Thankful for a fun time with my parents and brothers family last weekend.  The weekend went by quickly, but we packed in a lot of fun.  We celebrated the girls birthday, played games, read books, went on adventures, ate good food, and so much more.  Grateful for my parents and their willingness to come visit so they can spend time with our family.  The girls were thrilled to have some time with their grandparents.  Quality time together means so much to kids and memories are precious treasures during their growing up years!   Here are my goals for this week:

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Finish reading Ashleigh’s Dream (Thoroughbred Series #5) by Joanna Campbell to the kids – didn’t read as much of the chapter book with all the extra activities this past week
2. Plan one special activity with the family – spent several days with Grandparents and Brother’s family, even made a trip to downtown Greenville
3. Play a Game with the Kids – played a couple old and new games with the kids this week!  Grandpa Russell taught them a simple version of 7 up & 7 down.  Grandpa & Grandma played their new “Herd Your Houses” game with them!
4. Prepare for Upcoming Winter Events – some preparation items were put on hold briefly while  my parents were visiting
5. Spend time Monday – Thursday helping the kids with Homework
6. Attend After School Activities
7. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
8. Plan a Fun Birthday Activity for the Kids – had a birthday party Friday night with Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Lee, Aunt Becky, and the boys!
9. Confirm my parents plans and activities for their upcoming visit
10. Celebrate Valentine’s Day – glad to spend time with my parents, we packed a lot of fun into the day!
11. Spend Extra Time with Extended Family – we split out time with our house and my brother’s house so it was nice to have some time together.  The kids enjoyed a lot of extra play time together too.

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day – didn’t keep up with it a couple days this past week and pretty sure I was low a couple days
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
3. Go to my  Doctor Appointments Scheduled this week

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day – took more than 1 day
2. Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week
3. Use up food items in our pantry and freezer – working through some of the items that need used
4. Clean House (Focus – Overall House Cleaning) – it wasn’t completely done, but thankful for Jake and the girls pitching in to help.  It wasn’t perfect, but nobody seemed to mind.
5. Organize Chaos (Focus – Game Closet) – got it cleaned out!
6. Yard Cleanup (Focus – Yard Clean Up) – we got some things cleaned up than had another wind storm over the weekend now have more branches and other items blown into the yard that need to be picked up now
7. Pet Care (Focus – Pick Up Salt Block for Goats) – we have a mineral bucket for them

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Respond to Inquiry – Business Relation Emails
3. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention – have some extra “catch-up” work to do this week
4. Work completed for clients

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Car – working on it
2. Payoff Outstanding Debt – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, bed, medical, and other debt) – working on it, made a small extra payment on it last week
3. Pay Bills & File Paperwork
4. Go grocery shopping one time to one store this week and stay within budget – went to more than 1 store and went over budget this week (really need to work on this one)
5. Sale Items no longer using or do not need on Facebook / Craigslist / Ebay – sold a couple items which we applied towards an extra payment on our debt

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Finish reading Ashleigh’s Dream (Thoroughbred Series #5) by Joanna Campbell to the kids
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a Game with the Kids
4. Prepare for Upcoming Winter Events
5. Spend time Monday – Friday helping the kids with Homework
6. Attend After School Activities
7. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
8. Plan a Fun Birthday Activity for the Kids
9. Celebrate Kid’s Birthday

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
3. Go to my  Doctor Appointments Scheduled this week

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day
2. Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week
3. Use up food items in our pantry and freezer
4. Clean House (Focus – Laundry Room)
5. Organize Chaos (Focus – Linens Cabinet)
6. Yard Cleanup (Focus – Pick Up Down Sticks)
7. Pet Care (Focus – Pick Up Hay for Goats)

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Respond to Inquiry – Business Relation Emails
3. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
4. Work completed for clients

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Car
2. Payoff Outstanding Debt – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, bed, medical, and other debt)
3. Pay Bills & File Paperwork
4. Go grocery shopping one time to one store this week and stay within budget
5. Sale Items no longer using or do not need on Facebook / Craigslist / Ebay

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.