Goals

GOALS FOR 2012: I am taking a better approach this year. I am adding in some planning meetings with myself. Don't laugh. I think it's going to work...

 
  • Finish 12 UFOs - trying for 1 a month.
  • Monthly Date with Danny - gonna try it again.
  • Sunrise/Sunset on the Beach - Gotta do it.
  • VA Aquarium - I live right here!
  • Read 26 Books - this is a good, realistic number.
  • Camping Trip - maybe June or September.
  • Family Portrait - any time this year.
  • do. Good Stitches - 12 months of a good deed.
  • Neptune Festival - missed it last year.
  • Disney Vacation - Watch out Mickey...
  • Homemade Meals weekly - only eat out once a week. Pizza delivery doesn't count.
  • Nutcracker Ballet - Melissa wants this one.
  • Beach weekly - Summer.
  • Read an autobiography - it'll be part of the 26.
  • Purge the Studio - BIG task.
  • Send Birthday Cards - why is this one so very hard?
  • Send Christmas Cards - again, why not?
  • Mississippi Vacation - road trip.
  • Quilt a month - I'll piece the tops and send out for quilting.
  • Homemade Christmas - I want to make the gifts I give.
  • Swap a month - try to limit myself to one a month.
  • Ride a bus somewhere - maybe a day trip to somewhere.
  • Strawberry picking - mmmmmaybe make jam.
  • Eat Less, Move More - and twist and twist and twist.
  • Museum - Morgan wants to go to Richmond for an Impressionist display.
  • Art Journal monthly - I NEED my creative outlet.
  • Monthly Date with Girls - I may have to rotate girls every month.
  • Get to bed no later than 11:30 EVERY NIGHT. This is going to be a tough one.
  • Read for 20 minutes (minimum) EVERYDAY.
  • DO something creative EVERYDAY for at least 10 minutes. Paint, sew, cook, plan...
  • Monthly Goal Meeting - I will fail without this. I may fail anyway, but it won't be for lack of meetings. LOL
  • Develop Plan for each of these Goals - This is the first step to success.
  • DONE - Write Goals Down - Okay, THIS is the first step to success.


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29 in 2011 - 

Goals that I had set at the beginning of 2011. I really didn't do too well with them.  

  • Finish 6 of my unfinished projects
  • Go on a date with Danny every month - 4 for 8 so far - not so good.
  • DONE - Watch the sunrise on the beach - Saw it 19 March 2011 - It was gorgeous.
  • Visit the VA aquarium
  • DONE - Read 26 books - see Reading List and scroll down to 2011
  • Go camping at least once
  • Have family portrait taken on beach
  • Lose 30 pounds - 12 down
  • Judge the sand sculptures at the Neptune Festival
  • DONE - Take the girls to Busch Gardens at least 2 times
  • Make Chile Verde from scratch
  • See the Nutcracker on stage
  • Go to the beach weekly this summer
  • Read an autobiography
  • Purge the Studio - 1/2 way there!!
  • Send Birthday Cards
  • Send Christmas Cards
  • Take a week off this Summer
  • IN PROCESS - Make Melissa a quilt
  • Wear a sexy dress on a date (with DH)
  • Art Journal regularly - learn new techniques
  • DONE - Ride a bus to somewhere. And back - Part of the RED line on the METRO was being repaired and we had to take a shuttle, which happened to be a bus.
  • DONE - Pick Strawberries - May 15
  • Eat less, move more
  • DONE - Take a mini vacation to somewhere in VA - I am counting our mini vaca to DC.
  • DONE - Start a savings tin for Disney 2012
  • DONE - Sew together a journal using paper and fabric - I'm counting the fabric composition notebook cover I made. 
  • DONE - Write this list
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