Hello, 2013!

Happy 2013! This year for our goals, J and I put our heads together to figure out what we wanted to do. Here's our list of goals for the year...


Family goals for this year:

• Bring a healthy, happy, (and hopefully full term) baby girl into this world!
• Spend more quality time outside the apartment.
• Adopt a rescue dog.
• Get Charlie potty trained.
• Take our first family vacation in October.
• Have at least one "date night" per month, even if its at home.
• Visit family more often.

Home goals for this year:

• Anchor our large furniture to the walls and get more toddler safety proofed.
• Organize all of our clothes into seasons to help with clutter and storage.
• Donate/sell 2013 things over the course of the year.
• Try out at least 52 new recipes (one per week).
• Grow another garden this summer.
• Freeze and can whatever we can from the garden.

My personal goals for this year:

• Lose all of the baby weight and get back to my "happy" weight.
• Go through my clothes, donate old stuff, and update my wardrobe.
• Take and edit our own newborn pictures.
• Make quilts for Charlie and Ginny.
• Make it to 150 blog followers.
• Read at least 3 books.
• Keep our pictures organized and back them up once a month.

J's personal goals for this year:

• Go to the gym at least 3 times a week and get back to his "happy" weight.
• Read at least 20 books.
• See at least 3 movies (before they leave the theater)
• Get a full time teaching job.
• Be less of a "thinker" and more of a "feeler."
• Keep up with the journals for Charlie and Ginny.

Financial goals for this year:

• Stay ahead on our car payments and pay at least 25% of the car's balance (about $4,500).
• Save up enough money to go to Disney in October.
• Save at least $2,000 on groceries by couponing and shopping sales. 
• Open a bank account for Ginny when she's born. 
• End the year with no consumer debt (besides the car).