Did you read my October goals? Good. Neither did I HA!. About midway through October it dawned on me that I hadn't written any new ones or even look at September, for that matter. It might be because Nate told me he never reads them anyway so I don't need to post them LOLOLOL October was a busy month and the weather was just fantastic. I'd love to say that I got tons of things done but, I didn't. Between my teens schedules, homeschooling, our co-op in full swing, volunteering and cleaning our church - it was busy! BUT 'NO"-November has begun so . . .maybe I can say no to a few things and accomplish some things on my 2026 goal sheet :-) I am not complaining about any of the things going on - I'm enjoying this busy season and I'm enjoying my teenagers very much. I know time is a thief and in just a short time this season will change and I'll be busy with other things (wishing I was still busy with the teen things!).
November brings in new things as we end the year. The final yard clean up, Thanksgiving plans, preparing for Christmas and another upcoming birthday, and snuggling in for colder weather. It's also when I take one "last" look at my 2026 goals and see what I can realistically finish up!
So, here's the plan for November:
1. Scrapbooking - I have not done well on this goal this year at all and I'm not really sure why. My main goal this month is to find time to scrapbook - pick a weekend (or two!) and scrapbook! I'd really like to finish 2-3 months in the 2011 book I'm working on right now.
2. Clean the outside of the windows. (before it snows!)
3. Clean off our front deck.
4. Decorate for Christmas
5. Finish half of my Christmas shopping by November 30th.
6. Wrap all Christmas gifts that I currently have by November 30th.
7. Plan for Nate's birthday - and get his gifts.
8. Get sidewalk salt and get the shovels out - plan ahead for the first snow.
9. Learn at least one Christmas song for offertory at church (maybe even a duet with each kid - big dreams LOL)
10. Wrap up my Joyful class and prep all things for Presentation Night.
11. Pick a room and deep clean it. (Sometimes I pick one for my goals but when the month starts, another room calls my name so I'll shall see which one it is!)
12. Clean the stairs and stairway walls.
13. Do something fun as a family.
14. Clean out and organize my file drawer (which will also remove a bag of paperwork from my dining room!)
15. Update Josh's Transcript.
16. Update my 101-1001 goals - get good idea of what is done and what I would like to focus on in 2027.
17. This is an odd one but . . .find my second set of truck keys. They quietly disappeared a few months ago and we haven't really done a hard search for them. I just recently scoured my truck for them and did not find them; so now I need to start looking other places! I just keep praying quietly that the Lord would drop them in my lap! (He did that once with another set of keys :-) )
18. Put together the Grinch calendar so it is ready to start on December 1st! (We've been doing this for a lot of years!)
19. Clean the Laundry Room.
20. Plan December Goals (I feel like this is a good one since I forgot to do Octobers LOL)
