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I have a new respect for her now that I am older and dealing with everything that she had to deal with as a widow....
I am once again linking up to a Linky Party hosted by these fellow Bloggers who decided to do posts on Quarterly Goals and Bucket Lists instead of yearly ones...
I saw the initial post on Marsha's Blog, Marsha in the Middle, in January and I was intrigued!!
And I do so love my To Do Lists....
And you can read about how I did with my January and February Goals List HERE..
So how did I do in March.....
Well, it is a bit of a toss up....
MARCH
Pack away Valentine's in Living Room and Dining Room - DONE
Pack away Winter decor in Kitchen and Den...- DONE
Decorate Living Room for Easter...
The Dining Room for Easter....
And Kitchen for Easter ....
Redecorate the Powder Room with regular decor after packing away Snow Buddy and Winter decor - Yes!.... doing today, March 31st
Redecorate the Den with regular Americana decor - NOPE!
Contact a landscaper friend to clean up the slope in front of my house and put down mulch for me- NOPE! Doing so this week
Pack way and take down to my storage shed all my outside Winter decor..NOPE! Will be doing so this week
Drink at least 64 oz. of water a day- YES!
Stick to my Wellness Program- YES!
Start walking for exercise again - NOPE....no excuse whatsoever...
Call my Tax Preparer and get paper work to him -I finally did get this done after not being able to get in touch with our previous tax preparer and had to find a new one
Work on my Financial Plan for next Winter - Yes, I have been working on this and it is going quite well but I still need to get rid of my landline phone as part of that plan
Work on my Christmas Planner for next Holiday Season - On going as I am turning this into a Holiday Planner and hope to use it year round and not just for Christmas
This is my Spring/2nd Quarterly Goals List
APRIL
Start walking!
Watch Wicked on Paramount + as I never got to see it in person
Go and see Cirque Du Soliel OVO at our arena- I bought the tickets already
Pack away outdoor Winter decor and haul it down to storage shed
Clean front porch, bring furniture from back out to front and decorate it for Spring/Easter....
Call and schedule the landscaper to mulch the front flower beds and slope
Pack away Winter in the Den and redecorate the Den in Americana decor....
Mulch the back yard
Uncover everything covered on the back patio, clean, set up and decorate the back patio for Summer
Schedule an appointment for an oil change for the car
Schedule an appointment to have the car detailed after the Winter
MAY
Walk at least 5 days a week
See Alice Copper in concert at our Arena
Pack up Easter in the Living Room
Clean and decorate the Living Room for the Summer Patriotic Holidays
Pack up Easter in the Dining Room
Clean and decorate the Dining Room in a Tea Room theme for the Summer
Pack up Easter in the Kitchen
Clean and decorate the Kitchen in the early Summer Hen/Roos theme
Clean out the flower bed by our mailboxes and put mulch down
Put up the new shades in the bedroom that I ordered last Fall
Have my son Jim put the air conditioners in the windows
Buy annual flowers for the front yard and plant them
Sparingly buy flowers for the back yard
Look into purchasing some faux flowers for the back patio pots that I can use year after year
JUNE
Walk at least 5 days a week
Straighten, reorganize and clean the storage shed that I rent
Take down Christmas ( yes , you are reading that right) in the Sitting Room if I did not get to it before this.
Clean and redecorate the Sitting Room in a garden theme
Reorganize the Sitting Room closet
Take down Christmas in the Craft Room if I did not get to it before this
Clean and re-organize the Craft Room, going through all my supplies, deciding what to save or donate
Reorganize the Craft Room Closet
Start going through all of Joe's Pittsburgh Sports items with my son Joey and deciding what to keep and what to donate
Go through the Storage Room again, deciding what I will not be using and reorganize it
Okay, maybe it may seem like there are a lot of things to accomplish on those monthly lists but there is a lot of Seasonal work that I need to do in April and May...
By June, things slow down and maybe I can even add a bit more to June's List...
We will see...
I have been drinking at least 64 oz. of water daily and sticking to my Wellness Program, including Intermittent Fasting, accept for getting back to walking so I am not listing it for this quarter as I feel I accomplished this Goal...
