in the next few weeks!!
Still going through major changes for the next month
Joel seems to be doing really well with these changes so far

I did go to the Dr's yesterday to get some meds. I was diagnosed with boarder line OCD and boarder line ADD. In combination with each other, I want every thing to be perfect but don't have the attention span or focus to do it perfect so I just don't do anything at all. Yep. That pretty much sums me up. I started meds today so I am praying that this will help me get back on track.

This week I am hoping to get a few things done.

Dinner with my sister on Wednesday
Find directions to the hospital more than an hour before we have to leave
Get Caleb to the hospital for teeth cleaning
Finish Joel's invites
Pay bills
Turn in all paperwork for Joel's insurance
Clean off desk so I can find paperwork for Joel's insurance
Finish tax papers by Wednesday

Weekly Goals

I have one single goal this week. Broken down into three parts.

1) Call Doc for ADD meds
2) Go get ADD meds from pharmacy
3) TAKE ADD meds

I have been driving myself nuts lately! I can't get anything done, my house looks like a mess, and I can't even focus when I do have the motivation to get something done. I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was a little girl and started taking meds in 1st grade. I don't know when I stopped taking them or why I stopped taking them but I remember going back on them for a while in high school for a very short period of time. I tried them out again about 4-5 years ago but couldn't handle swallowing the pills ( I have an aversion to pills). So now here I am again. A total mess.

Do have experience with ADD?? Do your children, spouse, or yourself have ADD?? I would love to hear your input. I would love to hear any suggestions! Please leave a comment below. Even if it's an anonymous comment! Thanks all :)

Weekly Goals

This weeks goals:

Family/Mothering Goals
1) Volunteer at Caleb's school

I also found out that I will probably be able to do this for the next few weeks as I won't have any child care kids on Wednesday mornings :)

2) Make morning muffins with Caleb

3) Get invites cut out

4) Hold Joel tons and don't really care if I get stuff done as long as my Joel is ok.

Seriously didn't get Anything done this week! Below is my laundry pile Yikes!

Personal Goals

1) Get to page 150 in Julie and Julia

2) Ride stationary bike 1/2 hour 3 days this week

3) Get 36'' knitted by Friday 

4) Do the Fab Ab Feb. Work out

Home Management Goals

1) Make weekly menu so we don't waste any food this week

2) Get Jimmy's dresser drawers put back in his dresser

3) Get all every thing cleaned up in my room.

Business Goals

1) Continue entering times and meals daily.

2) Do a Fire drill.

3) Exercise with kids each day with youtube videos (They love these!)

Since I totally failed at last weeks goals, I am making them this weeks goals as well. Joel is doing better so hopefully I won't have to hold him quite as much this week

Weekly Goals

After a busy week of taking care of Joel and even more that I didn't have time to post, I didn't accomplish much at all. But here is a re-cap of my week, and this weeks goals as well.

Last weeks goals:

Family/Mothering Goals

1) Buy Bottle Brush

Since Joel won't be eating any thing for a while, a bottle brush is useless.

2) Volunteer at Caleb's school

I had a blast! My mom wanted to see Joel so I got to volunteer twice :)

3) Make morning muffins with Caleb

4) Get invites cut out

I didn't get them cut out but I did have a good friend come over and check out my ideas for his birthday party. I am not very craftsy so it was nice to hear that my ideas sounded good.

Personal Goals
I didn't get anything done off my personal goals list.

1) Get to page 150 in Julie and Julia

2) Ride stationary bike 1/2 hour 3 days this week

3) Get 36'' knitted by Friday

I worked on this a ton but I think 36" was just to bold of a goal. I did get through a whole skein of thread and onto my second though. And I was MUCH further along than the rest of my class. Here's how it looks so far.

Home Management Goals

1) Make weekly menu so we don't waste any food this week

2) Get right paint color for bed room

Even after using their "color matching software", we weren't able to get the right color. We ended up having to paint the room a shade darker.

3) Put Debit cards away and get Cash system flowing again

We did get our debit cards put away! Cash systems aren't quite flowing smooth though. But... no more debit cards!

4) Get all dishes cleaned and put away

Finally got those last hard ones that I had been procrastinating about!

Business Goals

1) Continue entering times and meals daily

My system is down again! I am getting so sick of it. But what can you expect, nothing will ever be perfect, it's the government.

2) Do a Fire drill

3) Exercise with kids each day with youtube videos (They love these!)

This weeks goals:

Family/Mothering Goals
1) Volunteer at Caleb's school

2) Make morning muffins with Caleb

3) Get invites cut out

4) Hold Joel tons and don't really care if I get stuff done as long as my Joel is ok.

Personal Goals

1) Get to page 150 in Julie and Julia

2) Ride stationary bike 1/2 hour 3 days this week

3) Get 36'' knitted by Friday 

Home Management Goals

1) Make weekly menu so we don't waste any food this week

2) Get Jimmy's dresser drawers put back in his dresser

3) Get all every thing cleaned up in my room.

Business Goals

1) Continue entering times and meals daily.

2) Do a Fire drill.

3) Exercise with kids each day with youtube videos (They love these!)

