I also love summer in that way that High school students love summer, months stretched before you to take a break and do nothing. The days of doing nothing left me so long ago I actually don't remember what that feels like, but I look forward to the slower pace of summers all the same. I have less things on my calendar, less is expected of me, so I always have big dreams of all I'm going to accomplish each summer. Dreams that are crushed come September when I realize I let the days get away from me and haven't accomplished a single thing.
No more, my friends. This summer I made goals, and I wrote them down, AND I'm going to write them down here in public to hopefully spur me on to accomplish something these next few months. Got any goals for the summer, I'd love to hear them, comment some of your goals or better yet write your own post and leave the link in the comments.
2011 Summer Goals:
1. Read five of the non-fiction books I have been meaning to read forever. I am currently reading Mere Christianity
(more on that soon) the other four will come from the following list I've got going. Radical
, No Biking in the House w/o a helmet
, Organized Simplicity
, Year of Plenty
, One Thousand Gifts, Shepherding a Child's Heart
, Bringing up Boys,
Bringing up Girls
.2. Read four books for fun. Got any ideas, lay em on me!
3. Get my computer time under control, set up a plan/schedule of rules for healthy computer usage.
4. Greatly related to #3, get back into the routine and then habit of spending time DAILY in God's word as well as continued prayer throughout the day.
5. Get together with several friends I haven't seen in the past few months.
6. Finish organizing our study, and set up a workable work area for me.
7. Hang the various wall hangings throughout the house that have been bought in the past six months.
8. Complete my sewing projects. (That is the funniest sentence I've ever typed, but I'm serious, really, kind of, no I have to get it done!)
9. Goals for teaching Jack:
*Potty trained. This has to happen this summer or I suddenly become a homeschooler and need to add some more goals and books to my summer :)
*Begin to write his name
*Work on counting to 10
10. Goals for teaching Kylynn:
*Know all letters and the sounds they make
*Count to 20, write numbers 1-10
*be able to swim
So what about you any summer goals?
1 comment:
I have that book about not riding the bike without a helmet in my Amazon cart, along with another book (that will way less enjoyable) about parenting children with attachment and problematic behaviors. Maybe those 2 will balance each other out!
My goals are to find some new vegan meals that Isaac might like (since he is apparently allergic to most animal proteins) and to be kinder to myself by saying NO to more things. I had to turn down a few days in Nashville to meet some bloggy friends, because it was just too frantic with our schedule. Even though I was sad to miss it, it was a kinder decision for the entire family.
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