Life in Tee Harbor, Alaska

Progress On New Year's Goals

1.  Plan dinners for the month

Finished this one - haven't been following it exactly, but using it more as a guide.  It has been working well.

2.  Limit grocery trips to 3 this month

Shopped once so far (last night).  We have a budget of $200 for the month.  Spent $103 so far.

3.  Can some dried beans - pinto, kidney, black & red beans

Canned 14 pints of pinto beans last weekend.  Four jars didn't seal, so I heated 1 1/2 jars in a pan, added some brown sugar, molasses, white wine vinegar, little mustard - and simmer for about 10 minutes.  We had it with moose backstrap steaks - YUMMY!!!

4.  Sew some more clothes - 2 skirts, 2 shirts, 1 jacket, 1 vest

I have almost finished my jacket, just need to adjust the sleeve length.  I finished a long jean skirt with buttons down the front - want to sew a lightweight cream cotton skirt with lace around the bottom to wear under the jean skirt.  I will probably work on that this weekend and then I will post some pictures!  I have the material to sew the rest of the items, need to buy bias tape for the colors of the shirts.

5.  Find out about RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) classes

I called about this Tuesday the 2nd.  Went to the first class Wednesday the 3rd.  They also have a session on Saturday evening during mass to talk about the readings and have a chance to ask questions - it's called "Breaking Into the Word".  This week there was a mission at the church, so last night I attended that.  It was very interesting and thought provoking.  Next Wednesday regular classes will resume and we will learn about the sacraments.

6.  Come up with cleaning & decluttering schedule - and follow it!

Haven't worked on this one yet.

7.  Spend within the budget I've set up - use Thursdays as desk day to pay bills and record spending

I've been keeping with my budget and have used Thursdays to sit down, pay bills, record what I've spent during the week and plan what to do next.  Tonight I listed a couple things I can do to save some money.  Need to cancel my ediets membership ($14.95/mo), see if I can put my web hosting on hold ($11.95/mo), and I want to check rates on my truck insurance.  I have my deductible at $100 right now, so I want to see what the savings in premiums would be if I raised it to $500 or $1000.  I also can remove the rental car coverage since we won't be going anywhere for awhile.

So, my progress on these goals this month are going really well.  I will check back later and let you know how I'm doing!

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4:17 AM, Friday, January 12, 2007 .. Posted by mooremama

Good job on meeting your Jan. goals. Seems like this is really the way to go, instead of making resolutions for a whole year. I'm really excited about seeing your skirts when you've sewn them. I'm just in the beginning stages of learning how to sew so I get really inspired when I see what I could accomplish, one of these days.

Beth

You're welcome!

6:56 PM, Monday, January 15, 2007 .. Posted by OklahomaJamie

I'm so glad my chores list might be of some help to you! That makes me happy. If my dial up would stay on long enough, I'd try to upload a picture of my pages.