Weekly Goals April 1st 2014

My weekly goals keep getting pushed to Tuesdays:) That's okay, gives me an extra day to get the previous week's goals done;)

I did okay on some of my goals for last week, but for others (mostly the exercise!!!) I failed completely!!! So here is what I got done...

1. Housework - catch back up on dishes and laundry. Need to vacuum and clean the bathroom as well.

**I got most of this done. I still need to get all the dishes done up, but that is really a daily challenge, it's never-ending!! The laundry is all washed, but I need to finish folding/putting it away.**

 2. Blogging - Just getting on here and blogging a time or two will be my goal:)

**I didn't get anymore blogging done last week, I have a few things to blog about this week, so I think I'll be on here more:)**

 3. Exercise - I haven't been to the gym in over 2 weeks!!! Hoping to get back there today!!

**Umm, no. I was having lots of problems with breathing/coughing and didn't think everyone wanted me hacking all over the machines, so I stayed away last week. I *could* have done a video at home, but didn't do that either. It's time to get back up on that horse and get some exercise this week!!!**

 4. Sewing/Crafting - I have learned how to cast-on for knitting and can knit a row or two without throwing the needles now:) I would like to continue practicing. I need to get the Spring exchange project done and mailed off. Also want to work on my Something Old/Something New projects and NewFO project before the next group of projects are due:) Hope to have a couple of projects finished off and ready to show for Whoop-Whoop Friday!!

**Didn't get to Whoop-Whoop Friday, but I did get most of the rest of the projects at least worked on. I worked on my New project, but not the 'Old' one and I got these done/worked on as well...

 

Knitting is coming along. I'm not working on a project, just practice, practice, then rip it out and start over. This is my best result so far. You can't see it, but there is a little fuzzy mess on each side of this that is really the only mess-up I have in this so far. I'm enjoying learning something new, but it's going to be a while before this feels natural to me like crocheting does.

 And this is the Spring exchange project that I was working on last week. It is all stitched, but I need to sew it into a small ornie and get it mailed out today. This is from Sylvia Kuhnert at www.syku66.blogspot.com, but I changed a good deal of the colors on this so it won't look exactly the same as on the blog.


Okay, so for this week I'd like to....

1. Keep up with housework. DD is going to have a birthday party/sleep over with a couple of friends in two weeks. I don't want to have to do 'flight-of-the-bumblebee' mad-dash cleaning frenzy right before the day of her party in order to have the house ready:)

2. Keep blogging. Having a laptop has changed my blogging habits quite a bit. I just don't want to have to get the computer out each time I need it, so I don't. I really need to get over this;)

3. Lots and Lots of fun projects!!! Okay, this one is kind of a given. I would like to work on my NewFo quilting project from March, start Something Old/Something New projects for the month, and maybe get a couple things completely done!!! Wouldn't that be a surprise!!! :)

4. EXERCISE!!! This is really a nessesity. I would like to lose some weight, but it's more about being healthy, which in my case will require me to lose some weight. I just want to feel better and maybe get off the blood pressure meds as well:) SO this week I want to get to the gym 3 times and do yoga at home 2 times.

The next two months are super busy around here, as Spring time tends to be for everyone. Lots of activities for dd, including her first 'Formal',  birthdays and an anniversary. But I really need to try and fit the rest these things in there too so I can stay sane!!

So what are you up to?

Weekly Goals 3/25/14

Well, that was quite a break from blogging!! I had meant to just take a couple days off, but then we all got sick and the break just got longer and longer. We have also just 'upgraded' from a desk top computer to a laptop, and I thought it would be nice to just sit anywhere and blog, but I'm finding that I revert back to putting the laptop on a table and working from there anyway:) Since we can't leave the laptop out on any one table all the time, it gets put away and I've used that as an excuse not to get it out and work on it. I'll have to get better about that so I can continue to blog about all the fun stuff I'm doing:)

With a sick week, dd and I have some work to get caught up on. Instead of taking a spring break in March like most schools do, dd likes to take her birthday week off (in April). So we need to make up for a few of the days she missed last week due to being sick so that she can still take her birthday week off here in a few weeks. She ended up missing quite a few of her activities last week like one day of volunteering at the zoo, a day of volunteering in the nursery for the local MOPS club, and helping out with a 4-H member's family wedding. She did make it to youth group, but had to leave early because of the dust and straw up in the barn loft. Didn't make for a very fun week:(

Hopefully this week will be better. I'm not going to go back and see how I did on my goals a few weeks ago, I'll just start fresh this week. So my goals for this week are...

