Intentional Living: Weekly Goals
It has been an emotional and exhausting week. There was one day I was running on an hour of sleep and other days I felt like I was running on fumes. I was able to tackle some items on my list and hoping to get a little more done before the schedule switches again soon.
Last week’s goals
Family Goals
- Read Imagination Station: Problems in Plymouthby Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 6)
Plan one special Activity with the FamilyPlay a board gameLunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night beforeDaily School Activities & Homework CompletedAttend After School ActivitiesPrepare for Upcoming Summer EventsField Day at the girls school
Personal Goals
- Exercise at least 5 days this week – didn’t get this one done but it was busy!
Drink 8 glasses of water each dayContinue my YouVersion plan(s)- Finish reading Overcoming Dyslexia by M.D. Sally Shaywitz – almost done!
Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals
All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one dayWeekly Dinner Menu planned out for the weekPay all upcoming bills- Reseal Jungle Gym & Swing – put on hold
- Give Skipper a bath – she escaped bath time due to the rain this weekend
Business Goals
Work on ideas for upcoming blog postsKeep up with the day to day items that need my attentionWork completed for clients
Ministry Goals
Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
Financial Goals
- Payoff the Vehicles – made another payment on the van
- Pay medical bills in full – making payments
My goals for the upcoming week
Family Goals
- Read Imagination Station: Problems in Plymouthby Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 6)
- Plan one special Activity with the Family
- Play a board game
- Prepare for Upcoming Summer Events
- Celebrate’s the Girls Last Day of School
Personal Goals
- Exercise at least 5 days this week
- Drink 8 glasses of water each day
- Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
- Finish reading Overcoming Dyslexia by M.D. Sally Shaywitz
Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals
- All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day
- Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week
- Pay all upcoming bills
Business Goals
- Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
- Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
- Work completed for clients
Ministry Goals
- Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
Financial Goals
- Payoff the Vehicles
- Pay medical bills in full
I think it is important to share and encourage each other as we seek to improve our lives and the lives of those around us. I want to live intentionally not just hope all my dreams and goals come true. When I focus on small steps of improvement I am able to see results as I get closer to my goals. Some weeks I get closer to the goals I have in my life and other weeks a take a few steps back (life happens, emergencies occur, people get sick). Once the goals are written down and shared it provides a guideline for what I aim to accomplish this week.
Why Share My Goals?
- To keep me accountable
- To share a piece of my life with you as I strive to be a better Child of God, Wife, Mom, Friend, Homemaker, Entrepreneur and the many other roles I have each week
- To have my goals consistently written down so I can gauge progress more accurately
- Create healthy habits in my life
- To encourage you to share your goals with me as you continue to grown and learn
How did you do this week on your goals? Feel free to share or link to your list of weekly goals.
The picture above is one that I created for my own purposes, however, The “SMART” acronym was originally coined 30 years ago by Peter Drucker in his classic work, Management by Results.
- Read Imagination Station: Problems in Plymouthby Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 6)
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Fresh & Healthy: Lunch Box Meals
It was great having some extra time this past weekend with the family over Memorial Day. Only a couple more weeks of packing school lunches and then we’ll be into Summer Break! I am really excited about having the girls home for the summer and we have a lot of super fun activities planned.
Lunch Box Meal
- Ham Sandwiches
- Fresh Carrots
- Pickles
- Animal Crackers or Granola Bar
- Chips
- Fresh Apple
- Vanilla Yogurt
- Juice Bag
The girls are getting really good at packing their lunches, but I know they will enjoy having a little break once summer hits. Thankful they are still excited about bringing their lunch to school. Every once in a while we’ll have them eat at school as a special treat and even then sometimes they prefer to take their own lunch.
Save A Lot: Deals for the week of May 29 – June 4, 2013
The Save A Lot weekly ad deals are listed below for your convenience. It is a great time to stock up on some Save A Lot deals. Sign up for the Smart Shopper Club, by doing so you will get a $5.00 off of $25.00 coupon!
