Yearly Goals, revisiting for April

The last time I looked over these was February. I am bad at doing something every day for more than a week. :(

Cultivate new skills 
January Goal: Make a list of skills I'd like to learn.

1) learn to identify and explain the differences between various power tools, especially saws, and tell what their function is.

2) learn to build a shelf that doesn't wobble.

3) learn to advertise my business, online and offline,

Learn how to find events where I can vend,

Learn how to set up an attractive display,

Learn how to pack a box attractively and efficiently for shipping. (Did this)

4) learn how to use at least one new power tool this year.

5) learn to make a vendor application/resume that I can send out or give to people.

6) learn to tie a pineapple knot

Feb

Read CRO marketing book

Applied changes to my etsy store to make it more attractive to customers, and will continue to update my store as needed. 

Find out what I need to do with my business in regards to money and taxes.

Save $500 this year. That's $50 a month (If we miss 2 months)

Jan: decide where to save the money.

Master says we can open an account just to save money. 

Or we can try to pay off the car early. It is due to be paid off on dec 2017 and I'd like to be done with those payments earlier so we can buy a house sooner.

Feb 

so far, I have done nothing toward this goal. Ugh. Money is hard.

March 

we saved $380 for moving expenses in August/September

April

Saved $380 again this month, paid off $60 MAsT dues.

Church. 

be closer to God.

STILL Praying a lot.

April

I need to start reading my Bible again. I think about it regularly as I'm falling asleep, and I never pick it up the next morning. I keep forgetting. Also I have a bible question for my husband if I can remember to sit him down and ask him.

Read 25 books.  (2 a month, +1)

Jan

1) the banished of Muirwood

2) Holmes-Dracula file

3) the thief

Feb

4) Pendragon book 1
5) Pendragon book 2
6) Pendragon book 3
7) Pendragon book 4
8) CRO Marketing book
9) Jurassic Park
10) Write a novel book

11) The Queen of Attolia

12) The King of Attolia

Make a list of books I want to own. 

Jan - list 10 books I'd like to own

1) the phantom tollbooth

2) the BGF (big friendly giant)

3) howl's moving castle


Make a list of books I own. 

Jan - list the books inside the house that we own

Buy 12 new books (and read them)

January books bought+ 10     (Full set of 10 Pendragon books)
+ 3       The Thief trilogy. 

 +1        Ender's Game

+ 1        The Holmes-Dracula File
15

February new books

(Goodreads) notes on love.... Marriage. By William Benitez 

A conspiracy of kings (book 4, the thief)

(Goodreads) CRO marketing and advertising book
(Goodreads) Sonic wind: John Paul Stapp

(Goodreads) Proof of Angels (Christian book)
(Goodreads) All that we touch (mystery book)
(Goodreads) Still Restless (Christian book)
7 (22)

April
chesh sent a sell what you make book

Received a scary stories book in the mail from Canada. Don't remember winning it on goodreads

Make 12 sales on Etsy.

Jan, 30 total listings in my etsy store.

1) red/brown flogger pair, to Canada! 

2) rainbow segmented flogger, to UK! 
Feb, 40 total listings in my etsy store

3) Multicolor flogger and phoenix tail flogger
4) Tan and Green flogger pair
April , 70 total listings before wingnut event. Now down to 56 listings

5) gray flogger with dark red tips

6) olive wood handle flogger to Denmark 


Spend 3 days a week in the garage, working. Or painting. Or leatherworking. Or putting stuff on etsy. 

Make my business an actual job.

January, work on a schedule. Begin at 11, end by 6 pm. 

Really enjoying this idea. It helps me to stop working myself all the time, there is a time to work, and a specific time when I can stop trying to get things done and take a break, or relax, or take care of me. I like it. It's hard to take a whole day "off" so far though. I end up restless by the end of the day.
Feb
took a forced vacation in AL, now to get back on schedule!

April

I am now on a weekly schedule, and I wake up at 8 every day and try to get to bed by 11 at night. 4 days a week are garage work, 1 is leatherwork, 1 is cleaning, and 1 day is rest day.

Make something beautiful (x 12)

Olive handle flogger

Caramel Bocote flogger

Make home a place I want to be.

If I don't need/use/want it, throw it out!

Jan- ideas include

Organize my leather room

Make a small coffee table / bookshelf for reading and drinking tea

Find a space and make a comfy reading nook. 
Feb
buy some coconut chai tea

Stop apologizing

Be me. Stand up for myself. Be spontaneous. Be creative.

Event funds

Stuff that I could buy for me or my business with my money from the event

Computer desk

Plastic floor mats

Heart shape die cutter

Leather strander

New hole punch

New scissors

Stuff to make shot loaded whips

Chai tea soap

Mini mechanic soaps

External hard drive for pictures

A new phone

New chisels? 

Something to sharpen chisels? 

Metal square of my own

Respirator of my own

Straitjacket ! 

