Project 52 Update

Well, I think I can easily admit, Project 52 is not going well this year.  I wasn't sure I wanted to do it this year and set a list...but my heart just hasn't been in it.  With that said...

Success:

15. Try a new restaurant - I went to Zocalo and Cenote with co-workers.

22. Break Trent’s ‘night-night’ habit - It's broken...but it ain't pretty still in our house.

29. Visit a state I’ve never been to - I'm counting my work trip to NOLA, I've only driven through LA before.

36. Do something special for our anniversary (October 16) - Trip to Vegas is booked!  My co-worker is getting married there on 10/13.

40. Be better with my skin care - As a part of trying to get more natural, I've been researching skin products.  Right now, I'm trying Neutrogena Naturals.  I also want to try Burt's Bees...  I'd still like to find some 'anti-aging' stuff.

42. Figure out how I want to organize our family photos - I bit the bullet and decided to go ahead and order all the pictures since January 2009 and put in albums.

43. Organize said family photos - I bought 576 pictures this week.  That covered 1 year.  Eek.

48. Try new foods - I tried radishes this week.  Let's just say I'm not a fan.

50. Get pregnant - Whoo hoo!  Definitely my most important goal and accomplishment!

Failing:

1. Don't be such a homebody - Getting pregnant isn't helping with this!

3. Try (again) to learn how to play the guitar - one song is all I want! - Nope. I really want to take lessons because trying to watch a DVD just isn't working, but it's not going to happen anytime soon.

4. Try (again) to learn how to sew - My mother-in-law and I talked about tackling this again when I'm on maternity leave.

11. Lose these last 10+ pounds - Preggo...

18. Date night once a month - Once a month should be easy...but it isn't.  I'd say we're doing better this year than last though!

30. Have fresh flowers in the house more often - I just never want to spend the money.

38. Have Trent swimming by the end of summer - Utter #momfail.

39. Reduce my work % - Um, I increased it.  The plan is to go down to what I was after maternity leave and then down from there with my next raise...

44. Donate blood - Preggo...

I still have some I think I can manage, but I'll probably achieve half at best.

Randoms

• I bought Baby Gurl's bedding this weekend!  I am so excited to get started on her room.
• I just got a call from Trent's school that he needed to be picked up for his behavior today.  Please OT help us!  {On a side note, I could do a whole post about how disappointed Brent and I have been about his school this summer.  The teachers he has right now are not helping in the least in this situation.}
• Trent's BBR is painted!  I ended up mixing 2 colors from the original 4 we tested, and I LOVE it.  I think out of the 4 colors in our house, only 1 is not one I created myself.
• The sheets I wanted to order originally ended up coming back in stock, and they came in the mail Tuesday.  Love them.  We pretty much just need a mattress and can move him in.  Thinking that'll happen in the next week or two.
• To add insult to injury, at my 24 week OB appointment yesterday, I was measured for the first time and measured 27 weeks.  I have said from the get-go that I seemed bigger this pregnancy.  So I am having an ultrasound at my 28 week appointment (in addition to the fun glucose test) to see what's going on in there.  Luckily, the nurse said my weight gain was 'fine'.  Ha.
• 'Finding Nemo' comes back to theaters next weekend.  I am going to take Trent - it'll be his first movie theater experience.  I am so excited!

Update - Project 52

I have been a major slacker in updating Project 52.  So here goes...


Success!
5. Take a photography class
8. Eat like a vegetarian (I did it for 3 days!!)
14. Take a trip out of state (work trip to New Orleans totally counts)
21. Build our savings account back up (Thanks tax return!)
26. No more artificial sweetener! (None in 2012!)
46. Try taking Trent to a restaurant again (Still a disaster but we've tried several times)


Failure. :(
2. Try fish once per month
28. Give up cheese for Lent (Barely lasted 2 weeks before I forgot)
31. Go to the midnight premiere of The Hunger Games
32. Use my Deceptively Delicious cookbook every month


I already have several failures, but I don't mind.  I honestly thought things would be worse than this.  Of course the year is almost half off...{grin}

