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It's been a time to reflect.....

I haven’t written for a long time. Sometimes life just happens and you have to go with it. It is what it is, and family takes precedence. In our case we lost three family members, my sweet Uncle Denny, Norn (the nearest thing I still had to a grandmother), and my father in law. We also lost a good friend, Chris. Amazingly talented man, with such a sweet heart. Then I became quite ill and had to have surgery. I have been recovering for 8 weeks now, and I am doing so much better. I still have a ways to go but that’s OK……I’m alive. And I am grateful.

My whole family has been pitching in, all of them, without complaint. I’m so grateful. I’m so blessed by their TLC. When I came home from the hospital there were candles and flowers in my room, soft music, and the bed was turned down.

My church family too, they have brought us meals, picked my hubby up from the airport, even brought me chocolate and a stuffed puppy……now that’s LOVE!

Dear friends have brought movies and flowers, and called and sent me messages. And my family, church family, and friends have all prayed for me. There is a sweet group of ladies, my heart sisters, that prayed and stormed heaven’s gates when things got critical and took a turn for the worse and I coded in the hospital.

Even my doggie towed the laundry basket for me when I couldn’t carry it.

Thanksgiving can’t be just one day for me. I usually feel grateful and thankful, I keep a gratitude journal that I write in, at the end of the evening. But during this season we are just ending of  Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year…….I have been overwhelmed, and words are just not enough. What I could say would not even begin to touch what is in my heart, and it would certainly not do it justice. I’m so very grateful.

So I am also thankful and grateful that God knows my heart……

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Mt St. Helens

OK, so we have learned a few things over the years. A lot of people don’t camp (or sometimes stop camping) because of the preparation involved. So take a look at this, read through, and see if it doesn’t help you with some preparation. If you are super organized, and have some things to add in the comment section to this BY ALL MEANS, PLEASE DO. I have learned a lot, but there are people out there who have camped a lot more than I have and I am always open to new ideas. And by sharing your ideas you may just encourage some one to go for it, and get out into the great outdoors.

 

At the end of this article I am going to add my camping file that I use to keep me organized. So feel free to copy and print, or just use the template to do your own. Believe me, I’m sure there are some things on my list that you won’t need to worry about…….like worming the goats. Ha ha!

 

 

My file is divided into 7 sections:

 

Camping Menu

Food List (things to pack into the coolers and grocery bags)

Kitchen List (there are a few things I have to take with me from the kitchen)

Don’t Forget List

Things To Do List

Hubby’s “Honey Do” List

Grocery List

 

1. About a month ahead I pull up the files and do any necessary updating to the lists.
2. I then decide what we are going to be having for our breakfasts, lunch, dinners, desserts, and snacks.
3. I make a grocery list
4. Tweak “Honey Do” List for Sweet Hubby
5. I go over my things to do list and tweak accordingly
6. Print the whole file and attach it to my clipboard
7. GET CRACKIN!!

 

My beautiful Beaver Bay.......

One of the things on my “Things To Do” list is that a couple of weeks ahead of time I start saving the empty milk jugs after we drink the milk. I wash them out well, fill them with filtered drinking water, and then freeze them. I use two per cooler to not only keep our food cold, but provide us with enough clean drinking water since the drinking water at the campground isn’t very good. This also saves us money that would be spent on ice.

 

I also label my coolers with the day, and then pack all the things I need for that day into that cooler. It helps the kids (and the hubby) find what they need without opening all the coolers and /or leaving them open. The fastest way to have your food go bad is people searching through all the coolers constantly.

 

The Kiddos

 

When day number one cooler is empty, I take one frozen milk jug and set it on the table for the kids to use (nice cold water-gotta keep the kiddos hydrated) and put the other one in the cooler that is marked for the last day of the camping trip, because that cooler will need the extra cooling since it will have to stay cold the longest.

 

You can also pick up extra stuff at goodwill or other thrift stores (plates, cups, bowls, mugs etc.), and all your kitchen supplies and pack them into rubbermaid totes so that a lot of your stuff is already pre-packed and ready to go. We just pull ours out, double check our supplies in it, and make sure that we have everything we need. Whatever we don’t have, we add to the grocery list. However we do try to make sure that when we get home from a trip, we check and re-stock supplies, and make sure everything is clean. Having all those items prepacked saves so much time. I will also include a list here of what we have in our rubbermaid totes that STAYS in the totes.

