10 Weekly Goals

I had a great time at the Nashville Teach Them Diligently Conference. It was so fun to meet some of you there!

While it’s been a wonderful few months, I’m also excited that my spring conference season is over, my book editing is done, and summer break is almost here! We’re looking forward to a time to regroup, refresh, and recharge. And I’m also looking forward to having some “lazy” and quiet summer days without looming deadlines.

Here’s an update on my goals:

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Finish reading Spiderweb for Two aloud to the children. Read three chapters of The Hardy Boys Book #1 with Kathrynne, read three chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, read a few picture books with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:14

4. Exercise five times.

5. Finish reading: 24/6, Start, Unstoppable, and When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box.

6. Get at least 7.5 to 9 hours of sleep every night. {Um, I totally bombed this one.}

Homemaking Goals

7. Continue on with the Clutter-Busting Challenge.

8. Work on my embroidery project for at least 30 minutes.

Business Goals

9. Practice the tweaked talk for the Teach Them Diligently conference this weekend {I overhauled one of my talks recently and this conference will be the first conference I’m giving it at. Excited to see how the changes work from stage!}

10. Finish magazine article.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Start reading The Trumpet of the Swan to the children. Read three chapters of The Hardy Boys Book #1 with Kathrynne, read three chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, read a few picture books with Silas.

2. Go on a date with Jesse.

3. Start Library Reading Program with kids.

Personal Goals

4. Memorize Romans 1:14. Review Romans 1:1-13.

5. Exercise five times — start Pilates program.

6. Finish reading: 24/6, Unstoppable, Operation Dinner,Candle in the Darkness, and When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box.

7. Get at least 7.5 to 9 hours of sleep every night.

Homemaking Goals

8. Continue on with the Clutter-Busting Challenge.

9. Work on my embroidery project for at least 30 minutes.

Business Goals

10. Photo shoot for book cover.

How did you do on last week’s goals? What are your goals for this week? I’d love to have you share your progress on last week’s goals and your goals for this coming week in the comments. Of, if you’ve blogged about it, leave your direct link below. Let’s cheer each other on to live purposeful and productive lives!

You can download a free customizable weekly goal-planning sheet here.

Can I just say that loved meeting so many of you in Pennsylvania last week? You all blessed me so much!

Thank you to each of you who came to my sessions, thank you to each of you who came up and chatted with me afterward, and thank you to each of you for how warm and welcoming you all were to me. I came home so refreshed and filled up by you all!

And I’m looking forward to getting to meet some more of you in Nashville this weekend! (Will you be there? If so, please come find me after one of my sessions! One of my very favorite things is getting to meet my readers face-to-face!)

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Finish Rascal by Sterling North aloud to the children. Read two chapters of The Hardy Boys Book #1 with Kathrynne, read two chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, read a few picture books with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:13

4. Exercise five times.

5. Finish reading: A Lady in Waiting, 24/6, Start, and When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box.

6. Get at least 8-9 hours of sleep every night.

Homemaking Goals

7. Continue on with the Clutter-Busting Challenge.

8. Work on my embroidery project for at least 30 minutes.

Business Goals

9. Create slides, practice talks, and speak at the Pennsylvania Homeschool Conference this weekend.

10. Finish magazine article.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Finish reading Spiderweb for Two aloud to the children. Read three chapters of The Hardy Boys Book #1 with Kathrynne, read three chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, read a few picture books with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:14

4. Exercise five times.

5. Finish reading: 24/6, Start, Unstoppable, and When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box.

6. Get at least 7.5 to 9 hours of sleep every night.

Homemaking Goals

7. Continue on with the Clutter-Busting Challenge.

8. Work on my embroidery project for at least 30 minutes.

Business Goals

9. Practice the tweaked talk for the Teach Them Diligently conference this weekend {I overhauled one of my talks recently and this conference will be the first conference I’m giving it at. Excited to see how the changes work from stage!}

10. Finish magazine article.

How did you do on last week’s goals? What are your goals for this week? I’d love to have you share your progress on last week’s goals and your goals for this coming week in the comments. Of, if you’ve blogged about it, leave your direct link below. Let’s cheer each other on to live purposeful and productive lives!

You can download a free customizable weekly goal-planning sheet here.