Other

Pay for hotel at TLC run

Pay for SELF something

Begin saving to pay for Relly knife kit

Funny story

He had a sudden onset headache just as I stood up to sneak off to the bathroom. I had one of those cramps that feels like a violent fart or maybe an accident waiting to happen. So I ran to my master and held him, hoping the pain would pass and resolving not to let anything out. It went anyway. The pain in my stomach disappeared. So either I just dropped a deadly but silent cabbage bomb less than a foot from my master's face, or something worse. I close my eyes and try not to make a face or any other than normal expression. 

He noticed. 

I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe, and of course I had to explain so he didn't think I was laughing at his pain. 

I thought he would laugh as I said "I might have just pooped" but instead his face went instantly to abject disgust, which made my giggles worse. "Go" 

I waddled away, hoping there was nothing extra in my pants and that nothing else came out while I was now feeling ache from the laughter.

It was just a fart. 

But I laughed so hard I cried and it was pretty embarrassing.

Present for Daddy

Last taming right now. Lynx

Taming cat things

Tamed ice drake

Taming barking things

Taming Hawk

Taming spider

Charming Bears

But I think it might just be the bear doing the charming this time. Look at that smile!

Taming Boaring Things

Make sure you read the description, "rangers best friend" 

Taming Bear Things

Taming Things

I love you, Daddy!

Candy

Organized

Look at all those snacks!

Leftovers day

This is dinner. The fattiest stuff in the fridge, and a tub of sour cream. And to drink? I mixed the last of the apple juice with the grape juice just to get the gallon container out of the fridge. And it tastes fantastic!

Post It 3

Post It 2

Post it 1

Sleep in a little bit

Lol. I'm sorry.

To Major

From now on, my no means "no" and you will respect it as such. 

When I am not playing with you, when we are going about our everyday life, I do not have to say red to mean stop. When I say stop or no, you will stop. 

When I say stop, do not push as far as you can without doing the thing I just said no to. This is unacceptable, it is not funny, and it causes me to distrust you. 

This has happened more than once. I am not just referring to the most recent time when I told you not to touch me, and you purposely moved into my space. If you expected me to step back and give, you were wrong. This is not a game, I am not playing, and you manipulating me based on my personality is not going to happen again. 

1) this only happens when my husband is not home.  (So I feel isolated and am unlikely to say anything)

2) you push up to the line enough to make me angry and uncomfortable, but not enough to feel like I can say anything.  (You know I avoid confrontation and don't like to make waves)

3) you play it off as a joke so that I wonder if I'm overreacting. (I always question everything when it comes to standing up for myself, and I'm more likely to let it go than say anything) 

We have not played since before January, and until a decision has been made as to whether I will play with you again, and when that will be, I do not want to be flirted with or touched without my permission. 

Edit: 

I am standing up for myself. I do want to have a conversation about "why"  - but every time I told you no before, if I told you "why" you used it as a way to tell me I was wrong, to say that my reasons weren't good enough. They don't have to be good enough for you. So I have only told you no lately and not given you that opportunity to undermine my answer. 

When you are ready to listen and not try to slip past my decision to get what you want, we can talk about it. 

Missing you in strawberry scented ink

Weekly Dinner Schedule

Sunday
Lemon Chicken Mushroom Spaghetti

Monday
Crock pot Chili (Maybe)

Tuesday
Roast Beef Oven Sandwiches

Wednesday
Garlic Crockpot Chicken
Cheesy Pesto Bread
Green Beans

Thursday
Grilled Broccoli and chicken cheese sandwiches

Friday
Pot Roast

Sat
leftovers

Grocery List
Roast Beef
Buns
2 Sliced provolone cheese
2 frozen bags of chicken
Garlic
Chicken stock
1 loaf of italian bread
Bag frozen green beans
loaf of bread
Shredded cheddar
beef roast meat
pepperoncinis
bag of carrots
onions
Aluminum foil

Working hard

Take care of yourself

Thank you

Finish Projects

Housework

1 load of laundry folded

Meal Planning Ideas

Meal Ideas:

Sunday
Lemon chicken and mushroom spaghetti

Monday
(If I get to the store first)
Hot Roast Beef oven sandwiches 
(If I don't get to the store first)
Meat sandwiches.

Other days

1)Spaghetti Sauce (but not with sausage. heck maybe not even this recipe)
Cheesy Pesto Bread
Devilled Eggs?

1a)Stuffed Zuccini Cups (stuffed with spaghetti sauce from previous night)

Balsamic Pot Roast
(which i wanted to have the night before hot RB sandwiches so we could use leftovers on sandwich (yeah yeah, "what leftovers?"))

Crockpot Chicken Pesto

Chicken/sage/something         Probably not this whole recipe either, just using it as a baseline.
Lemon Zucchini Spears
Sliced Baked Potatoes

Chicken pot pie

Chicken/broccoli/grilled cheese  Like I normally make, but with chicken from the chicken sage.

crock pot garlic chicken

Baked Chicken and Veggies in Foil

Other Thoughts:
I have some leftover hamburger meat in the fridge from taco night. Need to use in a soup or something, maybe in spaghetti sauce. Maybe a chili.
Cabbage at some point.

Second dinner

Apple butter and peanut butter sandwich

Peanut butter and jelly sandwich

Milk

Apple butter

Workshop leather.