Meat and Seafood
Beef Bottom Round Roast – $2.99 lb
Assorted Pork Chops – $1.79 lb
Country Style Ribs – $0.99 lb
Beef T Bone Steak– $4.99 lb
Carolina Ground Turkey – $1.00
Hunt’s Snack Pack Pudding Cups (4 count) – $1.00
Chef Boyardee Canned Pasta, Assorted Variety – $1.00
Holten Thick & Juicy Beef Patties (32 oz) – $5.99
Hillshire Farms Smoked Sausage (12 oz) – $1.99
Use $1.00/1 coupon found on Winetag Hangtags
$0.99 each after coupon*Pick 5 for $19.99 promotion on going! Pick any 5 specially marked packages of your favorite cuts or types of meats, vegetables and more.
Fridge and Freezer
Totino’s Pizza Rolls– $1.00
Oscar Mayer Lunchables – $1.00
Home Churned Butter (45 oz) – $1.99
Banquet Dinners, Assorted Varieties – $1.00
Banquet Brown & Serve Sausage – $1.00
Butterball Turkey Bacon (6 oz) – $1.00
Pillsbury Grands Junior Biscuits – $1.00
Golden Baked White Bread (20 oz) – $1.00
Tony’s Crispy Crust Pizza – $1.00
World’s Fair Frozen Pops (10 count) – $1.00
Ballpark Franks (12 oz) – $1.50
Produce
Dole Head Iceberg Lettuce – $0.99
Hot House Tomatoes -$0.99 lb
Potatoes (10 pounds) – $2.99
Biggins Potatoes (15 pounds) – $3.99
Grocery
Hunt’s Snack Pack Pudding Cups (4 count) – $1.00
Chef Boyardee Canned Pasta, Assorted Variety – $1.00
Pringles Potato Crisps – $1.00
Gatorade (32 oz) – $1.00
Sunny D (62 oz) – $1.00
Knorr Pasta Sides, Assorted Variety – $1.00
Hunt’s Ketchup (24 oz) – $1.00
Hunt’s Original Manwich – $1.00
Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper – $1.00
Save A Lot Today Soda (12 pack) – $2.50
Libby’s Country Sausage Gravy – $1.00
Libby’s Canned Pineapple – $1.00
Mantia’s Spaghetti Sauce -$1.00
Crystal 2.0 Purified Drinking Water (24 pack, 16.9 oz each) – $2.29
J. Higgs Potato Chips (10 oz) – $1.00
Wylwood Canned Vegetables – $0.49
Portside Chunk Light Tuna (5 oz) $0.69
Save A Lot Today Soda (2 liter) – $0.89
Kurtz Ketchup – $0.89
So Cheesy Shells & Cheddar (12 oz) – $1.39
Remember you can use the $5/$25 printable coupon to sweeten these deals! Plus you can earn up to 5 additional $5 off $25 coupons for sharing the coupon with your friends. For more information about Save A Lot’s coupon policies go here. If you find additional deals or savings please let me know and I will add them to the list. Please make sure to check with your local Save A Lot store, the ads do vary per region.
Intentional Living: Weekly Goals
It was great having a long weekend together. Thankful for my family. There has been a lot of extra stuff going on lately so we really needed some quiet time to catch up. I was able to get a lot of stuff done this past week, but I am hoping to get even more done on our list.
Last week’s goals
Family Goals
Read Imagination Station: Showdown with the Shepherd by Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 5)
Plan one special Activity with the Family- Play a board game – we didn’t play a board game, but we did a lot of fun activities together as a family including some fun science experiments, fireworks and more
Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night beforeDaily School Activities & Homework CompletedAttend After School Activities- Schedule eye appointment for Bridgette – put on hold with everything that is going on right now
Prepare for Upcoming Summer EventsDate Night with KarlieDate Night with BrinaExtra time spent with the family over the Holiday WeekendField Trip with the girls school
Personal Goals
Exercise at least 5 days this weekDrink 8 glasses of water each dayContinue my YouVersion plan(s)- Finish reading Overcoming Dyslexia by M.D. Sally Shaywitz – almost done!
Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals
All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one dayWeekly Dinner Menu planned out for the weekPay all upcoming billsGet paperwork signed for new Home & Auto Insurance PoliciesRemove remaining leaves from the lawnClean up the sticks and trees that have fallen & had been cut down- Reseal Jungle Gym & Swing – other items took priority over this one
- Give Skipper a bath – gave Skipper her monthly treatment and heart worm medicine so held off on her bath this week
- Work on the deck – put on hold for a few weeks
Business Goals
Work on ideas for upcoming blog postsKeep up with the day to day items that need my attentionWork completed for clients
Ministry Goals
Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch- Write and Send Out Community Group Email – we are breaking for the summer so I won’t be doing weekly emails but we’ll be staying touch with each other throughout the Summer and hopefully doing a couple fun family socials
Financial Goals
- Payoff the Vehicles – made payments on both the van and car
- Pay medical bills in full – making payments
My goals for the upcoming week
Family Goals
- Read Imagination Station: Problems in Plymouthby Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 6)
- Plan one special Activity with the Family
- Play a board game
- Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
- Daily School Activities & Homework Completed
- Attend After School Activities
- Prepare for Upcoming Summer Events
- Field Day at the girls school
Personal Goals
- Exercise at least 5 days this week
- Drink 8 glasses of water each day
- Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
- Finish reading Overcoming Dyslexia by M.D. Sally Shaywitz
Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals
- All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day
- Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week
- Pay all upcoming bills
- Reseal Jungle Gym & Swing
- Give Skipper a bath
Business Goals
- Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
- Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
- Work completed for clients
Ministry Goals
- Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
Financial Goals
- Payoff the Vehicles
- Pay medical bills in full
I think it is important to share and encourage each other as we seek to improve our lives and the lives of those around us. I want to live intentionally not just hope all my dreams and goals come true. When I focus on small steps of improvement I am able to see results as I get closer to my goals. Some weeks I get closer to the goals I have in my life and other weeks a take a few steps back (life happens, emergencies occur, people get sick). Once the goals are written down and shared it provides a guideline for what I aim to accomplish this week.
Why Share My Goals?
- To keep me accountable
- To share a piece of my life with you as I strive to be a better Child of God, Wife, Mom, Friend, Homemaker, Entrepreneur and the many other roles I have each week
- To have my goals consistently written down so I can gauge progress more accurately
- Create healthy habits in my life
- To encourage you to share your goals with me as you continue to grown and learn
How did you do this week on your goals? Feel free to share or link to your list of weekly goals.
The picture above is one that I created for my own purposes, however, The “SMART” acronym was originally coined 30 years ago by Peter Drucker in his classic work, Management by Results.
Teaching Our Children: The Number Crunch Game
A few years ago I came up with a fun game for the girls to learn their numbers. It was a super simple, easy, and fun way to teach them the written words for the numbers they had already learned. I came across it the other day when I was re-organizing their educational cabinet and thought I would share it since there may be other parents looking for a fun and simple way to get their kids to learn the written numbers. Even though our kids have pretty much out grown the game since they now know their numerical words it is still fun to pull out every once in awhile for a fun reminder. Here’s how I put it together:
- Wrote out the Numerical Words in a Word Document (1 to 20 then 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 1000, 1000000)
- Made the words big and bold
- Printed the words onto colorful paper (can find for a couple dollars at Walmart)
- Laminated the words
I used these for a variety of different games!
Number Crunch Games (a few options):
- Line up all the numbers from least to greatest while being timed
- Line up all the numbers from greatest to least while being timed
- Pick out all the odd number while being timed
- Pick out all the even numbers
- Sort out all the numbers before 10
- Sort out numbers in the “teens”
- Find all the numbers above 100
- Locate any number ending in “O”
There just a few ideas to get you started. You can get creative and come up with so many more variations on ways to make learning the written numerical number learning process fun for your little ones. The reason why I laminated the cards is because I wanted to make sure I could use them for many activities over several years (and they have have held up really nicely of the past couple of years).