 

List for Rubbermaid Totes

 

Fry Pans Pots Mixing Bowls/Lids Plates Plastic Glasses Mugs Bowls Flatware Cutting Board Platter

Napkins Hand Sanitizer Lighters Plastic Storage Bags Clorox Wipes Towels/Dishrags SOS Pads Dish Scrubber Plastic Cont. w/lid 4 grease   Plastic Grocery Sacks Clothesline Clothespins

Salt & Pepper Nature’s Seasoning

Pancake Turner Steak Knives Wooden Spoons Grater Wisk Bottle Opener Can Opener Basting Brush Butcher Knife Paring Knife Peeler Rubber Spatula Ladle Serving spoon Measuring Cups/Spoons

 

Our friends that we camp with also try to at the end of the season, buy things they need for the following year. Not only does it mean they have it ready to go, but they get a great price on it because it is the end of the season.

 

I also make reservations for our animals so they can be boarded at the vets while we are gone. I do this a couple of months in advance so I can be sure I get the time I want. Summer is a tricky time to get reservations, so we plan ahead. This is also the time of year that our animals get their yearly tune-up. Shots, worming, exam, teeth cleaned, nails clipped (since they’re there). They come home in top shape, and REALLY happy to see us. (Insert big grin here…..)

 

We also make sure we have plenty of medical supplies, and more than we think we’ll need. There was one year where several of us got hurt, and there have been years that none of us got hurt. One thing we were discussing adding to our medical supplies though is an epi-pen, the injection pen that is for allergic reactions. Since we are out in the boonies, and away from a hospital, it makes sense to have one since an allergic reaction can come on hard and fast, and they can be deadly. We also make sure we have plenty of gas in the car so that if we have to hot foot it to town fast because of a medical emergency, we don’t have to worry about stopping.

 

I also makes sure that all my work stuff is caught up, bills are paid, financial aid stuff is DONE. Otherwise I find it harder to relax when I think of what all I have to do the minute I get home. Yucky.

 

Maybe it sounds silly to be so prepared, but it makes it much more relaxing for me.

 

We also double check the “Don’t Forget” list right before we walk out the door. We have almost walked out the door without swimsuits that were washed the day before and hung up to dry, or medications that needed to be taken that morning, and then didn’t get packed.

 

So that’s it from my side of the fence neighbor!! If you have something to add, I would really appreciate it.

 

 

Here is a copy of my files, put together into one document.

 

There are times you just have to get away. I am linking up to A Beach Cottage “Good Life Wednesday”, great befores and afters, flowers, bits and snatches of beauty, taking time out to reconnect to family and the great outdoors! Let’s get back to the good life!

http://www.abeachcottage.com/2011/02/beach-cottage-good-life-wednesdays.html

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Camping Info

 

Menu

Monday

Lunch                        Dinner

Sandwiches          Burgers

Carrot Sticks       Chips

                                Salad

Snacks: Chips-Muffins-Granola bars

 

Tuesday

Breakfast                       Lunch                                                     Dinner

Eggs/cheese                 Sandwiches                                         Porkchops

Bacon                              Yoghurt                                                 Potatos

                                            Chips                                                         Salad

 

Snacks: Cookies-smores-yoghurt

 

Wednesday

Breakfast                     Lunch                                                     Dinner

Bacon                            Sandwiches                                         Steaks/Hot Dogs

French Toast               Carrot Sticks                                        Broccoli

                                           Yoghurt                                             Fruit Salad

 

Thursday Breakfast

Cereal

 

PS On the above menu, I couldn’t get the file to transfer with the nice vertical lines I had, so just pretend. OK? OK.

 

Food List

Coffee	Bread-4	Carrots-2	Chips
Hot Chocolate	Lunchmeat	Bananas	Ham. Buns
Milk	Cheese	Apples	Hot. Buns
Juice	Shredded Cheese	Grapes
Tea	Eggs-2 dozen	Salad-3	Mayo
Bacon	Yoghurt	Cranberries	Ketchup
Ham. Patties	Peanut Butter	Potatos	Mustard
Porkchops	Jam	Broccoli	Chocolate
Steaks	Cereal	Granola Bars	Marshmellows
Hot Dogs	Muffins	Graham Crackers	Basil
Natures Seasoning	Olive Oil	Lemon & Garlic	Salt & Pepper
Pam	Sugar	Syrup	Butter
Cinnamon	Vanilla	Marinade

 

 