1. Housework - catch back up on dishes and laundry. Need to vacuum and clean the bathroom as well.

2. Blogging - Just getting on here and blogging a time or two will be my goal:)

3. Exercise - I haven't been to the gym in over 2 weeks!!! Hoping to get back there today!!

4. Sewing/Crafting - I have learned how to cast-on for knitting and can knit a row or two without throwing the needles now:) I would like to continue practicing. I need to get the Spring exchange project done and mailed off. Also want to work on my Something Old/Something New projects and NewFO project before the next group of projects are due:) Hope to have a couple of projects finished off and ready to show for Whoop-Whoop Friday!!

We don't have a ton of running around to do this week, so those things should all be possible. What do you have going on this week?

Weekly Goals - March 3rd, 2014

Last week ended up being a bit mixed up for my goals. Dd came down sick - I'm not sure what is going on with her. She's had this a couple time this winter. Headache and fever followed a few days later with cough and congestion. All but one of the times, it was really mild. She has asthma so usually when she gets the cough/congestions it goes into a full blown bronchitis, but thankfully that has only happened once this winter. This time it is really mild again, so she is up and around and feeling pretty good despite a bit of a cough. 

Because of the sickies and a weekend winter storm that moved in, we were able to stay home a lot more than I had planned!!! :0) I don't know about you, but that is always a welcome surprise here!! So I was able to get more done on the house/re-arranging, but less of the going to the gym and working out.

Here is my progress for the week...

1. Stitching - I got my Something Old project done, but didn't get started on my spring exchange or get anywhere on my Smalls Sal project.

2. Exercise - I only got to the gym once, but I also made my goal of one day of yoga.

3. Housework - Laundry and dishes are both caught up!!! I have one final pile of misc books/mag/papers still from the re-arranging that I haven't found a place for yet, but it's getting really close to being done!!!

4. Blogging/e-mails/other crafts - E-mails got done and my NewFo (quilting) project started and blogged, but that was all.

Okay, a semi-busy week this week, so here are my goals...

1. Stitching - I think I'm giving up on trying to get my Smalls Sal project done and posted for the month. I only have 2 days left and I haven't even started yet, so I guess that'll have to be this month's project. I would like to get the spring exchange piece started and work a bit on my Something Old/Something New projects.

2. Exercise - I should be able to get to the gym 3 times this week!! And I still want to do one day of yoga at home.

3. Housework - Keep up on dishes/laundry, and finish up with the last few things in the living room.

4. Other Crafts/Projects - Plan ahead for the next NewFo project, do a bit of crocheting, work on casting on/knitting - see if I can get a bit further along before giving up again!!

5. 4-H/Youth Group Craziness - This weekend is going to be a blur of running around. THREE different 4-H events going on and Youth Group as well!! First dd helps with the Clover Bud group for a couple hours on Saturday morning - this is a county wide group of kids just a bit too young to be in regular 4-H, this serves as dd's Jr. Leaders project. Then 4-H days in the evening - this event gives 4-Her's the chance to practice their speeches, project talks and/or talent pieces in front of a judge before fair time. Dd has given a speech in the past, but will be there to help set up and guard doors (so no one walks in during a speech) this time. Then Youth Group that night. Sunday the 4-H Jr. Leaders group are going to the next town over to go ice skating for the afternoon. That should be a lot of fun, but I'm hoping not to have to go. If dd's friend comes along I'll go, but otherwise I'll let dd go with them by herself. SO my goal for the weekend is just to survive it!! LOL

What are you up to this week?

Back to Regular Schedule?

The past couple weeks have been a blur!! Lots of running for dd's activities, helping a friend out, and trying to get the few reminding items on our list so we can re-arrange the living room. Still not done with that last one and this week will still be a busy one for running around. By next week things should be a bit slower and maybe I can get some things done here around the house, but for now, it's just a little work here and a little work there. I haven't even sat done to stitch in a few days!! OH THE HORROR! :)

So this week's goals will mostly center around getting everyday things done and hopefully getting us back to a quieter regular schedule around here.

Here is my progress for last week...

1. Stitching - I hardly touched stitching last week. And since I also didn't blog on WIPocalypse or IHSW, I would like to at least get my 'Small Sal' project done and blog, but we'll see.

