February Wrap Up

Checking in to see how I did on this month's goals....

FAMILY

• Date with Hubs 1
• Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre (Hubs blogged about it here)
• Date with Hubs 2
• we have some positive things in place, but didn't "officially" have a second, low-key kinda date...
• Family Date
• Went to the zoo on "Penguin Days" (Hubs blogged about that one  here)
• Family Game Night
• We played my favoritest game ever (no idea why it is so expensive now!) and ate yummy push-ups!

HOME

• 5 minute Daily Tasks from Get Organized Wizard
• What the heck?  I can't seem to follow through with this one AT ALL...it takes 5 minutes but for some reason, I have a mental block
• $100 in Emergency Fund
• didn't happen :(

HEALTH

• Continue making Chicken Stock, working toward a rhythm (every week or every other week)
• some progress, but still need to find a rhythm...
• Continue to eat Eggs 4 times a week
• some weeks I do great....I know I need to add some variety to how I eat the eggs...that might help!
• Any Monday Missions I can
• Seek and Destory Artificial Sweeteners - I have made lots of progress in this area over the years.  I avoid aspartame (and recently had to kick my Diet Coke habit....again....haven't had an aspartame sweetened soda since October 31, 2011).  I also prefer Stevia as an "artificial" sweetener if needed...I happen to like iced tea unsweetened.
• Wean off the Sweeteners - to do this one will take itty bitty baby steps.  I gotta do it for the health of it, but it reminds me of my days of dieting and when I was super mean to myself and my body :(
• Avoid Artificial Food Dyes and Colorings - this one is way to overwhelming!  Do you know how many things have artificial dyes and colors???  I'm not giving up on this one, but I don't know if I am a purist yet...
• Walk or Exercise 3 times a week
• Egads!  (I love that word!)  Some weeks I'd get a couple of walks or dances in...sometimes NONE.  This one needs revisiting for sure!

SELF

• Finish 2 books
• Succulent Wild Woman
• I Know What You"re Thinking
• The Gifts of Imperfection
• THAT was the second month that I went above the goal....wooty woot!
• Journal 3 times a week
• I like shooting for 3 times a week.  I find incredible value in journaling and shooting for 3 gets at least one or two journalistic moments in there.  I am not hard on myself when I don't....I just keep trying and appreciate the benefits of what I do get in...
• Make a "Me Time" plan....and start it (for realz this time)
• Just what did I think "for realz this time" meant?  ;)  Maybe next month!

PROJECTS

• Weekly projects from here (checking in Monday and Friday with Katie on Facebook)
• Family Purpose Statement - why am I STUCK on this one?  I think my life and my family is in a bit of a transition, so it is hard to boil down a purpose statement.  One could argue that perhaps I need this to GUIDE me during the transition.  Maybe so...sigh!
• Downsize Book/Magazine Collection - I kinda feel like this is a work in progress since we moved back in September anyway!
• Streamline Mail - this one is mostly streamlined already!
• Streamline Receipts - thanks to Hubs' OCD attention to detail, the receipts are already taken care of  
• Practice speed reading at least weekly
• A couple weeks, yes I did do this....want to try to continue this habit next month
• At some point, I want to try this for 5 consecutive days
• Well....I got to thinking about the side effects she mentions that involve going to the bathroom multiple times in a day.  Since I need 45 to 50 minute blocks of time at work where I don't really excuse myself, I want to time this project just right.  So I didn't get it in this month.  Hopefully I will do it though!

ARCHIVES (stuff I wanna do from my recent dig)

• Didn't have anything to do on this one ;)

HOUSEKEEPING (what I meant to do....and still wanna)

• Post some Jam with Me with Faith Barista
• done!  A bit of an epic post  here
• Find the Scripture memory book
• Sadly, I didn't find this little guy...
• Email my emotional work friend, if I can find her email address
• Sigh...I don't know where her email addy is and I did search for her on Facebook with no luck!
• Affirmations
• Done!  I had this done and printed (color-coded even) by Valentine's Day...started reading almost daily.  Ya know what?  I felt in better spirits on the days I read them!  Crazy?