This Season’s Goals

I’ve been home almost all week and it is such a weird feeling.  I’ve gotten online and caught up on some regular blogs that I read, I’ve had coffee in bed, and I’ve even sat at the school table and graded papers during the daytime.  My house is somewhat clean and I don’t feel like I’m rushing to be somewhere at any minute.  My life is good!  Even when I’m busy though, life is good, but I am definitely enjoying this bit of downtime this week.

As always, I’ve got some things I’d like to get done before the year is over, and like I have before, I am going to tell you all about them.  My list isn’t too long and it’s completely doable, so I fully expect to have a nice checked off to-do list in a few months time.

My main goals are these:

1.  Finish the top of my quilt.  I’d like to have it ready to start with the hand quilting by January 2018.  I worked on it a little bit last month and it’s maybe half way done, which isn’t bad considering I’ve only really worked on it maybe three to four times since I started it.  A good several evenings devoted to just it should get me where I want to be with that.
2.  Have another go at Body Space’s Shortcut to Size program.  This I did two years ago and ended up with impressive results.  I will admit, I’ve been very lax with my gym routine lately.  Partly because of time, but mostly because I just haven’t been feeling it.  I have had no motivation at all to really work out.  I’m feeling and seeing the affects of it now though.  Weights are such an important part of working out, and I have just been ignoring them.  These days I’m only lifting heavy bags of sugar, bins of muscadines, and buckets of wine – ha ha!  But those days are now over for a little while, so I should get back to lifting weights.  If I start this program ASAP, I should be done by the end of the year.
3.  Get more strict with my spending money.  I’ve been a little lax with this lately too, but it is something that should probably be at the top of the list.  Just a few months of more saving should get me exactly where I want to be with this.  There is only one piece of material that I have to buy right this very second, and everything else can wait.  My spending money these days mostly goes towards fabric and the clearance racks at Kohl’s.

   

4.  Get my spaces more organized.  I always need to do this and it always gets put on the back burner.  My closet and cabinets specifically need all the work they can get.  I have four junk drawers in my kitchen, at least, and can never find lids for containers.  If I were to clear out one drawer that problem would be solved.  I spend the most time in the kitchen, cooking and cleaning, so I guess I don’t want to spend anymore time in there than I have to.  Well, I really have to.  I’d love to make a trip to IKEA to help with this little organization task, but I’m afraid that will put me behind with number 3.  For the time being, I can make do with what I have and then next year, I will be ready to buy all the organizational helps I can get.

There you have it, some of my goals for the rest of the year.  Totally doable!  You will notice, I didn’t mention anything about blog goals for once, but I am afraid the exercising and organizing goal has come up a time, or many, before.  Nice to know what my weaknesses are, huh?