2. Exercise - I not only made it to the gym twice, but 3 times!!! I only was able to help my friend on one day, and I didn't do much as she had lots of friends and family there to help her, so that didn't count as a workout, but I'm happy I made it to the gym as much as I did:)

3. Housework - Most of the re-arranging hasn't happened yet so I didn't really get anywhere on this. We did get our laptop (used, but just barely and at a really good price) and are pretty sure we know what other furniture we are wanting to bring into the house to help with storage and then we can get the TV as well. At that point we can start moving things around, but until we have the storage situation taken care of, we don't have anywhere to put the things that are in the huge computer desk and the bookshelves that we are wanting to move out of the house. :) HOPEFULL this will be all done by this coming weekend!!!

4. Blogging/e-mails - I obviously didn't get to the blogging, but the e-mails are all caught up and the Secret Sister party went very well. We have 22 girls in all (the 'Big Sisters' and the 'Little Sisters') and I think everyone had a good time:)


For this week I would like to...

1. Stitching - Like I said above, I would like to get my Smalls Sal project done, but seeing as I haven't even started it, I'm not sure that is going to happen!!! I would also like to finish my 'Something Old' project by the end of the month and start fresh for next month. I already have my 'Something New' Project picked out and ready to go!!!

2. Exercise - So long as I stay healthy and injury free, I should get to the gym 2 times this week, maybe 3 times if hubby wants to go with me on Friday. I really want to start doing more yoga at home, but just can't get myself to do it. I look at the different workouts that you can find on Pinterest and am in awe of some of the positions that these people can get themselves into. But actually doing it is a different story!! :) I'll say that I have the goal to do yoga once this week.

3. Housework - I did get caught up on washing laundry, of course it never stays that way, but at least there isn't 5-6 loads that needs done. Dishes are pretty much caught up too. I guess my next goal would be folding/putting away that laundry!! :)

4. Blogging/e-mails/other crafts - I'm not going to have a lot of extra time on my hands this week, but I would like to blog a couple more times and I have a bit of finish up work for secret sisters and 4-H to do this week. I would like to work a bit on a crocheted child's sized blanket that I started a while back and I want to start some herbs that I bought the seeds for. I will start these indoors and am wanting to get some large planters for the front of the house to put these in once they are ready to go outdoors. I'm hoping the cats won't crush them:) And ACK!! I forgot that Friday is NewFo Day!! I have the fabric for the next quilting project I want to start, but I haven't started it yet!!! Will have to get working on that too!! Maybe planting the seeds can wait until next week:)

I think I'm expecting too much this week, but maybe it's a good idea to set more goals than I think I can achieve and push myself to get more done!! :0) We will see if that works!!

Weekly Goals 2/17/14

Wow has this past week been a busy one!!! This week will be too and then I'm hoping for a bit more home/quiet time after that - at least for a little while!!

We had lots of running last week, including a 4-H leather craft meeting and a regular 4-H meeting. My hubby and I had a goal to re-arrange the living room to make it more livable and cozy once our tax money came in, and it did, so we spent the weekend doing a little shopping. My hubby is the KING of bargain shopping and we had a strict budget. After looking at new sofas and recliners we decided to call on a couple used ones. We found a real nice hide-a-bed couch for $100 that will be perfect for when dd has her best friend here for a sleep-over (they usually take over my bed as dd's bed is a twin size), and my in-laws gave us an almost-new recliner they had in their basement!! They even match pretty well, and they both have a bit of blue in them which matches the curtains!! I don't think we've ever had matching furniture:)

Next, we started looking for a washer and dryer. Oh my goodness, those are super expensive!!! It's been somewhere around 11 years or so since we last looked and they are not cheap. SO we started looking at 'scratch and dent' stores and after that used appliance stores. The scratch and dent weren't all that much cheaper and while the used ones were, they were in pretty bad shape. So we were going to start calling on used ones by owner. But as we were waiting to look at the couch, we had a bit of time to waste, so we went into Best Buy to look at a couple other things we are wanting for the living room. We had forgot that they also sell appliances, but we knew they would be high. However, as we walked around the corner, there were a matching washer/dryer set that were 'open box' and marked down to $600 for the set!!! This was the washer that I had wanted at another store, but it was $550 for the washer alone there:) So I'm one happy mama and have been catching up on that laundry pile in my brand new washer/dryer:)

Okay, so with all that went on last week, how did I do on my goals? Well....

