Well, here we are again, at the end of one month and the brink of another, and I'm excited/clueless about making goals for a new month! Excited, of course, because I love fresh goals. Clueless, of course, because how does a person even make goals right now?
In our state, we aren't quite sure what the next month will bring. There has been talk of opening things back up a bit, but I also know in our county, our cases doubled over the weekend, bringing the biggest spike since this whole thing began. We've not seen a jump of that number ever. So even if our state relaxes its rules a bit, it's hard to tell what our county might do in light of this spike.
So.....with the goals.
1. Finish our next round of home improvement projects.
Ryan has been itching to start the master bathroom renovation that we've had planned for quite some time, but I asked him to hold off on it because of time and money. So we're doing a little run of much smaller scale projects that don't require nearly the time or money. Well, they take a decent amount of time - but I guess we have that! So in April, we ended up starting a guest room spruce-up. It is done except for some final decorating touches. I want to finish that in May. We also started a board and batten project in our foyer - and that in and of itself is pretty much done, but it required some additional painting above the board and batten, and that isn't done. (Who knew settling on the perfect paint hue could be SO HARD?) We also have a feature wall dream for our living room, and I think Ryan wants to knock that out in May. This is like scrapbooking for him. It's his happiest place. And it is simultaneously providing lots of scrapbook fodder, so there is that.
2. Plant flowers outside.
We usually do this around Mother's Day, because it seems like the safest time to keep flowers alive. Usually the worse of the frosts are done by then. I'm excited to see a little color outside the house again! The one saving grace of spring in making the front of the house pretty has been our pear tree. It has bloomed heartily for almost a solid month. I think that's the longest I've ever seen it hold its blooms. But they can't last forever, so I'll be glad to bring in some other flowers.
3. Soldier on with the blog archiving.
April was a SOLID month for blog archiving. All the time at home gave me extra time to work on it, and I far surpassed the goal I set for myself. I would really like to knock out a full year of archiving in May. (More if I can, but we'll set the goal at twelve months.) I am actually LOVING the excuse to read back through old posts and see what life was like in a very different season from the one in which we live right now.
4. Plan (with hope) details for a tiny getaway.
Before any of this quarantine stuff began, we had booked a tiny getaway, and now we don't know if it can happen. It's far enough out that I feel we stand a chance, but we hate to put any eggs in any kind of basket, just in case. Nevertheless, I'd like to prepare the itinerary in hopes that we can go.
5. Prep a talk for Mother's Day.
What? Speaking?? Yes! I actually had a speaking engagement on my calendar for Mother's Day and the church that invited me has very creatively moved this activity to Zoom! So I need to finish prepping that talk for Mother's Day weekend. I'm excited to see how it goes! I've never formally spoken via video conferencing before. I guess I only have to get ready on the top half, right?
6. Write something suitable for submission.
One of the good things that has come out of this quarantine time (fueled by the blog archiving project) has been an increased desire to write things that matter beyond the scope of my little brain. I have a couple of places I've found that I'd like to submit some pieces to, so I'd like to work on that in May, also.
I think that's about as much as I can plan, since I (once again) have no idea what to expect out of the weeks ahead in terms of health and permissions!
How about you? Are any of you making goals, dreams, plans, wishes, you name it? Anything on your heart for May?
4 comments:
I'm also hoping to get my flowers to plant outside by Mother's Day and we'll probably plant them the following weekend which is a "long weekend" around here but what does that even mean anymore?!?!? Hahaha!!!
And I think you already saw that I just made my list for April "quarantine goals" as opposed to monthly. I just can't right now...
Some good goals!
Have you ever thought of submitting your stories to Guideposts? You are such a good storyteller and I think your stories would fit their magazine.
Also, looking forward to zooming with you in a couple of weeks. :)
Cheri Colter
Natasha - Quarantine goals are JUST as acceptable!! And I'm with you - what's a long weekend anymore?
Tamar - Thank you!
Cheri - You know, I haven't! Thank you for that suggestion and the kind words! I will look up their information! (My mom told me to tell you she thought the same thing.) Can't wait to see you! :)
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