July Goals and June Update

I'm only slightly discouraged that I am writing this post.

Realistically, I need to be printing off these posts to keep me accountable every month. I previously had an accountability buddy with my daily, weekly and monthly goals. But I think she really didn't have a need for it anymore, so we kind of stopped. No biggie; I figured posting on my blog would keep me accountable.

Most months, that's been true.

This past month (June) is an exception.

I am not making excuses or defending myself here, but we did have a very busy month. It seemed to me like we were only ever home to eat and sleep, with a few hours here and there to ourselves each week - if we were lucky.

That being said, I feel brave enough to tell you that I hardly accomplished any of my goals from last month. Here is the recap:

Meal-planning every week - fail. Mostly because my Sundays were too busy.
Post about meal-planning at least once - fail. Because the meal-planning itself did not occur.
Read one book - I actually read one and started another. :)
Organize shelves in office - No.
Organize pantry/ cupboards in the kitchen - No. I really need Robert's help with that, and he's been working a lot lately, so we are on different schedules. :( I hope we can find time for it this next month.
Keep bedroom clean - Yep, once I got into a groove with picking up every day, it was easy!
Get dusting back on schedule - Did a lot better with this. Still not what I want it to be, but it's marked improvement!
Keep up with FlyLady - ha!
Sell 10 items on eBay - I sold one book on Amazon for my dad, and I think one item on eBay. So I say, not a success.
Read Proverbs & Psalms (1 and 5 per day, respectfully) - No. :( 

Anyway, I do have some surprisingly happy news! 

I cleaned out the laundry room! (Sorry about the poor quality pictures, and no "before" shots; I only had my iPhone, and I started out on a roll, and forgot to do a "before" shot!)

 I feel sooooo much better about how the cleaning products and laundry products are organized and arranged now! It's very functional! (Note the new baskets! I got them at Value Village for $13.01 for 3 of them, took the cloth inserts out, washed and dried them, and disinfected the baskets!)

 All the paper products are now in the laundry room on the weird shelf thing we have next to the dryer. :) It freed up a shelf in the garage pantry for food!

 From left to right on the top shelf above the washer: Mainstream laundry soap - pushed towards the back. (I only keep that on-hand because we had it already, and we may need it in a major laundry emergency, lol!) Homemade laundry soap, fabric softener and Shout! (The basket next to it all starts the cleaning products sorting). 












This was not a goal of mine, but was bugging me for a long time! I finally found the time to clean it top to bottom - vent and floor included!

Robert worked hard in the guest room and got that all picked up and organized again, so now all I really have left is the office. :) 

Here are my goals for July: 

Try to do some meal planning - no specific amount!
Finish my other book and start another
Organize office
Get at least 5 items per week listed on eBay 
Read 5 Psalms and 1 Proverb daily
Keep up with vacuuming AND dusting
Make an effort to OPEN FlyLady's emails and stick to them
No cleaning before company
1 hour to myself every single day
Make dinner with my hubby twice a week
Prepare for next day by 10:30pm the night before
Bedtime by 10:45 every night

What are your goals for the month? If you have a blog and post your goals, I'd love to have the link so I can check them out! 

Here's to goals! Let's get stuff done! :)