1. Stitching - I do have both the 'Small Sal' project picked out and the spring exchange project picked out, but haven't gotten started on either. I have worked on my 'Olympic' project quite a bit as well as my 'Something Old' project and I have a start on my Something New project. Not too bad:) I didn't post on the WIPocalypse yet, I'm thinking I'll get to that tomorrow.

2. Exercise - I did get to the gym twice, but didn't do yoga at home. Oh, and I've lost 2 more pounds!!!

3. Housework - I've made a good dent in the laundry pile, but dishes are piling up a bit again.

 4. Learning - I did get the knitting books out and learned to cast on!!! Or at least one way to cast on. It's all very unnatural to me as I'm used to crocheting, but I'll get there. I didn't get back to the German last week though.

 5. Crochet/Knitting - Got both of these done. Washcloth is made and ready to mail out and I played with the knitting, but I pulled it all out (like 4 different times), which is what I used to do with crocheting while learning.

For this upcoming week we have zoo volunteering for dd, 4-H leather craft, helping a friend move, MOPS volunteering for dd and a Secret Sisters party (through our homeschooling group). Oh, and the regular day-to-day stuff. Hubby and I are hoping to still buy a laptop to replace our out-dated desk top and that will allow us to get rid of the big computer desk that is taking up too much of our living room and to get a new TV. We are looking at getting a pretty basic laptop as all we still do on the computer is dd's German program, use Word and I blog on it as I do not like trying to blog on my iPad. Then we would like a Smart TV so we can still watch Netflix on it. We only have a 15 inch TV in our bedroom right now, so this will be a real treat for us to have a more comfortable place for us all to be. As you can see, another busy week, so I'm going to keep my goals for this week pretty basic...

1. Stitching - I want to continue on my Olympic stitching and would like to make a start in my Small Sal project.

2. Exercise - I'm pretty confident that I can make it to the gym twice and then helping my friend to move (I'll be there 2 days) should count for something, right?

3. Housework - HAHAHAHA  Oh, wait, I really do need to work on this. Okay, I guess my biggest goal will be to pick up/clean around the re-arranging. There will be lots of dusting and vacuuming to be done, I am sure!!

4. Blogging/e-mails - I need to catch up on a few things with the blogs and I have several things to organize with the Secret Sisters party (a friend and I lead this) as well as 4-H (I think I've mentioned that I lead our group).

What are you up to this week?

Weekly Goals 2/10/14

I'm going to come right out here and just say it... I didn't hardly touch my goals last week!! I thought since we would mostly be home that it would be easier to get them done, but with hubby home for a couple of those days and then with dark, dreary days, I just wasn't motivated at all!! And that's okay, this is a new week and I'll just start over. :0) I'll just get over it and start new!!

So for this week here are the few things I did do...

1. Stitching - I did get this ornament done and worked on my 'Something Old' project as well. I also picked out an Olympic project even though it wasn't on my list of goals for the week;) Oh, and I did chose a new 'Small' project to work on and my spring exchange project as well.

2. Exercise -  Didn't even touch the exercise. I did however twist that ankle a bit more chasing the dog through our front pasture. Some kind of animal is digging little holes and with the snow, I didn't see it and stepped into one. I didn't fall, but the ankle wasn't ready for that. I do think I'll be good to go to the gym this week.

3. Housework - I didn't get caught up on laundry, but am in the process of it.

4. Learning - I didn't get to the knitting books, but did do some of the German, so this wasn't a complete fail:)

5. Crochet - I didn't touch this either!!!


So for this coming week I think I'll just repeat last week's goals. The only difference is that except for today (we go more snow last night) I won't be stuck at home. In fact we have a fairly busy week with dd's zoo, a 4-H Leather Craft meeting and a regular 4-H meeting. We'll see how this goes:)

1. Stitching - Get started on the 'Small' project and the spring exchange project as well as working on the others I have going. Also post on WIPocalypse.

2. Exercise - Go to the gym twice. Do yoga at home once.

3. Housework - Keep working towards getting laundry caught up.

4. Learning - Keep up with German, get those knitting books out!!!

5. Crochet/Knitting - Finish up wash cloth for GYB give away and cast on the knitting needles for the first time:)

Do you have any goals for this week?

Weekly Goals Post 2/3/14

A whole month has flown by and I am just starting to feel like I am ready to really start tackling some of my 52 in 52 goals. Do you ever get like that? Spend some time planning and then throw the plans to the side because you just don't feel ready to start tackling them? While I've gotten a few things on my list started I think this month will see some real progress.