Project 52/January Goals - Update #1

Project 52 Update (For the full list, go here):
In progress:
1. Don't be such a homebody./18. Date night once per month.
2. Try fish once per month./48. Try new foods - I had fish twice!!
20. Workout on a regular basis (as a part of monthly goals)
25. Learn to like unsweetened tea - I won't say I like it yet, but I am definitely trying over and over again.
26. No more artificial sweetener! - Ugh.  This is hard.  Mainly for the tea!
32. Use my Deceptively Delicious cookbook every month - Made pizzas with pureed spinach.  Trent ate it up!!!
35. Work on Trent’s hitting/throwing habit - Lots of spanking going on in the Gurley household right now...sad face.
45. Spend more time in the evening with Brent (unplug from the computer) - see 18.


Donezo!
12. Try Zumba
33. Reread all 7 Harry Potter books - Yup.  Read them all between Jan 1 and Jan 21.  Told you guys I was a nerd.


Not going so well...
39. Reduce my work % - Sigh


January Goals - to refresh your memory...
1. Survive. January is a rough month for me work-wise.  I want to not stress about the little stuff and just focus on surviving. - Well, January is over but see 39 above.  Ha!  I think this one sticks around until the end of March this year.
2. Workout 3 times per week. Seems pretty easy, but it's not for me!  My long-term goal is more than this, but I'm just starting out small. - I did it!  There were times I almost didn't make it and didn't want to workout, but I sucked it up.
3. Cook with fish once. I don't really like fish, but I know it is super healthy.  I want to see if I can find some way I like it. - So I didn't cook in January.  But I ate it twice.  So I'm counting this as a win.
4. Pick up for 5-10 minutes each day. Again, not trying to rock the boat here but want to start somewhere. - Eh.  Sometimes yes, sometimes no.


So there you have it.  I'm going to just keep truckin' along!  Check back later today for February goals!

Best Smoothie EVER

I think it's pretty common knowledge that I am not a veggie eater.  I do love fruit, but I find it hard to get enough of them eaten each day.  6-10 servings is just about impossible!  I've on-and-off made smoothies for myself for awhile.  But as I am trying to be a healthier me in 2012, I have been tinkering with them a lot lately.  And today's?  Was SO good!  Like almost something you'd get at Smoothie King.  And the most shocking ingredient?  People, I put tomatoes in there.  Remember back to 2011's Project 52.  A goal I had was to just eat a tomato.  And I did.  And it was terrible.  But if I sneak them into my smoothie, I can't taste them!

This morning's drink of goodness!

So today's recipe (makes 2 servings):

-1 1/4 cup almond/coconut milk (I added a little more liquid this time, it was a little thick before and I think that helped!)

-2 cups spinach (can't even taste or see it!)

-3 cups of fruit (today was grapes, frozen strawberries/ blueberries/ blackberries and a frozen tropical blend w/ pineapple, mango and banana)

-6 grape tomatoes (about 1/2 a cup...I'm building up here people)

Result? 4 1/2 servings of fruits and veggies to start my day!  All for roughly 200 calories or so.  So by 9:00 AM I was more than halfway to my daily fruit and veggie goal.  Yay!!

Project 52 - 2012 Edition

Friends, I have not been keeping you in suspense on purpose.  {I know you are all DYING to hear my goals for the year.}  I was SICK.  Happens about once a year, and this time was awful.  101 fever, thought it was the flu.  A trip to urgent care yesterday morning cleared that up - ear infection, sinus infection and general yuckiness.  3 prescriptions later and I feel like a new woman.  Brent had a great laugh when I was explaining to the doctor that I took a homeopathic flu vaccine...thank goodness I don't have the flu.  I would never recover from the embarrassment!  Now...onto Project 52!

