Health
1) Spend 1000 hours outside. ≈
April: 51 hours, 37 minutes - I am not going to even get to 500 hours at this rate. LOL.
May: 56 hours, 53 minutes
June: 53 hours, 28 minutes
2) Do something in the yard every week. ≈
April: Yeah. I did it!
May: Yes!
June: It's sort of shameful how often "do something in the yard" was "put birdseed in the feeder," but there you have it.
3) Do at least five yoga poses a day. ✔
April: 30/30 days!
May: 30/31 days - I'm counting this as a win.
June: 30/30 days
4) Go to a new-to-me fitness class.
Accomplished in Q1.
5) Drink 20 ounces of water a day. ✔
April: 30/30 days
May: 31/31 days
June: 30/30 days
6) Exercise for 30 minutes at least 80% of days. ≈
April: 22/30 (73.3%)
May: 25/31 (80.6%)
June: 25/30 (83.3%)
7) Only eat dessert Thursday - Saturday (or special occasions like holidays and birthdays). ✖
April: Lol. I didn't even bother tracking this. Let's call it 0%.
May: Lol.
June: 5/30 (16.7%)
Connection
1) Message my accountability buddy every day and M/T/T at least once a week. ≈
April: 100% with M/T/T, but my accountability buddy is too busy for me. Maybe I should get a new accountability buddy.
May: Same as April.
June: My accountability buddy reached out and said she did want to continue, so let's call it 10/15 (66.7%) days at the end of the month. I messaged T&T every week. Things with my mom are not ideal, so...this has been a hard goal for me.
2) Do two Cool Blogger Book Club sessions.
Did one session in Q1.
3) Send at least one fun piece of snail mail every month. Track snail mail. ✔
April: 24 postcards, two birthday cards
May: 7 postcards, a birthday card, a Mother's Day card, a couple of bills, a couple of condolence notes, and a graduation card for a total of 14 items (I also hand-delivered four birthday cards and a graduation card)
June: Three postcards, two birthday cards, one bill, and one hand-delivered graduation card for a total of seven items.
Adulting
1) Figure out a will or whatever. ✖
April: You all know the answer to this is no, right?
May: As if.
June: You know the answer.
2) Order new checks. ✔
April: I still have a few, so I'm not too worried. I probably should order some next month, though.
May: I ordered them! I got a pack for $30. I am going to track how long a pack lasts me.
June: I have them!
3) Limit my clothes buying to the following: two new dresses/season, new mary janes, anything that was on my Christmas wish list that I did not get, necessary bras/underwear/workout gear/replacement leggings or tights (one-to-one replacements on those). ✔
April: I purchased two new dresses and a new pair of sandals.
May: No clothes this month!
June: No clothes this month!
Home
1) Paint the porch and garage. ✖
April: Too cold and rainy for that.
May: Still too rainy.
June: SO MUCH RAIN. Also, I'm not home enough for this.
2) Hem the stupid pants. ✖
April: The pants are still MIA.
May: I should find those pants. He probably wants to wear them in the warmer weather.
June: LOL. He has an appointment with a tailor to get them hemmed. Someone's going to hem the pants.
3) Consult an architect/contractor for our bathroom remodel. ✖
April: In this economy?
May: Lolz.
June: We did talk about this. I need to consult with my friends to find a good architect.
4) Clean and organize my closet and dresser and keep them that way. ✖
April: Lol. No.
May: *sigh*
June: I need to be home. I will be home at some point, right?
Fun
1) Learn three new hairstyles: French braid, an elegant low knot, and something else TBD. ≈
April: I actually watched some videos on a low knot and bought some supplies - smaller hair ties and bobby pins. This is progress.
May: I wore a knot to work! This seems like success.
June: I'm stalled on this.
2) Have one day a quarter where I take off work with no plans. ≈
April: Not at all.
May: I took a day off work when I got a mammogram and did other life chores. So half-credit?
June: Absolutely not.
3) Watch at least one makeup tutorial every quarter. ≈
April: I watched a video on putting on makeup for video conferencing.
May: Nothing.
June: *sigh*
4) Go on a girls trip. ≈
April: No, but Bestest Friend and I planned one for this summer!
May: I bought tickets for a long weekend away with Bestest Friend in July!
June: Next month!
5) Go to at least four new-to-me museums. ✔
April: Anne and I went to two museums on the UW-Madison campus. One of those museums is way cooler than the other.
May: Nope.
June: Anne and I went to Old World Wisconsin. It's a living history museum, so that counts, right? We also went to Black Point Estate. You guys! I think Anne and I did this!
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| Geology museum, Physics museum (zzzzz), horses at Old World Wisconsin, Black Point Estate |
6) Once a month dates with my husband. ✖
April: Not at all.
May: Went to a museum gallery opening with him!
June: I barely even saw the man.
