10 Goals for the end of November

Before we get to that, I wanted to tell you that I’m extending the $1.99 sale on my ebook for one more day. That’s because I made a blooper when I created the HALFOFF coupon code, so it wasn’t working for a while yesterday. It’s all fixed now, though, and I wanted to make sure that you all had a chance to take advantage of it.

My last goal post ended up being two weeks’ worth of goals, which actually worked out fine, because even after two weeks, I still only got 8/10 done.

1. Finish editing photos from my shoot with the W family.

Done. These are due to be picked up tomorrow.

(I decided to use a silly outtake for the cover this time.)

VERY happy to have this done, because I was feeling dreadfully guilty about how long it had taken me.

2. Figure out a new budget with Mr. FG.

Heh. For someone who blogs about money, I’ve been surprisingly lax about getting this done. But December is a new month, so maybe we’ll get around to it!

3. Post Cook’s Illustrated cookbook giveaway.

Done! And you guys have until Wednesday morning to enter, so hurry on over and do that before it’s too late.

4. Fill Operation Christmas Child box.

Done. And delivered!

5. Update Quicken (every week is my new goal!)

Oh yes! I got this done, and I’m embarrassed to say how easy it is if it’s only been a week since the last time. Ahem.

6. Prime and paint the living room/dining room.

Done. Photos to come soon (you can see the new color in the photo above, actually. Isn’t it marvy–fab?)

7. Finish scheduling/planning our December church music and musicians.

Done.

8. Read my Bible every night.

This is still not quite working for me…I have such a hard time remembering to do it unless it’s right away in the morning. So, maybe I’ll try reading before I go for a walk in the morning.

9. List two items on Ebay or Craig’s list

I did! I actually listed 4 items. Go me!! They haven’t sold yet since I listed them at the end of the week, but at least I made my goal of getting them listed.

10.Freecycle or donate items that can’t be sold.

Yup! I listed a number of things, and the pile of junk by my downstairs slider is steadily shrinking. Shweet.

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So, here’s my new list of goals (well, two of them are from last week, so they’re not really new.)

1. Figure out a new budget with Mr. FG.

I’m gonna get this done if for no other reason than that I’m tired of seeing it on my list!

2. Read my Bible every day.

As I mentioned above, I’m shooting for mornings now.

3. Update Quicken.

This every week thing is working out quite nicely for me, so I’m going to keep putting this on my list.

4. Organize kitchen cabinets.

They’re kind of a disaster…they’re sort of full, and they’re definitely disorganized. So disorganized that when I come home from the grocery store, I have to just kind of shove food into the cabinets willy-nilly, wherever it fits.

This is not making me happy.

5. Get half of a Christmas present made.

It’s not safe to tell you what this is, because a shocking percentage of my gift recipients read my blog. 😉

6. Make a list of presents that need to be made/bought.

I have sort of a mental list, but the paper sort would be preferable.

7. Clean up my laundry room.

Like my office, this is a room that I have trouble maintaining. I let it get super cluttered, and then I clean it up, and before I know it, it’s all cluttered again. I hate not being able to walk properly in there, though, so I want to get it cleaned up. Again.

8. Cancel my gym membership.

Mr. FG’s new schedule has not been remotely conducive to me getting to the gym, but it has helped me to get outside and go for walks, since he’s home when it’s daylight (his old schedule brought him home not too long before it got dark in the winter.)

So, until Joshua is old enough to stay home with the girls, it seems to be sensible to cut the gym membership (once Joshua can stay home with the girls, I can go to the gym without being dependent on Mr. FG’s work schedule). I’ll just walk and do other exercises here at home for now.

9. On a related note, walk four days this week.

Must. Get. Booty. Out. Of. Bed.

Promptly.

10. Give Sonia a haircut.

Sonia’s hair definitely looks best when it’s on the shorter end of things, and it’s way less tangly that way too. She knows this, and she’s been asking me to cut her hair for a good week or two now. I just haven’t gotten around to it. But I’m sure I will, now that I shared this with you!

You know what’s interesting? I sometimes think these goal posts are just going to be entirely off the frugality topic, but a lot of my goals each week end up being frugality-related without me even trying.

For example, I’m going to cut Sonia’s hair, discuss a budget with Mr. FG, cancel a gym membership, update my financial records, plan my Christmas shopping, and work on making a gift.

This frugal thing is in my bones. 😉

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Today’s 365 post: Saving Seeds

Joshua’s 365 post: Stockings!