1. Don't be such a homebody
   
2. Try fish once per month
3. Try (again) to learn how to play the guitar - one song is all I want!
4. Try (again) to learn how to sew
5. Take a photography class
6. Volunteer
7. Make a will
8. Eat like a vegetarian
9. Try 3 new things with Trent
10. Take Trent to a movie
11. Lose these last 10+ pounds
12. Try Zumba
13. By the end of the year, still be using gym membership
14. Take a trip out of state
15. Try a new restaurant
16. Go to the farmer’s market
17. Go to a dairy and buy/try raw milk
18. Date night once a month
19. Finish Trent’s baby book
20. Workout on a regular basis (as a part of monthly goals)
21. Build our savings account back up
22. Break Trent’s ‘night-night’ habit
23. Try 5 new recipes
24. Meet 1 blog friend
25. Learn to like unsweetened tea
26. No more artificial sweetener!
27. Take a CPR class
28. Give up cheese for Lent
29. Visit a state I’ve never been to
30. Have fresh flowers in the house more often
31. Go to the midnight premiere of The Hunger Games
32. Use my Deceptively Delicious cookbook every month
33. Reread all 7 Harry Potter books
34. Rewatch all 8 Harry Potter movies
35. Work on Trent’s hitting/throwing habit
36. Do something special for our anniversary (October 16)
37. Better outside Christmas decorations
38. Have Trent swimming by the end of summer
39. Reduce my work %
40. Be better with my skin care
41. Start juicing
42. Figure out how I want to organize our family photos
43. Organize said family photos
44. Donate blood
45. Spend more time in the evening with Brent (unplug from the computer)
46. Try taking Trent to a restaurant again
47. Stretch
48. Try new foods
49. Learn more about finances/see a financial planner
50. Get pregnant
51. Clean out kitchen drawers
52. Donate $5 for each goal not met

And I can already cross off #12!  Go me!

On a side note (because I'm having heart palpitations and sweating), related to #35, I put my son straight to bed for hitting me tonight, 26 minutes ago.  He is still in his room crying for me.  "Mommy, I need you."  I told him I wasn't coming back if he hit me, and he did.  I know I'm doing the right thing, but oh. my. gosh.  The urge to go in there and snuggle with him and give him a dang night-night is SO strong.  But hey, maybe I can achieve #22 at the same time.  Here's hoping!


So there you have it!  Cheers to a stronger 2012!

2011 Project 52 FINAL Results

I am apparently very wishy-washy and have decided to do Project 52 again, even though my list right now has 3 things on it. {grin}  To start the year out right, and to show I am nothing if not completely honest...here's how 2011 ended.


Completed
Failed...Boo!

1. Create (read: pay someone to create) a header for my blog.
2. Eat a tomato (this one is for K-Dub).
3. See all movies nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.
4. Save money to buy a Canon Rebel. Although I will be buying it in January!!  SQUEEEE!
5. Take a photography class.
6. Get back to pre-baby body (or as close to it as possible).
7. Have a girls’ weekend.
8. Run at least 1 5K.
9. Finally finish Jane Eyre (I’ve started it twice).
10. Create 'pages' on blog.
11. Purge our house of excess clutter.
12. Start Trent’s college fund. Pathetic.  But I am also doing this in January.
13. Organize photos.
14. Finally learn to sew (lessons from mother-in-law).
15. Try ‘My Fit Foods’.
16. Spend some time in my flower beds.
17. Volunteer. How lame do you have to be to not even volunteer once?
18. Continue learning guitar (or more like re-start). So 2 years in a row on this one.  Boo.
19. Take Trent to the San Antonio Austin Zoo.
20. Make more dinners for our family.
21. Create a budget.
22. Make a will.
23. Visit the World of Harry Potter.24. Go on more dates with Brent.
25. Do something ‘Austin’-y.
26. Use my crock pot at least once a month.
27. Less bad eating!
28. Have a guest blogger (and someone who is not an IRL friend).
29. Get moving again.
30. Eat like a vegetarian for a week (or at least a weekend).
31. Cut back on Starbucks.
32. Go to 1 live concert.
33. Do something creative w/ Trent (like Children’s museum) at least 1 time per month.
34. Wear more of my ‘fun’ jewelry.
35. Try 1 new recipe per month.
36. Comment more on other blogs.
37. Buy leggings/tights (and wear them).
38. Make blog more fun!
39. Get more followers (hope #38 will help entice people). {Started Project 52 with 53 followers.}
40. Add some decorations in the house (some of our house doesn’t feel finished to me).
41. Spend lots of time with my new niece or nephew and take some of the burden away from my sister.
42. Do something fun for our anniversary (October 16).
43. Try Bikhram yoga.
44. Read 1 classic (other than Jane Eyre), 1 non-fiction book and 1 biography.
45. Finish combining our bank accounts.
46. Finish ordering professional pictures (maternity, newborn and Trent’s 1-year).
47. Hang Christmas lights myself and get something for the yard (but NOT a blow-up decoration).
48. Get a bounce house for Trent’s birthday.
49. Don’t be so scared about having Trent spend the night other places.
50. Attend the Texas Book Festival with Allison.
51. Go to at least 1 Aggie sporting event.
52. Pay $5 to a children’s charity for each goal not completed.