7) Actually train Hannah at least three times a week. ✖
April: Hannah was trained FOUR times TOTAL this month. No wonder she rarely listens to me anymore.
May: I wrote down credit for six days. Poor neglected Hannah.
June: Nothing. Not a single day. It's a good thing she's a good girl.
8) Read big books over 500 pages ✔
April: I read The Women of Chateau Lafayette and On a Sunbeam.
May: The Last Magician.
June: Night Film and Seraphina.
9) Make six new-to-me cookie recipes. ≈
April: No, but I did make a plan.
May: I made peanut butter blossom cookies! They were fine, but didn't taste as peanut buttery as I wanted them to.
June: Nothing.
10) Do a 30-day project each month. ≈
April: My project was to send one postcard every day. I managed to send twenty-five in April, but then I sent the rest in early May.
May: I did two minutes of core work. 22/31 (71%) days. Not bad.
June: I couldn't be bothered to even come up with a goal. I just wanted to survive. And I did.
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When was the last time you went to a museum/historical site? If you have a partner, do you do regular date nights?
I went to an art museum in Minneapolis in March - I hadn't been to one ( just dedicated to art) in over 25 years. It was very nice, sone beautiful works, but I had a crowd with me so could not linger. Before that, I think it was 2 yrs ago to a science museum to see a Body World exhibit with my homeschooler ( biology field trip) and my daughter/ med student ( busman's holiday for her). Not what I expected. Local art and some striking displays - who knew duck decoys could be so fascinating?
ReplyDeleteIt seems like you've made good progress on most goals! Outsourcing the pants probably best - you could do it, but your time is precious!
I love the conclusion about hemming the pants.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to count the Last Spike as the last time I went to a historical site, as it is truly a historical site, even though it's just a stop on our drive to my parents'. Counting it! As for date nights, no. We don't go out much and when we do it's usually to a party. Unless you mean "scheduling sex into our calendar" which we kind of do? I mean, it's not written down or anything but I do think about when we will next do it.
When was the last time you went to a museum/historical site? Our city and county parks are often historical sites so when I go for a walk technically I'm exploring a bit of history.
ReplyDeleteIf you have a partner, do you do regular date nights? Nope, every night is a date night with my sweet patootie. 😉
I'm sorry it has been a rough June, Engie. Hugs. You're doing the best you can.
ReplyDeleteI went to the tribal museum last week with my mom and sis! It sounds like you and Anne really cleaned up here!
"Regular date nights" sound chore-like... like taking out the trash lol. I like to think of every day as an opportunity to flirt.
If by "regular" date nights, you mean every time my kid gets invited to a birthday party or sleepover, then yes, lol. It's so hard to plan a date night!
ReplyDeleteLet's see. I went to an art museum in May with a friend. It was fun!
June sounds really rough, Engie. I want to live close enough to you that I can bring you comfort food and ogle your pets.
"June: I barely even saw the man." Engie, I'm sorry you had to be apart so much, but the raw humour in this made me laugh out loud.
ReplyDeleteWe do at-home date nights most weeks and I love it! Low-key, cheap, and I can stay in my PJs if I want. I think that what works for one couple in terms of dates doesn't necessarily work for others. I know people that love to get dressed to the nines and go out to fancy restaurants. That sounds exhausting (and expensive) to me. Eating on the couch while watching a documentary is one of my absolute favourite things to do each week, and I'm sure to some others it would seem totally lame. So I love that relationships can flourish in different ways and environments. Plus, our at-home date nights were born out of necessity when we didn't have access to a babysitter and had little kids that couldn't be left home alone.
We have always wanted to be the people who do regular date nights, but have never been able to put it together in an organized fashion between multiple jobs and classes pre-child and then childcare and chaos after. It's on our goals for the fall (when the person who chills with our girl when we go out returns from summer adventures) to try and go out once a month with just the two of us. We also have the challenge around not knowing what to do with the time because of a date night version of functional freeze - we're so not used to having the time that we literally don't know what to do with it when we get it. There've been a few times where we landed back at home SO EARLY and our daughter was annoyed because she was enjoying time with her childcare person - she had plans, haha! It does make sense, though, as we're coming off a run of reactive years, and we're lucky to recognize that and be able to prioritize time together in a few months.
ReplyDeleteWell, hooray for survival- sometimes that's just the way it is. I will say you're doing great on all the most important goals though. For the will- you can order one online, fill it out, and bring it to a notary and it's DONE. Unless you have something really complicated going on, I think this would would for you.
ReplyDeleteI'll be staying in La Grange, TX for one night on my trip. When I looked up things to do, I saw there's a museum. And when I looked up the "museum in La Grange" I found it's an art museum! WELL! Then, I realized that museum is in La Grange, GA. The La Grange, TX museum is of "Texas Heroes." Sigh.