December Goals

Vintage card from my collection.  Mailbox images are some of my favorites!

Wow, where has the year gone?  Neither my hubby nor I can believe it is December already.  But it is ... the calendar doesn't lie. 

As I mentioned yesterday, I hope to post each day in December, both here and in my Christmas blog, Mrs. T's Christmas Kitchen.  The posts will be different in each blog, so be sure to check them both out.

My first order of business in any new month is to set some goals, so here are my goals for December:
* Read through the December portion of the One-Year Devotional Bible.
* Finish questions for You Are Loved summer Bible study  -- I've already finished the daily Bible study, just need to finish answering the questions
* Complete an Advent study: The Road to Christmas
* 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.
* Attend Christmas events at church
* Do some special Christmas activities with grandchildren
* Take down fall decor and decorate for Christmas
* Attend a Christmas party for Mr. T's work
* Post in both of my blogs every day if possible
* Reduce grocery bill by $5 per week consistently
* Spend several hours updating my A-store.
* Finish 2 handcrafted Christmas gifts
* Purchase remaining gifts
* Plan a getaway with my hubby
* Wrap Christmas gifts
* Mail Christmas gifts to faraway friends and family
* Send Christmas cards
* Write at least 4 encouraging notes to friends and family.
* Clean church and set up for potluck meal
* Plan and begin my Christmas baking
* Plan for and carry out plans for Christmas Eve and Christmas dinner
*  Continue trying to help and encourage my elderly dad
* Sort out and declutter my dad's attic
* Transfer important items to new computer
* Finish typing some family history for my mother-in-law

DECEMBER'S HEALTHY HABITS:  Walking/nurture creativity

WORD FOR 2014: BALANCE


So here is how November went:

* Read through the November portion of the One-Year Devotional Bible -- DONE!
* Finish questions for You Are Loved summer Bible study  -- I've already finished the daily Bible study, just need to finish answering the questions -- not done, though I did continue working at it
*  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 -- DONE!
* Keep up with my Sunday School study -- The Heart of a Woman Who Prays -- DONE!
* Exercise or walk at least 20 times -- not done, though I managed quite a few times
* Get to bed by 9:45 pm each night -- not done
* Limit sugar -- managed this for part of the month
* Drink enough water each day -- never enough, I'm sure
* Keep up with Kelly's missions in homemaking zones of the week -- not done consistently, though I managed pretty well
* Participate in our church's missions conference -- DONE!
* Post in both of my blogs as often as possible -- 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, now tabled till the new year
* Finish 9 handcrafted Christmas gifts -- finished 7 of them
* 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, now tabled till the new year
* Plan and begin my Christmas baking -- not done
* Plan for and carry out plans for Thanksgiving dinner -- DONE!
*  Continue trying to help and encourage my elderly dad -- DONE!
* Sort out and declutter my dad's attic -- not done
* Do some baking for my expectant daughter's freezer -- DONE!
* Transfer important items to new computer -- not yet done
* Type some family history for my mother-in-law -- begun but not finished; I may be half done

Hoping for a productive December!