March Goals and a New Adventure

EEK! It's already March the 3rd and I am just not getting around to doing this. I did not crush my Feb. goals, but I did get several things crossed off of the list.

February Recap

 Home Projects

- Finish painting the interior side of our front doors. (This has been on the list since January and still hasn't been done. I am taking it off of the list for now. We just got a new door knob and peep hole for the doors, so I am glad I haven't finished this. The new knobs are going to require a good bit of repair work, so I'm not really sure what this will turn into.)

Finish Master Bedroom
-sew new pillow covers
-recover chair cushion
-paint new piece of art

Organizing

-playroom toys

Blog

- photograph and write post about our new dining room table
- photograph my living room and dining room so that I can update my house tour page

March

Home Projects

Finish up Breakfast Room - Photograph and Blog

Finish Master Bedroom
-recover chair cushion
-paint new piece of art

Organizing

-A new garage door is being installed today, so the Garage is getting bumped up the list. I will not blog about this, because it will never be pretty. I'm okay with that, I just want super functional.

Blog

- Bring back the 2 Bills 2 Blow Series

The New Adventure - I had planned to do Chalean Extreme at the beginning of this year, but had to put it off do to a hand injury. Yesterday morning I woke up and decided that it was finally time to start, and finish the program this time. It is only 90 days. Surely, I can do this. I plan to set some goals for myself as far as weight loss, and my eating habits, but right now my main goal is to do this exercise program. The other thing that I am working on is kicking my sugar habit. My first goal is to go 2 weeks with no dessert or candy. Yikes! This will be major for me. I do make homemade iced coffees at home and sweeten them with sugar, but I'm not ready to give that up just yet. It will come, though.








I'm not sure how often I will talk about this here just yet, but I am putting hit here because I do want to add a Health/Fitness section to my monthly goals post each month.

*I am not a beach body coach. I am just looking forward to starting this program.

What kind of things are you working on this month?

February Goals

I am going to call January a productive month. I didn't finish everything on my list, but I did complete several things that weren't on the list. I do like keeping up with this here; it's a pretty nice motivator. 

 

January

Home Projects

- Finish the Dining Room Table (Asher is currently building a table for me and I am not going to ask him to do anything else until it is done. He is doing a great job on it, and I can't wait to share it with you.)
- Finish painting the interior side of our front doors.  (The weather has not been cooperating with me on this one. I have to have nice weather on a day that I can stay home all day.)

Organizing

- Clean out all of our clothing closets and drawers.
- Get rid of the items that we are not keeping

Blog

- Be Consistent with the the Organize it posts. (2 posts per week) (This didn't happen.)

February

 Home Projects

- Finish painting the interior side of our front doors.

Finish Master Bedroom
-sew new pillow covers
-recover chair cushion
-paint new piece of art

Organizing

-playroom toys

Blog

- photograph and write post about our new dining room table
- photograph my living room and dining room so that I can update my house tour page

What kind of things are you planning to tackle around the house this month?

The List Review

I made a "Just Get it Done" list a few weeks ago and wanted to see how much I could get done by the end of last week. We ended up going out of down for a few days, so that gave me less time to work on it. I didn't finish, but I did make some progress.

- finish painting our master bedroom and bathroom (I started this in early July. I have one wall and trim on that wall left. I have never left a room half finished this long.)

- paint the back of the cabinets that are between the kitchen and den

- finish panting the trim on the kitchen windows

- hem dining room curtains

- rework kitchen curtains - this will involve some sewing (you will see this soon in a post of it's own)
- make pillow shams for master bedroom - more sewing (this was a bust, I ended up not being happy with the fabric I chose)

- chalkboard project (you will see this soon in a post of it's own)

- paint my desk

- get rid of all of the red in the playroom


Not too bad, but I still have plenty to do. We are going to be hosting a few small groups in our home starting at the beginning of Oct. so that may be just the motivation I need to finish up this list.


Does anyone else have any projects they are just trying to get done? Do share.

The Just Get It Done List

I have so many projects that are small and painless that need to be finished or started and finished, but I just keep putting them off.

 I am a list girl so I am hoping that having a list and needing to check them off will be enough motivation to just get these projects done.