That's TWENTY of 52 goals I didn't complete meaning $100 to charity.  I crossed that off but haven't done yet, but trust me, I will!


I'll post my 2012 list when I have it ready, right now I only have 3 things on it, but I see some of 2011's coming back for another go-round.  Ha!


Happy now, Allison?

Project 52 Failure

I haven't posted about Project 52 in a while because I have majorly failed at it.  Here are the items that aren't done right now and if there's any chance I can get to them before the end of the year.


4. Save money to buy a Canon Rebel. - I will be able to buy this in January!  Yay!
5. Take a photography class. - Can't do this until I have the camera, but I should be able to do in early 2012.
6. Get back to pre-baby body (or as close to it as possible). - Utter failure.
8. Run at least 1 5K. - Utter failure.  Going to look around for what's happening in December.
11. Purge our house of excess clutter. - Not perfect at all, but I did quite a bit this fall.
12. Start Trent’s college fund. - Nope.  Not yet, but I think I can do this in December.
13. Organize photos. - Nope!
14. Finally learn to sew (lessons from mother-in-law). - Nope!
17. Volunteer. - Nope!
18. Continue learning guitar (or more like re-start). - Nope!
20. Make more dinners for our family. - Nope!
21. Create a budget. - Nope!
22. Make a will. - Nope!
23. Visit the World of Harry Potter. - Nope!
24. Go on more dates with Brent. - Not great, but I'd say we have done more together.
26. Use my crock pot at least once a month. - Nope!
27. Less bad eating! - Nope!
28. Have a guest blogger (and someone who is not an IRL friend). - Going to ask a few people.
29. Get moving again. - Nope!
30. Eat like a vegetarian for a week (or at least a weekend). - Nope!
31. Cut back on Starbucks. - Nope!
42. Do something fun for our anniversary (October 16). - We had a great time at Sea World!  HA!
47. Hang Christmas lights myself and get something for the yard (but NOT a blow-up decoration). - Brent (AKA Scrooge) says we can't afford new lights and anything in the yard.  Bah Humbug.  I'm still working on it!
50. Attend the Texas Book Festival with Allison. - Allison bailed on me, so she's paying this $5. :)
51. Go to at least 1 Aggie sporting event. - Nope!


Point of this story - some charity is going to make a lot of money off me, and I'm a total slacker.

Project 52 - July Update

Decent month but definitely not very impressive.

25. Do something ‘Austin’-y. I realized I have done some things unique to Austin that I didn't really think about - I've eaten at 2 food trailers (yum!) AND I would totally consider Renegade Craft Fair!!

32. Go to 1 live concert. I was going to post pictures from the Randy Rogers show we went to...then I lost my cell phone.  Boo!  But I <3 <3 <3 Randy Rogers Band and the show was fantastic!

49. Don’t be so scared about having Trent spend the night other places. We stayed in Salado and at a house on Lake Buchanan with Trent, and he did great! 

