An update on my summer goals
It is going much better than expected.
READ. I am well on my way to meeting my five book summer goal and (gasp) might even surpass it. Look for mini reviews of these books over the next few weeks.
DECLUTTER. As promised, we have been throwing "crap" out every Tuesday and it is finally starting to look a lot less crowded.
CELEBRATE. Tomorrow I'll be dancing at club celebrating my birthday with about a dozen friends. It has the potential to be a fun memorable night. (*smile*)
PEDICURES. Two down and one to go. Looks like my BFF and I are set to go next week! Yeah!
FIRE AND FRIENDS. Because of the weather, and an unexpected burn ban, we haven't had many fires. However, we are set to have one this weekend and we have had quite a few friends over minus the marshmellows.
PAINT. We survived the redo and painting of my daughters' room. Barely.
SCRAPBOOK. I am on track to have at least 30 pages complete over the summer months. I am working in a book for her husband's 40th birthday, updating the kids school books and birthday books.
BULLETIN BOARDS. Almost all requested cuts are complete. I just have about 75 dog bones to bust out. More photos later.
UNPLUG. I probably could unplug more...but the donkey farm was a challenge. Today we are off to the zoo and I have no plans to check in again until late tonight.
SUBMIT, SUBMIT, SUBMIT. As much as I hoped and prayed that I would have sold my book by my 40th birthday, it wasn't meant to be. That's not to say I have given up and I am certainly still submitting.
As you know, I've spent a lot of time at the pool. I've spent far too much time yelling at my kids to get them to practice their instruments. I traveled to the donkey farm and my sister is currently visiting.
I have plans to tackle Hershey with oldest and teach her the joys of roller coasters. And with any luck, might see Def Leppard and Poison in concert.
It's no marathon, but it's not too shabby. *smile*
A summer goals update
Last week I shared with you my summer goals and this week I'm tackling the toughest of all of them.
PAINTING THE GIRLS ROOM.
My girls ages 13 and 11 share the giant room above our garage. After much debate, we've decided to keep them together (for now).
When we moved to PA my girls were 6 and 3 1/2 and my son was 1 1/2. Needless to say their room colors are slightly juvenile. The room is divided by a cartoonish floral border and the bottom half is green and the top half is yellow.
Suggestions included black, white, and red checkers, orange and teal (until the remembered the colors of nickelodeon), black, zebra, stripes (both dark purple and light).
I am happy to say those were eliminated. We have now decided on two shades of blue and a white. The ceiling will be white. The far wall will be dark blue and the other walls light blue.
We may or may not attempt some polka dots.
Fingers crossed they are gonna like it.
More updates to follow.
My summer Goals: Ten Things I'd like to accomplish
I like making lists.I think it has something to do with my ADD brain and the need to see everything directly in front of me.
Here are a few things I'd like to accomplish over my summer vacation.
READ. My book club is helping with this a little. I am reading books that I wouldn't normally pick and for that I am very thankful. It also forces me to read at least one a month. Over break I want to read five books.
DECLUTTER. I told the kids that every Tuesday (which is the day before garbage day) that it is "Throw a bag of crap out day" I am going to do it too. Hopefully by the end of summer we will have a lot less crap.
CELEBRATE. I turn (gasp) 40 at the end of July and I would like to celebrate with family and friends. I'm just not really sure how. Any suggestions?
PEDICURES. I don't really pamper myself but I love a good pedicure. Having just gone with my daughter for her 11th birthday, I have decided that I will go again in July and again in August before school starts back up. Do you have any indulgences?
FIRE AND FRIENDS. I am very social. I would have people over every weekend if I could. My husband...not so much. I am hoping we can find a comfortable medium and have a few friends over for some fires.
PAINT. I put this one on all the time, but it's so much work. The girls want to redo their room. Lord have mercy, can we do it?
SCRAPBOOK. I am going to attempt to do 30 pages (just 10 pages a month) in my scrapbooks.
BULLETIN BOARDS. Like every year, I told the teachers I would cut some things for them and my list is upstairs. I should probably not wait until the last minute.
UNPLUG. I spend too much time online. I really need to walk away from the computer more often.
SUBMIT, SUBMIT, SUBMIT. I need to keep putting my book out there. I need to take rejection with my head held high and to continuously remember that I am a good writer. Persistence is half the battle.
Other than hanging at the pool with B and forcing my kids to practice their instruments, I have nothing else on the agenda. The kids and I may travel to see my mom's new property and hopefully we'll sneak in a visit with my sister.
What do you have planned this summer? I'd love to hear your goals, unless they're drop 15 lbs and train for a half marathon. Then you're just showing off... (smile)
Oh crap...summer vacation is half over
Near the end of the school year, I came up with this list of all the things I'd like to accomplish this summer. Since (gasp) summer vacation is already half over, I thought we'd take a look at my progress.
Complete another edit I have successfully completed another edit of my YA novel and I am planning on actually submitting it for consideration before the end of summer! I am anxious and excited to see what lies ahead.
Paint my bedroom. I am taking baby steps towards this project. I picked out some colors I like and I am waiting for feedback from my hubby. Might have a girls night in painting party.
Enjoy my kids. For the most part, I have been doing fairly well with this. Of course, oldest did spend a week at camp and middle is leaving for camp next week. Plus, they have been participating in summer playground which may or may not be the only thing keeping me sane.
Visit the Crayola Factory. I have my doubts on this one. It is rather pricey and I'm not sure I am gonna attempt to swing it.
Clean and organize my craft room. The brown desk is out and the organization has begun. Pics to be posted tomorrow.
Fly to Florida. We leave on Thursday! White sand beaches and a wedding to celebrate. Doesn't get much better than that.
Summer Reading Club. We are signed up, but out of the 30 savenger hunts available we have only participated in 2. But I do have plans to do one tomorrow....
Scrapbook. My summer goal was 30 pages and so far I am at 4. This one might turn into an epic fail.
Bulletin boards. I promised some friends and co-workers help with their bulletin boards and I am making a lot of progress on this. The craft rooom is starting to look like a barnyard as I have about 30 cows and barns in the works.
Visit friends in Ohio. I don't think we are gonna make it out there, but out of the blue I found out some friends from Ohio will be staying with us in August.
Survive Camp. Done. The best part was all the visits from our friends. They made the week fly right by.
Visit family. The in-laws are coming to keep the kids when we are in Florida and my sister and her family will be visiting at the end of the month for my birthday. Life is good.
Have a fire (or 2 or 3). On Saturday, I had a rockin' good time with lots of friends from school as well as my neighbors. Food, a fire and some friends...who could ask for anything more.
Birthday books and school albums. Seeing as I've only made four pages it is pretty easy to figure out how this one is going...
Recharge. My favorite goal and the one I am having the most success with!
Come August 24th I'll be able to handle anything.
Including kale.
About Me
- kisatrtle
- I'm a 41 year old (gasp) freelance writer, school cafeteria manager, wife and mother. I have three children and one anxious and overweight beagle. I use my blog to make others laugh, to share some cool crafts, to document my lunchlady adventures and to lament about the challenges faced by us all on the journey called life. Thanks for visiting. Please leave some crack...um...I meant some comments.
