Wednesday Hodgepodge-Vol 80

1. How many students were in your high school graduating class? Did you know most, if not all of them? I knew them all, but some better than others. We had a small graduating class at our small Christian school... Now I have to go try and find my High School Yearbook to find out exactly how many I graduated with... be back soon with the answer... 

Well, so much for that. I can't find my yearbook... it is somewhere... but where I don't know. I have to much other stuff to do do spend more time looking for it. My graduating class was between 20 and 30 students... somewhere in there. Good enough.

2. What was the last thing you photographed? I photographed my Dad's grave, my Mom at my Dad's grave, my daughter and Mom together at my Dad's grave site. and my hubby also photographed my Mom and I at my Dad's grave. I miss you Daddy. I can't post a photo because I have to find the little thing that allows my photo card to be read in my url slot on my computer... one of my girls took it again.

3. Pickles-love 'em or loathe 'em? If its love what's something you eat that needs a pickle? Love 'em, must be sweet or bread and butter though... HATE, loathe, despise, sour pickles! I don't eat pickles on things, I eat them with my lunch or hamburgers.

4. What's a stereotype you seem to perpetuate without meaning to? I can't think of anything. I am not stereotypical in any way that I know. Our family is always doing things outside the box, against the flow that my family, other Christians, our church members, friends, even homeschoolers go. I really can't think of anything.

5. Ever been horse back riding? If so is it something you enjoy? If not, do you have any interest? Did you watch the Kentucky Derby? Will you be watching the last leg of the Triple Crown this weekend? I have been horse back riding. I do enjoy it. My cousins grew up on a farm and had horses and did fox hunting. I had many opportunities to ride with my cousin through the farms and hills near their home in PA. I miss those days some times. I did not watch the Kentucky Derby and I will not watch the Triple Crown. But, I love horses and horse movies.

6. What's your favorite 'wedding' movie? My hubby says my favorite "wedding" movie is Runaway Bride... I will go with that... then I don't have to think so hard of all the "wedding" movies I have seen, own, and love.

7. What is one 'tourist attraction' in the USA that you'd like to see in person? Grand Canyon

8. Insert your own random thought here. I miss my Daddy.

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Goal Planning Monday ~ Week 71

 Time to write some goals and strive to accomplish them this coming week??

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after you read my goals.

Goal Planning Monday has a new home - the banner above will take you to the new home for Goal Planning Monday @ Real Life Unscripted even though it says it is @ mamamanuscripts. I changed the link to send you to the new place.

This week went about like I thought it would. There are more things Not Done than I would like, but with my mother visiting I figured it would be that way.. Well, school is mostly done and now I have to get moving on some of my summer goals... especially planning next year's school!

My Goals from last week and how I did:

Spiritual Goals 

1. Devotions daily -  How People Change and How People Change Study Guide: How Christ Changes Us by His Grace. Partly Done- missed a couple days.
2. Listen to Godly Music Daily. Partly Done
3. Pray daily. Partly Done
4. Read the last chapter of Power of a Praying Wife and leave hubby a note for that chapter. Starting June 1st I will be joining an online event where we pray the prayers of the Power of a Praying wife each day in the month of June... 30 days... 30 chapters to the book. This will be my gift to my hubby since we don't have any money.I probably won't write him a daily note but maybe a weekly one telling him the things I have been praying about.     Done - I finished the book and have started the daily prayer challenge. I am not reading the chapters, I am just praying the prayers.
5. Read some of My Utmost for His Highest before bed at night. Done

Homeschool Goals

1. This is the last week of school for 2011-12. Done- the days are done, 180 as our state requires, the work is not done, but it is almost done. Nathan has Movies as Literature essays to finish, Building Life Relationships a few hours, Educational Foundations a few hours, and some health to do. Christopher has only Bible to finish up.
2. Keep up with logging in the boys work and grading as we go through the week. Done
3. I am also working on transcripts. Not Done
4. I decided what things to finish up the Astronomy unit. We are having to let some things go undone that I had hoped to tackle... especially looking at the stars because we can't afford to drive repeatedly to a place where it is dark enough.. also hubby got rid of our telescope and I didn't know it. Christopher will be finishing reading Astronomy and the Bible,: Questions and Answers, as well as Voyage to the Stars and Voyage to the Planets by Donald B. Deyoung, Richard B. Bliss Done
5. Make sure Nathan completes at least one back essay he had skipped from Movies as Literature. I hope he will get all the ones he has left done this week so we can be completely finished school. Not Done
6. Work on Nathan's photo slideshow for his graduation open house. Done - the slideshow is not done, but I did work on it a bunch.

Blog Goals    

1. Post reminders to my friends/blog readers about Think Back Thursday on Wed. on Facebook groups especially. Remind them of this week's theme. Done
2. Post Think Back Thursday... my revamped meme. Done
3. Comment on each person's post that links up for Think Back Thursday. Done
4. Join in some favorite memes that I like to do and try and leave comments on a few blogs of those who link up. Done

Exercise Goals - I want to get back to exercising. I have been totally skipping this. 

