YIKES! I just noticed it's been nearly an entire month since I last blogged. There is no excuse. Just life. Working two jobs (both part-time, but totaling nearly 40 hours per week since January 1st), Awana, and various other activities have kept me busy this past month. Not to mention, our trip to Las Vegas in January put me behind in work, jurisdictions, laundry, etc.
Enough of that. My readers want the meaty stuff, I know! :)
My February goals unfolded as follows:
Keep making the bed - YES! I will admit, it was not every day (mostly due to when I get up and when Robert gets up, and who gets home first), but I feel like this was a definite improvement over December & January! So I say it's a success.
Read 5 Psalms and 1 Proverb daily - I was on track until about halfway through February. Then I lost steam, caught up again, and alas ended up putting this off to concentrate on my other 3 Bible Studies. (But I am on track so far this month!) I have learned that with this particular goal, it's SO easy to forget to do it when I have Sunday School material, 3 small group studies and devotions with my hubby to pay attention to. However, this is my personal devotional time, and I will stay on track in order to achieve this goal!
Continue daily Bible reading in my "One Year" chronological Bible - Um...well, I'm working on getting caught up. Note to self: Decide to start this goal in December next year!
Get office in order - HA! I succeeded in dumping paperwork, pens, inventory for my shop and packing materials all over the desk. Does that count as progress? :)
Get back into doing more with my etsy shop every week - Yes! Marked success, too!
Spend more time practicing violin each week - I say, yes, because even though it was not what I intended, I have spent more time practicing, and I'm sure my teacher can attest to it.
Be better about paperwork in general - Even though the office itself is not in order, yes, I have been better about this. I'm making progress on re-vamping our filing cabinet and the system with which I pay our bills by, etc.
Get on track with FlyLady - No. The problem with this one was that I've hardly had time to read my emails, so that means it's difficult to get on track with her.
Get coupons organized for the month - Believe it or not, hubby gets credit for this one!
Keep floors clean - YES! Definite improvement!
So, now I'll digress a bit to give a quick glimpse at our month in general (not really goals-related).
We celebrated our second anniversary on February 6th! It was a quiet night, since one of us was working until 9pm that night, but we figure we got to celebrate quite a bit in January while we were in Las Vegas, anyway. :)
The Valentine's dinner at the church on February 17th was a big success! Robert was the emcee, so we sacrificed being able to actually sit down and enjoy each other's company, but I helped him a little bit with The Newlywed Game.
We've been very busy with work schedules. It's pretty much opposites right now, unfortunately, but it's only for a season, and I'd rather work our tails off while we can, than try to climb out from under a financial burden that could happen to us when we're in our 30s or 40s and try to juggle several jobs, kids, etc. We're saving money at a pleasant rate, and I've got our budget in an "in-between" stage, which is a good thing.
Additionally, I received an email a few weeks ago from our friend, Will, saying that I should apply for this position at Everett Community College. It was for a Web Content Editor, and I had my doubts, but I came home that night and spent 2 hours applying, anyway. As I have felt for awhile now that it was time for me to move on from my regular day job, (and my hours recently got cut by nearly 70%), I thought this might be something I could do. I met all the qualifications, and received a call to go in for an interview. I must have really "wowed" them at that first interview, because I got a call to go in for a second interview - or really, an assessment. I made sure to put in some special touches on the assessment that I felt would set me apart from the other applicants, prayed real quick, and turned it in. It must have worked, and I must have impressed them, because they offered me the job!!! I accepted the position, and am very excited about it. It's also more money than I was making previously, which is definitely a perk.
March should shape up to be a pretty decent month for us, as long as I can stay on track with at least half of my goals. :)
Here are the goals I've decided on for March:
Keep making the bed.
Keep up on laundry.
Make an effort to get caught up on and stay caught up with daily Bible reading in the One Year bible.
Stay on top of daily reading in Psalms & Proverbs.
Get desk and one drawer in filing cabinet in order in the office.
Do a better job of vacuuming and dusting.
Make a list of spring cleaning projects.
Get rid of old TV.
Start listing 10 items per week on eBay.
Do you have goals for the month? Post them here in a comment, or point me to where I can find them! I'd love to hear your feedback on my blog, or get caught up with what you're doing.
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