I can’t believe we’re halfway through 2009.
Goal 1 Health: I continue to do my workouts at the gym 5 days a week. Lots of fresh homegrown produce make eating healthy easier and tasty. My new favorite breakfast is pictured above: Toasted homemade sourdough buttered, topped with freshly picked spinach which is topped with razor thin slices of freshly picked radish and sprinkled with salt and pepper. I eat one slice that way and another slice with an egg cooked over-easy.
Goal 2 Small Business: I did bookkeeping and have a lead on another bookkeeping client (a referral from a very steady client, now). I baked bread for a bed & breakfast client. Finally, I scheduled my continuing education classes for the fall semester.
Goal 3 Self-sufficiency: The garden continues to get planted and things are growing well. I talked with a local herbalist who may be doing some workshops in the fall on local, wild edibles. I hope she does because I need and want to learn more in this area.
Goal 4 “Wifely” Duties: I worked on some stuff specifically for his family including some handmade items upcoming wedding gifts of distant relatives. I’m not sure I did much more than that beyond the normal in this particular goal. I know Jeff’s happy and I’m going to have to live with that being enough.
Goal 5 Community Building: I started some very preliminary work on a grant application for a local community group. Attended our local farmers’ market.
Goal 6 Spirituality: Bible reading and daily morning & night devotionals. I finished and started again: The Story of Ruth: Twelve Moments in Every Woman’s Life
Goal 7 Education: Reading, reading, reading
Goal 8 Three R’s: We’ve been trying to clear out our pantry and freezer in the expectation of preserving season ahead, this means very little grocery shopping and lots of very simple meals. Eating from the garden too – means lots of light, yummy salads.
I’m not sure that this new way of doing goals is working for me. I may come up with a few concrete goals for the second half of 2009. How about you, how are you doing on your goals for 2009, if you set any?
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I’m also letting it go over at Homemakers Who Work today.
June 25, 2009 at 4:11 am
>I can’t believe we’re halfway through 2009.
Hush!!!
1) I will get my jewelry in at least 3 good shops before October. *I have identified 2 perfect shops, now I need to approach them.
2) I will make a profit, however small, on my jewelry business this year. *Working on it.
3) I will clean out the put-it crawl space by July 4th. *Working on it.
4) I will weed the gardens, I will weed the gardens, I will weed the gardens. *I’ve been doing really well with this, except the garlic patch. Mulch is helping.
5) Put up as much food as I can for us for the winter *Froze 2.5lb of peas, so far. Not much else coming in. Yet.
6) Short-term, I will clean out the kitchen cupboards by the end of May (mainly food we haven’t been eating but also dishes and glasses we don’t use) and donate what I can. *Got the glassware out, but haven’t hit the food yet.
June 25, 2009 at 4:03 pm
I have enjoyed reading your blog, it has kept me set on remembering to “do” instead of just “thinking” about doing. Thanks. I like your metaphors for life, you and I often think alike. I have goals for 2009 but I realize after reading your goals that putting them in writing and categorizing them would give them even more importance. Kathie, please visit my blog, I have something there for you today.
June 25, 2009 at 10:35 pm
It sounds like you’ve definitely been busy! I just read through all of the posts on this page and I must say I’ve missed keeping up on blogs! It’s great to read what you’ve been up to and I’m sending a great big positive thought your way. Your pansies look absolutely goregous btw!