Deep breath. We received an offer and the contract is signed! Looks like we finally sold our house. Moving date set for the end of September. Our adventure to the west coast begins! I have to say it’s a rollercoaster of emotions, so excited to be joining our four children and grandchildren on the west coast and so sad to leave our family and friends behind on the east coast. I just keep telling myself, “Be anxious for nothing.”

1. Find a new hosting site for my blog and make it secure. Done! This was the first goal accomplished this year and I am so happy to have a secure website.

2. Monetize my blog. This is in the works, I have set up two affiliate accounts. Soon you’ll be seeing links to my favorite items on Amazon. I’ve also teamed up with an amazing heirloom seed company, Mary’s Heirloom Seeds. Really don’t want to clutter my blog up with too many ads.

3. Create a cookbook. This is definitely getting put on hold. Hopefully I’ll have more time once we are relocated, may be postponed until the new year!

4. Be diligent about getting 10K steps in 5 out of 7 days a week. I’ve decided to change this goal to 3 out of 7 days a week! Three days a week seems to be doable at this point. We spent the weekend on a lake in New Hampshire and enjoyed a beautiful morning walk.

5. As we continue to prepare for our house sale, continue to de-clutter. We are now beginning to purge! So many pieces of furniture that we won’t be moving. There will be no problem completing this goal! Managed to pass along 2 canvas beach chairs and some plastic wine glasses this week. 18 items to go.

6. Read 25 books this year! Back on track! Finished a book this week!  Read Heading Out To Wonderful by Robert Goolrick. Someone recommended it to me and it was one of those books that was a good story until it wan’t! I didn’t like the ending which is always disappointing after you’ve spent your time reading the whole book. Only 3 books left to read to complete this goal!

7. Have a consistent meal plan each week and prepare ahead. This did not happen this week! We were away visiting friends for the weekend and the days before we were just eating what was on hand! Finished up the delicious grilled tomatoes on pasta, just as good as leftovers!

8. Finish 4 knitting projects. Completed! Made two hats and two scarves. Since this goal is completed I am going to put the baby sweater I was working on aside. I have a hard time knitting when the weather is warm so I will finish this sweater but probably not until the fall!

9. Clean out our freezer. Definitely a priority now! Used up some of my frozen pumpkin and made pumpkin scones. I have a little over 60 days to clean out not only the freezer but the pantry! Already putting together a bag for the local food pantry of items I know we won’t have time to eat before the end of September!

10. Take a few road trips and visit family and friends on the east coast that we will not see as often once we move to the west coast. Calling my aunt this week to arrange a time to come visit. Top priority to see her before we head west! Not so sure we’ll get to Maine to see our friends there.

 

“By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of be.

Put your future in good hands—your own.”

Mark Victor Hansen

 

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What a busy summer! First a road trip, then a short weekend trip to visit family and another busy weekend ahead! Folks interested in our house and trying to negotiate a price we both agree on is so stressful! We’ll see what happens.

1. Find a new hosting site for my blog and make it secure. Done! This was the first goal accomplished this year and I am so happy to have a secure website.

2. Monetize my blog. This is in the works, I have set up two affiliate accounts. Soon you’ll be seeing links to my favorite items on amazon. I’ve also teamed up with an amazing heirloom seed company, Mary’s Heirloom Seeds.

3. Create a cookbook. This is definitely getting put on hold. Hopefully I’ll have more time this fall.

4. Be diligent about getting 10K steps in 5 out of 7 days a week. I’ve decided to change this goal to 3 out of 7 days a week! Three days seems to be doable at this point. We spent this past weekend visiting family in Connecticut. I love walking there so many beautiful old homes to look at!

5. As we continue to prepare for an eventual house sale, continue to de-clutter. Our week was so busy I only managed to discard four items plus I gave 2 books away to friends. 21 items to go.

6. Read 25 books this year! Did not manage to finish a book this week! Still have 4 books left to read to complete this goal!

