Saturday, July 01, 2017

July goals


Not sure how July came around so fast, but June has been busy, so I guess that's part of it.  Time to set some goals:
* Continue an informal study of Come Before Winter, by Charles Swindoll, for my quiet time
* 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
* Continue new study for Sunday School -- A Woman Who Reflects the Heart of Jesus
* Exercise or walk at least 20 times.
* Get to bed by 9 pm each night. 
* Limit sugar and red meat.
* Go strawberry picking.
* Drink enough water each day.
* Drink kombucha each day.
* Keep up with Flylady's missions in homemaking zones of the week.
* Post in my Christmas blog every day for Christmas in July
* Post in this blog most weekdays if possible
* Continue working on several UFO craft projects
* Continue planning for family birthday gifts and work on crafting any handmade ones
* Declutter filing cabinets and bookshelves
* Write at least 4 encouraging notes to friends and family
* Help and encourage my local daughter as I'm able
* Clean church and set up for potluck meal
* Sort out and declutter my dad's house; work on estate
* Plan meals with a greater emphasis on healthy eating
* Finalize trip plans to see loved ones in Nevada
* Continue upholding my husband as he continues on with our church's pastoral search

JULY'S HEALTHY HABITS:  Drink enough water/exercise/eat healthfully/drink kombucha

WORD For 2017: Stewardship

And here is how June went:
* Continue an informal study of Come Before Winter, by Charles Swindoll, for my quiet time -- 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!
* Finish study for Sunday School -- Following God With All Your Heart -- DONE!
* Order books for our next Sunday School study  -- DONE!
* Exercise or walk at least 20 times -- not done, though I may have come close.
* Get to bed by 9 pm each night -- not done
* Limit sugar and red meat -- did great with red meat, not so well with sugar
* Drink enough water each day -- not done
* Keep up with Flylady's missions in homemaking zones of the week -- not done, but I'm getting there.
* Post in my Christmas blog at least once or twice weekly -- managed twice this month, but I've been writing and scheduling lots of posts for Christmas in July
* Post in this blog most weekdays if possible -- DONE!
* Continue working on several UFO craft projects -- DONE!
* Continue planning for family birthday gifts and work on crafting any handmade ones -- DONE!
* Declutter filing cabinets and bookshelves -- not done
* Spend several hours updating my A-store -- not done, and now Amazon is apparently discontinuing A-stores.  Too bad.  I loved having one.
* Write at least 4 encouraging notes to friends and family -- DONE!
* Help and encourage my local daughter as I'm able -- done, but not much
* Clean church and set up for potluck meal -- DONE!
* Plan a graveside service and family gathering in memory of my dad -- DONE!
* Sort out and declutter my dad's house -- not done
* Scan loads of old family photos -- DONE!
* Plan meals with a greater emphasis on healthy eating -- did fairly well with this
* Finalize trip plans to see loved ones in Nevada -- done except for booking a hotel for one night
* Continue upholding my husband as he continues on with our church's pastoral search -- DONE! (the upholding, that is, not the search.  I wish it was done!)

JUNE'S HEALTHY HABITS:  Drink enough water/exercise/eat healthfully/drink kombucha
WORD For 2017: Stewardship -- did okay with these.

Obviously, I'm hoping for a productive and enjoyable July!

4 comments:

  1. Well, Dear One, you know what the Lady says, "You're not behind; just start where you are." Your lists always exhaust me. Ha!

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  2. I am sorry, Vee! I hate to add to anyone's exhaustion. Yet I find another saying (not from the FlyLady) to be very true in my life: "If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time". So I keep trying to aim at something and yes, even jumping in where I am at times, even though my natural tendency is to try and catch up.

    Have a wonderful weekend and 4th!

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  3. My friends at our reunion last week talked about Fly Lady but I felt so overwhelmed that I couldn't think about all the things I should have done and needed to do. Then I remembered "Start Where You Are"!

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  4. Yes, so true. Start where you are! So neat that all of your old youth group friends are talking about FlyLady.

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