Goals for January

I have decided I want to be more accountable to myself in 2015. A couple of years ago I printed  out weekly calendars from the  Web on which I would write down what I accomplished during the day, what I prepared for dinner, my appointments and errands, and maybe a small description of the weather that day. It was a lazy woman's journal of sorts; but it was fun to look back over at the end of the month, and I discovered that I accomplished quite a bit when I was actually writing it down. So I am hoping that I can reconnect with that type of journaling by writing these blog posts. I will set myself weekly goals in the areas of cleaning, organizing and purging, preparedness and maintenance, crafting and of course my finances. 

 In the area of cleaning, besides my regular must-do house work, I have decided this month to tackle my doors. My doors get really dirty. Some of it is dirty greasy fingerprints, but most of it is due to owning a Boxer dog. So one of my goals for January is to wash every door in the house (both sides). Yesterday I washed the downstairs bathroom door. (It really, really needs some paint) In the area of organizing and purging, I want to tackle one drawer, one shelf, one basket or box each day. Yesterday I really tackled my preparedness and maintenance tasks. In the photo above, you will see that I baked a batch of doggie treats for the next 2 weeks. I made a pot of turkey soup.  I cooked up 3 pounds of ground meat with onion, celery and carrots to make 4 servings of cooked hamburger for casseroles and the like. I also grated the remaining mozzarella and cheddar cheese from the Christmas holidays into 1 cup portions for the freezer. Last night we had the turkey soup with cheese and onion biscuits.

Because I didn't do any crafting yesterday, I decided to make 4 Christmas cards today....yes I said Christmas cards. I think I will make things a little easier on myself next year, if I make a few at a time throughout the year. People are always telling me to take photos of my cards, and I always forget. Usually they are already sealed inside the envelope by the time I think of it. If I do them throughout the year I will have a better chance of remembering to snap a picture. 

Because yesterday I didn't do any organizing/purging, I did all of my kitchen drawers today. I found  quite a few things that I could part with.......garbage, give away, or save for my big yard sale in the Spring. In the area of  preparedness, I made another batch of Bisquick mix in the big glass jar that I keep refrigerated.  I used up the last of it last night when I made the cheesy garlic biscuits. I used some of it tonight to make the Impossible cheeseburger pie with a baked potato and niblets corn on the side. I washed the exterior back door with the glass insert (both sides) while the cheeseburger pie was baking. 

In the area of finances, I didn't spend any cash in the last two days but....... I ordered some Verve stamps that were on sale for 60% off. I am feeling a little guilty about that, so I will promise not to order any more crafting material from the Web for the rest of this year. No more. I have enough. That's it. You heard it here folks. I told you I wanted to be more accountable and you will be helping me with that. I'll be back tomorrow.