Monthly Goals Update

Here's my monthly accountability to my list of 101 things in 1,001 days. Hopefully I'm making progress. Let's find out.

personal
1. spend three hours once a week for a month on me and only me COMPLETED (thanks Diana)

2. go to bed by 10pm every night for a month

3. make a 101 list COMPLETED (this was a gimmie)

4. return all phone calls within 24 hours for a month

5. return all e-mails within 24 hours for a month

6. get a pedicure as needed for 6 months IN PROGRESS

7. have a meal with friends once a month for 6 months IN PROGRESS

marriage

8. talk without distraction each night for a week

9. say I love you every day for 6 months IN PROGRESS

10. give hugs and kisses every day for 6 months IN PROGRESS

11. celebrate anniversary somewhere other than home overnight

12. find one new thing we both enjoy doing together

13. laugh together each day for a month

14. have date night once a week for a month

spiritual

15. attend all HFPE meetings for a year

16. read scriptures personally every day for a month

17. attend all three meetings on Sunday for two months straight

18. have 100% visiting teaching for a year IN PROGRESS

19. read the book of mormon cover to cover

20. prepare Sunday lessons before the weekend starts

21. no caffeine for a month

22. watch all four conference sessions COMPLETED

23. say personal prayers each night for a month

health, beauty, and fitness

24. lose 15 lbs

25. ride the elliptical 3x’s a week for a month

26. go for a walk 3x’s a week for two months

27. don’t eat fast food for a month

28. make dinner every night for two weeks

29. stop biting my fingernails for at least one month

30. get LASIK

31. take a yoga class

32. drink only water for one week

for the house

33. get Dylan into a twin bed IN PROGRESS

34. organize the kid’s clothes and closets COMPLETED

35. keep the car clean for one month

36. organize craft room

37. keep craft room clean for two months

38. get Isaac into a twin bed

39. redo kids’ bedrooms

40. redo master bedroom

41. paint kitchen COMPLETED

travel

42. leave the country

43. visit a national park

44. see Wicked somewhere in the country

45. stay at the Hotel Coronado in San Diego

46. visit a state I have never been to

47. visit a friend out of town

48. start an Italy fund

reading

49. read each day for at least 30 minutes for two weeks

50. read a book by a new author

51. go to the library twice a month for three months

52. start and finish a book in one day (at least 175 pages)

53. read the ensign every month for 6 months

54. read the entire book club book for six months

finances

55. put money in a travel fund for NY

56. put all spare change in jar for 3 months

57. make and keep a personal budget for two months

58. don’t use the credit card for a week other than necessities (food, gas, bills)

59. for one month spend money only on necessities

hobbies

60. use the camera everyday for a month COMPLETED

61. finish family cookbook IN PROGRESS

62. blog every day for one month COMPLETED

63. bake something new once a month for six months IN PROGRESS

64. be comfortable with and "get" my camera IN PROGRESS

65. complete two Daily December Journals and have them printed

66. take a photography class

67. take a German class

68. be proficient in photoshop

crafts

69. complete three mini albums IN PROGRESS

70. complete two different knitting projects IN PROGRESS

71. decorate the master bedroom IN PROGRESS

72. take a knitting class

73. complete a new sewing project once a month for 6 months

74. finish Dylan’s scrapbook

75. start Isaac’s scrapbook

76. finish Isaac’s scrapbook

for others

77. be a secret santa

78. donate clothing or other items

79. donate blood

80. do a random act of kindness for someone in the neighborhood

for dylan

81. hug her, kiss her, and tell her I love her everyday for a month COMPLETED

82. say prayers with her every night for a month COMPLETED

83. teach her to ride a bike

84. sign her up for soccer

85. enroll her in swim lessons

86. get her potty trained

87. teach her to do a somersault

88. read or sing to her every night for a month COMPLETED

for Isaac

89. teach him the ABCs and to count to 10

90. take a mommy and me class

91. enroll him in swim lessons

92. get him potty trained

93. read or sing to him every night for a month

94. say prayers with him every night for a month

95. hug him, kiss him and tell him I love him everyday for a month COMPLETED

household chores

96. clean all the bathrooms once a week for a month (I hate this chore!)

97. get all the laundry and ironing done on Fridays for 3 months

98. wash and dry pots and pans each night for a month (no air drying!)

odds and ends

99. no tv on in the bedroom for a week

100. no computer for three days (at all)

101. no tv with the kids for a week

Not a lot of changes, just a few "In Progress" tags turning into "Completed" ones. Not many new things In Progress either. But next months update should have all sorts of Completes added to the list.