Personal Goals: June 2012

With the beginning of a new time in my life as a stay-at-home mom/part-time doula, I set some personal goals for myself. Things that I wanted to accomplish, ideas and direction for those moments when I could not think of anything that I wanted and "needed" to do. I started this list in January, and for accountability and to remember my journey, and for when I feel like "I'm not doing anything," I want to chronicle what I have done during my first six months since graduation, and outline what I would like to do in the future.

Here was the list that I created for myself and printed and placed in my organizer. I have added my progress and notes in italics and parenthesis.

Caroline’s Project List

House

-Paint back door/replace door knob (Well, I did paint the back door. But it's going to have to be replaced I do believe...still need to replace door knob too).

-Hang hooks in closet

-Paint mirrors and hang in library

-Pack away toys in playroom/living room (I am constantly re-organizing toys. I just don't know where all of these come from! There is always more, and so many that aren't played with. I'm very much a minimalist at heart, and if it's not played with in the last few months, I pass it on!)

-Finish playroom

            -bird mobile (You can see it here!)

            -Dmitri’s collage wall

            -Damon’s collage wall

            -play kitchen (In Progress!! FINALLY! It will hopefully be done in time for Dmitri's 3rd birthday!)

            -paint ceiling?

            -artwork

-Finish brown sofa (It needs a few touch up stitches...but I'm calling it done!)

Personal

-Update Damon’s photo book (I finished Damon's 1st Year, and I'm almost done editing it. Have I mentioned, I love Blurb!)

-Take laptop to Peach Mac for file removal (But they couldn't retrieve them. To get the files and photos that we need off of it is going to cost around $400-$650....we wouldn't normally do this but it has all of Dmitri's baby photos on it. = ( So, one day, when we have the money, we will do that...)

-Dmitri’s 1^st year photobook (Cannot do until we get photos off of laptop. One day, one day...)

-Dmitri’s 2^nd year photobook

-Dmitri’s 3^rd year photobook

- Scrapbook (2009-2011)

Homestead List

-Build chicken tractor (90% done. But we didn't finish it since I got rid of the chickens. = / )

-Build chicken coop

-Prepare garden beds for spring garden   = )And when I get a weed-eater, I will show you photos. Haha!

Reading List

-Folks This Ain’t Normal (Read first 1/2....)

-Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (Read 90%....I should really finish it. Loved this book! Barbara Kingsolver is such a great author.)

-Wild Fermentation

-First Lessons in Beekeeping  This really made me fascinated by beekeeping!

-Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves (Read first 2 chapters...would like to keep reading!

So, I still have a lot to do, and there are plenty of things I would like to add to the list. And I'm really bad about starting a lot of books and not finishing them...I'm currently reading Radical Homemakers and absolutely LOVE it.

For the second half of 2012, I would like to add in addition to the above:

-Build new dining table
-Remodel kitchen (oh please, oh please...)
-Make enough jams & butters for our family for the year and a few extra for gifts
-Have a 100% homemade Christmas!
-Finish Radical Homemakers
-Landscape the front yard to look like an English cottage garden (I might not be realistic, but at least I'm specific, right?)
-Potty train Dmitri. Or more like, hope that he potty trains himself with a little guidance.

And who knows what else I will get myself into.... Do you find yourself getting antsy about projects in the summer, or does the heat slow you down? I find myself oscillating between the two.