I was chatting with my sister yesterday and asked if her trying out once a month grocery shopping has saved her any money and she said that she had saved about $300 last month. That is awesome! I have talked to a few other friends who are crushing their goal in 2019 and that really inspires me to keep reaching for my goals as well. Keep up the good work friends.
I wrote down 11 things back in December and thought I would share my list and evaluate where I am on them.
1. Continue with healthier eating. I had lost 20 pounds before Thanksgiving and my goal through Christmas and all that good eating that comes with those holidays was to not gain it back. I did just that and and stayed the same through January. I have lost 2 more pounds and hope to continue loosing. Thats still a win in my book. Lets see if there will be 10 less pounds of me in February.
2. Blog more recipes. I think we can say I have done that.
3. Garden, garden, garden and more garden. Thats exactly what I put. So we ordered 29 packets of seeds and have some seeds we saved ourselves from last year, we have the garden spot at my moms staked and are waiting for warmer weather for a neighbor of her to plow it up. Our garlic at home is doing great and we have lettuce. micro greens and mushrooms growing indoors. I think we are well o our way.
4. Cut grocery bill. I cut about $150 off juts by sticking to a budget and I still have $70 in my grocery envelope for deals too good to pass up.
5. Tea parties and picnics. There are two of my favorite things. I have had a friend over for lunch and some of my very own homemade dried rose petal tea with my very own honey. Picnics in January are not easy.
6. Visit more historical places. Havent visited anywhere this year so far but we will make up for lost time when it gets warmer out.
7. Business, business business. I made around $600 last year with my little business of teaching other how to make their own tinctures and selling some honey. I would like to double that this year. So this is one of those works in progress.
8. Make a quilt. I am a few blocks behind but I do have the materials. I will catch up on that soon and plan on having my lap quilt ready to use before the weather gets cold next year.
9. Visit more small eateries and buy more for small businesses. I purchased some yarn from a local shop and its the softest stuff I have ever worked with. I have a few other shops I want to order yarn from and have a little list of places for Mr Ladybug and I to have future dates at.
10. Donate my time and money to good causes. I have made a few inquiries about this and hope to have updates on this soon.
11. Make more things myself. We have some more cheese planned in the future. The colby was amazing! We have our kombuca brewing and I have my first batch of kefir done. I was going to fix rice bowls for dinner tonight and realized we have no homemade sour cream. We have not bought any in 2 months because homemade is so much better. I think we will make a batch tonight to have tomorrow with dinner.
Dont be discouraged if yo didnt even make any goals this year. For many years when I was a mom of three small children my goals were just to keep them all alive, not to leave them anywhere on accident and still be able to talk in complete sentences. Just the other night at dinner we were talking with our two college kiddos about how for a while when they were small Mr Ladybug worked 60-80 hours a week. That was very tiring on us all. All the kids were asleep when he got home and he was out the door before they woke up then weekends were filled with soccer games. church activities and trying to get in a few minutes of rest before it was time to start all over again. We all have busy seasons in our lives and trying times in our lives. Our goals and our priorities change as we do. So dont beat yourself up if you dont have a list of goals. Just try to enjoy where you are at in life. Even when I look back on the hard times I can smile now and you will too.
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