Summer Goals

Did you happen to notice that I totally missed any goals for May and June? HA!  May was gone in a blink of an eye and it took me until June 17th to breath and have a moment to think about my summer goals!!  That's right - summer goals.  I learned years ago to set goals for the entire summer because I usually have bigger goals and more time to accomplish them verses during the school year.  I like to use summer to attempt to catch up on what I'm behind on too.  Considering the fact that we don't usually start school until mid-September I still have about three months to accomplish everything I want done!!  

Here's my plan (I know you are DYING to know this LOL) 

1.  Reading - I posted my summer reading goal earlier this week.    

2. Scrapbooking - 1) Match the printed album spines to the albums.  2) Order 2011, 2016-2018 photos for September and October and 2020-2021 photos for May, June, July and August by September 1st(ish).  3) Scrapbook March, April and May 2020 and 2021 4) Scrapbook at least one month in 2011, 2016-2018. 5) Add all memorabilia to any completed album (finally cleaning out my files!)  (Whew!  These are big goals!)

3. Completely clean out my file cabinet and organize it (a once a year project!) 

4. Progress through my "52 weeks of cleaning" list.  I got off track in April as we were getting ready for vacation so it is time to get back on track! I'd like to start September on the right week so I can finish strong. The main room I'm tackling is the kitchen but there is also the dining room, and finishing up the living room. 

5.  The basement - due to all of the plumbing things we had done, everything in the basement got shifted to one side.  Now the motivation is to get it all cleaned out so I can get to the Christmas decorations HA!  My goal for the summer is to finish the storage area of the basement - I had it about 80% done before the big shift so, really, this makes it easier to go through one bin at a time and then move stuff out!  

6. Our Co-Op - I'm sign-up to teach two classes this fall.  My goal is to have my lessons ready for the first 4 weeks (of 8) of class by September and to have the second 4 planned out.  

7. Outside - we are slowly (very slowly) working on some outside projects.  We finished one already.  The second one is the garage/fence area.  We also want to power wash some things and re-stain my swing.  

8. Darryl's list - this list is a mile long LOL  I'd like it all done ;-) 

9. Piano - The kids are starting back up with piano this fall so the goal for them is to practice at least one day a week just to get back what they learned before and to be ready to start again.  My goal is to work on my Christmas song I want to "record" and post in December.  

10. Birthdays and Holidays - 1) 4th of July - We need Fireworks and Fun.  :-)  2) Finally celebrating Nate's 11th birthday with HIS day (we put it off due to covid) 3) Labor Day = our annual camping trip. 4) Josh's 13th birthday 5) Thanksgiving 6) Nate's 12th birthday and 7) Christmas.  I need to plan and/or plan ahead for all of these events. 

11. The Olympics - I love them and watch as much of it as I can  . .. for real :-)  It's important enough to make the list. 

12. School - Clean out desks, make sure we have supplies for school and our co-op, figure out handwriting books, devotional books and any other "extra" stuff that is needed for the school year.  

13. The Garage - I actually cleaned up the garage a few weeks ago when it was nice and cool out.  But, I have some bins that have been sitting in the garage for a few years that I want to sort through and clean out.  it will open up some space on the workbench to clean all of that out.  

14. Cooking - Remember that Macaroon set I bought in the spring - I want to actually use it and learn now to make them. 

15. Finally - just enjoy the summer.  It's easy to get wrapped up in a huge to do list and miss out on the sights and sounds of summer.  I love hearing the birds and seeing flowers bloom.  I enjoy reading outside and listening to the rain with the windows open.  So, just . .. breathe.  Last summer we stayed home most days due to covid - I found that I actually enjoyed the slowed down pace of life so I'm working purposefully to not get too busy but just enjoy every day.