August and September Goals

SEPTEMBER IS HERE!!!!

I don't usually enjoy September, but I am excited about it. I'm excited because that my shows are coming back!  I missed them very much. School is back, activities are returning, the weather is cooling off. I like fall. Not winter though, winter can suck it. 

Plus, September means that we're on the other side of the move and that is great. All went pretty darn well. I'm exhausted and I don't know if it's just the last couple of months catching up with me or what. I've started my iron again and life is settling down so hopefully I'll be back to normal soon. Allergy season is upon me but I've kept it under control so far. Hoping that continues!

I did well in August, it was a crazy busy productive month of change and chaos, but I stayed on top of most things. Here's how I did with my goals:

PACK - Got it done! We have too much stuff. 

CLOSE - Probably the easiest of the bunch. Show up, sign things, get keys. 

MOVE! - Check. We paid movers and it was expensive but worth it, honestly. 

Get an estimate for patio repairs - Got one. Looking for a couple other bids. We may wait til next spring to tackle this. 

Get an estimate for kitchen updates - We're going in another direction with the kitchen and I'm excited about it.

Furnish at least one living space - Yep, figured out where the living room will be. New furniture arrives this week!

Finish reading Lean In - Finished it, along with several other books: reread Night by Elie Wiesel, which was...wow. Also picked up It Gets Worse by Shane Dawson while waiting for an oil change at Walmart. It was hysterical. I'll be reading his other book whenever the library gets it to me. 

Schedule a date with Tim - We ended up having three dates somehow. It was fun! We should make it a habit. We saw a movie, went out to eat, packed up our house without the input of children, and just enjoyed uninterrupted conversation and TV time.  

Scope out some places to walk near my new home - I went on a long walk last night. There are lots of shady flat places to walk, which is awesome. 
Volleyball and karate on Mondays - Having fun with this! Wish they were on different days ;)

Schedule a karaoke night with friends - It's on the calendar, looking forward to it!

Finish a short story - I really nailed this one, finished five stories of varying length and quality. My latest was the best, which means perhaps I am learning as I go! 

Determine a space for school in our new house - Setting up a room upstairs, although I'm sure we'll spill over into the rest of the house too. We have a lovely, huge room to hide all the school stuff and books in, which is great. 

Get the first month of Legacy planned and gather supplies - Got the plans made, just need to gather the supplies and see how it plays out with the different age groups.  Still brain storming how we're going to keep plants alive for study :)

Blog at least twice - I technically had three posts in August, but one was the monthly goals post and the other was posted before I set the goal of blogging...so yeah...kinda lame. I have been in creative writing mode rather than my usual. 
Try out a couple of different routines to see what works best - I don't really know what I meant by this, but I think school goes best when we start with science or social studies then split up for reading and whatever else. We'll slowly be adding all our other subjects back in and getting used to have other activities to go to again as well.  

Try to incorporate journaling regularly, if not daily - I did not do a good job of journaling this month. I hope to create a space for this and Bible study that will get me into the routine. I'm looking at the bar in the kitchen. 

September Goals

House

Start setting up my basement mom cave

Clear boxes and junk from main floor
Arrange new and old furniture
Pick up the rest of our boxes from Mark and Kathy's garage and go through them

Create a space for journaling and/or Bible study

Personal

Read two books

Return all the stuff I bought that I don't want (it's a real struggle)
Get a grip on the new budget

Family

Go to Spinach Festival together
Have a movie or game night
Attempt another date night

Wellness

Continue karate and volleyball

Walk every week

Social

Schedule and host some kind of get together
Go see Masterminds 

School

Work back up to a full schedule of subjects

Practice handwriting with Lydia more regularly

Writing

Continue writing regularly, in whatever form inspires me