:: Home Goals 2013 – A Review ::

I posted my list of ‘goals’ for 2013 in my Home for this year and I thought I’d take a quick look back and see how I did…

I always pick a word I’d like to let be my focus for the year…
for 2013 it was-


While I tried to let it be the focus… most days it wasn’t.
There is always something the keeps SIMPLE just out of reach for me.  Why is that?!  
I tend to make things harder than they really are, but when complete and utter frustration crept in;  I just kept it simple.
and I’d bake a pie!



Did I worry that it wasn’t perfect pie?  No!  I baked it.  And I ate it.

~4 HOME PROJECTS I’D LIKE TO WORK ON:

1. KITCHEN: floors, papered (?) painted (?) or just sealed (?)  HAD A HAPPY ACCIDENT IN THE KITCHEN AND WE ARE “TESTING” LIVING WITH PAINTED FLOORS!
2. DEN: painted, arranged, & decorated purposefully! Still have NO ‘OFFICIAL’ DEN…
3. DECK: (back porch) New screen door, screens on windows, and porch cover (screened in?) GOT THE SCREEN DOOR ON THE BACK
4. Paint House Exterior – GOT ABOUT HALF THE EXTERIOR PAINTED –3 inches at time!

~4 AREAS I WANT TO ORGANIZE:

1. Sewing –DIDN’T GET ORGANIZED BUT BOUGHT A GREAT VINTAGE SEWING MACHINE!
2. Etsy/ Office
3. Guest Room
4. Den

Still need to work on the ’getting organized’ Phase of my Goals…  :/

Which brings me to the last bit of the GOALS FOR 2013---

~TRADITIONS OR MEMORIES I WANT TO MAKE IN OUR HOME:  STILL NEED IMPROVEMENT IN THIS AREA!!!! SEE GOALS HERE

~THE ONE PROJECT I WILL COMPLETE THIS YEAR: Upholstering and recovering my Antique Settee and Chair—and moving it to the living room to be USED AND ENJOYED!!! BIG OL’ CHECK!!!!!! While I still haven’t done the chair—the couch/ settee is finished and I am using it in my living room.  that makes me smile!

~ A NEW SKILL I'D LIKE TO LEARN:
UPHOLSTERY! (and improved sewing skills for the task!) Last year, I tried TATTING...didn't get very far. This year, I'm hoping for better!!! AND A BIG OL’ CHECK HERE TOO!!!!  I learned lots of new skills to finish the job.  I honed my sewing skills and we even created a hand tool needed for the job instead of spending the cash for it. 



So, while I chose a Simple word for 2013—I don’t think I chose ‘simple’ tasks; but I did learn something. 
Just because something isn’t simple doesn’t mean it can’t be done.  Just because you didn’t check everything off the list, doesn’t mean you failed. 

I’m already considering what my word for next year will be and some of the things I’d like to see accomplished in my home. More importantly I’m looking at things I’d like to see accomplished in Me!  And isn’t that what it’s really all about?  Being the best we can be and putting our best out there? 

I mean anyone can make and set goals.  But unless you are willing to try and possibly fail; then you’re sights just may be set on the wrong goal.

Do you look back and take an assessment?  I don’t mean with regret. I mean with earnest—in order that you may take something from it and grow from it.

Do you look forward with anticipation and set goals for yourself?  Set goals for your personal best? 


Til next time, Be Blessed!



Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men,knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. ~Colossians 3:23-24