Kitchen Supplies

Dishpans-2	Tongs?	Dish Towels	Paper Towels
SOS Pad	Sm Pot	Dish Soap	Grease Containers
Big Pot	Water Filter	Napkins	Lighter
Mugs	Syrup Container	Bottle Opener
Clothes Pins	Sm Juice Pitcher	Can Opener
Tin Foil	Butter Container	Pancake Turner
Sm Canner	Plastic Storage Bags	Big KNife
Irish Toast Corningware	Spatula	Wooden Spoon
	Hand Sanitizer	Serated Knife
	Rubber Gloves	Paring Knife?
	Plastic Grocery Bags	French Press
	Funnel	Zip Bags

 

 

Don’t Forget List

Cell Phone Charger	Tylenol	Inhaler	Sunscreen
	Ibuprofen	Cough Drops	Drinking Water (not fr)
Magazine	Allergy Meds	Cough Medicine	Blankets
Flashlights	Thyroid Meds	Kids Medicine	Water Floaties
Ins. Cards/Purse	Pain Meds	Band Aids	Medical Books
Walkie Talkies	Notebook/Bible/Journal	Pillows	Warm Coats
Batteries (WT & lights)	Sleeping bags	Towels	Hydrogen Peroxide
Air Mattress	Camera	Water Bottles	Antibiotic Ointment
Garbage Bags	Bug Spray	D’s Meds	Cortizone Cream
Swimsuits/Life Jackets	Fun Bag	Clorox Wipes	Water Socks
Razor	Water bottle	Broom/Dustpan
Baseball Cap	Kleenex Box	Nail Brush
Camp Chairs		Toothpaste /Brush
Table	Aloe gel	Campho Phenique
Phone Book	Clipboard	First Aid Supplies

 

 

 

To Do List

 

Make Vet Reservations

 

Costco Shopping

 

Winco Shopping

 

Check Horse, Goat, and Chicken supplies

 

Worm Horse & Goats

 

Dukies Shots

 

Wilco

 

Bank

 

Stalls

 

Financial Aid Papers

 

Check Camping Boxes

 

Animal Schedule

 

 

Sweet Hubby’s List

Take Vehicle to mechanic

Oil Change

Look Over

 

Fill Propane Tanks

 

Pull Out & Check Camping Gear

 

Check out Utility Trailer

Wash and/or sweep out

Check Lights

 

Wash Vehicle

 

Check Emergency Roadkit

 

Load Up Wood

 

Fill Vehicle with Gas (night before)

 

 

Grocery List

 

 

 

 

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Beautiful Beaver Bay........

 

We just returned home recently from a camping trip. As I was unpacking I asked myself why we go camping, simply for the reason that I thought someone might ask me and I had better know the answer! Some answers are obvious, some I needed to really think about.                  

 

We started going as a family in August of 2000. I think we have gone every year except for one since then. The place we go is quite beautiful, and I think the lure of the mountains, the water, and the forest begins calling us in March or April. We hold out until summer, but by the time we get to go we are SO READY.

 

We spend time in and next to the water, set aside some time to hike, get sunkissed, and spend a lot of time eating and laughing around the fire.

 

We go with dear friends that we have known for years. It’s a great time to catch up. But I think for all of us……..being unplugged from computer, phone, and TV is SO GOOD. We cherish the peace we find there. We have spent a lot of time with God, found deep joy, worked out some issues, ministered to each other’s needs, built memories with our children and some of their friends who have come with us, processed there, made some hard decisions, and even grieved. Beaver Bay holds a very special place in our hearts and the hearts of our children. We are all the richer for having experienced it.

 

There is a lot of preparation and organizing that goes along with camping. So in my next article I will go into the practical stuff that really helps take the stress out of getting ready to go. Like I have said before I was not born organized, so if this helps or inspires someone to mobilize their troops and head out into the great outdoors, I would be thrilled.

 

There are times you just have to get away. I am linking up to A Beach Cottage “Good Life Wednesday”, great befores and afters, flowers, bits and snatches of beauty, taking time out to reconnect to family and the great outdoors! Let’s get back to the good life!

http://www.abeachcottage.com/2011/02/beach-cottage-good-life-wednesdays.html

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Sweet sweet beauty.........

 

Last night I was doing my chores……I was headed from the chicken coop towards the barn, and I have to walk past the lilac bush.

Our lilac bush is HUGE, in fact it may be more than one I am not sure. But it’s about ten feet wide and eight feet tall.

As I walked past the smell of it was especially intense and I found myself actually walking into the bush. It was completely by accident, because it was dark out there, but I was not entirely unhappy about it at all. It was glorious! The smell was AMAZING, and the branches seemed to enfold me.

