April 2016 Goals

It has been three months since we moved to Florida.  These past three months have been so, so, so full of transition – new home, new community, new church, new job/staying at home with my babies.  Whew, lots of newness going on around here!  I’m sure I’ll share more about our adjustment soon.  For now, here are my goals for April. 

• Host Katherine’s second birthday party and enjoy time with my family.
• Read Boundaries as part of the Nancy Ray Book Club.
• Complete a 10 day sugar fast
• Write 3 blog posts
• Go on a date {or two} with Mike.
• Finish decorating the playroom
• Continue to work on my archiving photos project – decide what photos to print from the InterVarsity albums and research external hard drives and cloud based storage solutions
• Wake up at 6am everyday to have time before my babies wake up.
• Update my resume and Linked In profile.

October Goals

Image found here

 
School started this month for hubs.  It's been both good to be back in a Fall routine, but tough at the same time because it means I have to share my husband with the library.  We've had a few days of crisp, Fall weather which has been a welcomed surprise {since there aren't really seasons in Southern California}.  I have even managed to pick up a few PSL's as a special treat.

Anyway, I figured I would try something new and share my goals each month.  Even though we're midway through October, here's what I'm working on:

Schedule dentist appointments for me and hubs

Read Start 

Attend the EntreLeadership workshop

Write outline for a performance management manual at work

Buy mums and a pumpkin for our patio

Order Christmas cards

Participate in Strong Marriages Successful Ministries class

Make bed everyday

Exercise twice a week

Clean out my closet 

What about you?  Any goals you're hoping to accomplish before the end of this year?

Lovely Thoughts

When I was in fourth grade I memorized this verse in Missionettes {it was a Bible class for girls...yes, the name is a bit cheesy}, and I really believe the words were written on my heart.  Over the past twenty years or so this scripture comes back to mind every once in a while.  I've been thinking a lot about these words the past couple of weeks and so desperately wanting to live by them.  

It has been a surprisingly difficult task for both me and hubs to think on the lovely, true, excellent things, but we are working on developing this discipline.  For us, it's a process of reprogramming ourselves to think positively, speak positively and be full of thanksgiving.

Tonight I'm going to hang this print somewhere in our house where we see it often.  Sometimes we just need a visible reminder.


P.S. I downloaded this beautiful print for free from French Press Mornings.