7 GOALS FOR 2019 – WEEK 6 OF 52
Posted by Michelle on February 11th, 2019 . Filed under: 2019 Goals .
Hey hey, I’m back today with an update on my goals for the year.
So let’s get right to it, shall we?
1 – Lose 100 pounds.
I was super snacky this week. Maybe it was biological. Or maybe I suck at willpower. But the way I figure it, if I can get 8.2 pounds off between now and the end of the month, that’ll be 20 pounds total which = 10 per month. That puts me ahead of where I need to be to hit my goal for the year. I am not stopping though. Can’t stop. Won’t stop. The goal for this week is to be on point – but still enjoy Valentine’s Day.
Only 88.2 pounds to go!
2 – Read 4 books.
Still working on book #2 In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume.
1 down, 3 to go!
3 – Canning.
One of my favorite bloggers is also a canner. She has this great getting-started-with-canning tutorial, and I took notes from that. She also has whacks of canning recipes and some of them do not call for garden harvest, like cinnamon anise jelly. So I took notes (saved links) for those. The cinnamon anise jelly looks easy enough to be a good starter but that seems like it would be out of season to make and give to someone now. How long does a jar of canned jelly last? I don’t know … I should find that out.
4 – Bake a pie from scratch.
I found a recipe for homemade chocolate crust to go with my peppermint pudding pie filling and I can’t wait to make this Wednesday night for Thursday – Valentine’s Day.
5 – Save $1000 cash.
I lost my debit card (and found it 10 minutes after I had called the bank to cancel it and get a new one sent to me) and had to borrow from my cash to pay at the dollar store. I had a return that I got cash back for, and then I was charged $12 more at the Fred Meyer grocery pick-up and got that refund in cash too. So I paid myself back the Dollar Tree money and had some plus taking me to $122 saved. When I set this particular goal, it was totally random. No plan for the money in mind. But then the husband found a deal + used some future cruise credits and booked us a spring break cruise to Mexico in 2020. So, this $1000 may very well be spending money for that.
Only $878 to go!
6 – Self-care.
Loofah. Nair. Wax. Enjoying old-school jams on the way to and from work. Trekking down to Trader Joe’s in a blizzard to pick up this umami seasoning because new things go out of stock quick there. We also picked up some pancake bread (because of goal number one, I controlled myself to not even an entire slice). I enjoyed my Frank Sinatra station on Alexa while finishing Valentine wrapping, crafting, and cards and then moved on to wrap 4 birthday presents for my daughter’s birthday. In June. I love to take my time wrapping so that gifts are beautiful, and doing things well in advance takes away stress.
7 – Do something with the blog.
Rollin’ rollin’ rolllin’ ….
I’ll catch you here next Monday with this week’s update.
TTFN!