I looked up and the moonlight was hitting some of the spires of flowers and it was so beautiful with the silver light gracing the edges of the flowers. Momentarily it all felt like a bit of heaven, and I thought, “Dear Heavenly Father, you are so INDULGENT. I feel so spoiled that you would take one of my favorite smells and just wrap me in it in the moonlight.”

It was truly one of those “Love Note Moments” from him, something truly personal that he KNOWS my heart, and adores me.

 

And believe me………….it’s mutual.

 

Perfect end to a day......

 And I am linking up to A Beach Cottage “Good Life Wednesday”, great befores and afters, flowers, bits and snatches of beauty, and some puppy love! Let’s get back to the good life!

http://www.abeachcottage.com/2011/02/beach-cottage-good-life-wednesdays.html

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I have not blogged for quite a while. There have been some changes in our circumstances and some events. I needed time to process, and just plain old needed time to accomplish all that was neccessary.

 

My oldest graduated from college, we needed to move both of our girls, we had a nasty round of flu that ended up with my sweet hubby in the ER (and me just sick as a dog), a job change (our part time job at the church), 2 sick kids, improv night, an art show, plus throw in an open house, a reception, graduation banquet, and a dog that was sick as a dog.

 

My three! How I love them!

 

Oh wait! I forgot all about life! Dishes, laundry, dinner and taxi service!

 

We had to squeeze life in where we could.

 

I’m always teasing the kids to buckle up and hang on, and this time they really had to. And so did we!

 

But it was fun, and crazy, and unforgettable, and strange, and not so fun (the flu and hospital part).

 

Now it’s time to rethink some things, set some new goals, and see what direction the Lord is taking us.

 

So it’s time for me to bust out the goal sheet. It was almost time anyway because I do it about every 6 months.

 

I get to devote more time to being a farm girl, which I love. But really I’m waiting for the mist to clear.

 

The mist covered my mountain this morning. I know it’s there…..my mountain. But I can’t see it. It’s on the north side of the house, and I love looking out my windows at it. It’s one of my favorite things about living here. Every so often though it is covered and I can’t see it. But I have faith it is there.

 

So I guess that’s where I’m at right now………..I know there IS a direction, but it’s in the mist. When the mist clears I will see it. Being in the mist can be frustrating, but it can also be restful, it sort of stops you in your tracks and makes you wait, and pray.

 

So here’s to being grateful for the mist! Here’s to being grateful for waiting and praying! Here’s to being grateful for uncertainty! Here’s to being grateful for change!

 

Because I will not be the same woman on the other side…….thank God.

 

Time to rest and pray.........

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 I promise not to do this all the time…………but I got a disc, from my dear friend Cindy (a photographer) of pictures she took of the puppies, and me with the puppies. Oh be still my heart!! They are so adorable! The puppies…..not me. lolol

  

Cuter than cute!

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Daisy!

A "Red Fox" yellow lab-note the blue eyes! She's so pretty!

 

This was our first puppy experience, and it was very fun! I don’t have grandbabies yet, but dog-gone it (no pun intended!) I have grandpuppies! Enjoy the beautiful babies, they all have homes now (sniff-sniff), but there are two that live local with friends of mine. I will get to watch them grow up. I’m so thrilled!

 

 

 

Some of the babies and I! My coat looked like their mama.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puppy Love!

 

Sleepy babies......

 

 

 

 

What's not to love about a pile of puppies??

 

So let this brighten your day! Lovely little puppies! That in picture form never do anything evil on the carpet, or chew something they shouldn’t! I guess you would call that “puppy perfection” huh?

The puppy pictures were shot by my dear friend Cindy from

Cindy Rose Photography

#503-537-9945

Newberg, Oregon

She owned the female labrador

Thank you Cindy for making this such a great experience!!! Love you!

 

There are times you just HAVE to laugh. For some additional giggles you can check out the “Humor” section of my blog. Hope it brightens your day! And I am linking up to A Beach Cottage “Good Life Wednesday”, great befores and afters, flowers, bits and snatches of beauty, and some puppy love! Let’s get back to the good life!

http://www.abeachcottage.com/2011/02/beach-cottage-good-life-wednesdays.html

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The baby boy in the batch!

OK!! I got everything done! And I do mean everything! I even went through old homework lists that my accountant gave me so there would be no surprises.