Fresh & Healthy: Lunch Box Meals
The girls always love taking school lunches. It is hard to believe that before long the girls will be done with school and summer break will be started. We are looking forward to a lot of fun activities over the summer together.
Lunch Box Meal
- PB&J Sandwich for Karlie & Soy & Jelly Sandwich for Brina
- Homemade Cinnamon Applesauce
- Yellow Pear Tomatoes
- Apple Slices
- Strawberry Yogurt
- Chips
- Water Bottle
Thankful the girls enjoy taking lunch to school. It is nice knowing exactly what the girls are eating for lunch. Over the next few weeks we’ll have a few field trips and other activities over lunch so not too many more days and they’ll have a break from packing their lunch boxes everyday. We’ll have to make sure to go on a few picnics this Summer to keep up the fun.
Save A Lot: Deals for the week of May 22 – 28, 2013
The Save A Lot weekly ad deals are listed below for your convenience. It is a great time to stock up on some Save A Lot deals. Sign up for the Smart Shopper Club, by doing so you will get a $5.00 off of $25.00 coupon!
Meat and Seafood
Bone-in Pork Sirloin Chops – $1.39 lb
Beef T Bone Steak– $4.99 lb
Rib Eye Steak – $5.99 lb
Baby Back Ribs – $2.99 lb
Country Style Ribs – $1.59 lb
Hillshire Farms Smoked Sausage (12 oz) – $1.99
Use $1.00/1 coupon found on Winetag Hangtags
$0.99 each after coupon*Pick 5 for $19.99 promotion on going! Pick any 5 specially marked packages of your favorite cuts or types of meats, vegetables and more.
Fridge and Freezer
Borden Cheese Singles (12 oz) – $2.49
Borden Shredded Cheese (8 oz) – $1.99
Minute Maid Lemonade or Fruit Punch (59 oz) – $0.99
Fairgrounds Bologna (16 oz) – $0.99
Fairgrounds Hot Dogs (1 pound) – $0.99
Reese’s Potato or Macaroni Salad (2 pounds) – $2.99
Produce
Seedless Whole Watermelon – $3.99 each
Vidalia Onions (4 pounds) – $1.99
Mini Carrots (1 pound) – $0.99
Potatoes (10 pounds) – $2.99
Sweet Corn – $0.33 each
Grocery
J Higgs Potato Chips (10 oz) – $1.49
Kraft BBQ Sauce (17.5 oz) – $0.88
Cowboy Billy’s Pork & Beans (16 oz) – $0.59
Kraft Ketchup (24 oz) -$0.89
Kiggins Corn Flakes (18 0z) – $1.69
Portmann’s Salad Dressing (16 oz) – $1.49
Duke’s Mayonnaise (32 oz) – $3.49
Mt Olive Pickles (80 oz – Value Size) – $3.99
Tipton Grove Apple Juice 64 oz) – $1.59
Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce (28 oz) – $2.39
Save A Lot Today Soda (12 pack) – $2.49
Crystal 2.0 Purified Drinking Water (24 pack, 16.9 oz each) – $2.29
Household
Kindle Charcoal (16.6 pounds) – $5.99
Wrightware Foam Plates (100 count) – $2.99
Wrightware Paper Napkins (250 count) – $1.49
Remember you can use the $5/$25 printable coupon to sweeten these deals! Plus you can earn up to 5 additional $5 off $25 coupons for sharing the coupon with your friends. For more information about Save A Lot’s coupon policies go here. If you find additional deals or savings please let me know and I will add them to the list. Please make sure to check with your local Save A Lot store, the ads do vary per region.
Intentional Living: Weekly Goals
We are thankful for our time together this week. It has been a busy week. Seems like there is always more to do than time allows. I made some progress this week, but hoping to make even more with all that I have on my list.
