How about some goals?

It’s been a little while since we had one of these, so here are 10 things I’d like to get accomplished (I’ll probably give myself 1.5 weeks to get these done.)

1. Write up a master account/password financial list.

Not to be all morbid and whatnot, but if something bad ever happens to me, I want Mr. FG to be able to access all of our accounts. I’m the one that takes care of bill-paying right now, so I need to compile all that information in one place.

2. Sell my broken camera lens on Ebay.

My beloved 50mm 1.4 lens gave up the ghost, and repair was going to be slow and expensive (it wasn’t going to be back from the shop in time for Miss Callie’s birth, and I really, really, REALLY wanted it for that! Taking pictures in dark hospital rooms is nigh onto impossible with my one other lens.)

I had some money that I was saving up for a new lens (I wanted a 35mm or 85mm), but I decided to just use that money to buy a new 50mm (this time I purchased a Canon Lens Hood to help protect the focus mechanism, since it seems to be a fairly common problem with this lens.) The good news is that even broken 50mm lenses do sell on Ebay (sometimes for a surprising amount!), so I’m going to list mine to recoup some of the cost of the new one.

3. Update Quicken.

Yeah. Still don’t trust myself to do that without a list!

4. Start on our tax return.

As I shared with you, I use Turbo Tax for this (love it!), and even though we don’t have all of our tax papers yet, I can at least start on my small business taxes, since I own all of those records.

5. Combine two credit card accounts for easier online access.

See that first goal up there? As a part of that project, I’ve been trying to simplify my financial work (it’s not going to hurt me to have simpler tasks either!). Anyway, there are two credit cards I want to keep, but one is under Mr. FG’s name and one is under mine (though we both have access to both accounts). This means there are separate logins for each card. I want to simplify and end up with just one log-in, but that means we both need to get on the phone to make this happen.

6. Finish editing a photo session, burn the CD, and deliver it.

They’re first birthday pictures for this little one. Isn’t she adorable??

7. Plan and schedule music and musicians for February

Organizing all of that is my job at church, and I want to get it done soon.

8. Launch Lisey’s secret project (which will then not be a secret)

We just need to do a few other things, and then we’ll be ready to share it with you!

9. Plan my 14 Days of Valentines for this year.

I’ve shared about this tradition of mine before. It’s really fun if you’ve got a spouse who likes to get gifts, but it does require some advance planning. And since I’ve only got a week before February hits, I need to get on this!

10. Exercise 4 days a week.

I had a weird cold/flu thing recently and that sort of got me off of my routine.

Ok! I’ll be back in a week and a half to report on how I did.

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