My Closet

It's a little embarrassing to share my 'Before' pictures of my closet, but it's so worth it to be able to show my 'After'! {To see the other closets I've attacked so far, click HERE. For some ramblings about decluttering, click HERE.}

Before - Yes, I am messy.

A close-up of all the cr@p on the floor!

Ahhh...clean AND organized!

Now the hard part...keeping it that way!

Project 52 - June Update

For the full list, click HERE.

6. Get back to pre-baby body (or as close to it as possible). & 29. Get moving again. - I started a boot camp this month!  {However eating root beer floats aren't pretty much the opposite of what I should be doing!}

11. Purge our house of excess clutter. - Yup!  Started.

18. Continue learning guitar (or more like re-start). - Restarted, we'll see where it goes...
 
40. Add some decorations in the house (some of our house doesn’t feel finished to me). - Did a lot this month (why do I always wait until Trent's birthday?) but will post pictures when I finish - one more big project to go.
 
41. Spend lots of time with my new niece or nephew and take some of the burden away from my sister. - I felt like I wasn't doing much, but Patty said I was a big help, so I'm considering this one a success.  Or as much of a success as it can be when I still have my own toddler to care for!

46. Finish ordering professional pictures (maternity, newborn and Trent’s 1-year). - Finally! 

My one failure:
 48. Get a bounce house for Trent’s birthday. - There were only going to be 3 kids (not counting Blair) at the party so we decided it wasn't worth the $$. 

Pretty proud of this month!!

Decluttering: Before and After (Part 1)

Picasa will still not recognize that these pictures are on my camera, so I can't make fun collages of all angles of these rooms.  {I'm sure you're devastated, dear readers.}  So we'll have to settle for 1 before and 1 after.  Also, my closet is the best before and after, but I can't find the cord for the camera.  Sigh.  I thought decluttering meant this wouldn't happen.  I guess not when you're me!

Office/catch-all-room closet - BEFORE

Office/catch-all-room closet - AFTER

Kitchen pantry - BEFORE

Kitchen pantry - AFTER

Did you know Jolly Rancers could start to leak like this?  Crazy!

The pile of boxes I was able to recycle from the pantry.  EMBARRASSING!

Overflowing basket of books.  Even too much for this bookworm!

All these went to the public library!



Ahhh...this feels great!  I don't feel done by any means, and I do think I could go through these same areas again and get more stuff out (and I want to), but it's nice to have made the first step!

June Activity

I took Trent to Heartsong Music today as our June 'Project 52' activity. (#33 Do something creative w/ Trent (like Children’s museum) at least 1 time per month).  Is it just me or can classes like that (Gymboree, Little Gym, etc.) be more stressful than fun?  I feel like I'm constantly on 'red alert' as I am learning that my child likes to hit.  {grrrrr}  I spend so much time trying to keep him from being 'that kid' that I don't enjoy the activity.  We went to a birthday party for a kid in his daycare class at Gymboree, and I was stressed almost the entire time.  I was hoping we could do their summer program, as they have a class every Wednesday, and Wednesday is the day Brent plays golf every week.  It would be something fun for us to do together; it would keep us indoors out of this blistering, nasty, insane, horrid Texas heat; it would be educational...  Overall the class was fun but I don't think we'll be going again this summer.  Am I the only mommy that stresses over this stuff?  #Mommyfail

Mash-Up Reviews

I mentioned a few weeks back that I was reading a biography of the Queen Mother.  I literally had it for NINE weeks but finally finished.  I was actually a little bereft and didn't know what to do with myself when I finished.  Last night I watched 'Love and Other Drugs'.  I thought I'd do a mash-up and review them together.  Hope you don't mind!

{Pictures from www.amazon.com and www.imdb.com}

Love and Other Drugs
Synopsis: Maggie (Hathaway) is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie (Gyllenhaal), whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love. {www.imdb.com}
Review: This was a cute movie!  Not about to go out and buy it, but I really liked it.  I've always said I am a sucker for romantic comedies, and this was no exception.  The reason I'm reviewing?  I have never been a Jake Gyllenhaal fan (to K Dub's horror).  Today I had to eat crow and admit I jumped on the Jake bandwagon.  He was absolutely adorable!!

