goal.

can it be the end of another month? it seems like they're just flying by. well, this month i wasnt too excited about my goal and rarely thought about it, but when i did it was helpful. our house was generally cleaner than usual (probably attributed to the fact that my mom was here for a week) and the details of life seemed to work out well. also, i wanted to update you on the goal from march about being thrifty - our main source of 'un-thriftyness' came from groceries and eating out and i am happy to report that this month we decreased our food bill by about 40%! (probably also attributed to my mother doing one round of grocery shopping for us and my parents treating us to eating out a few times that week), but i still feel good about it. anyways, on to the goal for may...drum roll please...

look forward

*whats a post without a picture? this goal reminds me of meet the robinsons, but i didnt plan it that way.

my goals are seriously becoming more abstract. david always tells me that i live in the past - and i totally do. i love to look at old pictures and tell stories from back in the day (what am i, 95?). and i want to be more goal oriented and driven towards the future.

another reason i think this goal will be good is because last year i completed all my goals. i graduated from byu and married david. that was as far as i had planned - graduate and get married. i want to have kids someday, but not right now, so for now i feel like i am stuck in a place where i cant move forward, but i have already accomplished everything that i had planned. does that even make sense? sorry if it doesnt. so here are my steps for accomplishing this goal:

1. find a hobby and/or open my etsy shop. this will give me some shorter term goals - projects to finish, items to ship, etc.
2. plan our trip to the east coast and a few weekend trips for the summer
3. make some real big goals and a plan to accomplish them - take a class, join a club/group...