Well, last week did not go as I had planned. Instead of spending half the week at the US Figure Skating Championship with Kaitlynn, we were snowed in Thursday and Friday and then Kaitlynn got a fever on Friday so we ended up watching the Championship together from home.
But, the good news is that I got everything else done on my goals list — which I was pretty excited about! (Scroll down to see my goals list for last week and this week.)
The highlight of last week was getting to share our big secret with the internet! I still can’t believe we kept it a secret for 11 weeks!
I also shared My Goals for 2022, My Word for 2022, and the 3 Books I Read Last Week.
We had a family game night and played Uno Emoji!
I’ve bee working on slowly cleaning out the house, one small project at a time. Last week, I worked on my closet. Want to join me? Follow along on Instagram for details!
I made one of our favorite and super easy Barbecue Chicken recipes last week — just pour a bottle of barbecue sauce over chicken breasts and cook in the crockpot.
She is just a joy!
Baby D has been making so many strides recently and now that he is officially crawling, he gets to move on to work on pulling up from his knees!
I also made another family favorite — ground beef, onion, peas, and potatoes hash.
Her latest obsession is trying to put on my clothes — it’s hilarious to watch her working so hard to get clothes put on!
My 10 Goals for Last Week
Personal Goals
Delete 500 photos and videos from my phone.Do one extra house-cleaning project every day(follow along on Instagram for details!)
Reading Goals
Finish reading The Story of You and Bloom.Finish listening to The Way it Should Be.
Family Goals
Have a family Game Night.- Take Kaitlynn to the US Figure Skating Championships.
Business/Blogging Goals
Write a post with my Goals for 2022.Write a post on my Word of the Year for 2022.
Book Goals
Go through all of the rough draft chapters of the book to make edits.Write 2000 words for the end sections of the book.
My 10 Goals for This Week
Personal Goals
- Delete 400 photos and videos from my phone.
- Do one extra house-cleaning project every day (follow along on Instagram for details!)
Reading Goals
- Finish reading Rest, Girl and They Call Me Mama.
- Finish listening to The Paris Library
Family Goals
- Do a craft kit with Kaitlynn.
- Have a family movie night.
Business/Blogging Goals
- Write a post on grocery savings ideas in this economy.
- Create on IG reel on how I find time to read.
Book Goals
- Finish reading the rough draft of my book aloud to Jesse.
- Finalize the rough draft and send it to two people who are going to give me feedback/critique.
Karen S Picoult says
Is there a recipe for the Crockpot Ground Beef, Potatoes, Peas Hash? I tried looking under your Recipes index, Crystal, but couldn’t find it.
Thanks!
Crystal Paine says
No, I just brown ground beef with onions, add in chopped baked potatoes, and frozen peas and heat through.
Lisa says
I don’t usually watch stories on Instagram as they suck me in for the day, but is that the only place where your cleaning project is located? I would love to follow along, but prefer to read the projects… I mean, if the projects are only in the stories, I will do my best to check there too.
Kate says
something that work for me is that I only allow myself on IG once a day and I only allow myself to watch the stories of 2 people, one being Crystal:) No scrolling allowed, and that helps with it not being a huge time suck:)
Crystal Paine says
I love how you’ve figured out how to make IG work well for you. And I’m so honored you would check my stories!
Crystal Paine says
Yes — you can access them on your computer without going on IG and the projects are written out everyday on one slide each day. You can also access all of them on the highlight on my I account so you can see them all without even having to view stories at all. I would post them here, but they are so short and sweet that it wouldn’t really make sense. So IG is a better fit for them.