Last week’s goals
Family Goals
- Read Imagination Station: Showdown with the Shepherd by Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 5)
Plan one special Activity with the Family- Play a board game – didn’t get to it this week with everything going on
Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night beforeDaily School Activities & Homework CompletedAttend After School ActivitiesBridgette’s dentist appointment- Schedule eye appointment for Bridgette – didn’t get it scheduled
Personal Goals
Exercise at least 5 days this weekDrink 8 glasses of water each dayContinue my YouVersion plan(s)- Finish reading Overcoming Dyslexia by M.D. Sally Shaywitz – been reading & taking notes
Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals
All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one dayWeekly Dinner Menu planned out for the weekPay all upcoming billsGet paperwork signed for new Home & Auto Insurance Policies- Remove remaining leaves from the lawn – with the rain the leaves were too wet to move
- Clean up the sticks and trees that have fallen & had been cut down – got through a good chunk, but still have more to do
- Reseal Jungle Gym & Swing – it rained so we are waiting
- Give Skipper a bath – didn’t want to wash her in the rain
- Work on the deck – it was put on hold this week
Business Goals
Work on ideas for upcoming blog postsKeep up with the day to day items that need my attentionWork completed for clients
Ministry Goals
Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or LunchWrite and Send Out Community Group Email
Financial Goals
- Payoff the Vehicles – working on it
- Pay medical bills in full – paid one off, now working on paying down the next one
My goals for the upcoming week
Family Goals
- Read Imagination Station: Showdown with the Shepherd by Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 5)
- Plan one special Activity with the Family
- Play a board game
- Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
- Daily School Activities & Homework Completed
- Attend After School Activities
- Schedule eye appointment for Bridgette
- Prepare for Upcoming Summer Events
- Date Night with Karlie
- Date Night with Brina
- Extra time spent with the family over the Holiday Weekend
- Field Trip with the girls school
Personal Goals
- Exercise at least 5 days this week
- Drink 8 glasses of water each day
- Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
- Finish reading Overcoming Dyslexia by M.D. Sally Shaywitz
Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals
- All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day
- Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week
- Pay all upcoming bills
- Get paperwork signed for new Home & Auto Insurance Policies
- Remove remaining leaves from the lawn
- Clean up the sticks and trees that have fallen & had been cut down
- Reseal Jungle Gym & Swing
- Give Skipper a bath
- Work on the deck
Business Goals
- Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
- Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
- Work completed for clients
Ministry Goals
- Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch
- Write and Send Out Community Group Email
Financial Goals
- Payoff the Vehicles
- Pay medical bills in full
I think it is important to share and encourage each other as we seek to improve our lives and the lives of those around us. I want to live intentionally not just hope all my dreams and goals come true. When I focus on small steps of improvement I am able to see results as I get closer to my goals. Some weeks I get closer to the goals I have in my life and other weeks a take a few steps back (life happens, emergencies occur, people get sick). Once the goals are written down and shared it provides a guideline for what I aim to accomplish this week.
Why Share My Goals?
- To keep me accountable
- To share a piece of my life with you as I strive to be a better Child of God, Wife, Mom, Friend, Homemaker, Entrepreneur and the many other roles I have each week
- To have my goals consistently written down so I can gauge progress more accurately
- Create healthy habits in my life
- To encourage you to share your goals with me as you continue to grown and learn
How did you do this week on your goals? Feel free to share or link to your list of weekly goals.
The picture above is one that I created for my own purposes, however, The “SMART” acronym was originally coined 30 years ago by Peter Drucker in his classic work, Management by Results.
- Read Imagination Station: Showdown with the Shepherd by Marianne Hering and Paul McCusker (Book 5)
A Common Sight On the Way to School
Usually we are stopped by a train going by at least a couple times a week going to and from school. Some trains are long & slow and others are short & fast. It typically isn’t a problem when the train stops us on the way home but there have been a few times throughout the year the train will stop a whole line of cars going to school, thankfully not often, but occasionally a large group of kids could be late to school because of a train taking too long (especially if it is a really slow one).
These pictures are taken at a different intersection a little further down the same tracks. The girls always love watching the trains go by even if it means we have to pause for a few minutes. They repaired the tracks earlier this year and for a few weeks they were extremely rough, but thankfully they got them fixed and the road smoothed out. It’s neat to see the trains and they have become a familiar sight on our weekly track to and from school.
