August Goals

Vintage advertisement from my collection ~ doesn't that iced tea look refreshing?

 August already!  I'm not sure where the summer has gone, but it has flown by sooooo fast.  Here are some goals for August:
AUGUST  GOALS:
* Read through the August portion of the One-Year Devotional Bible.
* Finish questions for summer Bible study from Good Morning Girls -- I've already finished the daily Bible study, just need to finish answering the questions
*  Read 4 chapters in The Power of a Godly Grandparent
* Continue to implement some of the ideas from the above book
* Finish re-reading Say Goodbye to Survival Mode
* Begin to implement some of the ideas and strategies from the above book
* Memorize at least 4 Bible verses and review some older ones.
* Add 4 pages to my "What Do I Know About My God?" Scripture notebook
* Keep up with my Sunday School study -- The Heart of a Woman Who Prays
* Exercise or walk at least 20 times.
* Get to bed by 9:45 pm each night.
* Limit sugar.
* Drink enough water each day.
* Keep up with Kelly's missions in homemaking zones of the week.
* Take an overnight getaway with my husband
* Post in both of my blogs as often as possible
* Reduce grocery bill by $5 per week consistently
* Spend several hours updating my A-store.
* Do research for setting up an Etsy shop (I've already joined Etsy)
* Make at least a dozen items for sale at craft fairs.
* Write at least 4 encouraging notes to friends and family.
* Get together with old friends visiting from out of state
* Hopefully purchase a new computer
* Clean church and set up for potluck meal
* Make gift tags from last year's Christmas cards.
* Plan and complete several handcrafted gifts for August-September birthdays.
* Sort out and declutter my dad's basement
* Get my eyes tested

AUGUST'S HEALTHY HABIT:  Limit sugar

WORD FOR 2014: BALANCE


And here is how July went:
JULY GOALS:
* Read through the July portion of the One-Year Devotional Bible -- DONE!
* Complete summer Bible study from Good Morning Girls -- DONE!  (all but the questions)
*  Read 4 chapters in The Power of a Godly Grandparent -- not done
* Continue to implement some of the ideas from the above book -- not done
* Finish re-reading Say Goodbye to Survival Mode -- not done
* Begin to implement some of the ideas and strategies from the above book -- not done
* Memorize at least 4 Bible verses and review some older ones -- DONE!
* Add 4 pages to my "What Do I Know About My God?" Scripture notebook -- not done; this was intended to be my weekend project for Bible study, since the study from GMG only covered the weekdays.  But I ended up using the weekends to work on the weekly questions for each lesson.
* Keep up with my Sunday School study -- The Heart of a Woman Who Prays -- DONE!
* Exercise or walk at least 20 times -- not done; think I managed 10 or 12 times
* Get to bed by 9:45 pm each night -- not done; it was more like 10 pm each night
* Limit sugar -- done somewhat
* Drink enough water each day -- DONE!
* Keep up with Kelly's missions in homemaking zones of the week -- not done consistently
* Take an overnight getaway with my husband -- by the time you read this it will be -- DONE!
* Post in my regular blog as often as possible -- didn't manage this too often
* Celebrate Christmas in July on my Christmas blog -- DONE!
* Reduce grocery bill by $5 per week consistently -- not done
* Spend several hours updating my A-store -- not done
* Do research for setting up an Etsy shop (I've already joined Etsy)-- not done
* Make at least a dozen items for sale at craft fairs -- not done
* Write at least 4 encouraging notes to friends and family -- DONE!
* Clean church and set up for potluck meal -- DONE!
* Make gift tags from last year's Christmas cards -- not done
* Plan and complete several handcrafted gifts for August-September birthdays -- not done
* Sort out and declutter the main floor at my dad's house -- DONE! (but not completed -- I will have to make several more passes through each floor, but a lot has been accomplished!)

JULY'S HEALTHY HABIT:  Exercise -- started out the month great, exercising every day.  That changed as things got busier.