Hello Dear Reader,
I posted our goals for 2019
here and so far so good. I like to have goals written down as if I don't, they just stay an idea in my brain. Writing a list makes it more concrete and makes me want to act on them.
I write short and long term goals that mainly centre around improving the quality of our lives, our little families lives and our home.
1.
Walk and ride every day
-I have walked the little dogs every single day, they wouldn't let me get away with not walking, twice a day. They know the time too, 6am in the morning and 5.30pm in the afternoon. The morning walk isn't that long only about 15-20 minutes but the afternoon walk is a longer 30 minutes walk. In total, the two walks add up to 2.9 km per day
-I did start riding to work in early January but soon found it way too hot, even up until late March, the heat was unbearable. But good news, I have been riding everyday to work for the last 3 weeks and I also rode down to my hairdresser a few Saturdays ago. I am starting to feel fitter and stronger and my clothes don't feel quite so tight on me.
2.
Buy only free range meat
-Yes we have achieved this goal so far. We found a little butcher over the bridge called Jason's Quality Meats, his meat is all free range and is excellent quality. It does have a price to match the quality and the fact that it is free range but we find we are buying and eating less meat.
3.
Plant out our veggie garden in March
-Nope not yet, I am hoping to buy some seedlings this Saturday and get them in the garden on Sunday. We removed the last of the pumpkins and spent vines last week. The largest pumpkin weighted 7 KG!
4.
Finish Ninja's (our little black cat) side of the house with rock wall gabion cages and a cat friendly garden on either end of the gabion cages.
-Again this project had been shifted to later in the year due to the heat. Hopefully starting it soon
5.
Fit out the house with new plantation shutters
-Yes, this big project was ticked off in January. It was a big expense but so worth it, it has freshened the whole home up.
6.
Go camping twice in the cooler months (May and August)
-We are booked to go camping in early May up the beach
7.
Have a family lunch once a month
-We got together in January and February but our Aunt was in hospital for most of March so it didn't go ahead during that month. We are having a few little get togethers for Easter and we will pop over to see our Aunt who is home at last.
8.
Support our adult children and their partners as much as possible with their plans for this year
-Our daughter has been down twice since January and her Partner stayed with us once. He is coming down again to finalise some house business in May so he'll stay with us again then.
-Our son and parter next door to us have not started their home projects as yet, they are waiting for a very good friend of theirs to have a lull in his business so he can start on theirs.
9.
Finish Milly's Quilt and start one for Tilly
-I finished Milly's quilt and have finished all the cutting out for Tilly's quilt. I just now need to get a wriggle on with hers. There just isn't enough time in the day.
10.
Install an irrigation system for the new raised garden beds-
this one is already started
-Done and done, it works like a charm, now I just need to plant out the gardens
11.
Install another water tank, late last year we ran out of water, I don't want that to happen again
-We went the whole hog and installed four 2500 litre water tanks, we are now drought proof
12.
Start getting quotes and ideas for re-vamping the bathrooms and toilets.
-Have not started this one yet. We don't want to spend a fortune but we do want to remodel the existing bathrooms so they are easier care. The main thing I would like is to remove the glass panels, cleaning the glass shower panels is the job I hate the most.
How are your goals for this year going?
Have a lovely day,
💗Fi
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