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read 20 pages of Rascal by Sterling North aloud to the children. Read 3 chapters of The Hardy Boys Book #1 with Kathrynne, read 3 chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, read a few picture books with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Review Romans 1:1-12.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Finish reading: A Lady in Waiting, 24/6, Start, and When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box. {I made some progress on almost all of these books, but I didn’t finish any of them. Hoping to remedy that on my flights this weekend!}

6. Get at least 7-9 hours of sleep every night.

Homemaking Goals

7. Finish the 30-Day House Cleaning Challenge; Start the Clutter-Busting Challenge.

8. Work on my embroidery project for at least 30 minutes.

Business Goals

9. Finish editing the last five chapters for the second round of edits on my manuscript & turn into my editor.

10. Finish outlines for my talks for the Pennsylvania Homeschool Conference next week.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Finish Rascal by Sterling North aloud to the children. Read two chapters of The Hardy Boys Book #1 with Kathrynne, read two chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, read a few picture books with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:13

4. Exercise five times.

5. Finish reading: A Lady in Waiting, 24/6, Start, and When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box.

6. Get at least 8-9 hours of sleep every night.

Homemaking Goals

7. Continue on with the Clutter-Busting Challenge.

8. Work on my embroidery project for at least 30 minutes.

Business Goals

9. Create slides, practice talks, and speak at the Pennsylvania Homeschool Conference this weekend.

10. Finish magazine article.

How did you do on last week’s goals? What are your goals for this week? I’d love to have you share your progress on last week’s goals and your goals for this coming week in the comments. Of, if you’ve blogged about it, leave your direct link below. Let’s cheer each other on to live purposeful and productive lives!

You can download a free customizable weekly goal-planning sheet here.

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read 20 pages of Rascal by Sterling North aloud to the children. Start reading The Hardy Boys Book #1 with Kathrynne, read two chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, read a few picture books with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:11-12.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Finish reading: A Lady in Waiting, 24/6, Start, and When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box.

6. Get at least 7-9 hours of sleep every night.

Homemaking Goals

7. Follow the 30-Day House Cleaning Challenge.

8. Work on my embroidery project for at least 30 minutes.

Business Goals

9. Finish tweaking recipes for my new recipes page.

10. Finish editing the last five chapters for the second round of edits on my manuscript & turn into my editor {this should be done tomorrow!}

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read 20 pages of Rascal by Sterling North aloud to the children. Read 3 chapters of The Hardy Boys Book #1 with Kathrynne, read 3 chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, read a few picture books with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Review Romans 1:1-12.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Finish reading: A Lady in Waiting, 24/6, Start, and When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box.

6. Get at least 7-9 hours of sleep every night.

Homemaking Goals

7. Finish the 30-Day House Cleaning Challenge; Start the Clutter-Busting Challenge.

8. Work on my embroidery project for at least 30 minutes.

Business Goals

9. Finish editing the last five chapters for the second round of edits on my manuscript & turn into my editor.

10. Finish outlines for my talks for the Pennsylvania Homeschool Conference next week.

How did you do on last week’s goals? What are your goals for this week? I’d love to have you share your progress on last week’s goals and your goals for this coming week in the comments. Of, if you’ve blogged about it, leave your direct link below. Let’s cheer each other on to live purposeful and productive lives!

You can download a free customizable weekly goal-planning sheet here.

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read 20 pages of Rascal by Sterling North aloud to the children. Finish reading Paddington at Large with Kathrynne, read four chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, finish reading Little House Christmas Stories with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:9-10.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Finish reading: While We’re Far Apart, 24/6, Start, and When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box.

Homemaking Goals

6. Follow the 30-Day House Cleaning Challenge.

7. Work on my embroidery project for at least 30 minutes.

8. Try one new homemade cleaning recipe (I made Homemade Soft Scrub.)

Business Goals

9. Finish tweaking recipes for my new recipes page.

10. Finish editing five chapters for the second round of edits on my manuscript.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read 20 pages of Rascal by Sterling North aloud to the children. Start reading The Hardy Boys Book #1 with Kathrynne, read two chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, read a few picture books with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:11-12.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Finish reading: A Lady in Waiting, 24/6, Start, and When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box.

6. Get at least 7-9 hours of sleep every night.

Homemaking Goals

7. Follow the 30-Day House Cleaning Challenge.

8. Work on my embroidery project for at least 30 minutes.

Business Goals

9. Finish tweaking recipes for my new recipes page.

10. Finish editing the last five chapters for the second round of edits on my manuscript & turn into my editor.

How did you do on last week’s goals? What are your goals for this week? I’d love to have you share your progress on last week’s goals and your goals for this coming week in the comments. Of, if you’ve blogged about it, leave your direct link below. Let’s cheer each other on to live purposeful and productive lives!