1. Weigh in Wednesday and update my weight loss ticker at the top of my blog. Not Done
2. Post an update to Weight Loss Wednesday Not Done
3. Work out at least 3 days this week. Partly Done
4. Make a Weight Watchers 1 point dessert. Not Done

Personal/Other Goals 

1. Shut my computer off between 9 and 9:30 every night, get ready for bed and then read until my husband is ready for bed. I don't know how successful I will be with this until my mom goes home... but I will try. Not Done
2. Comment on all the other GPM ladies posts. Keep track of their names with links here so I know whose I have done. Done - I commented at the following blogs: our hostess mamamanuscripts @ Real Life Unscripted  revjen, Blossom @ North Laurel Home and School, Kym @ Homeschool Coffee Break         
3. My hubby and I were invited to our friend's house for dinner on Thursday... I am soooo looking forward to it. Done- a great time was had, we only had one "heated" discussion, I don't think the "heated" discussion harmed our relationships, and we came home way to late because we didn't want the evening to end.
4. Visit with and spend time with my mom. Done - watched lots of movies; never did play a game, the kids didn't feel like it, and ate a lot of good food and some goodies, made tapioca pudding for mom and I (and a few other members of the household had some as well).
5. Work on household chores and spring cleaning - I need to spend part of each morning working on household chores and spring cleaning. Not Done
6. Read, Read, Read! Done - I finished book #1 but didn't read any of the others. The books from #5 have come in from the library and I will be starting one of them tomorrow.  I am currently reading: 
1. Saving Hope: Men of the Texas Rangers Book 1 (Kindle) I got the book free on Kindle a little while back, it is no longer free. It is interesting so far, supposed to be Christian but not much Christian life in it so far, but I am only on chapter 4. Here is the print link if you want it... Saving Hope: Men of the Texas Rangers Book 1 Also my Amazon account says I can lone to book to anyone... I have never done that but if you are interested I could try it. 
2. Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life 
3. Emma by Jane Austen
4. With Wolfe in Canada by G.A. Henty. 
5. I also ordered some of my favorite Tales From Grace Chapel Hill series that I have been wanting to read... I will probably devour them once they come in from the library.
7. Make sure the kids keep up with cooking and after dinner chores. Done- though actually hubby and I did most of the cooking and after dinner chores.
8. I hope to make some time to paper scrapbook this week to complete a yearly goal I have. Not Done

For this week that is 15 Done, 4 Partly Done, and 8 Not Done. 


My goals for this coming week:

Spiritual Goals 

1. Devotions daily -  How People Change and How People Change Study Guide: How Christ Changes Us by His Grace.
2. Listen to Godly Music Daily.
3. Pray daily.
4. I have joined an online event where we pray the prayers of the Power of a Praying wife each day in the month of June... 30 days... 30 chapters to the book. This will be my gift to my hubby since we don't have any money. I probably won't write him a daily note but maybe a weekly one telling him the things I have been praying about.    
5. Read some of My Utmost for His Highest before bed at night.

Homeschool Goals

1. Although we are done our 180 days of school for this year the boys still have work to finish up. Nathan has Movies as Literature essays to finish, Building Life Relationships a few hours, Educational Foundations a few hours, and some health to do. Christopher has only Bible to finish up.
2. Make sure Nathan completes at least one back essay he had skipped from Movies as Literature.
3. Work on Nathan's photo slideshow for his graduation open house. I only have one year left to search for photos from and then I can work on thinning out the chosen photos! I have way to many... no on but me would be interested in looking at the slideshow for that long. Then I have to crop/repair/enhance the photos with Picassa and

Blog Goals    

1. Post reminders to my friends/blog readers about Think Back Thursday on Wed. on Facebook groups especially. Remind them of this week's theme.
2. Post Think Back Thursday... my revamped meme.
3. Comment on each person's post that links up for Think Back Thursday.
4. Join in some favorite memes that I like to do and try and leave comments on a few blogs of those who link up.
5. Post my reading update from May... it is late.
6. Post my Yearly Goal update for May... it, too, is late.

Exercise Goals - I want to get back to exercising. I have been totally skipping this. 

1. Weigh in Wednesday and update my weight loss ticker at the top of my blog.
2. Post an update to Weight Loss Wednesday
3. Work out at least 3 days this week.
4. Make a Weight Watchers 1 point dessert.

Personal/Other Goals 

1. Shut my computer off between 9 and 9:30 every night, get ready for bed and then read until my husband is ready for bed.My Mom went home so now it is time to get back to our schedule.
2. Comment on all the other GPM ladies posts. Keep track of their names with links here so I know whose I have done.
3. Work on household chores and spring cleaning - I need to spend part of each morning working on household chores and spring cleaning.
   
4. Read, Read, Read! I am currently reading


1. Promises to Keep (The Tales from Grace Chapel Inn Series #13) and other Tales from Grace Chapel Inn Series book I have currently out of the library, 4 in all.
   
2. Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life 
3. Emma by Jane Austen
4. With Wolfe in Canada by G.A. Henty. I want to get this finished so I can start a summer History book, reading for my own knowledge and not for school purposes.
5. Make sure the kids keep up with cooking and after dinner chores. 
6. Make time for scrapbooking.
7. Start working on plans for next year, especially History and Science.
8. Log some books into Book Collector.

Do you have any goals for the week? Post your goals and link up. The button at the top will take you to the meme and you can join up with us. I have been doing this for more than a year now and setting weekly goals is really helping me keep focus and achieve more. Have a great week.

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