Recap of April Goals

I realized on May 2nd that it was time to do new goals but first I want to recap my April Goals!

1) Scrapbooking.  I'd like to make this a focus in April.  1) Make sure that all photos from January-April are uploaded to snapfish  2) Order one months work of photo pages 3) Order 1-2 months worth of photos 3) Scrapbook, dare I say, all of the current photos I have on hand  I had a great month of scrapbooking!!  I uploaded and ordered lots of photos; I order several months of my digital pages from 2010 thanks to a great sale, I also scrapbooked all of the photos I had on hand at the writing of my goals PLUS more!  Several weekends I set up my scrapbook area and scrapbook a good portion of the weekend!  It's been glorious!  I also picked up two albums to wrap up 2 years of scrapbooks finally AND have put together lots of the 2010 albums!  Yeah!  I feel like all of a sudden I started making progress

2) Reading - My goal this month is just to read.  I'd like to finish a book or two :-) I READ!  Yes!  The weather has been nicer so I tried to sit outside on my swing for at least 30 minutes on the nice days and read.  I was trying to remember how many books - I think at least 3-4 total.  

3) Cleaning - Complete my 20 days of cleaning list for the month.  This month my main focus is the bathroom and then also beginning to help the boys clean too.  They need to go through all of their bins and piles in their room(s) and clean stuff out and organize it better so they know what they have! A friend of mine started a "Five Months of Flylady" group so I shifted my plans to fit more into the Flylady plan.  I spent one week deep cleaning in my kitchen, one week deep cleaning in the bathroom, and one week cleaning the Master bedroom and the boys rooms! I also picked up lots of stray things in the dining room and living room.  I finished up some projects (with Darryl's help) in Nate's room too.  

4) Family Time - We have Easter to celebrate this month!  It might look different then past years but we will still celebrate!  This is my birthday month too so we will do something to celebrate :-)  (Even if it is at home!) Plus, board games, video games and movies! I know we watched at least one movie as a family, played a few games, and went to the beach for my birthday!  We had a great month at home!  

5) Another main goal this month is my niece's graduation book - I want to get photos picked out and send out the letter to my family to get them working on letters! I have some photos ordered and the letters are coming in! 


6) Darryl's list - 1) Run the 2nd ethernet cable 2) Help Josh with his telescope and VR headset 3) Work on a way to display Nate's boards Shoot, that 2nd eithernet cable isn't even on his list HA!  Darryl set up Josh's VR headset and it is awesome; Nate's board display is all set up!  Darryl has also hung up a new swing, worked on getting rid of an old loveseat that has been outside, cleaned the bathroom lights, washed the outside of the windows and more!  It's been great having him home HA! 

7) Homeschool - To end April current.  This will be hard, honestly, because of our scheduling right now but I'm hoping to get there.  Also, I want Nate done with his Michigan History Project and his Opinion Paper.  I want Josh done with his Social Studies project and his Opinion Paper.   School has been crazy.  We have kept pushing and I'm also teaching the two kids I babysit.  Well, what I'm doing is making sure they get through their work.  The 4th grader is pretty independent but the 1st grader needs more help.  The good news is that my 4th grader has become super independent and he loves it so that has helped.  We finished a lot of things in April.  We still have a couple of papers and projects to finish but we are just doing one step a day! 

8) My MISC list - 1) Go through everyone's clothes, clean them out and figure out what is needed 2) Clean out my truck.1) I did go through clothes, measured my kids and order some things.  They finally each have a couple pair of shorts!  2) I completely forgot this was on the list - probably because we aren't going many places!  

9) The basement - I'm hoping to pick up about 4 bins this month and then work on sorting stuff - I've been working on getting rid of all the bins that aren't see through and transferring stuff into clean bins making it easier to see what is in each one.  This also allows me to declutter stuff! I started out strong!  I have gone through at least 4 bins, I cleaned the laundry room and the toy room plus I cleaned off a whole shelving area.  I'm kind of at a stand still until I get a couple more shelving units - that should go on my list for May! 

10) Music - Work on a piano and a vocal song for the future! Because we can't go to piano lessons, I'm teaching the boys piano . .. that's about all the music I can get in right now. 

11) Co-Op - Our Co-op ended kind of abruptly this year so I'm looking forward to the fall.  I want to start working on my classes so my goal this month is simple - two finish 2-3 weeks worth of lesson plans for each class (2) I'm teaching.My classes are planned totally!