The Queen Mother: The Official Biography
Synopsis: With unrestricted access to the queen mother's personal papers, letters and diaries, this respectful, mostly uncritical biography by veteran journalist Shawcross (Sideshow) focuses on the courtship of Elizabeth (1900–2002), the daughter of a Scottish earl, by the future King George VI; the shocking abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson; and WWII, when Elizabeth's narrow escape from a bomb that hit Buckingham Palace helped her commiserate with her subjects during the blitz. Throughout, the queen mother is depicted as vivacious, charming, devout and dutiful, a dedicated protector of the arts if not an intellectual, and socially conservative. {www.amazon.com}
Review: This book was LONG.  943 pages (hence the nine weeks of reading..never mind stopping to read 4 other books along the way).  I became interested in the Queen Mother after seeing 'The King's Speech' - I had no clue who she was before the movie (and reading a biography is a Project 52 goal for the year).  Little by little this book sucked me in.  It was so interesting seeing what the life of a 'royal' was like as well as matching that up with some of the stories we know about (WWII, Princess Diana's death).  When we got to her ultimate death (hope that's not a spoiler - ha), I was sobbing.  Brent was watching the baseball SuperRegionals in bed next to me, and I was so hoping he wouldn't look over and see the massive quantity of tears rolling down my cheeks.  I really fell in love with this woman and was so sad to 'watch' her pass away.  Now that's a good book!

Sorry if this was ridiculously long and uninteresting!  But I am SUCH a book worm and can't help but get excited about ones that mean something to me.

On a silly note, I am now reading a trashy romance novel (no shame here), and I kid you not, the tag line on the cover is 'She hired him to protect her - and wanted him to take her!'  HA!

Decluttering Lessons Learned (So Far)...

One of my Project 52 goals is to 'Purge our house of excess clutter.'  My resolution for 2011 was all about organization.  One of the things I love about Trent's birthday is it spurs me to get projects done around the house before his party. {grin}  I started a list this week of the closets/cabinets/rooms I wanted to clean out before T's party.  Today I started!  (And of course pictures will be forthcoming of my successes.  I already made Brent look at each space.  Yes, I want praise, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.)  What have I learned so far?

• Keeping your co-worker's cookware from when you had your almost TWO-year-old is unacceptable and embarrassing (sorry, Veronica, I'll bring it to the office on Monday).
• Weddings presents that remain unopened (from our almost SEVEN year marriage) need to be given away.
• I have a lot of cups, plates, napkins, etc. from various parties I've thrown.  A LOT.  Like I don't need to buy anything for T's party lot.
• It's really fun to throw away CRAP!  (And I recycled WAY more than I threw away)
• I have found a lot of stuff that I thought was lost (imagine that).
• We have a lot of space when I get rid of all this said crap.
• It's actually FUN decluttering!

So far (all today!!!), I've attacked our office/catch-all room (my scarriest closet), our front door closet, the pantry, 2 kitchen junk drawers (of 5 - sick, I know), and the book basket under my nightstand.  I still want to get Trent's room/closet, the guest bathroom closet, my side of our closet, under my side of the sink, our bathroom closet, my nightstand, the rest of the kitchen drawers, the mail area, and the guest room closet.  That'll get almost the entire house!!!  Think I can do all that plus finish planning a birthday party in 2 weeks?  I aim to try! {grin}

Project 52 - May Update

To see my full list of goals, click here.

This was not my most successful of months, and it's a little scary to be almost halfway through the year and still have A LOT to do!

I will say that I did continue on all my 'in progress' items and have started a few other projects that aren't quite in good enough shape to comment on just yet!

So the only real goal that I finished?