So what did I accomplish last week? I mean besides spraining my ankle and effectively killing my workout plans? :P  BTW: My dd is convinced that I threw myself down the library stairs just so I could claim that I hurt my ankle and now I can't go to the gym and workout!! Hmm, not sure where she comes up with this stuff!! :)

1. Stitching -  Got both LoveQuilt blocks done and mailed off and I have heard from them that they were received on time, so that is all finished up!!

2. Blogging - All blogging/crafting/stitching challenges and SALs were posted and accounted for. It did make for a fun week in blog land!!

3. Exercise - I did get one day of yoga in before I hurt my ankle, so that is a little something.


And for the upcoming week...

1. Stitching - I would like to get a couple small projects finished up this week. The Smalls Sal ornie that I was working on last week and the Prairie Schooler Ornie that is my 'Something Old' for this month. I also need to dig up a spring/Easter piece to work on for an exchange I'm in.

2. Exercise - My ankle is actually not as bad as I thought it was going to be and I'm getting around pretty well on it. I'm probably not going to be able to get into the gym this week (bad winter storms coming this way), but I think I can do a little yoga here at home to make up for it.

3. Housework - As we will likely be stuck at home a good deal of this week, I want to go back and focus a bit on housework. I've managed to keep up with the dishes for the past couple of weeks now. I think I'll focus on laundry now and see if I can't keep up with it as well:)

4. Learning - I got a couple books on knitting from the library last week, one came with a video, that I would like to at least start looking at this week, maybe even cast on and see how that goes:) I have also been slacking off on the German program we are working on. DD is getting way ahead of me, so I need to get back on that. Of course dd is taking it for a high school credit, I would just like to learn for the fun of it. Last night she and I played a couple games of UNO and were able to speak in German for the colors and numbers, at least 1-6. So that is showing some progress!! :0)

5. Crochet - I need to finish up the last wash cloth that will be the give-away prize for my GROW YOUR BLOG post (and it's not to late to leave a comment to be entered to win!!!). I also have a toddler blanket I started a while back that I think I'm going to get back to. It'll be one to go to my friend that does foster care/respite care. Since she knows several foster/respite families, I'll let her decide who may need it the most.

THAT should keep me busy and mostly out of trouble for the week:) What are your plans for the week?

Weekly Goals/Update for January 27

(If you are looking for my Grow Your Blog Post, click HERE:)

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Another week down, it just never ceases to amaze me how fast the days and weeks go by!!! I think this week went pretty well, goal wise anyway. We had a nice warm weekend, but have been plunged back into the cold abyss of winter once again. It would be nice if we could get some snow with all this cold, but we've been dry, dry, dry. In fact we had fire warnings lately because of the dry, windy conditions. Hopefully spring with be here soon and bring some rain with it!!

Okay, so on to my accomplishment this week...
(52 in 52 goals have an * at the end of them)

1. I finished one of the LoveQuilt blocks and will be done with the other today. I will need to ship them priority, but they will get there on time!!! This will be the last time I sign up to do two at one time, and the last time that the stitching timeline goes through the Christmas holiday!! Not sure what I was thinking:) But it's all good and I'll be checking soon for the next block that I will work on. *

2. Housework schedule went well this week. I need to tweak it a bit for the days we leave in the mornings to take dd to volunteer at the zoo, but otherwise I think it's going to work. I'll leave it as it is for a month or so and then start adding one or two deeper cleaning tasks to it at a time. *

3. My goal was to work out 2 times this week and I got in 3 days!!! I was feeling much better and so I went to the YMCA on my two normal days (the days dd is at the zoo) and I also pulled out a beginner yoga video later in the week. *

4. The Grow Your Blog Party went very well and was a lot of fun. It's so nice to hear from people who are already following and enjoying your blog and from new followers. It makes me smile to hear that someone thinks my endless prattle and craftiness is worth their time and attention.

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And for this week...

1. Mail off the LoveQuilt blocks!!! *

2. Lots to post on the blog this week!! Wednesday is the Smalls SAL, Friday is Whoop-Whoop Friday and NewFO Challenge, Saturday is my Something Old/Something New and also the 2nd YOTA of this year!! I think I am also going to go ahead and join in on TUSAL as well.  I wasn't going to do that this year, but I just can't throw out my orts/strings and they are piling up now!!! What a FUN blogging/crafting week!!! *

3. Work out 3 times this week. Hoping to build up to 4/5 times a week, but have to start somewhere!! *

With all the blogging/crafting going on this week, I think these 3 will do. We also have lots of running around with a couple extra 4-H classes, taxes to be done and the normal running that we always have, this is going to be a busy week!!