 

I hate getting the taxes ready for our accountant. I have a small business, so it is just a PAIN. Taxes and financial aid are my least favorite things to do. Ok….just paperwork in general.

 

I would much rather be outside….

 

But I did get everything done.

 

I have had people high fiving me, I have been doing the happy dance (not gonna lie!), and celebrating with a little chocolate here and there. For the first time in Sanders history, completely DONE before the appoinment! YAY ME!

 

Everything was done, totalled, and double checked. I even re-added everything so there would be no math errors.

 

We finished our appoinment, and were just catching up a little. They have been our accountants for at LEAST 20 years. Their kids were young, and our’s were babies back then. But now they’re grandparents, so we were looking at pictures. I updated them on my kids and said, “No grandbabies yet. Gotta get them married first.” But then I remembered the puppy pictures! And who doesn’t love adorable puppy pictures??

Are they not the cutest???

 

 

So I pulled them out to show her. She oohed and aaahed. She asked if the puppies lived with us, I said no, and told her my male lab fathered them. She said, “Did he earn any money?? Did he have any expenses?”

 

Oops. Yes he did.                          

 

So GUESS WHAT??? I’M NOT DONE!!!!!! And now I am doing the dog’s part of the taxes!!

 

The dog in question.....and the proud daddy!

 

 

But I am taking today off from taxes, and I’ll finish tomorrow morning.

 

Can you believe it??? Only me….Oh the irony. I was so excited to be finished.

 

I am laughing about it a LOT. It helps.

 

The puppy pictures were shot by my dear friend Cindy from

Cindy Rose Photography

#503-537-9945

Newberg, Oregon

She owned the female labrador

 

There are times you just HAVE to laugh. For some additional giggles you can check out the “Humor” section of my blog. Hope it brightens your day! And I am linking up to A Beach Cottage “Good Life Wednesday”, great befores and afters, flowers, bits and snatches of beauty, let’s get back to the good life!

http://www.abeachcottage.com/2011/02/beach-cottage-good-life-wednesdays.html

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 We’ve been a bit buried under paperwork…….And I have just had it with paperwork! It is the one thing I hate most in my life. I have been up to my eyeballs in taxes, financial aid, more taxes, insurance papers……I am SO DONE!!

 

In the past I have had a hard time with the paperwork marathon. I don’t sleep well, I don’t eat well, and I don’t do such a hot job of exercising or taking care of myself when I have the “black cloud” of paperwork hanging over me. I have been really trying to change that, and I think I did a much better job of it this year.

 

I did come up with a few ways to cope. There were a couple of things that made it more bearable, so here’s my listy!! Most of you know I am a list person, but it’s totally necessary because I can also be forgetful, and I get very overwhelmed with the big pile of paperwork in February.



LOVE listening to this guy………

1. Classical Music
2. Doing my paperwork outdoors (in the gazebo or on the back patio) if the weather is favorable
3. Doing my paperwork on my bed while watching a Jane Austen movie and cuddled up with the pups (when the weather is NOT favorable)
4. Doing my paperwork in my library-somehow the old books, and looking out onto the woods and gazebo inspire me
5. Stopping every half hour and stretching
6. Lighting a lovely candle                                                                                                            
7. Hot Tea or Hot Chocolate
8. A bouquet of flowers
9. A hot cornbag on the back of my neck

                      

Have to light one of these………

                                                     

                                                                                          

I have to break it up with short term fun (a reward system) with each big section I tackle. Otherwise it’s just endless weeks of no fun, and no end in sight, and I HAVE to stop and recharge. I go have some tea with a friend, or a coffee date, get a pedicure, go to the library and get a movie, a soak in the tub or the hot tub, a walk. Things that don’t take lots of time (like reading a novel) so I can get back to the goal of finishing. What they say about all work and no play is very true…….besides the fact that my relationships are important to me, and those take time.

 

Things that don’t work:

1. Trying to talk on the phone while I do paperwork-can’t do it…… I get too distracted
2. Going to a coffee shop-also doesn’t work, I know too many people and live in a small town! So I am constantly interrupted. I now go to the coffee shop when I don’t MIND getting interrupted.

 

But I have survived another paperwork season. Celebrating??? Oh yeah baby! Finally got to take my oldest daughter to THE cupcake place. Heavenly!!!



Yum!!!

