Goals for May 2018
It is some how already May. I don't know how that happened. Hubby and I always do our yearly goals but I don't usually do monthly goals. So I'm going to try it out and see what I think. I figure if I post about it, I might be more motivated.
Financial
-Put 15% of our income into our retirement accounts
-Put $1500 into the college account
-Grocery budget $400
-List 25 new items on eBay and Craigslist
-Work extra shifts while they are available
Health
-Go for a walk 5 times a week
-Work out for 15 minutes, 5 times a week
-Lose 10 pounds
Garden
-Plant more seeds to transplant later
-Transfer seedlings into bigger pots
-Get garden beds tilled
-Plant large garden bed
-Plant small garden bed
-Finish cleaning out by blueberry bushes
-Transfer compost into garden beds
-Finish digging out tree stump
Family
-Go on a date with Hubby
-Celebrate Mother's Day and my birthday
-Son finish freshman year of college
-YD's Junior prom
-Get YD's braces off
Personal
-Read 2 books
-FaceTime with OD once a week
-Go to dentist for cleaning
Cleaning
-Go through my closest. Get rid of things I don't wear.
-Go through the basement and get rid of 50 items that we don't use.
-Clean out dresser in office
Food
-Do 1 meatless meal a day.
-Try 2 new recipes
-Get another pantry item to a 6 month supply
-Use last summers frozen veggies
-No food waste
Auto
-Get son's car fixed
-Fix leak in Hubby's truck
It will be a busy month at work which will help with the financial goals. I am just going to have to do a good job on time management. If I think of any others or something changes I will update it as I go.
Financial
-Put 15% of our income into our retirement accounts
-Put $1500 into the college account
-Grocery budget $400
-List 25 new items on eBay and Craigslist
-Work extra shifts while they are available
Health
-Go for a walk 5 times a week
-Work out for 15 minutes, 5 times a week
-Lose 10 pounds
Garden
-Plant more seeds to transplant later
-Transfer seedlings into bigger pots
-Get garden beds tilled
-Plant large garden bed
-Plant small garden bed
-Finish cleaning out by blueberry bushes
-Transfer compost into garden beds
-Finish digging out tree stump
Family
-Go on a date with Hubby
-Celebrate Mother's Day and my birthday
-Son finish freshman year of college
-YD's Junior prom
-Get YD's braces off
Personal
-Read 2 books
-FaceTime with OD once a week
-Go to dentist for cleaning
Cleaning
-Go through my closest. Get rid of things I don't wear.
-Go through the basement and get rid of 50 items that we don't use.
-Clean out dresser in office
Food
-Do 1 meatless meal a day.
-Try 2 new recipes
-Get another pantry item to a 6 month supply
-Use last summers frozen veggies
-No food waste
Auto
-Get son's car fixed
-Fix leak in Hubby's truck
It will be a busy month at work which will help with the financial goals. I am just going to have to do a good job on time management. If I think of any others or something changes I will update it as I go.
You are going to be very busy this month but I am sure you will do it :).
ReplyDeleteFinancial -
- Grocery budget of $300 for the month only some to be spent on good specials if it will top up items already used. Other than that the majority will be held over to shopping on June 12th our next 2 monthly grocery shop day.
- Bank as much in our saving for our home bank account as we can and allocate any additional income either into savings, emergency home kitty, or needed items in the home.
Food -
- Cook all meals from scratch.
- Process rest of the lemons into either jams or for lemonade concentrate for the freezer.
- Blanch and freeze any corn or silver beet picked from the gardens for advanced food stores.
- Make a whole orange cake with the last of the oranges in the fridge and make some juice.
In the gardens -
- Amend soil and plough empty flower bed at the side of the house.
- Transfer trimmed canna lilies and other lilies into that bed from the other side of the house and dig out poisonous bulbs out of that bed once all the lilies are removed.
- Stake up large tomato plant in the front gardens away from Rosemary plant.
- Trim sweet potato vines to keep them in the garden beds and away from lawns and footpath.
- Continue to trench compost vegetable scraps into empty vegetable garden bed in back paddock.
- Supplement water seeds with any rinsing water or shower warm up water.
Health -
- See RSL advocate to have an additional health problem added to DH's military medical card to be covered for free. A recent medical complication caused by his military accident some years ago.
- Exercise by gardening and walking regularly. DH has lost around 10kg last year just by walking and gardening which is really good considering his injuries.
Sewing -
- Put new elastic in two skirts so they can be worn.
- Finish sewing handkerchiefs from upcycled fabric for myself, they are already cut out.
- If time try and make more black and white 5 layer cotton eye masks to put in my internet shop for sale.
Hope everyone gets all or most of their goals accomplished this month.
Sewingcreations15.
Good luck getting everything done.
DeleteThat is a nice goal list. We do a couple of vegetarian meals a week (try to make them vegan) but maybe I should throw in another just because. During the summer growing season both TheHub and I could eat vegetables only for every meal.
ReplyDeleteWhen my garden is in full swing we eat lots more fresh fruit and veggies. They taste so much better when they are local and in season.
DeleteLove the meatless meals goal! I know I will probably have a bit of a tough time with that this month since Ted & I will start meal planning together.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest goal is to put my old security deposit straight towards my loans and get them under 9k!
Woo Hoo! I know you can do it. We are so proud of all of your hard work. Good luck cooking with Teddy. Hope he likes to wash dishes.
DeleteBusy month with a very focused target. good luck with all of the goals.
ReplyDelete