POSSIBILITIES
Christie, over at So What? Now What?, decided to call her Bucket List a Possibilities List and I loved that terminology so I am also going with a Possibilities List!!
If you would like to read the posts about their Spring Quarterly Goals Lists from the rest of the Hosts of this party that I have not previously provided links for, please click on the links below...
Joanne from Slices of Life
Mireille from Chez Mireille Fashion Travel Mom
POSSIBILITIES LIST for 2025
This list is more of a year long list...
I have posted this quote before....
This in itself is a great Possibilities List
But I have been focusing on the last statement...
I HOPE to buy LESS...
Can't guarantee Buying Nothing
And I feel that for the 1st Quarter, I have done pretty well with this...
I have only bought what I really needed and bought almost NO decor items...
All of that falls in line with my new Financial Plan
I also listed that I HOPE to Make Something
Meaning that I want to craft something that I may have seen in the stores, using up some of my vast craft supplies...
I really have not had much time for crafting but I do realize that in the Summer is when I have extra time so I really want to do a lot of crafting to decrease my craft supplies in the Craft Room
I also HOPE to Shop my own House
I was inspired to do more of this by watching some You Tube Videos where decorators are doing this and using everyday items to decorate with..
And I am proud to say that I actually have been doing this in trying to incorporate every day things I have in my seasonal decorating instead of running out and buying something new!!
More Possibilities....
Spend LESS time on Face book- need to work on this better
Spend MORE time reading Blog posts- doing better but still need to work on this
Respond to Blog comments quicker- again, need to work on this
Watch MORE You Tube decorating Videos- hardly got to watch any in March so I need to catch up
Listen to some Podcasts- NOPE, never started
Find time to read- NOPE, HOPE to do so soon and plan to schedule at least an hour a day to read
Reconnect with a few old friends and meet for lunch or invite over- crazy weather during the 1st quarter really prevented this from happening but HOPE to do so in the 2nd Quarter
Be in contact more, whether through messages, texts, phone calls or visits with more family members- working on that but again weather played quite a role in preventing that during the 1st Quarter
New Additions to my Possibilities List
Work on my Christmas Planner for all Holidays and Seasons - On going as I am turning this into a Holiday Planner and hope to use it year round and not just for Christmas
Being more Mindful of how I am spending my time and doing things with Intention...
Because.....
I do so HOPE that this Spring Quarter will be a good one and I can accomplish everything that I need and want to do....
I will admit that lately I have been feeling a bit disorganized and off center but I will again give myself Grace on that as we approach the one year anniversary of Joe's passing....
And to
I HOPE that you enjoyed reading this post today!!
In my next post on THURSDAY, I will be sharing the rest of the Dining Room decorated for Easter!!
Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!
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What a hopefilled post, Deb! I've been catching up on blog reading myself this past weekend as I've had two very busy weeks of purging (lots of cleaning and organizing) and hosting (out of town family and a bridal shower) so it's good to be back on schedule. You have given such thought to your goals - reflecting on the past few months and looking to the future. I know this is a tough season right now but your Joe would be so proud of you! Thinking of you!
ReplyDeleteI think you are accomplishing so much! And - remember to give yourself grace. You can only do what you can do and if it doesn't get done, you can just add it to the next month. I love your accountablity lists But most of all your possibility lists!!! I love that word, too.
ReplyDeleteYou have some ambitious goals but I think they all feel very attainable so well done!
ReplyDeleteHi Deb..that is quite a lot to accomplish but you will do it. I am not a list maker, I am more fly by the seat of my pants girl! Somehow things get done here. I have fibromyalgia so I have days now and then that are painful to even move. I am going to join you in walking now that the weather will be warming up! You go girl!
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Your blog always makes me smile :) I love your decor, and I really love your goals! I've never been one to have a clear goal list and journal about it, I'm trying that this year! I love your easter decor, and Wicked was so amazing in theaters but its on Peacock now and we enjoyed it so much again when we watched it there this week! I hope you have a wonderful week, and it was so nice to catch up with you :)
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