Weekly Goals

Last weeks goals:

Family/Mothering Goals

1) Finish reading Mummies in the morning with Caleb. Start the next book in the series

We are finished Mummies In The Morning and have started Night of the Ninja's

2) Find a place for Joel 1st birthday party

I called my grandma and begged asked if we could have the party at her house. She has a very large basement that will be perfect. She will be in Florida during his party but agreed to let us have it there! 

3) Make morning muffins with Caleb

We didn't make morning muffins but we did have a really awesome Sunday together!

Personal Goals


1) Get to page 93 in Julie and Julia

I am still at page 60

2) Drink 5 glasses of water each day.

I have been drinking at least 5 glasses.

3) Ride stationary bike 1/2 hour 3 days this week

I have ridden 3 days this week for 1/2 hour.

Home Management Goals


1) Make weekly menu so we don't waste any food this week

Done. You can view it here.

2) Get right paint color for bed room

3) Put 25 items in the good will bucket

Business Goals


1) Continue entering times and meals daily.

I have been doing times but I am behind on meals

2) Do a Fire drill.

We, once again, had an accidental fire drill. (The lasagna spilled over the sides in the oven and set off the alarm)

3) Call Minute menu so I can print off my parents tax forms

I called and finally got intelligent life on the other end. (Each time I have called, they act like they have never heard of anything I am talking about.

This weeks goals:

Family/Mothering Goals

1) Buy Bottle Brush

2) Volunteer at Caleb's school

3) Make morning muffins with Caleb

4) Get invites cut out

Personal Goals

1) Get to page 150 in Julie and Julia

2) Ride stationary bike 1/2 hour 3 days this week

3) Get 36'' knitted by Friday 

Home Management Goals

1) Make weekly menu so we don't waste any food this week

2) Get right paint color for bed room

3) Put Debt cards away and get Cash system flowing again

4) Get all dishes cleaned and put away

Business Goals

1) Continue entering times and meals daily.

2) Do a Fire drill.

3) Exercise with kids each day with youtube videos (They love these!)

Weekly Goals - 1/2 Way Update

We are 3 days into our weekly goals and I figured, for accountability reasons, I had better let you know how I was doing. So here's the update thus far this week.

This weeks goals:

Family/Mothering Goals

1) Finish reading Mummies in the morning with Caleb. Start the next book in the series

We are finished Mummies In The Morning but haven't started Night of the Ninja's

2) Find a place for Joel 1st birthday party

3) Make morning muffins with Caleb

Personal Goals


1) Get to page 93 in Julie and Julia

I am at page 60

2) Drink 5 glasses of water each day.

I have been drinking at least 5 glasses

3) Ride stationary bike 1/2 hour 3 days this week

I have ridden 2 days this week for 1/2 hour

Home Management Goals


1) Make weekly menu so we don't waste any food this week

Done. You can view it here.

2) Get right paint color for bed room

3) Put 25 items in the good will bucket

Business Goals


1) Continue entering times and meals daily.

I have been doing times but I am behind on meals

2) Do a Fire drill.

3) Call Minute menu so I can print off my parents tax forms

I called and finally got intelligent life on the other end. (Each time I have called, they act like they have never heard of anything I am talking about.

Weekly Goals

Last weeks goals and results:

Family/Mothering Goals

1) Finish reading Mummies in the morning with Caleb

This is our before school book series. Meaning, we only read this when we are early for school (which is every day because if we don't have reading time, we have a melt down). We would have this finished but there was no school on Friday or today. So I think we'll be done with this Tuesday.

2) Family game night 1 time this week

This became a few times this week. I am not complaining :)

3) Read with Caleb 3 times this week

Personal Goals


1) Finish reading Animal, vegetable, miracle By Barbara Kingsolver Almost done. I promise!

Done and returned!

2) Drink 5 glasses of water each day.

3) Ride stationary bike 1/2 hour 3 days this week

I actually road it 5 days this week and I went to the gym 2 days!

Home Management Goals


1) Make weekly menu so we don't waste any food this week

Didn't make menu AND we wasted more food! I need to get going on this.

2) Get Windows painted at our other house

My husband did this and they look great!

3) Put 25 items in the good will bucket

Business Goals


1) Continue entering times and meals daily.

The program I use was down for maintenance so I was unable to do this.

2) Do a Fire drill.

3) call Minute menu so I can print off my parents tax forms

This weeks goals:

Family/Mothering Goals

1) Finish reading Mummies in the morning with Caleb. Start the next book in the series

2) Find a place for Joel 1st birthday party

3) Make morning muffins with Caleb

Personal Goals


1) Get to page 93 in Julie and Julia

2) Drink 5 glasses of water each day.

3) Ride stationary bike 1/2 hour 3 days this week

Home Management Goals


1) Make weekly menu so we don't waste any food this week

2) Get right paint color for bed room

3) Put 25 items in the good will bucket

Business Goals


1) Continue entering times and meals daily.

2) Do a Fire drill.

3) call Minute menu so I can print off my parents tax forms




What are your goals this week? I would LOVE to hear about them. Please either post them below or post a link to your blog. I will check them out for sure!