Breaking up the hard stuff with ways to make it easier and more pleasant, with rewards, and moments of sanity (moments to smell the roses) really help get you through, and back to what you WANT to do.  And I am linking up to A Beach Cottage “Good Life Wednesday”, let’s get back to the good life!

http://www.abeachcottage.com/2011/02/beach-cottage-good-life-wednesdays.html

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1. You become a surgeon over the phone with your vet
2. You accidently wear a baling twine ponytail to the bank-more than once
3. You find a mouse head in your hallway, and you’re not freaked out, you’re just excited the kitties are doing their jobs
4. You drive through town with a goat in the back of your suburban
5. Your daughter beats the youth group boys arm wrestling, and the boys want to know “how come”?
6. Big black rubber barn boots are the fashion statement at our house and they go with everything!
7. You know how to fix an electric fence, and keep the barn from flooding, and shoot
8. When you are learning to give shots, you give the first one ever to yourself, on accident
9. You’re out there hauling hay……in a tornado (and they say country life is boring-HA!)
10. The word “fire” scares the you like nothing else
11. You are willing to do battle with a skunk if it means saving the lives of your chickens
12. You have found unusual animals at your place, most folks find dogs and cats. But we have found…….llamas-horses-cows-goats-coyotes-foxes-beavers-a rooster and even a moutain lion just wandering
13. Your horse gets a pedicure more often than you do
14. You go to church and your very kind friends are always pulling hay out of your hair-Thanks girls!

Dear Farm Girls, partners in crime, my farm friends that work so incredibly hard……please add to this list as you see fit.

 

But it’s a good life……..the best! And I am linking up to A Beach Cottage “Good Life Wednesday”

http://www.abeachcottage.com/2011/02/beach-cottage-good-life-wednesdays.html

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I was not born organized. I’m not good at it. I’m still working on so much……still learning. I have come a long way out of neccessity.

Goal setting keeps me focused.......

 

When I was a new mommy and a little overwhelmed, I was attending a wonderful bible study. Right around New Years our bible study leader had us take a break from the biblical for a week and fill out a goal sheet. That was in 1989 (or possibly 1990) and I have been using that basic template (I tweaked it and made it my own) for 22 years. Thank you Mary Wilkes!!! I’m so grateful!

The thing about having goals is that it helps keep me focused. It is a reminder to me to not lose sight of what I want to accomplish. I use it to plan my week and month.

I try to keep it realistic, I pray about the upcoming year, and I also do a little dreaming on my goal sheet (mostly the long term stuff). I have different catagories, and then three stages of each category: Immediate, Short term, and Long Term.

I type it out, print it, put it in a plastic sleeve (one that I can write on), and it goes in the first couple of pages of my “House Journal” that sits on my kitchen counter. I promise to do a post on my house journal later. It’s a wonderful tool and helps keep me sane!!

Starting the year without goals makes me feel as if I’m wandering aimlessly through the year without direction. A ship with no compass, and no rudder won’t get very far.

So here it is! Enjoy! Feel free to copy and retweak to make it your own. If you have trouble copying it contact me via my facebook page……..at the top of this page and to the right-just click on it!

Hope this helps some of us who are not born organized! 

I’m linking this up to a link up party at “A Beach Cottage”.   

http://www.abeachcottage.com/ 

LOTS of fun going on over there today!!                                                         

Goal setting gives me direction..........

                                                                                                                          Goals

                                Immediate                  Short Term              Long Term

Spiritual	Read Heart of the Artist, Fast	Read Emotionally Healthy Church-again!	Teach @ Women’s Retreat Someday
David	“Just Because” gifts	Picnic and Hike	Warm Weather Weekend
Family	Firepit,Beach Day, BB Game & Track w/ Bub, Movie w/ Girls,	Garden Time, Field Trip-2xm,	CA Trip,
Physical	Swim-1xw	Ride-1xw	Exercise Room
Financial	Property Taxes, Take out loan and pay off car,	Pay off Vet, Pay off Car #2	Pay off creditcard, Build Savings, Invest
Home	Strip Kitch. Wallpaper, Paint Kitchen, Kitchen Curtains	Tiles, Strip Girls Room, Carpet, Paint Girl’s Room	Repaint Bubba’s Room
Mental	Hot Tub-1x, Filing-Fri, Clean off Desk	Bi-Weekly Field Trip & Library	Spa Day
Business	Purchase Library Membership, New Business Cards, Frame & Display Art, Paint pic on Canvas	Art 4 Website, Show @ Coffee Cottage, Show @ Chapters, Get Scanner	PMPA, or PPA
Personal	Clean Bedroom	Finish Blanket, Rice Bags, Clean Out Closet	Week @ a Spa