Bust the Clutter: Downstairs
Since February is a short month and I have a long list of projects I’d like to work on, I’m going to focus my de-cluttering efforts to the downstairs living areas that still need work before I tackle the upstairs bedrooms.
Wash Eggs Daily
We currently have 30 laying hens, and although the snow and cold temperatures have definitely put a damper on their production, we are still getting 8-15 eggs a day. That may not seem like a lot, but after the first few weeks of novelty, washing the crud off that many eggs and disinfecting the sink every day lost some of its fairy-tale charm, let us say. This month, my goal is to wash them every day. Bleh.
Purge The Closets
I've been working on this a little in my spare time, but I'd like to go through our clothes this month and clean out our closet and dressers. I know my wardrobe could certainly use a good paring down, and I'd like to toss at least a few of Will's 20+ white shirts speckled with the interesting remains of chicken butchering (I think he deserves a fresh set for the new year). :)
Write a Cleaning Schedule
Before Christmas, reading the Fly Lady’s book really inspired me to work harder on de-cluttering and cleaning the house with baby-steps, but I got a little slack over the holidays. I’d like to jump back into my daily routines again and actually write out a weekly schedule to use as a checklist (as the Fly Lady suggests).
Prepare Taxes
Before I got married, my Dad has always helped me with my taxes (read: I was present but probably not paying attention), so I’m not exactly sure what this mysterious process involves, but I’ll try to help Will get our taxes ready however I can.
Balance & Maintain Checkbook
Balancing the checkbook is something that’s easy to procrastinate on, but because of the farm we have two checkbooks to keep track of and it’s even more crucial to keep on top of them. I need to balance them both for this year and make sure I ask for Will’s receipts and enter them either daily or weekly.
Recurring Resolutions
Blog 2-3 Times Per Week: I’ll try to keep up my current blogging streak, and hopefully make things more interesting (aka, post things besides pictures of snow taken from our porch). ;)
Read the Bible Daily: I'll try to stay diligent in the daily readings with Will, as well as my individual reading and marking time. I was consistent with the reading and marking part last month, but I need to actually fill out my little “reading journal” for Bible Study with my favorite part of the reading more often.
Journal Daily: This was such an utter failure that I will even take weekly entries as a victory this month.
Read Four Books: This is a short month, but I'm looking forward to more reading. :)
Finish Writing Thank-You Notes: SERIOUSLY.
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What about you all? Do you have any goals you’re hoping to complete this month? If you write a post about YOUR monthly goals, I’d love to add a link to this post so you can share them and we can encourage one another along the way! As I mentioned last month, I got the idea to write monthly goals from She Learns As She Goes, and it really is a great way to stay motivated. :)
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