Goal Planning Monday ~ Busy Times Ahead

We are too busy mopping the floor to turn off the faucet.  ~Author Unknown

That is so true. It is how I felt all week. I didn't get much done. I didn't feel like getting much done. I felt like escaping. I had one really good day when a friend came over to visit. The visit was to short though. It always is.

The rest of the week I read books and played on my computer and watched movies. We also spent some time in the basement as we had a tornado warning one day. I spent a lot of time turning my computer off and on because we have had multiple thunderstorms each day. It is supposed to last at least through Tuesday. I guess when the weather man posted his summer thoughts for the east coast he was right on. More rain than usual and more summer storms than usual East of the Mississippi. It sure has been true so far.

The main thing this coming week will be to get busy with school stuff. I have multiple things to work on from last year and things to work on for next year. And... I only have 3 or 4 weeks to get them done. I would like to start on July 22nd but I may not be ready in time. I am not going to drive myself crazy... so I will take the days as I can and pray I don't have an emotional breakdowns to slow me down this week.

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My top priorities are marked with a *

My goals for this coming week:

Spiritual Goals   

1. *Morning Devotions - including Bible reading, prayer, listening to music and reading a spiritual book. Prayer will be a focus this year as that is my word for 2013. I am reading One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp . I am done reading Praying God's Word but still have plenty of verses to read over and pray back to God. Do the study of the Book of John from Hello Mornings. Done- I mostly read One Thousand Gifts but I felt I needed it. So much. It speaks to my heart in this trying time. It's a God thing that I decided to read it now.
2. Read through Proverbs each month in the evenings. Not Done - I do want to get back to reading Proverbs. I think I may be giving up on doing the Hello Mornings study of the book of John. I will try again this week to do both and see how things go. If I don't succeed I will be dropping the study of John.
3. Participate in the Joy Dare in 2013. Writing down 3 things each day that are gifts from God, things to be thankful for totaling more than 1000 gifts in 2013. Done

Homeschool Goals

No goals for homeschool this week. If I got something done it would be a bonus. Done - I did look further at the Philosophy Adventures program and the suggested supplements and decided to buy one of them. I also briefly looked at where we are for History.


Fitness Goals

1. *Exercise 2-3 days 15 min each time. I hope to work up to doing much more than this. It is time to get serious about my health. Hubby has already started working on his diet, though he can't exercise until after he gets his other stent in. Not Done - I hurt my leg on Monday while rushing around getting things ready for the hospital. So, I couldn't exercise. I could hardly walk. I didn't go to the Dr. I am pretty sure I just pulled a muscle in my calf. I hope I heal soon. It is feeling better.
2. Get my Weight Watchers dessert made... I hope. Not Done - I need cocoa now. We are out. We have some dark cocoa but not regular. I wasn't sure it would taste good with the dark cocoa so I skipped it. Don't want to waste ingredients.
3. Eat fruit and veggies and drink water. Partly Done - I drank water. I ate veggies at dinner some nights. I don't think I ate any fruit. We don't have anything but red delicious apples and I HATE them.
   

Blog Goals    

1. Comment on everyone's blog that links up to the Goal Planning Monday linky. Done
2. Post reminder and future themes for Think Back Thursday on Wed. Done
3. Post Think Back Thursday. Done
4. Comment on each person's post that links up for Think Back Thursday. Done

Personal/Other Goals 

1. Read. Done
2. *Deal with hubbies trip to the hospital on Monday. Done - surgery went well. He is home and recovering well. He is back to driving. Praise God for the good outcome.
3. *Bring Hubby home on Tuesday. Done
4. *Drive or ride with hubby to take son to work all week. Done
5. Done - adding Get Monthly Reading post done. I did it yesterday.

For this week that is 11 Done, 1 Partly Done, and 3 Not Done.

My goals for this coming week:

Spiritual Goals   

1. *Morning Devotions - including Bible reading, prayer, listening to music and reading a spiritual book. Prayer will be a focus this year as that is my word for 2013. I am reading One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp . I am done reading Praying God's Word but still have plenty of verses to read over and pray back to God. Do the study of the Book of John from Hello Mornings.
   
2. Read through Proverbs each month in the evenings.
3. Participate in the Joy Dare in 2013. Writing down 3 things each day that are gifts from God, things to be thankful for totaling more than 1000 gifts in 2013.

Homeschool Goals

1. Work on the Portfolio for last year's school. 
2. Get to planning History.
3. Check with Christopher on what extra subjects he wants to do this year.
4. Get the science stuff out and start looking at it.
5. Talk to my mom about the $$ she usually gives me for school. If she is sending it decide what I want to do with it.
6. Buy the curriculum I still need.

Fitness Goals

1. *Exercise 1-2 days 15 min each time. I hope to be feeling well enough to start back by the end of the week. I have a swollen foot and don't know why yet... I will not be exercising this week. Bummer. 
   
2. Get my Weight Watchers dessert made... I hope. 
3. Eat fruit and veggies and drink water.

Blog Goals    

1. Comment on everyone's blog that links up to the Goal Planning Monday linky. 
2. Post reminder and future themes for Think Back Thursday on Wed. 
3. Post Think Back Thursday. 
4. Comment on each person's post that links up for Think Back Thursday. 
5. Post some good content, written by me, on my blog. 
6. Link up to a few good linkies/memes that I used to enjoy. 
7. Work on a post about Delaware for my friend's blog. 

Personal/Other Goals 

1. Read. 
2. *Save files to my external drive. I really would like to get this all done this week. 
3. Celebrate my son's 19th birthday on Friday.

So, do you want to accomplish more with your day. If you set some goals maybe you will be able to avoid the panic of problems that crop up in your week and get things done in spite of the turmoil of water on the floor. LOL

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