Poll: This week's GOALS

susanmosley · May 2010

I assume other people do this.

Each Sunday night, I set my goals or my focus for the week. I have come to terms with the fact that I can not do it all and that I need to actively place myself on my priority list. So, deciding what is most important for me at the beginning of each week has proven successful in helping me be the person, wife, and mom that i want to be.

What are your goals for the second week in May 2010?

detroitblondie · May 2010

My goal for this week is to put together my first ever yard sale- successfully! DH & I went through the house this weekend and got all the stuff together we want to sell and even priced it. Now the remaining logistics of placing Craigslist ads, signs in the neighborhood, etc. need to get done.

K8skates · May 2010

To just get the main floor of my house looking clean again and to get thankyou cards out for DD's blessing...

If I have some extra time I think I will pull out some stuff to put out with MIL's stuff at her annual neighborhood garage sale...

brightning · May 2010

Get the house ready for MIL's visit and DD's bday party. The goal is to not do it all at the last minute so that I'm not exhausted before guests arrive.

little_mrs · May 2010

My goal is to set some goals, lol! Just kidding. I answered in the to-do list post below.

BeanieWeanie · May 2010

I mainly just want to get the house clean & tidy (and do some repairs - hole in the wall, etc.) and pack for our vacation - we're leaving on Sunday and I hate coming home to a long to-do list.

janbrady · May 2010

1) Set-up rollover IRA for my 401K and Pension from my job

2) Book condo for our vacation this August

3) Go to consignment shop to look for warm clothes for June camping trip for DD

4) Call Chicco to complain about broken high chair - maybe order new straps

This is in addition to three lunch dates and my regular chores, grocery shopping, and laundry routine.

susanmosley · May 2010

I see that these are really similar to the to do lists.

What about long term goals? What are your goals for this month? For the summer?

1. I want to figure out how to save more money - actually I want to implement the things I know but don't do.

2. I want to focus on the food my family eats - continue making steps towards more organic, better quality, from local sources, etc.

3. Exercise and stick with it...consistently.

4. I want to make better use of my time (i.e. get off the internet!! - as I start a new post. OY. I worry I will never accomplish this goal!)

Stacyc625 · May 2010

Goals this week: plan menu for Gisele's birthday party, book camping weekend for Memorial day, fully book my lake rental property for the summer (only have 3 more weeks to fill), order Gisele's big girl bedding, research summer pool memberships, play date with MAPrincess and her cutie kiddos, buy tickets for Sesame Place for Gisele's birthday, make the Blues Clues' birthday baseball hats for Gisele's birthday party, go for my prenatal massage, cut and gather all of my herbs onFriday- to sell at the Farmers Market on Saturday and find and interview a birthing doula.

Its all over the place this week- and that is everything besides the usual errand running, work, school, cleaning and cooking. ::sigh::

smiling76 · May 2010

1. Choose location and schedule DS's second birthday party.

2. Book hotel for the night we fly in for our cruise! OMG---getting so nervous about this trip (first without DS)

3. Go through DS's clothes and pack away what is too small

4. Give DS's room a good cleaning (and my room too)

5. Need to prepare this week's menu still (ugh)

Temp174496125006552 · May 2010

I need to unpack from our Chicago trip (we got back late yesterday afternoon) and do laundry. I desperately need to go food shopping. I was going to take Ben and go this morning, but his shopping cart cover and my recycleable shopping bags are in DH's car. So, I'll go tonight. I need to make a few phone calls and will do those during Ben's naps. I need to dust and vacuum the first floor, mop the kitchen floor and clean the upstairs bathroom. I'm sure there are other things, but that's what comes to mind right away.

Alexandra*sMom · May 2010

HAVE A BABY!

susanmosley · May 2010

Alexandra*sMom:
HAVE A BABY!

That's it!? Maybe you should aim for something a bit loftier!

Obviously joking. I hope you achieve your goal!!

jenifairies · May 2010

Take my finals (2 down, 1 to go)
Pass classes (2 As and a potential disaster based on final #3)
Sew 10 recieving blankets
Finish applique pattern and get one ready to sew

And Sat/Sun DH and I are going through our storage unit to get things ready for a garage sale. Pray for me! ha ha

axr8111 · May 2010

This is too funny, because I was just writing down my goals in the order of priority. Here's what I have so far.

