A Goals Update: Yearly Goals + April Goals

April was a very busy month (like any other month!) - here's an update on how I did with my yearly goals and my monthly goals:

2012 Yearly Goals

Personal

• Read 36 books in 2012 = three per month. Still doing really well with reading!
• Completely reorganize our filing cabinet. I intend to spend at least one hour per week on this (during an average week).
• Complete one Do-It-Yourself project per month. Artisan bread was a huge hit with my husband and his parents!
• Exercise regularly - at least three times per week.
• Create monthly goals (a new concept, but similar to my weekly goals) for my personal life.
• Continue creating weekly goals. Weekly goals (and goal-setting in general) are making such a huge difference for me this year!

Blog - All of these goals are going well!

• Post a Do-It-Yourself project update at the end of each month.
• Post a monthly reading update at the end of each month.
• Post two new recipes per month.
• Create monthly goals for my blog.

Marriage and Family

• Continue reading through the Bible together according to this two year plan (we are on year two).
• Read several books about marriage and family: The Meaning of Marriage, 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families and Power of a Praying Wife.
• Continue supporting each other through a huge upcoming change in our lives. 

April Goals

Personal Goals

• Read four books.
  1. "Margin" by Richard Swenson. Read my update about Margin and A Love That Multiplies in this post.
  2. "Love that Multiplies" by Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar.
  3. "Tightwad Gazette" by Amy Dacyczyn Look for a reading update this weekend.
  4. "Dear Birthmother" by Kathleen Silber This will be on May's list. The Tightwad Gazette is nearly 1,000 pages, which I didn't know!
• Complete my Do-It-Yourself project: Artisan bread in five minutes a day. This DIY was a huge success!
• Exercise three times per week for 30 minutes each time. I did fairly well this month, aside from this week, as we were traveling for the wedding.
• Continue preparing for Vacation Bible School.
• Clean out desk; sell desk and lamp. The desk has been cleaned out and I am working on selling the desk and lamps.
• Organize my clothes (switch from winter to summer and pull out clothes that I no longer wear). This was a huge project, but it's done!
• Read the Ebook that I downloaded for free at the end of March. Maybe in May?

Blog Goals

• Write a four-week "Top 10 Series" about the top 10 products that I buy in each of four separate categories. Look for the first installment on Tuesday of this week! This series is going well! Pop over to check it out.
• Post two recipes:
  1. Gluten Free "Hamburger Helper" Pasta. This should have posted earlier today.
  2. Gluten Free Pizza Pie. See the recipe HERE.
• Post an update about my DIY project. Read my update in this post.
• Post reading updates throughout the month as I finish each book.
• Participate in the Money Saving Mom audiobook blog tour. Read my review in this post.