Last Year's Goals......

About a year ago, I posted the following list of things I wanted to do last year.  Unfortunately, I never actually posted the list on paper anywhere in my house/planner/etc.....so I essentially forgot about it.....or so I thought, until I went through the list and found that I actually HAD completed quite a few of the listed tasks!  This was actually quite a liberating/positive little exercise, because I realized that I actually HAVE accomplished a few things in the past year.....you know, BESIDES the day to day laundry/dishes/cleaning/packing lunches/making meals/visiting teaching/bathing and dressing children/changing diapers/reading scriptures/helping with homework/kissing owies/being Young Womens president/volunteering in classrooms/breaking up fights/PTO/driving children around/having playdates/paying bills/taping together books that a 3 year old has torn to shreds...and those sorts of everyday things.  Who knew I had it in me to be a (tiny bit) productive at times?  I MAY actually post pictures to prove it sometime soon.  But no promises....it wasn't on the list. :)

101 in 365

I saw this on another blog and thought it was a great idea. The list I saw was 101 in 1001, but I don't think I can wait 3 years to get to these....so I'm shooting for a year! That should still give me plenty of time....so here I go! I will return and change the color of the items I complete - and add a post for the 'tangible'/visible projects (if I'm feeling extra motivated.)

1. Potty train Wiggles - have taught her many times.  The rest is up to her...

2. Paint my computer armoire black and add hardware 

3. Hang pictures on my walls. wow. still haven't. sad.

4. Finish painting the front room

5. Paint the great room

6. Rearrange the front room furniture

7. Build a shelf for my entry

8. Create an art supplies storage system

9. Not raise my voice at my children for an entire week - working on it!!!

10. Teach Grins to read

11. Clean out the storage shed

12. Have another baby - want to!  Need my husband home for this one...

13. Teach Angel some basic piano lessons

14. Teach Wiggles to read - working on it

15. Get rid of things I haven't used in 6 months

16. Get rid of the antique bottles I dug up in the yard

17. Organize my garage

18. Make the kids job boards

19. Create a better storage system for the coat closet

20. Rake all the leaves in my yard (not that I haven't already done it, but I think the leaves are finally finished falling so this might be the last time this season?)

21. Organize the kids' closet

22. Install mirrors

23. Clean off the bar

24. Organize and label the food storage

25. Organize my recipes

26. Organize my magazine clippings

27. Organize my filing cabinet I did this but it could probably use it again...

28. Set up my new ipod touch :)

29. Vacuum the car

30. Get a shop vac so I can vacuum my car from home!

31. Set up a good 'drop zone' for the Mr.

32. Get on a better shopping/meal planning schedule

33. Stick to a 'computer time' budget for at least 1 week

34. Run a race

35. Go without after-dinner snacks for at least 1 week

36. Put hooks in the kids closet

37. Organize the hair accessories - have done this several times.  Need a better system that will stick!

38. Find a cute way to organize my jewelry

39. Organize the desk

40. Implement a good system for dealing with 'hot spots'

41. Implement a good deep cleaning schedule

42. Implement a good scrapbooking schedule

43. Get curtains back up in the front room (must finish painting first....)

44. Put a valance in my kitchen window

45. Hang curtains in the dining room

46. Hang curtains in the kitchen

47. Sew or alter at least one item

48. Make bread

49. Write in my journal every day for a month

50. Set up Sunday stations again

51. Set up a Family Home Evening lesson file

52. Set up our Family Home Evening board

53. Involve the children in Family Home Evening more

54. Organize a "paper" system

55. Change the oil in the car by myself (I always wait for the Mr. but it is something I could do on my own!)

56. Set up my new bookshelf!

57. Sort through my scrapbook things

58. Come up with a system for preserving the childrens' creations

60. Make a book of Family Traditions we enjoy and others we would like to implement

61. Catch up on Christmas ornaments (I've sort of gotten out of the habit the last 2 years....)

62. Organize my 'misc' closet

63. Organize my armoire

64. Organize my cedar chest

65. Set up a 'mud room' in the basement before the snow starts

66. Move my armoire to make room for the wood stove

67. Toast marshmallows in our fireplace!

68. Have a yard sale and DECLUTTER (this will obviously have to wait until Spring!)

69. Carol and deliver holiday goodies to everyone on our street

70. Get our Christmas Cards out the day after Thanksgiving

71. Exercise 5 days/week for at least a month

72. Make a new yule log for our family tradition

73. Set up a "Gift Shop" where my children can spend their chore bucks on gifts for family members and friends

74. Host a Christmas Caroling (or other sort of) party in our neighborhood

75. Update our 72 hour kits with warm clothing

76. Do a Fall Cleaning of our house (Deep cleaning)

77. Organize my laundry room closet

78. Be completely prepared for the sabbath on Sat night for a consecutive month

79. Have a "yes" day for my children

80. Go on a date with the Mr.

81. Go to the temple at least 4 times before June 2011

82. Get my Maine Physician Assistant Licensure

83. Take pictures (and blog them) of my children every Sunday for a month. (I can do this now that I have a new camera!!!!! THANK YOU Mom and Dad B!!!!)

84. Implement a good photo organization/sharing system.

85. Implement a new 'responsibility' motivation system for the children.

86. Stay home at least 1 weekday/week for a month.

87. Do a good, thorough cleaning of my house each week for a month.

88. Do a family service project at least once a month for 6 consecutive months.

89. Put on a family play.

90. Perform a song as a family.

91. Visit family in Utah and/or Oregon.

92. Get Angel's camera hooked up and teach her to use it.

93. Host a family sock hop

94. Implement a better recycling system

95. Smooth out and lay rocks in the driveway

96. Finish our gratitude chain (taller than the house)

97. Blog every Sunday for 2 months

98. Remember and call/send a card to every family member on their birthday for an entire year

99. Keep a New Year's Resolution for a least the entire month of January

100. Leave the Mr. a love note every day for a week.

101. Not complain about how much the Mr. is gone (aloud OR to myself) for an entire week! (NOT counting the week he is off....)

102. (OK, I keep thinking of more; why stop at 101?) Dance with my children every day for at least a week.

103. Have a freezer cooking day.