You can download a free customizable weekly goal-planning sheet here.

It was so wonderful to meet many of you at the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention this weekend! Thank you for coming to my sessions, coming up to the booth, and taking time to chat with me. I was blessed by each of you who did!

Last week’s goals

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read 20 pages of Rascal by Sterling North aloud to the children. Finish reading Paddington Abroad with Kathrynne, read three chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, finish reading The Adventure of Laura and Jack with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:9-10.

4. Exercise five times. {I failed miserably at this one!}

5. Finish reading Uneclipsing the Son, A Charlotte Mason Education, Sleep: It Does a Family Good, One Question, and The Chance.

Homemaking Goals

6. Follow the 30-Day House Cleaning Challenge.

7. Work on embroidery project.

Business Goals

8. Tweak & practice my talks for the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention.

9. Speak at the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention.

10. Finish all my book edits per my editor’s suggestions.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read 20 pages of Rascal by Sterling North aloud to the children. Read four chapters of Paddington at Large with Kathrynne, read four chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, read four chapters Little House Christmas Stories with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:9-10.

4. Exercise five times.

My book stack for this week

5. Finish reading: One Question, While We’re Far Apart, 24/6, Start, and When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box.

Homemaking Goals

6. Follow the 30-Day House Cleaning Challenge.

7. Work on my embroidery project for at least 30 minutes.

8. Try three new homemade cleaning recipes.

Business Goals

9. Finish tweaking recipes for my new recipes page.

10. Finish all my manuscript edits per my editor’s suggestions.

How did you do on last week’s goals? What are your goals for this week? I’d love to have you share your progress on last week’s goals and your goals for this coming week in the comments. Of, if you’ve blogged about it, leave your direct link below. Let’s cheer each other on to live purposeful and productive lives!

You can download a free customizable weekly goal-planning sheet here.

I’m so excited to be heading back to the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention again this year — and bringing my family with me! We met so many of you last year and I can’t wait to see many of you again, as well as to meet a number of new readers, too!

I’m speaking four times this weekend and would love to get to meet you. Truthfully, meeting my readers is one of the greatest highlights about conferences to me, so if you’re planning on being at the conference, definitely drop by the booth or find me after one of my sessions!

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read four chapters of Rascal by Sterling North aloud to the children. Read four chapters of Paddington Abroad with Kathrynne, read four chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, finish reading The Adventure of Laura and Jack with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:9-10.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Finish the Early to Rise Challenge.

6. Finish reading Uneclipsing the Son, A Charlotte Mason Education, Sleep: It Does a Family Good, and The Chance.

7. Follow my planned early to bed, early to rise schedule. {I did really great on this for three days & then things got a little out of whack with the schedule!}

Homemaking Goals

8. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

9. Work on embroidery project.

Business Goals
10. Get three chapters of my book edited per my editor’s suggestions.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read 20 pages of Rascal by Sterling North aloud to the children. Finish reading Paddington Abroad with Kathrynne, read three chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, finish reading The Adventure of Laura and Jack with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:9-10.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Finish reading Uneclipsing the Son, A Charlotte Mason Education, Sleep: It Does a Family Good, One Question, and The Chance. {I really & truly am hoping to finish these this week!}

Homemaking Goals

6. Follow the 30-Day House Cleaning Challenge.

7. Work on embroidery project.

Business Goals

8. Tweak & practice my talks for the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention.

9. Speak at the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention.

10. Finish all my book edits per my editor’s suggestions.

How did you do on last week’s goals? What are your goals for this week? I’d love to have you share your progress on last week’s goals and your goals for this coming week in the comments. Of, if you’ve blogged about it, leave your direct link below. Let’s cheer each other on to live purposeful and productive lives!

You can download a free customizable weekly goal-planning sheet here.

Well, last week was a good week, but I sorta bombed my goals. I did get a lot of reading aloud done with the kids, we had a great homeschool week, and Jesse and I had a great time at the Killer Tribes Conference. So I guess that’s gotta count for something, even if my goals list doesn’t look too impressive.

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Finish Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read four chapters of More About Paddington with Kathrynne, read four chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, read three chapters of The Adventure of Laura and Jack to Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:9-10.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Continue with the Early to Rise Challenge.

6. Finish reading Uneclipsing the Son, A Charlotte Mason Education, Sleep: It Does a Family Good, and The Chance.

Homemaking Goals

7. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Work on embroidery project.