#1. NO MORE TV. It was never on much before but I would use it to help when I needed to cook dinner or if DS was crabby. No more. There are better ways to entertain him even for those 30 mins.

#2. Dinner at 6 every single night. We tend to eat between 6 and 7:15. It is often too late for DS so he ends up eating alone. So now, dinner will be ready at 6. If DH is home, which he usually is, he can eat with us, if not, he can warm dinner up.

#3. 6 days of working out. That's been easy to do most weeks but want to make sure it doesn't go down the list of priorities.

#4. Do at least 1 hour of cleaning a day instead of trying to pack it all into one day. Not just straitening out or dishes but actually cleanging, like bathrooms, laundry, floors etc. I still need to keep up with the daily picking up toys, dishes,making beds, dinner, etc.

#5. Take time out of each and every hour that DS is awake to sit on the floor and just play. So this means, I can't clean for 1 hour straight. I can do stuff, but then have to sit and play and then get back to doing stuff that needs to get done.

susanmosley · May 2010

axr8111:
This is too funny, because I was just writing down my goals in the order of priority. Here's what I have so far.
#1. NO MORE TV. It was never on much before but I would use it to help when I needed to cook dinner or if DS was crabby. No more. There are better ways to entertain him even for those 30 mins.
#2. Dinner at 6 every single night. We tend to eat between 6 and 7:15. It is often too late for DS so he ends up eating alone. So now, dinner will be ready at 6. If DH is home, which he usually is, he can eat with us, if not, he can warm dinner up.
#3. 6 days of working out. That's been easy to do most weeks but want to make sure it doesn't go down the list of priorities.
#4. Do at least 1 hour of cleaning a day instead of trying to pack it all into one day. Not just straitening out or dishes but actually cleanging, like bathrooms, laundry, floors etc. I still need to keep up with the daily picking up toys, dishes,making beds, dinner, etc.
#5. Take time out of each and every hour that DS is awake to sit on the floor and just play. So this means, I can't clean for 1 hour straight. I can do stuff, but then have to sit and play and then get back to doing stuff that needs to get done.

Good list. This is exactly what I was talking about. I hope you have success with your new plan!

mando618 · May 2010

I want to get all of my summer flowers planted. Once the outside is finished then I can focus on the inside of the house.

gatogrrl · May 2010

Last week, I made a master list of everything I wanted to accomplish over the summer. It is too long. But my mini-goal is to get done at least four things on the list a week.

So, let's see, what to do? (You are actually prompting me to think about this as I type, instead of whatever time-wasting I was going to do...)

-- begin revision of a short story

-- schedule a haircut and pedicure, and get 2 summer sandals repaired

-- unpack 5 boxes from the basement

-- for the love of god, finally front-face poor DD's car seat, which I've been putting off forever.

Thanks! I feel somewhat purposeful now!

gatogrrl · May 2010

Oh, long-term goals:

1. I, too, want to get into the rhythm of making healthy, organic meals. This means taking advantage of the farmer's markets, setting up a recipe binder (I have tons of recipes scattered all over the place in books, on the internet, and loose-leaf, and I want to get all the best ones in one place and categorized), and keeping a good schedule of pureeing vegetables to sneak into picky DD's meals.

2. Work out every day and take vitamins in preparation for TTC #2. This was so easy the first time around, so hard for me now for some reason.

3. Revise a bunch of story drafts that are languishing in my files and submit at least three a month to the various lit mags. Set up a spreadsheet to track that.

4. Research and select a daycare/preschool for DD to enter in 2011.

mandymack · May 2010

I totally do this; I love to get out my notepad and jot down what I hope to accomplish/tackle during the week and things I need to improve on... sort of like little reminders.

This week:

1. Learn how to jar my home-made tomato sauce and then, actually do it!

2. Drink a glass of fat-free milk with B, L, and D and have my fruit snack in the AM and my veggie snack in the PM.

3. Go through our garage and sort all the crap in preparation for my Garage Sale... some time at the end of this month. ha!

4. PEP TALKS for Emily all week long and extra praise for using the potty, especially the mornings of Preschool. I've gotten lax about the praise as she seemed to just get it so easily and she's been having accidents lately.

5. Shut the TV off at 10:00pm and get in bed for one hour of reading before turning off the lights.

cp760 · May 2010

Declutter. Throw away a ton of crap and make a massive yard sale pile!

susanmosley · May 2010

I'm getting motivated reading!

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