7. Have a consistent meal plan each week and prepare ahead. This past week was so hot I made a large batch of macaroni salad which we ate all week! I did change it up each night, one night adding tunafish another night adding hard boiled eggs. Lasted all week! Also enjoyed some delicious carrot slaw with grilled chicken one night.

8. Finish 4 knitting projects. Completed! Made two hats and two scarves. Since this goal is completed I am going to put the baby sweater I was working on aside. I have a hard time knitting when the weather is warm so I will finish this sweater but probably not until the fall!

9. Clean out our freezer. The only thing I cleaned out of the freezer last week was ice!

10. Take a few road trips and visit family and friends on the east coast that we will not see as often once we move to the west coast. Our long road trip to Virginia and North Carolina to visit friends and family is over. It was a lot of driving but so much fun. We have two shorter trips we are hoping to make in the near future. Next on the list is my aunt in upstate New York! She’s 90 so it’s time to pay her a visit.

 

I may not be checking off a ton of goals each week but I feel like I’m making progress.

“You’ll never achieve the goals you don’t set.” 
Mark Batterson

 

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We’ve had a busy last few weeks with a road trip and then several showings and now we have folks that want to come back and take a second look at our house! Exciting but it sure makes it hard when goal setting!

1. Find a new hosting site for my blog and make it secure. Done! This was the first goal accomplished this year and I am so happy to have a secure website.

2. Monetize my blog. This is in the works, I have set up two affiliate accounts. Soon you’ll be seeing links to my favorite items on amazon. I’ve also teamed up with an amazing heirloom seed company, Mary’s Heirloom Seeds. Plus a Mary’s Heirloom Seeds Giveaway! Click HERE to enter the giveaway!

3. Create a cookbook. This is definitely getting put on hold. Hopefully I’ll have more time this fall.

4. Be diligent about getting 10K steps in 5 out of 7 days a week. I’m beginning to realize that trying to get  my 10K steps in  five days a week is a real challenge. I’m pretty good at getting 3 or 4 days but have only made it for 5 days a couple of times. I miss walking on the beach with our friends in Virginia Beach! Since we’ve arrived back in Vermont it’s just been too hot to walk!

5. As we continue to prepare for an eventual house sale, continue to de-clutter. Still working on this goal. Once we get an offer on our house we plan to have a moving sale until then it’s getting rid of a few items a week. Managed to weed pout 9 more items, including a bunch of ice packs we don’t ever use!  27 items to go.

6. Read 25 books this year! Finished another great book by Mark Batterson called The Circle Maker. There was a whole chapter on goal making which was so appropriate! Only 4 books left to read to complete this goal.

7. Have a consistent meal plan each week and prepare ahead. With all the interest in our house I am not planing on doing any prep work for meals. I am planning ahead but I’m also focusing on using up what we have on hand. Made a large pasta salad and used up a jar of pasta I had on hand and a bag of frozen peas from the freezer. Perfect cool meal for these hot days, I think we’ll be eating it all week.

8. Finish 4 knitting projects. Completed! Made two hats and two scarves. Since this goal is completed I am going to put the baby sweater I was working on aside. I have a hard time knitting when the weather is warm so I will finish this sweater but probably not until the fall!

9. Clean out our freezer. As I’ve said before our basement  freezer is nearly empty. Now to work on our upstairs freezer. A little more of a challenge as I have whole wheat flour and nuts to use up among other ingredients. As I said I did use up a bag of frozen peas in our pasta salad!

10. Take a few road trips and visit family and friends on the east coast that we will not see as often once we move to the west coast. Our long road trip to Virginia and North Carolina to visit friends and family is over. It was a lot of driving but so much fun. We have two shorter trips we are hoping to make in the near future. Next on the list is my aunt in upstate New York! She’s 90 so it’s time to pay her a visit.

 

I may not be checking off a ton of goals each week but I feel like I’m making progress. The house is certainly feeling less cluttered  and I’m making progress on my other goals as well. One day at a time! Love this quote I found in The Circle Maker.

 

“Goal setting is good stewardship. Instead of letting things happen, goals help us make things happen.

Instead of living by default, goals help us live by design.”

Mark Batterson

 

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