45. Finish combining our bank accounts.

Brent and I have been married for almost 7 years but have always maintained separate checking accounts.  We loved it, it totally worked for us.  Until the job change.  It has definitely been a challenge (to me) having a joint account.  But we're adjusting nicely and bills are (mostly) getting paid on time!

Here's to a more successful June!

Put Me In the Zoo

On Good Friday, Nana and I took Trent to the Austin Zoo.  My original Project 52 goal was to take Trent to the San Antonio Zoo, but when I really thought about it, I decided it would just be too hard at this age.  A lot of people don't even know that Austin has a zoo, but it is there and perfect for Trent's age.  The have lots of animals (lions, tigers, bears - oh my - goats, monkeys, birds, reptiles...the list goes on and on) and activities for kids.  Trent really enjoyed the train (tantrum thrown = a 2nd ride), feeding the animals in the petting zoo, looking at all the reptiles in the reptile house and just being outside in general.  We had a great day!

Getting ready to leave

This peacock was just walking around - beautiful!

Time to ride the train

We spent A LOT of time at the petting zoo feeding animals

{Yes, my son is sans shoes in a few pictures.  What can I say, we're white trash!} 

I love these pictures of him laughing so hard with his Nana.

And 5 minutes after we got back in the car...

Trent is really so much fun these days.  He really understands what's going on around him and is so observant and such a lover of life.  I love taking these trips with him, seeing everything through his eyes is such a treat!

Project 52: April Update

To see the full list, click here.

6. Get back to pre-baby body (or as close to it as possible). - Between the cleanse and #29, I am making some progress!
19. Take Trent to the San Antonio Zoo Austin Zoo. - Post to follow with pictures!

29. Get moving again. - Slowly but surely I've been working out again.
41. Spend lots of time with my new niece or nephew and take some of the burden away from my sister. - It's definitely harder to give Blair the attention I gave Miles when he was first born, but I'm trying!  I saw Patty, Miles and Blair 3 times this week, so while it's a little more stressful than it used to be, I know it is more fun to parent with my sis!

So not really lots of progress, but I also kept up all my 'in progress' goals!  High hopes for May!!

Project 52: March Update

I accomplished 3 goals for Project 52 this month and maintained all my continual goals (no fails!), so I'm pretty happy this month.  I need to pick up the pace though on some, since 3 a month isn't going to equal 52 by the end of the year! 

1. Create (read: pay someone to create) a header for my blog. - As is evidenced by the new look to my blog, I got a whole new look!  Yay!
 9. Finally finish Jane Eyre (I’ve started it twice). - I really enjoyed Jane Eyre!  It started out a little slow but turned out really awesome.  Had some neat twists and turns throughout.  Definitely happy I finally finished!
 16. Spend some time in my flower beds. - I officially have done some work in the beds (although Brent has done the most), so I will say this is accomplished, but I hope to actually plant some pretties in the next few weeks.

Project 52: February Update

Still having a blast with Project 52!

I had my first failure this month - a monthly goal that I didn't achieve. 
35. Try 1 new recipe per month. - This should not be hard for me, but I failed miserably.  I'll keep trying going forward but will be paying $5 for this one.

New goals accomplished:
2. Eat a tomato (this one is for K-Dub). - This was awful.  Confirms my absolute hatred of tomatoes.  But I did it!
3. See all movies nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. - Done!  I'm sure all y'all are thrilled for less movie reviews!
10. Create 'pages' on blog. - See top of blog!
15. Try ‘My Fit Foods’. - I tried this with my friend, Angela.  I will do a post about it.
37. Buy leggings/tights (and wear them). - Thanks Target for your $4.20 clearance leggings!  I love them!


Recurring goals:
26. Use my crock pot at least once a month. - Check!

33. Do something creative w/ Trent (like Children’s museum) at least 1 time per month. - Kiddie Acres

34. Wear more of my ‘fun’ jewelry. - Check!
36. Comment more on other blogs. - Check!
39. Get more followers. - Started with 53, up to 57!

So I have 7 goals that I have completely knocked out, which I'm very proud of!  I also have several in-progress and can hopefully have those checked off soon. {grin}