Here's the list.

- finish painting our master bedroom and bathroom (I started this in early July. I have one wall and trim on that wall left. I have never left a room half finished this long.)

- paint the back of the cabinets that are between the kitchen and den

- finish panting the trim on the kitchen windows

- hem dining room curtains

- rework kitchen curtains - this will involve some sewing

- make pillow shams for master bedroom - more sewing

- chalkboard project

- paint my desk

- get rid of all of the red in the playroom

I'm going to see how much of this I get get done by the end of next week. Now I just need to pick a project and get started.


P.S. - Was anyone else as sad as I was to see Kellie go home last night on Design Star? I really wanted her to win. Who is your fav? I am now pulling for Meg... or maybe Mark.

The Project List - Revisited

I, like many of you, enjoy crossing things off of my to-do list. I posted this original list at the end of January and haven't looked at it since. I have most of it in my head thought it would be fun to go back through it and see what I could check off. I'm started to lose steam, so I'm hoping this will help motivate me to keep with it.


new things added to list
in progress
not going to do/changed mind
completed
 finished in Jan. at time of original list


Exterior 
paint the double front door
purchase/build playset for the boys 
some landscaping - not sure to what extent just yet
Living Room
tile floors
finish grout around the edges (a friend helped the Mr. with the grouting during the day while he was at work and didn't know that we were grouting the edge instead of installing shoe molding)
paint walls
paint trim
hang curtains
get a wall mount for tv and install (still undecided about this one)
art over tv wall (still not sure what)
art over piano ( I need the piano first, it's huge and still at my mom's house)
purchase rug  (thank you friends)

fabric for new pillows
fabric for new ottoman slipcovers
fabric for piano bench slipcover

Entry
tile floors
grout
paint walls
paint trim
paint balusters on staircase
reinstall balusters 
new carpet on stairs installed
new light fixture
new rug 
artwork?
entry table? - there isn't room for one



Dining Room
tile floors
finish grout around the edges (a friend helped the Mr. with the grouting during the day while he was at work and didn't know that we were grouting the edge instead of installing shoe molding)
remove wallpaper
paint walls
paint trim 
decide on curtains and purchase or make
build a table or get a new table (possible craigslist find) paint table white
new chairs
accessorize buffet table  I put the buffet in and removed it. There simply wasn't enough room.
artwork
light fixture


Kitchen
tile floors
finish grout around the edges (a friend help the Mr. with the grouting during the day while he was at work and didn't know that we were grouting the edge instead of installing shoe molding)
install new dishwasher
remove wallpaper  
paint walls
paint trim
new window coverings
tile countertops
tile backsplash
new light fixtures

Den
tile floors
grout
paint walls
paint trim
new light fixtures 
install new shelves in the closet 
rug (thank you friends)

artwork?
side table?
paint back of built in bookcase?
accessorize built in bookcase

Playroom/Craftroom (plus an elliptical machine)
tile floors
grout
figure out layout of room
paint trim
curtians
rug
purchase/build bookcases to store toy bins on
set up play area
set up craft area
paint sewing table
new light fixture

Downstairs Bath
install new toilet seat 
remove wallpaper
paint walls
paint trim
paint cabinets
new light fixture
new cabinet hardware 
accessorize 

Upstairs Hall
new carpet installed
paint walls
paint trim


Boys Bathroom
remove wallpaper
paint walls
paint trim
paint cabinet
art
new light

Master Bedroom
new carpet installed 
paint walls
paint trim
organize closet
figure out windows
art above dresser (We ended up putting the mirror back on because we didn't have a place to store it. I'm still not sure how I feel about it. I may change my mind once I tackle our room)


new light fixture 
fabric for new pillows? 

Master Bathroom
new shower door
paint walls
paint trim
paint cabinet
purchase and install floating shelves 
new light fixture 
figure out window
accessorize
artwork


Cade's Room
new carpet installed
remove wallpaper
paint walls
paint trim
paint bookcase 
new blinds
hang curtains
new light fixture 
artwork


Henry's Room
new carpet installed
paint trim
hang curtains 
artwork

Maybe I'll just go take a nap!