Friday, April 11, 2025

Five on Friday - April Goals

Today I’m recapping my March goals and listing my April goals.  As always, I’m using a Y for YES and N for NO to indicate whether or not I accomplished my goals. 



March Goals

Relationships

N  Go on a date with B. – We failed at this one.  Such a bummer!

Y  Have a coffee date with a friend. – Went out with my friend, Khristina, one morning.

Y  Go to lunch with an old friend/coworker. – Went to lunch with my old coworker, Greg.

Y  Have dinner with my girlfriends. – We tried a new Indian restaurant!

Y  Have dinner with my old coworkers. – Finally got to meet up with them!

Y  Have a poker night with friends. – As always, it was a great time!

X  Go to another hockey game with friends. – We decided as a group to scrap this.

Y  Spend one on one time with each of the kids. – I got lots of piano time and puzzle time with Jacob last month while Olivia was at dance, and Olivia and I had a shopping date to Bath & Body Works along with a girls night when Jacob was spending the night off one night.

 

Personal/Health/Wellness/Fitness/Beauty

Y  Meditate, devotional, gratitude journal, prayer journal, and affirmations every day.

Y  Leave margin in each day for downtime and be present.

N  Close all rings on my Apple Watch 15 days. – I only closed them 10 times.

N  Aim to average 8,000/steps per day. – I averaged 6,750… too many lazy days.

Y  Visit with my therapist.

Y  Go to my orthodontist appointment.

Y  Go to my semi-annual dental appointment.

Y  Go to a vertigo follow-up appointment with my primary doctor & discuss new findings.

Y  Read 1 book. – I read 2!

 

Family/School/Fun

Y  Attend the Home and School Advisory Board meeting.

Y  Attend Ash Wednesday Mass to kick off the Lenten season.

Y  Take Jacob and Olivia to their semi-annual dental appointments.

Y  Celebrate Brian’s and Olivia’s birthdays one last time.

Y  Jacob start his spring golf season.

X  Celebrate Mama Cass’s 96th birthday!! – This had to be postponed due to weather.

Y  Co-chair the Mother/Son dance.

Y  Take Jacob to his first orthodontist checkup appointment.

Y  Go on a trip for spring break!

Y  Finish our 1,000 piece Lego puzzle.

Y  Start a new puzzle.

 

Home/Organization/Planning

Y  Plan the Mother/Son dance.

Y  Plan spring break trip.

Y  Pack for spring break.

Y  Clean out the games cabinet, take two.

Y  Find a place for my new record player and records, take two.

Y  Find a place for my grandfather’s old UGA yearbooks, take two.

Y  Clean out the side table in the front room, take two.

Y  Develop pictures for frames for a little refresh.

Y  Clean out more of the kitchen. – I cleaned out my mugs cabinet.

N  Donate some of the items that haven’t sold.

 

Blog/Social Media

Y  Try to get at least a day or two ahead. – I was a full week ahead at the end of March.

Y  Catch up on blog comments.

Y  Catch up on blog reading.

Y  Share 1 evergreen post. – I wrote a post about throwing a Wicked themed party.

N  Post 1 Reel on Instagram.


Summary

36 tasks accomplished

5 tasks not accomplished

2 tasks that had to be postponed

 

Monthly Stats


Books Read: 2

    All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

    Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez                   

Meditation Days: 31

Rings Closed on Apple Watch:

    Move Ring: 10

    Exercise Ring: 19

    Stand Ring: 31

Workouts Completed: 21

    Barre: 0

    Core Training: 0

    Dance: 0

    High Intensity Interval Training: 0

    Hiking: 0

    Mixed Cardio: 2

    Outdoor Run: 3 (6.05 miles)

    Outdoor Walk: 7 (14.05 miles)

    Pilates: 0

    Pool Swim: 0 (0 yards)

    Stair Stepper: 2

    Strength Training: 4

    Yoga: 3

Time Spent Working Out: 10:48:00 (hours:minutes:seconds)

Calories Burned During Workouts: 2,256

Total Steps This Month: 209,238 (Average: 6,750 / day)

 

Pictures of My Successes

Apple Watch rings fail

Meditation


Celebrating Olivia's birthday

Coffee date with Khristina

Shopping date with my girl

Ash Wednesday Mass with my favorite ladies

We finished the puzzle!

Girls dinner!

Dinner with old coworkers

Loved this book!

Mother / Son dance

Mother / Son dance

Cleaning out the games cabinet

Starting our new puzzle

Cleaned out a bunch of old mugs

Poker night... love this group so very much

One of my many Bible studies



Now for the April goals…

April Goals

Relationships

Go on a date with B.

Have dinner with my girlfriends.

Have a poker night with friends.

Spend one on one time with each of the kids.

 

Personal/Health/Wellness/Fitness/Beauty

Meditate, devotional, gratitude journal, prayer journal, and affirmations every day.

Leave margin in each day for downtime and be present.

Close all rings on my Apple Watch 12 days.  

Aim to average 8,000/steps per day.  

Visit with my therapist.

Read 1 book.

 

Family/School/Fun

Enjoy our trip to Nashville and Pigeon Forge.

Celebrate Mama Cass’s 96th birthday, take two.

Celebrate my birthday.

Take Olivia to the orthodontist and possibly schedule her braces appointment.

Attend the alumni relations meeting at the school.

Attend the Home and School Advisory Board meeting.

Watch Olivia perform in Live Stations of the Cross at school.

Go to the Judah & the Lion concert!

Celebrate Easter and enjoy our four-day weekend!

Attend Jacob’s 8th grade pinning ceremony.

Select Jacob’s classes for his first year of high school.  Oh my.

Jacob go on his 8th grade trip to Six Flags.

Jacob wrap up his spring golf season.

Attend Arts in the Park here in town.

Work on our puzzle.

 

Home/Organization/Planning

Buy everything for Easter baskets and put together.

Buy everything for Easter egg hunt and stuff eggs.

Put together new record player stand.

Set up record player.

Style my new record player stand.

Buy all outdoor plants.

Plant herbs.

Refresh all plants indoors.

Clean off back porch.

Put out spring outdoor mats.

Order new rug for primary bedroom.

Clean out living room.

Continue cleaning out kitchen.

Transfer 800 students to new alumni database (Playing catchup b/c I was locked out).

 

Blog/Social Media

Complete one blog post for summer break.

Share more static posts on Instagram.

Post 2 Reels on Instagram.

Start working on backlog of old Reels I never posted.

 

Friday Funnies






On the Blog This Week

 Our 2025 Nashville Trip by the Numbers

Our Week – The One with Getting Home from Nashville and My Birthday


Previous Monthly Goals Posts


Happy Friday, y’all!

*Linking up with A Little Bit of Everything for Friday Favorites.


5 comments:

  1. You did a great job on your goals!

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  2. You slayed again, girl! I bet that mother son dance was so much fun!

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  3. I love seeing your highlighting and writing in your Bible. You have such neat handwriting! Hope you have a good weekend.

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