2018 Goals - Week 36 of 52
Egg-citing news this week! I began a post about our Montana trip but it has taken longer than expected to get words on the page and the best photos uploaded. It's coming though!
1. Complete 30 days of yoga. COMPLETE! I followed YouTube channel Yoga with Adriene to complete this goal. True 30 day yoga journey. 30/30 I am thinking about doing a second 30 day yoga session. I miss yoga. I wanted to keep up with it and practice once a week but it hasn't happened this year.
2. Read 20 books. 32/20 COMPLETE!
1. MaddAddam - Margaret Atwood
2. Your Money or Your Life - Vicki Robin
3. The Cold Dish (Longmire Mystery series)- Craig Johnson
4. A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman
5. Better Than Before - Gretchen Rubin
6. The Whole30 - Melissa Hartwig
7. Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly
8. Manhattan Beach - Jennifer Egan
9. Hillbilly Elegy - JD Vance
10. The Perfect Stranger - Megan Miranda
11. Outliers: A Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell
12. The Salt Line - Holly Goddard Jones
13. Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir - Jennifer McGaha
14. Endurance - Scott Kelly
15. Counting by 7s - Holly Goldberg Sloan
16. The Great Alone - Kristen Hannah
17. The Genius of Birds - Jennifer Ackerman
18. Into the Water - Paula Hawkins
19. The Nightingale - Kristen Hannah
20. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
21. The Year of Less - Cait Flanders
22. Wicked Plants - Amy Stewart
23. Go Set a Watchman - Harper Lee
24. Marry Him - Lori Gottlieb
25. Stories I Only Tell My Friends - Rob Lowe
26. The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
27. Beartown - Fredrik Backman
28. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry - Fredrik Backman (LOVED this book!)
29. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
30. Britt-Marie Was Here - Fredik Backman
31. Us Against You - Fredrik Backman
32. Educated: A Memoir - Tara Westover
Currently reading A Sand County Almanac - Aldo Leopold (I need to finish this book. I usually pick it up and read a few pages at the end of the workday while I wait on the clock.)
Currently reading Furiously Happy - Jenny Lawson
Currently listening to The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware
Up Next: Stumbling on Happiness - Daniel Gilbert
3. Visit a National Park. DOUBLE COMPLETE! I visited the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park in July. I also visited Glacier National Park in August.
4. Save $2500 for house updates. I need to put $154 into the account every other paycheck (13 times) to make my goal. I paid for vacation last week so no saving. $2200/$2500
5. Save $1000 towards a new car. I have an automatic draft set up for $50 every month to go into my car savings account. $957/$1000
6. Add 3 chicks to my flock. COMPLETE! My new Easter Egger, Betty, laid her first egg on Tuesday! And it is more green than blue. I am so excited about it!
7. Cut back my food budget to $325/month ($3900/year). $2758/$3900 I spent $78 at Aldi on Sunday and then Hurricane Florence has decided to come to NC and hell broke loose in Costco. I needed dog food, frozen fruit, fig bars and coffee. My one splurge was Annie's mac and cheese. In my defense it was on sale and it makes good "camp" food if our power goes out and we need to cook on the camp stove. Oh wait.... I have a vintage gas range that isn't plugged into electric. So if something happens to natural gas we'd have to cook on the camp stove.
8. No buying personal clothing and other items other than the following few items. FAILED $552/$300
Even though I failed this goal, I am happy with my purchases. I will still aim to not spend anymore this year on clothing and other personal items. I will still get a few haircuts and replace anything that becomes ruined.
I found the best undies at Aldi on Sunday. 6 pairs for $10 and they are seamless. I wore a pair already and they don't move and basically feels like I'm not wearing anything.
Here are my estimates on the cost of the items I plan on buying in 2018 and what I really spent:
Hiking shoes$90 $73
Running shoes$60 $30
Mascara$10 $5
Bra$30 $68
Undies$20 $19
Haircuts$90 $36 so far
Not planned:
Work pants$0 $20
Summer tops$0 $40
Prana shorts and two tanks$0 $87
Chacos$0 $110 (old pair destroyed)
2 Brooks sports bras and running shorts$0 $64
9.Complete a third round of Whole30. Be active 3 days a week. So I have decided to nix the Whole30 reboot. I am instead going to make a goal of being active at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes or more.
Last week I was lazy and skipped the gym!
Thursday - walked the dog
Friday - walked around NC Folk Festival
Saturday - walked around NC Folk Festival
10. Have a better, more efficient garden. I was going to resow the spinach seeds but with the hurricane coming and the thought of getting 10 inches of rain I decided to wait.
11. Sell excess produce, honey and eggs at my neighborhood farmers market. And just as I think I'll have extra eggs... the fall molt begins. My three new layers are keeping me fed with eggs though!
12. Be a better beekeeper. I have been a real slacker. It's been well over 2 months. I love the bees but I just can't seem to find time to care for them. I hope they are fending for themselves well enough.
13. Finish a craft project. COMPLETE! Let's see if I can do some more.
I darned one sock.
I sewed a bandanna for my pup Ellie. Then I made a second one for my mom's dog.
