Goals for week beginning 9/2/2012

The New Hampshire Troubadour cover for September 1947

 How the weeks are flying by!  I simply cannot believe that is now September!  Back many months ago when our daughter, son-in-law and four little ones told us about their planned visit for September, it seemed a long way off.  Loads of time to plan and prepare.  I've been working at planning pretty seriously for the last 4-6 weeks, but a lot of the actual preparation needed to be done much closer to the time.  Now it's coming close ... they'll be here 2 weeks from tomorrow!  I'm thrilled for their sakes (and ours too) that they are coming at a prettier, more hospitable time of year for our area.  (They usually have come in the winter.)  There will be more to see and do and more outdoor playtime for the kiddos.  I will try and keep up with posting some while they're here so you can see what we're up to.  Meanwhile ....

Here are my goals for the week:

*  Spend time in 1 Samuel Bible study
*  Finish Sunday School lesson 1 for new study
*  Make 2 pages for "What Do I Know About My God"?  notebook
*  Limit sugar
*  Keep up with crafting goals for birthdays and Christmas, plus maybe a dress for a granddaughter
*  Make an ironing board cover
*  Exercise 5 to 6 times
*  Keep up a good water intake
*  Get to bed by 9:30 or 10 pm each night
*  Post regularly in one or both of my blogs
*  Keep up with Kelly's Missions for  Zone 2, the kitchen
*  Decorate for fall
*  Do better at staying in touch with friends and faraway family
* Do some serious planning and preparing for our family's visit in mid-September
*  Clean several closets; free up some drawer space in dressers
*  Weed garden and keep up with harvesting vegetables and herbs
*  Make a daily time schedule for the things I need to do.


And here's how last week went:


*  Spend time in 1 Samuel Bible study -- DONE!
*  Finish Sunday School lesson 12 - DONE!
*  Limit sugar -- did okay with the beginning of the week, not so well toward the end.
*  Keep up with crafting goals for UFOs and Christmas, plus maybe a dress for a granddaughter -- well, I worked on a birthday gift and made curtains for the dining room, so crafting got done -- just not what I planned!
*  Exercise 5 to 6 times -- DONE!
*  Keep up a good water intake -- DONE!
*  Get to bed by 9:30 or 10 pm each night -- managed this maybe half the time.
*  Post regularly in one or both of my blogs  --- nope.  Posted once in each blog.  Sad.
*  Keep up with Kelly's Missions for  Zone 4, the bedrooms and Zone 5, the living room -- didn't really keep up with these, but did get some things done in Zone 4.
*  Do better at staying in touch with friends and faraway family -- didn't do as much as I'd hoped.
* Do some serious planning and preparing for our family's visit in mid-September -- planning done, preparing not so much.
*  Clean several closets; free up some drawer space in dressers -- not done.
*  Weed garden and keep up with harvesting vegetables and herbs -- harvesting done, weeding not.
*  Make a daily time schedule for the things I need to do -- DONE!


As always, I hope for a productive week.  Realistically, though, I'll be at a ladies' retreat over the weekend, so my week will be shorter than usually.  However, I pray that the weekend will be a spiritual "shot in the arm" and that much will be accomplished in the lives of all of us who will be blessed to attend.