Monthly Goals - The Nap Edition

January is a tough month for me up here in Alaska.  The holidays are over and you are back to the grind without the thought of another long weekend from work for months.  I go to work in the dark and come home in the dark and that inspires me to take lots of naps.  Since giving up coffee, I truly am energized by light.

I did OK with my goal list.  Could have been better with the store business side of things and I ignored some cleaning chores but in order to take so many naps, something had to give.

Let's see how I did during my awake periods....

1.  Read at least one book a month.  I stomped this one!  Here are the books I read.

Not only did I read Trim and Healthy Mama, I started the plan today.  So far so good and I will let you know how I do.  I hated the Wideacre book, and that is being nice.  The main woman in the book was just pure evil all the time and I read it to the end just to make sure someone killed her.  It had explicit themes in it, mostly incest, that I could live with out.  The bad news is that I bought the whole series and now have to decide if I want to try the second book or burn them.  I'm leaning toward door number 2, at least that way we will have a warm fire.

I read a couple books on my kindle.  They were both free and I love that.  Unfortunately both of the books I read are part of a series that I will have to purchase if I want to know what's next.

An Untamed Land by Lauraine Snelling was excellent and I have already request the entire Red River series on the paperback swap.  I was able to snag a couple more free kindle books from her so I'm excited to read the next one.  I read another kindle book that I can't seem to track down now, Thinking I might have deleted it already.  It was a good book, but not good enough to buy or spend my paperback swap credits on.

Here is what I am currently reading.

The Tightwad Gazette is great and fun to read.  I can always use more frugal tips!  I'm still reading Atlas Shrugged.  I like it but I don't find it easy to read and I spend a lot of time re-reading parts.  Exo-Vaticana is an end times Bible prophecy book.  End times prophecy is one of my passions, especially when it deals with aliens.  Did you know that X-Files was my favorite TV show?  On the Kindle I am reading The Frugal American Housewife.  Not sure when it was written but I'm guessing mid-1800's and it is great.  I'm not sure what she is talking about a lot of the time but I think the old ways are definitely  wiser.  I now know how to boil a pig head because apparently the cheeks are delicious.

2.  List 5 new items and craft one new item to sell.  As far as my goals for Spindrift Gifts, I was able to list more than 5 new items and most of them have already sold but here is a few things that are still available.

I am about ready to list another pair of the pedicure socks, we have a lot of CDs left and I have no clue why we have a book on Syphilis.  Feel free to drop into our store and shop or not.  In February I will be listing more cameras, DVDs, iPods and new hand-crafted items.

That's just a couple of my monthly goals.  How are you doing with yours?

Lovin' life and it's time for a siesta .

Weekend Chores - Spring Update

This weekend something new went on my to do list that I am super excited about!  Spring is here and it is now a goal to get out and get our 30 minutes of fresh air each day.

Here is what was on  my list this weekend.

The always list:

Laundry - 2 loads and hang to dry
Bathroom - Scrub and sanitize
Kitchen - ditto the bathroom

This weekend or until done list

Kill the mouse - it's taunting us now and watching movies with us

Kitchen list

Make bread - will happen Monday because I forgot to get the sourdough out
Make the pot of beans - yep, create the magic
Dehydrate the excess veggies and fruit - hubby came home with extra mushrooms

eBay store list

reconcile the spreadsheet for February - not even close to happening yet
list 5 items -  on #4 currently

Stormy list

Hug, love and pinch on - and work on numbers
Extra Bubbles bath

Personal list

Keep reading Atlas Shrugged
Knit a pair of mittens
Get 30 minutes of fresh air and walk
Update blog 

Here is what I wish was on my list

Ha Ha - Cabin fever is setting in apparently.  I got to get going, I've only accomplished about 20% of my list and it is Sunday evening already!

Lovin' life 

Weekend Goals - Progress Updated

Stormy and I are all ready for bedtime, just stories and hugs left to do.  Thought I'd update our progres on these goals, made some and failed others...

I apologize for another boring post but I treat this blog as my personal journal as well.  I have always been a person to write down goals and mark them off a list as I accomplish them.  I won't hold it against you if you skip this post.  I've linked to my favorite recipes.

Kitchen goals:

Make Caprese Quiche x2 (one for Monday's staff lunch and one for the fam)- Sunday
Make Cabbage Soup for fasting days on Tues/Thurs
Load up the dehydrator with apple slices and try not to eat them all up
Make a pot of chickpeas - Dehydrate and make Chana Masala w/Couscous
Make bread
Cookies - Stormy has been asking for them
Note to self:  I need another crockpot...
***Made all of these yummy goals except loading the dehydrator up with the chickpeas - the apples are hogging all the trays at the moment.  The quiche was a winner here at home and the soup is currently cooling down.  The Molasses cookies we made are killing my diet.

Personal goals
Finish Stormy's sock and start MIL Christmas socks
Finish ordering gifts for staff
Order soap base
Take time to read Atlas Shrugged - Part of my yearly reading list
Sleep in Saturday - best goal ever
Load new pictures into digital frame
***I just need to bind off Stormy's sock but I wanted to take a pic. of it before I did and lighting in the house today is horrible (it's a stormy day out there).  Gifts and soap ordered.  I love that all the gifts I ordered were from an educational store.  I was able to read a couple of chapters in Atlas Shrugged - I still don't know who John Gault is but I've learned not to ask questions that cannot be answered.  I slept in Saturday and Sunday.  Grrr, forgot about loading pictures into the digital frame
. Weekly chores:
Laundry
Scrub bath & kitchen
Make shampoo and bathroom cleaner
***I made the bathroom cleaner and it made it a breeze to clean the kitchen and bath.  One more load of laundry to do tomorrow.  I haven't made the shampoo but I did set aside the coconut milk needed for it from the Chana Masala. 
For Fun
Work with Storm and preschool
Go for walk and puddle splashing
Start cleaning up outside toys - snow is in the forecast
***Storm and I did work on some preschool activities, but failed to get outside much.  Stormy weather kept us in.

Stormy and Zoe rock hunting at the beach

Signs of Fall

Exercise:
Elliptical Sat/Sun 30 mins
50% here, too lazy on Saturday but got her done today!
Spiritual:
Family Bible Reading
Sunday Worship
***We,as a family,never miss this unless we are away from home.  We are reading now in Genesis and the message today was about end times prophecy.

That should feel up most of my weekend.  It looks more impressive on "paper" but in truth it won't be hard to accomplish and there will still be loads of time hugs and tickles.

Happy weekend to all!

Always so sad when the weekend winds down but thankful to have a good job to go to.  Hope you all had a great weekend as well!