Those Good Ol' Goals

Leala got an Alphabet Games DVD from one of my aunts for Christmas and it has definitely helped to add more words to her vocabulary.  One of her new favorite words from the DVD is "Goal" which is a highlight for the letter "G."  It goes more like "Goooaal" and we have fun seeing who can say the word the longest, which once I pass her [way] up, gets Leala laughing.  I thought posting up a screen shot of the word "Goal" would be a fun way to blog about mine for 2012.  So here's my online checklist:

• Get the day started with prayer and reading my Bible
• Read more with Leala
• Get the girls outside once a day
• Start potty training Leala
• Stay up-to-date with my girls' monthly development (through What to Expect)
• Work my way down to a healthy weight according to my BMI
• Be more faithful with weekly meal planning and grocery shopping
• Discover different kinds of food to cook for my family
• Find more ways to save our family money
• Keep being supportive of my husband's schooling
• Try to plan at least once-a-month dates with my husband
• Enjoy reading through some more books with my husband
• Get more organized with scheduling (with the help of these free downloads)
• Stay in better touch with family and friends

One of my personal philosophies is, "Life is too short to not follow through with your good intentions."  Regularly reminding myself of how short life really is, helps give me the motivation I need to make my life as productive, impactful and beneficial as possible.

I love this quote from my 2008 The Purpose Driven Life calendar:

"You weren't created just to consume resources - to eat, breathe, and take up space... You were created to add to life on earth."  {Rick Warren}

"We are... created... to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."  {Ephesians 2:10, NIV} 

P.S. I just found out that one of my husband's goals for this year is that we tune into Focus on the Family's daily radio broadcast.  We're now listening to this one.