Business Goals

9. Go to Atlanta and speak at the Killer Tribes Conference.

10. Finish updating the recipes for our new recipe page launch.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read four chapters of Rascal by Sterling North aloud to the children. Read four chapters of Paddington Abroad with Kathrynne, read four chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, finish reading The Adventure of Laura and Jack with Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:9-10.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Finish the Early to Rise Challenge.

6. Finish reading Uneclipsing the Son, A Charlotte Mason Education, Sleep: It Does a Family Good, and The Chance.

7. Follow my planned early to bed, early to rise schedule.

Homemaking Goals

8. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

9. Work on embroidery project.

Business Goals

10. Get three chapters of my book edited per my editor’s suggestions.

How did you do on last week’s goals? What are your goals for this week? I’d love to have you share your progress on last week’s goals and your goals for this coming week in the comments. Of, if you’ve blogged about it, leave your direct link below. Let’s cheer each other on to live purposeful and productive lives!

You can download a free customizable weekly goal-planning sheet here.

I had a wonderful time at the Southeast Homeschool Convention last week. It was wonderful to get to meet some of you and we were so blessed by the southern hospitality there.

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read three chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read three chapters of More About Paddington with Kathrynne, read three chapters of Anne of Green Gables with Kaitlynn, read three chapters of The Courage of Sarah Noble to Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:9-10.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Continue with the Early to Rise Challenge.

6. Finish reading Uneclipsing the Son, A Charlotte Mason Education, Sparkly Green Earrings, Sleep: It Does a Family Good, and The Chance.

Homemaking Goals

7. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Work on embroidery project.

Business Goals

9. Go to South Carolina and speak at the Southeast Homeschool Convention.

10. Finish updating the recipes for our new recipe page launch.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Finish Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read four chapters of More About Paddington with Kathrynne, read four chapters of Life With Lily with Kaitlynn, read three chapters of The Adventure of Laura and Jack to Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:9-10.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Continue with the Early to Rise Challenge.

6. Finish reading Uneclipsing the Son, A Charlotte Mason Education, Sleep: It Does a Family Good, and The Chance.

Homemaking Goals

7. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Work on embroidery project.

Business Goals

9. Go to Atlanta and speak at the Killer Tribes Conference.

10. Finish updating the recipes for our new recipe page launch.

How did you do on last week’s goals? What are your goals for this week? I’d love to have you share your progress on last week’s goals and your goals for this coming week in the comments. Of, if you’ve blogged about it, leave your direct link below. Let’s cheer each other on to live purposeful and productive lives!

You can download a free customizable weekly goal-planning sheet here.

Last week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read three chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read five chapters of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh at dinner. Read five chapters of A Bear Called Paddington with Kathrynne, read four chapters of Anne of Green Gables with Kaitlynn, read four chapters of Sarah, Plain & Tall to Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:9-10.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Continue with the Early to Rise Challenge.

6. Finish reading Uneclipsing the Son, Fit To Burst, A Charlotte Mason Education, and Eve’s Daughters.

Homemaking Goals

7. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Work on embroidery project.

Business Goals

9. Finish outlines for my talks at the Southeast Homeschool Convention next week.

10. Finish updating the recipes for our new recipe page launch next week.

This week’s goals:

Family/Marriage/Mothering Goals

1. Read three chapters of Vinegar Boy: Encounter Christ Through the Dramatic Story of Vinegar Boy aloud at lunch. Read three chapters of More About Paddington with Kathrynne, read three chapters of Anne of Green Gables with Kaitlynn, read three chapters of The Courage of Sarah Noble to Silas.

2. Write a love note to Jesse.

Personal Goals

3. Memorize Romans 1:9-10.

4. Exercise five times.

5. Continue with the Early to Rise Challenge.

6. Finish reading Uneclipsing the Son, A Charlotte Mason Education, Sparkly Green Earrings, Sleep: It Does a Family Good, and The Chance.

Homemaking Goals

7. Do a Freezer Cooking in an Hour session.

8. Work on embroidery project.

Business Goals

9. Go to South Carolina and speak at the Southeast Homeschool Convention.

10. Finish updating the recipes for our new recipe page launch.

How did you do on last week’s goals? What are your goals for this week? I’d love to have you share your progress on last week’s goals and your goals for this coming week in the comments. Of, if you’ve blogged about it, leave your direct link below. Let’s cheer each other on to live purposeful and productive lives!

You can download a free customizable weekly goal-planning sheet here.