Goals for 2012

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This year I will:

1. Grow in my relationship with the Lord

2. Focus on nurturing a loving relationship with my husband.
3. Continue to grow as a mom and homeschool mom.
4. Challenge myself to become a better woman and homemaker.
5. Be a good steward of our finances.
6. Find ways to minister to those around me.
7. Grow our blog and enjoy it. 

Goals for 2012

Now this may seem like a lot, but many of these are things I'm already doing that I simply want to continue and the things that are new will not all be attempted at once.

Grow in my relationship with the Lord.
- spend time in God's word daily (After reading Kristin's suggestion, I'll be reading through one chapter of the New Testament each day.)
- choose and commit 12 passages to memory (one each month)
- pray specifically for my husband and each of our children daily
- work through at least two topical Bible studies within a Ladies Bible Study group (here's the first)
- partner with Tim in strengthening a small group within our local body

Nurturing a loving relationship with my husband
- focus on the things that are important to him
- find ways to encourage him (tidy house, notes, spoken words)
- find ways I can make his life easier (let him sleep in, pack his lunches, having all of the chores finished before he gets home) 
- make meaningful conversations a priority
- plan at least one date night each month

Continue to grow as a mom and homeschooler

- focus on lovingly training our children to obey with happy hearts

- be more consistent with our daily Bible time right after breakfast

- memorize Psalm 23 together (mainly Emahry, 4 1/2 years old)

- continue to encourage books, art, music, physical activity, and creative play over media

- continue to train the kids to participate in cleaning and other chores

- assign each child (other than the baby) specific daily chores

- finish preschool with Emahry and begin Kindergarten

- begin preschool with Jonathan

- continue to plan out our workboxes 2 weeks in advance 

- choose and finish at least 6 (chapter book) read-alouds

Challenge myself to become a better woman and homemaker

- get dressed first thing in the morning
- organize our home (continue to purge and simplify our possessions)
- get back on track with The 30 Day Shred

- stick to a weekly cleaning schedule

- make our town house homey (tidy, comfortable, and inviting)

- move from weekly menu planning to planning for two weeks at a time
- take at least 20 photos each week (not necessarily of the kids, but I wasn't sure where this fit best)
- get back on track with my 10 year journal

Be a good steward of our finances  
- continue to stick to a bare bones grocery budget
- help Tim plan our 2012 garden (and make time to help him occasionally, too)
- continue to use Swagbucks to earn Amazon gift cards for household purchases
- find creative ways to stretch our monthly date money to get more bang for our buck
- plan and make gifts for next Christmas
- look for ways to repurpose items we already own or ones we can get for very inexpensively
- preserve as much produce as the garden will allow

Find ways to minister to those around me
- practice hospitality (it's so easy for me to make excuses because our home is very small and not really ideal for visitors)
- bake a small loaf of bread for an elderly friend at least once a month
- send Tim's Grandma at least one card each month
- send a card from the kids to one set of grandparents (plus a great uncle & aunt) each month (they'll each get three throughout the year)

Grow our blog and enjoy it
- plan blog posts at least a month in advance
- write and schedule posts at least a week in advance
- begin the process of migrating to a self-hosted WordPress blog with our own domain (eek!)
- choose and write at least three blog series
- finish the rest of the letter printable packs and offer them through our blog
- get back on track and stick to a weekly blogging plan (more on that soon)
- look for ways to let our blog help us meet our financial goals

What are your goals for 2012? If you've blogged about your goals, please leave a link in your comment.

Visit Money Saving Mom for more goal setting encouragement.

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