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We’re in that part of December where every day requires a mini pep talk. (“Ok, self. There’s more time before Christmas than you think. You aren’t as behind as you feel. Ready…break!”)
Ahem.
I had a pretty lofty goal of getting all of my shopping done last week, but apparently you need to have a general understanding of what you want to buy before you go shopping if you want to cross things off of your list. I actually did get quite a bit of it finished, I just have a few things left to get.
This is the kids’ last week of school before break, so at least those activities will slow down!
Home/Barn
Continue cleaning and declutter 3 more bagsFix the dryerWoohoo! Spent the week catching up on laundry. (Ha, like I’m ever “caught up”)
- Finish up all Christmas shopping (this is a lofty goal!)
Earn 250 Swagbucks
Family Goals
- Jesse tree for Advent (we are embarrassingly behind)
- Make cookies (still hasn’t happened yet)
Blog Goals
- Grow Twitter account to 350 (Not quite, but close!)
- Get a week ahead on posts (Didn’t make it, but did make progress.)
Personal Goals
After some helpful comments last week, I think I’m going to cut way back here.
- Daily Bible readings
- exercise 4 times
- Finish reading Better Than Before and blog about it
Eat 5 fruits and/or veggies per day
New week, new goals!
Home/Barn
- Put up some new Christmas decor
- Clean and wrap gifts
Family Goals
- Enjoy family Christmas traditions
- Bake cookies
- Learn to care for the hermit crabs we are petsitting over break!
Blog Goals
- Grow Twitter followers to 360
- Outline posts through end of year
Personal Goals
- Daily Bible readings/podcast
- Read 3 chapters of Better Than Before
What are your goals for the week? Let’s support each other!
I'm Jamie, and I want to help you afford a beautiful life with your family. 
Hermit crabs are so fun! And pretty easy. I don’t remember what they eat, but I do remember that they don’t need to be fed very often (a friend in elementary school had them, and they were fun to watch walk around in their shells 🙂 ).
I was ready to be done with the Christmasing this week as well, other than to actually go places for the events, but got a sort of last minute request to make dessert for family dinner for Christmas day. So more things to worry about (insert exasperated face here, lol). I’ve been thinking and planning for Christmas for so long at this point, I’m just ready to be done with it (which normally happens for me about this time each year, if not earlier!). But, it’s almost here, and it’s almost done, ha! xD
Good job on your list. I see you’ve done a lot for the week.
Inspiring. Makes me want to check on my to-do’s too.
Thanks so much! Hope you are able to accomplish the things you want to do, too!