I came up with 12 goals I’d like to accomplish this year with the hopes of being able to cross one off my list per month to make them more manageable. I thought a great way to hold myself accountable to the things I want to accomplish this year would be to do a weekly update.

After all, we all need a little help staying motivated sometimes. Here’s how I am doing so far:

1. Clean, de-clutter and organize my entire home in 30 days or less. Done!

I cleaned my closet, decluttered my bathroom, organized my office, gutted the garage, and tackled the laundry room. And now, because I am a freak and cannot sit still, my next project is painting the trim on our house. Giddy up! Can we get three cheers for ADHD please?

2. Fit into the same jeans I wore 8 years ago when we moved into our house. Well, I tried them on yesterday. Should I end it there? Okay, so yes I tried the pants on, and yes I can button them. However, it’s not a pretty sight {think major muffin top}.So my goal this week is to walk 100,000 steps {HOLY COW MAN} recording them on my handy dandy pedometer along the way. That’s 14K + steps a day. We’ll see if I can do it.

3. Travel. - I pulled out my passport the other day for my upcoming trip with The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and noticed I only have 2 blank pages left!!!! How freakin’ cool is that? My passport expires in 2015 and I think I may have to order a few additional pages before renewing it. Wahoooooo! Sandra Bullock would be so proud!

4. Send my daughter to college without having a nervous breakdown thus spending a week in bed sobbing. It’s not going to happen, is it? I might as well cave in right now and find some cool jammies and stock up on Kleenex and Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey ice cream.

5. Get 3 new teeth. – Looks like everything will be healed up by May. Gee I can’t wait to shell out the price of a used car for some teeth. Dreams really do come true.

6. Pay off my car. – Workin’ on it. Here’s a dorky video from our trip through Europe when we picked it up.

7. Finish a primitive folk art rug I started 4 years ago. Instead of doing any actual rug hooking last week, I instead ordered a bunch of wool. It seems the rug hooking bug has bitten me again and I know have 4 projects going all at once.

8. Family Day. Do one thing together as a family every Sunday. – Major fail last week. I have no excuse.

9.  Secret Plan #1 – Still working on it.

10. Secret Plan #2

11. Secret Plan #3

12. Convince the HH we should buy a Salt Box Style House in Colonial Williamsburg. The more I look into actually living in Colonial Williamsburg the more I am thinking it might not be such a good idea after all. I had no idea there were so mnay rules!

13. Spend at least 1 hour a day working in my garden. Now that the snow has all melted I can get a few projects finished. Next on the list, clear out the garden beds alongside the greenhouse.

So there you have it, my goals for the new year.

How about YOU? How are your 2014 goals coming along?

~Mavis

P.S. YES, I know I wrote down 13 goals. I’m fairly certain I won’t be able to attain one of them. {gee, I wonder which one?}  But I wanted to add it in there anyway because I believe in miracles. 

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