May Goals - Revisited

Where in the world did the month of May go?  I wish I knew!

On May 1st I posted my goals, and now, as promised, I'm letting you know how things turned out.  I can only give myself a "C" for the month.  I had no idea how busy the month of May was going to be!

1.  Finish the writing curriculum with the kids.  (still need to finish up.)
2.  Learn how to french braid.  (Yay!!  done!  Thanks T!)

woo-hoo!  I did this!

3.  Play more music in the house.  (definitely accomplished this goal!)  
4.  Drink 8 glasses of water each day.  (not even close, have to do better.)
5.  Find a music teacher for the kids.  (still working on it.)
6.  Cut grocery bill to $200 per week.  (we did it!  total spent $788.56!)
7.  Finish the wall hanging.  (hopefully I will finish it in June)
8.  Do government unit study with the kids.***  (June)
9.  Learn how to make hair bows.  (ahh...June too)
10. Eat out no more than 4 times.  (we totally blew this one.)
11. Get pictures hung in our bedroom. (done!!  thanks honey!)
12. Be in bed every night no later than 12. (so-so on this one.)
13. Clean out little man's closet and donate his clothes.  (check!)
14. Exercise 6 times each week.  (what was I thinking?!)
15. Shop the Publix sale each Wednesday.  (shopped the sale, just not on Wednesday to get the penny item.  I will try again next month.)
16. Not miss any days of read aloud time.  (didn't miss a single day!!)
17. Get hanging baskets on the front porch.  (sweet hubby did this for me!)

18. Catch up our photo albums.  (never touched them.  I'll shoot for June.)

***For our unit study we are using Government 101 - A Beginner's Guide to the Federal Government by Laura Petrisin.

It's not too hard to figure out what my goals are for June.  I'll be making a list of all the things I didn't get to in May and adding more time reading my Bible,  more praying, making the hospitality calendar my husband asked for and making a reading chart for my younger children.  There are things that we accomplished in May that I didn't put on my goal list but I'm very glad about.  I finished up a list of thank you notes, the boys got the garden planted (strawberries, tomatoes, green peppers, banana peppers, jalapeno peppers, pumpkins and sunflowers) and we also did a fair amount of entertaining during the month of May.  In fact, we have guests coming tonight to stay for a few days and we are quite busy this morning preparing for them.  Later today, Lord willing, I will post our menu with recipes AND I've got a really wonderful short-cut to share with you for making delicious homemade cinnamon rolls.  I made the first batch for our company last night and wouldn't you know they got eaten up so it looks like I'm doing it again! 

May Goals

It's May 1st {already} and I've decided to post my goals for the month.  Each month I set goals on the 1st day and evaluate my progress on the last day.  I promise to let you know how things turn out.   ~smile~

1. Finish the writing curriculum with the kids.
2. Learn how to french braid.
3. Play more music in the house.
4. Drink 8 glasses of water each day.
5. Find a music teacher for the kids.
6. Cut grocery bill to $200 per week.
7. Finish the wall hanging.
8. Do government unit study with the kids.
9. Learn how to make hair bows.
10. Eat out no more than 4 times.
11. Get pictures hung in our bedroom.
12. Be in bed every night no later than 12.
13. Clean out little man's closet and donate his clothes.
14. Exercise 6 times each week.
15. Shop the Publix sale each Wednesday.
16. Not miss any days of read aloud time.
17. Get hanging baskets on the front porch.
18. Catch up our photo albums.

I will admit some of these are going to be pretty hard, especially the grocery budget one.  Someone ( wish I could remember who) once said, "If you aim for nothing, you'll hit it every time". I might as well aim for something, right?