So what are you up to this week?

Weekly Goals/Progress Update

Last week I started posting goals and my updates on 52 in 52 and while I didn't get all my goals accomplished, it did help me to focus on the few things I really wanted to complete. I think I'll make this a semi-regular posting here so long as it seems to help me get things done:)

I got sick last week, actually I am still having some lingering issues with the stomach pains/cramps/whatever it was, so am still a bit slowed down, but getting better, so things didn't go as smoothly on my goals as I would have liked. Still, things did progress, so here is what did get done...

52 in 52 related items will have an * at the end.

1. Finished the crocheted baby blanket!!! Super excited about this as I got it done and hubby got it to his friend BEFORE the baby was born:)

2. Not quite done with the first LoveQuilt block, but real close. I still need to re-arrange the chart on the second one as well, but I do have an idea in my head of how I want it to look and it should be real easy and quick to do. *

3. Housecleaning went by the wayside while I was down, I'm afraid, but the schedule that I came up with is easy enough to jump back into, so that's what I'll do. *

4. Only worked out 2 times this week as I just couldn't be up for long without hurting again, but on the up side, I changed my eating habits thinking that maybe fattening/greasy foods was the culprit of my stomach pains and I managed to lose a couple pounds:) I stuck mostly to fruits, veggies and lean meat and it did seem to help a little. *

5. I did manage to only eat out once. The night that I ate out (pizza, and no not gluten free, but that doesn't bother my stomach, just makes my joints ache), was the night I started feeling bad- hence my thoughts on greasy foods- so I was able to make myself stay away from everything else.

6. This wasn't on my goal list for the week, but with some extra time down, I managed to read my first book just for fun!! I love to read, but when I get started I can't stop. So I bought the book, Zoo by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge, and finished it up around 4:30 that morning!!! Good thing I was able to sleep in the next day:) Needless to say, it was a good book. A bit bloody and gory, not one for the kids, but it kept you on the edge of your seat for sure. *

And here are my goals for this week - and yes, I know it's Tuesday, but hubby was off work yesterday so week took the day off school and just counted it as a long weekend. SO today is officially the first day of this week!! :0)

1. Finish the LoveQuilt blocks and get them mailed off. *

2. Back to the housework schedule.

3. Work out 2 times this week - trying to slowly get back to this since I'm still feeling a bit down. *

4. Get my Grow Your Blog post together and done by Saturday and get giveaway items done for it.

I'm going to let that be all for this week as it is a short-ish week and the LoveQuilts blocks will likely take up most of my free time.

So what are your goals this week?

Weekly Goals/Progress Update

Over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Sarah has a weekly post called Make a List Monday. I think this is a great idea as I am a list maker, and when I actually write up a list, I *usually* get more done. I can also use this post to update how I'm doing on my 52 in 52 goals.

Here are my goals for the week with a * at the end of the ones that are also 52 in 52 goals...

1. Finish crocheting baby blanket for a friend of my hubby's. He is around our age and just getting ready to have his first baby. So my husband awkwardly asked what colors they did the baby's room in and asked me to make a baby blanket for them:0) I'm hoping to be done with it by tomorrow.

2. Finish the first of two blocks due into LoveQuilts. The second one should be really fast as it all words and no pictures, but this first one is a bit of a bugger with all the color changes. *

3. Continue with the house cleaning schedule I have planned. I'm keeping it real simple to begin with. I have 1 batch of dishes (I don't have a dishwasher, so it's all by hand. One batch is whatever I can get to fit on a hand towel to air dry), and 1 load of laundry in the morning before we start school. Over lunch I am to figure out dinner and start thawing whatever I will need. Then some crafting/stitching time, another round of dishes/laundry and one or two cleaning chores such as vacuuming or cleaning the bathroom (we only have one so it needs cleaned fairly often:). Then dinner, kitchen clean up and time with the family. I should be able to stick with that and then add to it a bit as I get used to it. *

4. Exercise 4 times this week. I've only managed to workout a few times so far this year. *

5. Try not to eat out more than once this week. This is incredibly hard for me, though I wish it wasn't. We don't live in town, so when we stay home it isn't a problem, but this week I have to go into town 3 times, so I know it will be a big temptation.

So what about you? Any goals for the week?