GG Club - April 2006 Goals

[Valerie in WA]

Post your goals to this thread, and we'll help keep each other accountable.

[Valerie in WA]

My goals are:

Health
Continue to work on posture
Lose 4 pounds

Spiritual
Maintain bible-reading and prayer habits

Financial
Acheive at least 18 no-spend days this month

Hobby
Work on quilt at least 40 hours this month

Garden
Have dh rototill garden just prior to planting
Plant garden around the 15th

[thrifty gal]

Mine:

*Stick to our budget, and our financial rules we wrote out
*Eat out only once per week
*Track our expenses
*Cut pop down to one a day, drink more water
*get carpet layed down

[missymomof3]

My goals are: to get my garden planted this month,
keep my frugality and continue to be able to stay at home, spend more time reading the bible and praying, gain patience and be more loving

[peanut]

Okay, let's see...

~ finish baby charity quilt tops. I seem to be getting a lot of quilts out of a little Safeway bag of scraps. Moral of story: be careful what you pray for. I asked God to help me make efficient use of those scraps, and he isn't disappointing me. Though I am getting tired of the same old pattern...

~ Finish the Majic Tile quilt

~ Finish the blue and orange strip quilt

~ walk 30 minutes a day

~ switching to organic foods gradually

~ try to nurture myself daily

~ redo affirmations

~ sort through Bourne's books on anxiety and come up with three things to do this month to improve my health.

~ plan and execute a spring picnic/bike hike towards the end of the month.

~ have dd#1 and her dh over for supper Easter...ham dinner and fixings.

~ Finish Serendipity Bible study on 1 John and Galatians.

~ Finish reading through Proverbs.

~ check to see if ISBN is still good on manuscript. Find a bar code for the back of the book.

~ free stitching, quilting and rug hooking groups.

~ knit sweater.

~ rug hooking: finish trivet. Finish piano bench cover. Finish hollyhock rug. Stay tuned! That's a lot to do in one month on it's own.

That's all I can think to do. That's more than enough. I suspect I'll read a couple of books off my reading list as well.

Jean

[miss_thrifty]

Mines to put $35 away with F.A this month towards dept.
Finish my Afghan before end of month
Keep trying to eat better and more walks
start penny challenge DH EI check
start quarter challenege DH EI check
and my FA check for same thing

[Lorri]

work on organizing bathrooms.
Change Jar Challenge
Stay within my grocery budget for the April Challenge.
work on organization of PAPERWORK
track spending
I have started my savings plan I need to keep up 4 weeks into it and doing well

I am trying to get everyone here to wash in cold water consistently.

[Buckeye5]

*continue to find ways to save$
*have a garage sale
*declutter all of house
*have DH plow garden
* pick and freeze rhubarb
*organize filing cabinets
*continue to put extra $ on med bills
* continue to try not to smoke cigarettes
* spring clean the outside of the house, pick up brances, rake, etc.
* Buy fishing licenses to enjoy frugal family fun

[Valerie in WA]

Here's my update:

Health
Continue to work on posture - working on it
Lose 4 pounds - done, plan to lose 2 more before the end of the month

Spiritual
Maintain bible-reading and prayer habits - this has really slipped and needs some major work!

Financial
Acheive at least 18 no-spend days this month - I have 10 so far

Hobby
Work on quilt at least 40 hours this month - I've done about 30 hours already

Garden
Have dh rototill garden just prior to planting - will ask him to do this this week or next
Plant garden around the 15th - postponed to around May 1

[PeacewithMyself]

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to this site but, I just love it! The challenges are so encouraging. We are becoming even more frugal. Our friends think we're nuts and the extended family fears our frugal conversations. So, I know we are on the right track!

These are the goals for April

Only gas charges on the CCs. and pay them off as they come in.
Lower the propane/electric bill. (electric came in lower. Propane gal price was higher than last bill but, we used less propane than this time last year. So, the bill was less.)
Max our blanket/emergency savings. Reaching for 10,000. by fall.
Increase our garden.
Lower the grocery bill.
No food waste.
Exercise daily
Drink more water
De-Clutter a room a week. Craft room was week 1, Laundry room week 2, Apartment is week 3
Find no cost ways to have family fun.

[Valerie in WA]

Here's how I ended up:

Health
Continue to work on posture - working on it
Lose 4 pounds - lost five!

Spiritual
Maintain bible-reading and prayer habits - hmm...better, but needs more work

Financial
Acheive at least 18 no-spend days this month - achieved, but just barely

Hobby
Work on quilt at least 40 hours this month - done

Garden
Have dh rototill garden just prior to planting - done
Plant garden around the 15th - postponed to May 15th for a variety of reasons


HOW ABOUT YOU??