Since my goal list for financial budgeting and family  time (date night a month and weekly game night) is very similar to the one I shared in January for the 1st quarter of the year, this spring I am sharing a bucket list! Yesterday, I shared how well I did on my goals. start having morning coffee on the porch eat lunch outside on sunny days plant zinnias and creeping Phlox (2 different spots) run 4 mile Mother’s Day race with my Sunrise Crew and Lunch decide whether to run half marathon plan lunch and family lunch for mom’s 80th birthday go on our vacations (booked for April and June)…

I am happy to say that I feel pretty good about the first part of 2025! For this recap, I will go down the list that I put together in a blog post at the beginning of January to see what I did accomplish and stick to. Blog/IG I did post 3 times a week on the blog and posted my OOTD in stories most days during the week. However, I did not stick to my plan of sharing budget deals and groceries on IG: I think I only did that the first month and a half. I also did not share free things to do in Atlanta on the…

It’s time for another little update on my goals and today’s update is a little summary of the month! I would call this a great friendship and family month! My goal was to be more sociable and spend some quality time with everyone, not just my running gals! My friend Katie and I got together for lunch and a little home shopping: I found some floor pillows for our game room and she found a large basket for her blankets. I have known Katie since she was my student teacher, about 20 years ago! Bought a side table for the reading corner of our game room, 2 floor pillows not…

I thought that sharing my goals for each quarter and sharing my progress would help me stay accountable. I often give myself some personal goals, but they often fall by the wayside after a month or so. This year, I would like to focus on progress: there are areas that I have already progressed in last year, and I would like to continue to improve in those areas this year. And I guess several of us blogger friends had the same idea so a few of us are sharing our goals/bucket list for winter today such as Joanne, Leslie, Christie and Marsha! I will be dividing my goals in 4…