This Week’s Goals

For reference, I’ve decided to run my week Monday-Monday.

Update on Last Week’s Goals:

 1. Bible reading every day    Nope, not at all

2. Exercise 4 times

3.  5 fruits and veggies a day  Not even close

4. Bed by 10:30 (I’m going to focus on this one first, since I already wake up at 6:30 4 days/week just due to work)   Ha!

5. Clear off kitchen counter and organize kitchen area.

6. Read biography on Brother Andrew

7. Write article for CincyNanny blog  Maybe I should give this one up?

8. Write to Desalegn (1 of my sponsored Compassion children)

9. Check out options for consigning some clothes and, if possible, take clothes to store.    Due to the $20 fee to do this, am just going to try Craigslist or give to the City Gospel Mission

10. Take supplies for King’s club (prizes) to chapel in order to get them out of my small apartment!  One of these days…

This Week’s Goals:

There are some meetings at church this coming weekend, so I won’t have nearly as much time as I usually do.

1. Bible reading every day

2. Workout 4 times

3. Bed by 10:30 (I’m determined to make this happen!)

4. 5 fruits and veggies daily (once again)

5. Write to Ivernal (Compassion child I sponsor)

6. Pick 3 places I’d like to visit while driving home from Arizona this summer

7. Read biography on Charles Finney

8. Narrow down VBS options to 2 programs (I guess I’m in charge this year)

I usually have 10, but this is all I can think of that I know I can reasonably accomplish this week. So I’m stopping at 8.

Mini-crafting

My “bank” of numerous years (a Cal-trate container with a hole cut in the lid) was well-worn and it was time for a replacement.

I used materials I already had on hand to transform a peanut can into my new bank.

Ta-da! New bank. And it matches my colors in the bedroom.

This Week’s Goals

For reference, I’ve decided to run my week Monday-Monday.

Update on Last Week’s Goals:

1. 10 minutes (min.) of Bible reading and prayer every day   (I did this 5 days, but not all 7–the Bible reading, I did pray every day)

2. Be wheat-free

3. Exercise 4 times 

4. Get 5 fruits and veggies every day (Super-close, 6 days!)

5. Get to bed by 10:30 every day (I’m going to focus on this one first since I have to wake up by 6:30 4 out of 7 days for work anyways, making that one not as hard as getting to bed on time)   (Ummmm…nope, can’t even claim I was close)

6. Write 3 goals for my position as Prayer Coordinator with the area Operation Christmas Child team

7. Watch OCC training video

8. Finish reading The Revelation by Beverly Lewis

9. Clean off and organize 1 side of the kitchen counter (Not even started)

10. Write 1 article for CincyNanny  (I’ve got an idea for one, does that count?)

 

This Week’s Goals:

1. Bible reading every day

2. Exercise 4 times

3.  5 fruits and veggies a day

4. Bed by 10:30 (I’m going to focus on this one first, since I already wake up at 6:30 4 days/week just due to work)

5. Clear off kitchen counter and organize kitchen area.

6. Read biography on Brother Andrew

7. Write article for CincyNanny blog

8. Write to Desalegn (1 of my sponsored Compassion children)

9. Check out options for consigning some clothes and, if possible, take clothes to store.

10. Take supplies for King’s club (prizes) to chapel in order to get them out of my small apartment!

Do you have any goals for this week?

 

Look what I did today! (well, for about 45 minutes)

I put this new chair together all by myself! Since I moved here (4.5 years ago), I”ve been sitting on a hard chair at my desk. I decided it was about time to change that. So I waited for a sale and used some of my Staples Rewards and bought this today:

Black doesn't really go with my browns (couch, ottoman), but oh well. And the computer, printer, and tv are all black of course so I guess it goes after all!

 High quality? Not particularly. But it’s much softer and I’m already loving the ability to get in and out by spinning! Plus my hard chair is falling apart and I was getting quite concerned that one day I’d sit and it would just break under me.

In addition, I put up my new tv today (Christmas gift). I’m feeling very, “I am woman, see me do handy-work” -ish!

January’s Creative Project

My project for this month was to make a color matching activity for the boys. It was completely easy to make and I finished them while watching Murder, She Wrote via Netflix. So far, only the 4 yr old has done his. We’ll have to see how the toddler does. If he seems to like this, I’ll be making more for sure!

 To make the longer cards sturdier, I glued them onto strips cut from an empty cereal box (oooh—I just turned this into a green project by using recycled materials–bonus!). The clothespins were under $2 at Walmart and the glue I had on hand. The paint cards were, of course, free. Anyhow, here’s the photographic proof that I made something I found on Pinterest:

These are for the toddler. I couldn't find paint cards with 3 shades (only 2 or 7!), so I grabbed a bunch of single ones and then glued them onto strips of an empty cereal box.

 

If these go over okay, I'll make 2 more and stick them in the "I'm Bored!" box I am putting together.

 

Here's T (4) checking it out. He declared the activity, "ok, but not the bestest fun." Fine with me, I view it as more of a learning activity than a "just for fun" activity.

Free lip balm!

Whoo-hoo! I got 4 tubes of Nivea lip balm for free at CVS last week. These will be added to my stash of Operation Christmas Child shoebox items. I consider myself fortunate because these were the last 4 on the shelf (and I needed all four to make this a free deal).

The lip balm was priced at $2.50 each. I used 3 coupons for a total of $5 off. Then, I used a $5 ECB (Extra Care Bucks) from a purchase last week and paid all of $0.65 tax! Plus, I got $5 in ECB back for future purchases (thus cancelling out the $5 ECB I’d spent, making these lip balms truly free).