March Goals

Happy Thursday Ladies!

 

I seriously cannot believe we are already into March, 2016 seems to be flying by like every other year!

 

Today I am sharing my goals for March, but before I get into that, let's see how I did with February!

 

1.  Continue to save and budget...I did Ok with this, not as good as I would have liked!  With our little trip to Daytona we definitely spent a little more than we wanted to last month, but it was totally worth it, and we are definitely back on track to really sticking to the budget.

 

2.  Two Family Nights...we definitely did this, and definitely had more than 2!  We never broke out any games, but we did spend a lot of time at night, all together watching TV and just having some great conversations with the kids! 

 

3.  Read 2 books.....I ready exactly two books last month, you can read my reviews of them here .

 

4.  Got bed earlier and wake up earlier...well I did GREAT with the whole going to bed earlier, during the week I was petty much in bed by 10 every single night.  As for the getting up earlier, I did set my alarm, however pretty much every morning, I just hit the darn snooze button.  I am definitely going to work on that this month.

 

5.  Look into summer activities for the kids....I didn't do this...didn't even inquire about a single thing.  And I am ok with that because after talking with Kenny (my ex-husband) I think the kids are going to spend about 3 weeks with him, so that will pretty much cover the all of Olivia's summer!  I know it's bad, but my boys, teenagers, are quite content to have lazy summer days and sleep past noon...fine by me!

 

6.  Be more mindful about what I am eating...I did OK with this...girls I love to eat, and I love to eat junk food, so this will always be a struggle for me.  That being said, I really tried not eating anything after dinner, and for the most part I did pretty well with it!  Yay me!

 

Ok...now onto my March goals...

 

1.  CONTINUE TO SAVE & WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING WE SPEND

The whole budgeting thing will be a regular monthly thing for us.  We have done pretty well the first few months, but I still think we could do better.  I am going to really try and be diligent about writing down every single dollar we spend.

 

2.  STOP HITTING THE SNOOZE BUTTON IN THE MORNING

Like I said earlier, I have the whole getting to bed earlier thing down pat, but man oh man the mornings are ROUGH!  I am so bad about sleeping until the last possible second, and then without fail, I am rushing around like a crazy woman in the mornings, trying to get the kids up and ready for school!  On the rare occasion that I do get up early, I really find my days go much smoother.  Once I am up, I am fine, I just really need to "force" myself to stop hitting snooze and get up.  I am thinking about not using my phone as my alarm anymore, and getting a real alarm clock, and place it in my room where I actually have to get out of bed to turn it off!

 

3.  CLEAN OUT ALL CLOSETS AND GET RID OF EVERYTHING WE DON'T NEED/USE

This is probably the job I dread the most.  I hate cleaning out closets, and our closets are in desperate need of some TLC...I shove so much crap in mine, and unfortunately my kids do too...they learned it from me no doubt:(  I swear Olivia still has things from kindergarten that I know don't fit her anymore)...it's bad!  My closet is super jam packed, and seriously half of it I don't even wear anymore.  I know I just need to tackle this project and no doubt will feel so much better and lighter once it is complete.

 

4.  MEAL PLAN EVERYWEEK

I used to be SO SO good with this, and well I have sucked big time with it lately.  As a busy mom there is nothing worse than scrambling at 4:30 wonder what the heck is going to be for dinner!  I need to get back into my routine, where I sit at my desk each Sunday morning, go through my recipes, meal plan for the week and write my grocery list.  Life is just seriously so much smoother when we know what's for dinner!

 

5.  TURN OFF MY PHONE BY 8:00 EVERYNIGHT

I don't know about you, but I am BAD with my phone, it sucks me in every single time!  I find myself constantly scrolling through IG or Facebook and next thing I know 40 minutes has passed.  This is Mark's biggest pet peeve...he hates when I am using my phone at night.  I really need to just turn it off and focus my attention to him at night..he really doesn't ask for much from me other than giving him my time and attention when he is home at night.  We have a landline, so I know if there is an emergency with my family, they can always reach me even if my cell is off.

 

6.  BOOK A WEEKEND GETAWAY FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY

Our anniversary is in April, and we both decided we need a little weekend away, kid free, to just enjoy each other!  We are thinking somewhere in the Keys...so if you guys have any suggestions on the BEST places to stay, leave me a comment!

 

7.  GET TO DMV AND CHANGE LICENSES AND CAR REGISTRATIONS

Ok so we have lived here 4 months and still haven't switched our driver's license or car registrations over yet.  I know it is bad!  I hate the DMV and it is never easy doing anything with them!  I was shocked that we needed a birth certificate to obtain new licenses...we sure didn't need that in NC!  So right now I am waiting for Mark's birth certificate to arrive so we can get this handled since both cars are in his name!

 

You can find my January Goals here

You can find my February Goals here

 

So there are my goals for the month!  Can't wait to check back in with you guys next month to see how I did!  I am really loving these monthly goal posts, it definitely helps in keeping me accountable!  See you guys back here tomorrow for Friday Favorites!