I patched a hole in a Smartwool sock that Ellie chewed when she was a pup.
Painted a mirror frame with chalk paint.
Need to do:
We found three chairs for our mix-match dining room. I need to recover all three and paint one.
1. Complete 30 days of yoga. COMPLETE! I followed YouTube channel Yoga with Adriene to complete this goal. True 30 day yoga journey. 30/30 I am thinking about doing a second 30 day yoga session. I miss yoga. I wanted to keep up with it and practice once a week but it hasn't happened this year.
2. Read 20 books. 32/20 COMPLETE!
1. MaddAddam - Margaret Atwood
2. Your Money or Your Life - Vicki Robin
3. The Cold Dish (Longmire Mystery series)- Craig Johnson
4. A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman
5. Better Than Before - Gretchen Rubin
6. The Whole30 - Melissa Hartwig
7. Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly
8. Manhattan Beach - Jennifer Egan
9. Hillbilly Elegy - JD Vance
10. The Perfect Stranger - Megan Miranda
11. Outliers: A Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell
12. The Salt Line - Holly Goddard Jones
13. Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir - Jennifer McGaha
14. Endurance - Scott Kelly
15. Counting by 7s - Holly Goldberg Sloan
16. The Great Alone - Kristen Hannah
17. The Genius of Birds - Jennifer Ackerman
18. Into the Water - Paula Hawkins
19. The Nightingale - Kristen Hannah
20. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
21. The Year of Less - Cait Flanders
22. Wicked Plants - Amy Stewart
23. Go Set a Watchman - Harper Lee
24. Marry Him - Lori Gottlieb
25. Stories I Only Tell My Friends - Rob Lowe
26. The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
27. Beartown - Fredrik Backman
28. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry - Fredrik Backman (LOVED this book!)
29. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
30. Britt-Marie Was Here - Fredik Backman
31. Us Against You - Fredrik Backman
32. Educated: A Memoir - Tara Westover
Currently reading A Sand County Almanac - Aldo Leopold (I need to finish this book. I usually pick it up and read a few pages at the end of the workday while I wait on the clock.)
Currently reading Furiously Happy - Jenny Lawson
Currently listening to The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware
Up Next: Stumbling on Happiness - Daniel Gilbert
3. Visit a National Park. DOUBLE COMPLETE! I visited the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park in July. I also visited Glacier National Park in August.
4. Save $2500 for house updates. I need to put $154 into the account every other paycheck (13 times) to make my goal. I paid for vacation last week so no saving. $2200/$2500
5. Save $1000 towards a new car. I have an automatic draft set up for $50 every month to go into my car savings account. $957/$1000
6. Add 3 chicks to my flock. COMPLETE! My new Easter Egger, Betty, laid her first egg on Tuesday! And it is more green than blue. I am so excited about it!
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| Betty and her first egg. |
7. Cut back my food budget to $325/month ($3900/year). $2758/$3900 I spent $78 at Aldi on Sunday and then Hurricane Florence has decided to come to NC and hell broke loose in Costco. I needed dog food, frozen fruit, fig bars and coffee. My one splurge was Annie's mac and cheese. In my defense it was on sale and it makes good "camp" food if our power goes out and we need to cook on the camp stove. Oh wait.... I have a vintage gas range that isn't plugged into electric. So if something happens to natural gas we'd have to cook on the camp stove.
8. No buying personal clothing and other items other than the following few items. FAILED $552/$300
Even though I failed this goal, I am happy with my purchases. I will still aim to not spend anymore this year on clothing and other personal items. I will still get a few haircuts and replace anything that becomes ruined.
I found the best undies at Aldi on Sunday. 6 pairs for $10 and they are seamless. I wore a pair already and they don't move and basically feels like I'm not wearing anything.
Here are my estimates on the cost of the items I plan on buying in 2018 and what I really spent:
Hiking shoes
Running shoes
Mascara
Bra
Undies
Haircuts
Not planned:
Work pants
Summer tops
Prana shorts and two tanks
Chacos
2 Brooks sports bras and running shorts
9.
Last week I was lazy and skipped the gym!
Thursday - walked the dog
Friday - walked around NC Folk Festival
Saturday - walked around NC Folk Festival
10. Have a better, more efficient garden. I was going to resow the spinach seeds but with the hurricane coming and the thought of getting 10 inches of rain I decided to wait.
11. Sell excess produce, honey and eggs at my neighborhood farmers market. And just as I think I'll have extra eggs... the fall molt begins. My three new layers are keeping me fed with eggs though!
12. Be a better beekeeper. I have been a real slacker. It's been well over 2 months. I love the bees but I just can't seem to find time to care for them. I hope they are fending for themselves well enough.
13. Finish a craft project. COMPLETE! Let's see if I can do some more.
I darned one sock.
I sewed a bandanna for my pup Ellie. Then I made a second one for my mom's dog.
I patched a hole in a Smartwool sock that Ellie chewed when she was a pup.
Painted a mirror frame with chalk paint.
Need to do:
We found three chairs for our mix-match dining room. I need to recover all three and paint one.
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