February Update: New Year’s Resolutions

At the beginning of January I published my New Year’s Resolutions for 2014. I have decided to revisit the list every month to keep my goals fresh in my mind and hold myself more accountable. I know that if I have to share my progress with you, I will be more likely to get things done!

1) Leave the country – I have not yet left the country, but I have a trip to China scheduled!

2) Write at least one post a month in Spanish – So far, I have published two. I wrote a version of my project list in Spanish, Lista de proyectos, and a recap of what we accomplished last year in January, Enero del 2013 and in February, Febrero del 2013.

3) Move more – I did not keep exact records of how long each exercise session was. For example, I counted every walk with Kahlua as 15 minutes even though some of them were almost a half hour. I am also pretty sure that there were days that I forgot to record my activity, but I decided that if it was not in my agenda then I would not give myself credit for it. This will keep me from cheating.

So, in February, I walked for 5 hours and 15 minutes, biked for a half hour, shoveled for 30 minutes and did yoga for 5 hours and 30 minutes. This gave me a total of 11 hours and 45 minutes. My goal was to do at least 30 minutes, five days a week. I did more than that, but I worked out for almost seven hours less than in January. I need to get those numbers back up.

4) Visit one of the last six states on my list – I still have not visited Maine, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Hawaii or Alaska. Boo.

5) “Finish” the kitchen – We are making progress. We removed the old countertops and had templates made for the new ones. We had a new countertop installed, and I refinished the cabinets and hardware and  organized the cupboards.

6) Take better care of the garden – This will have to wait for spring and summer, but I need to start thinking about seeds. I did harvest seeds last year, but I need more.

7) Do more for Douglas – I made him soup and nursed him through pneumonia. Does that count?

8) Finish cleaning out and organizing the basement – Nothing has happened in the basement. In fact, it looks worse than it does in this picture. I need to start working!

9) Paint all of the trim in the living room and dining room – No trim has been painted. This is taking second place to the kitchen.

10) “Finish” the dining room – No work has been done in the dining room, and we will probably wait until we finish with the kitchen before we begin.

11) Regrout the tile in the bathroom – Still nothing.

Things are not going badly, but I would have liked to have more done by now. Wish me luck this month!

Happy Homemaking!