Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Week 16/52

 2026 has started with such promise and my word for the year is Health. In that realm, I have made some goals to try to ensure that I am healthier by the end of the year than when the year started.


Spiritual

  • Read at least 6 spiritual books (7/6) Done
    • Change your words, change your life by Joyce Meyer
    • Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
    • The Power of Thank you: Discover the Joy of gratitude
    • who is my shelter
    • who do i lean on
    • who do i talk to
    • where do i go
  • Pray the rosary every day for at least 30 weeks of the year I am going to do other things, this is as meaningful as I thought it would be
    • This is harder than expected
  •  Go to church 52 times
    • (15 down 37 to go) I went to two churches while in Alabama does that count?
Physical
  • Jog once per week at least 30 times
    • Week one jogged 1 time
    • Week 2-8 I know I went at least 2-3 more times
    • week 9 nah
    • Week 10 yeah
    • Week 11 yeah!
    • week 12 oh yeah
  • Beat You vs the Year 
    • already at 33 percent
  • Aim to eat 5-6 fruits/veggies every day
  • Get 10k steps at least 3 times per week (try to average 9k per year)
Monetarily
  • Read at least 20 books that I own (5/20)
    • million dollar baby
    • treasure island
    • Gone Before Goodbye
    • The Boleyn Inheritance
    • Santa Fe Dead
    • who is my shelter
    • who do i lean on
    • who do i talk to
    • where do i go
  • Try to spend less than 100 dollars a week on groceries
    • Week one 57.47
    • week 2 less than 50 dollars (we bought other stuff as well)
    • week 3-8 not sure, but I don't think we went over 100
    • week 9- 48
    • week 10 yeah... 160 I was able to go to one of my favorite Asian grocery stores and it was awesome
    • Week 11 60 and 30= 90 sigh
    • Week 12 104 at Aldi
Travel
  • Get a US passport
    • Filled out the paperwork and printed it out
  • travel overseas



Sunday, April 5, 2026

Week 12 of 52 the big list of goals

  2026 has started with such promise and my word for the year is Health. In that realm, I have made some goals to try to ensure that I am healthier by the end of the year than when the year started.


Spiritual

  • Read at least 6 spiritual books (2/6)
    • Change your words, change your life by Joyce Meyer
    • Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
    • The Power of Thank you: Discover the Joy of gratitude
  • Pray the rosary every day for at least 30 weeks of the year I am going to do other things, this is as meaningful as I thought it would be
    • This is harder than expected
  •  Go to church 52 times
    • (13 down 39 to go) I went to two churches while in Alabama does that count?
Physical
  • Jog once per week at least 30 times
    • Week one jogged 1 time
    • Week 2-8 I know I went at least 2-3 more times
    • week 9 nah
    • Week 10 yeah
    • Week 11 yeah!
    • week 12 oh yeah
  • Beat You vs the Year 
    • already at 26 percent
  • Aim to eat 5-6 fruits/veggies every day
  • Get 10k steps at least 3 times per week (try to average 9k per year)
Monetarily
  • Read at least 20 books that I own (5/20)
    • million dollar baby
    • treasure island
    • Gone Before Goodbye
    • The Boleyn Inheritance
    • Santa Fe Dead
  • Try to spend less than 100 dollars a week on groceries
    • Week one 57.47
    • week 2 less than 50 dollars (we bought other stuff as well)
    • week 3-8 not sure, but I don't think we went over 100
    • week 9- 48
    • week 10 yeah... 160 I was able to go to one of my favorite Asian grocery stores and it was awesome
    • Week 11 60 and 30= 90 sigh
    • Week 12 104 at Aldi
Travel
  • Get a US passport
    • Filled out the paperwork and printed it out
  • travel overseas



Saturday, April 4, 2026

How I enjoyed this last week!

 This last week I had a blast hanging out with friends going to a bookstore an hour a way. There are a lot of blogs out there that talk about how they saved money this last week, but very few who talk about how much fun they have had while still on a budget.


Sunday, March 29, 2026

Week 11 of 52

 2026 has started with such promise and my word for the year is Health. In that realm, I have made some goals to try to ensure that I am healthier by the end of the year than when the year started.


Spiritual

  • Read at least 6 spiritual books (2/6)
    • Change your words, change your life by Joyce Meyer
    • Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
    • The Power of Thank you: Discover the Joy of gratitude
  • Pray the rosary every day for at least 30 weeks of the year I am going to do other things, this is as meaningful as I thought it would be
    • This is harder than expected
  •  Go to church 52 times
    • (11 down 41 to go) I went to two churches while in Alabama does that count?
Physical
  • Jog once per week at least 30 times
    • Week one jogged 1 time
    • Week 2-8 I know I went at least 2-3 more times
    • week 9 nah
    • Week 10 yeah
    • Week 11 yeah!
  • Beat You vs the Year 
    • already at 24 percent
  • Aim to eat 5-6 fruits/veggies every day
  • Get 10k steps at least 3 times per week (try to average 9k per year)
Monetarily
  • Read at least 20 books that I own (5/20)
    • million dollar baby
    • treasure island
    • Gone Before Goodbye
    • The Boleyn Inheritance
    • Santa Fe Dead
  • Try to spend less than 100 dollars a week on groceries
    • Week one 57.47
    • week 2 less than 50 dollars (we bought other stuff as well)
    • week 3-8 not sure, but I don't think we went over 100
    • week 9- 48
    • week 10 yeah... 160 I was able to go to one of my favorite Asian grocery stores and it was awesome
    • Week 11 60 and 30= 90 sigh
Travel
  • Get a US passport
    • Filled out the paperwork and printed it out
  • travel overseas



Monday, March 9, 2026

Week 10/52

  2026 has started with such promise and my word for the year is Health. In that realm, I have made some goals to try to ensure that I am healthier by the end of the year than when the year started.


Spiritual

  • Read at least 6 spiritual books (2/6)
    • Change your words, change your life by Joyce Meyer
    • Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
    • The Power of Thank you: Discover the Joy of gratitude
  • Pray the rosary every day for at least 30 weeks of the year I am going to do other things, this is as meaningful as I thought it would be
    • This is harder than expected
  •  Go to church 52 times
    • (9 down 43 to go) I went to two churches while in Alabama does that count?
Physical
  • Jog once per week at least 30 times
    • Week one jogged 1 time
    • Week 2-8 I know I went at least 2-3 more times
    • week 9 nah
    • Week 10 yeah
  • Beat You vs the Year 
    • already at 17 percent
  • Aim to eat 5-6 fruits/veggies every day
  • Get 10k steps at least 3 times per week (try to average 9k per year)
Monetarily
  • Read at least 20 books that I own
    • million dollar baby
    • treasure island
    • Gone Before Goodbye
  • Try to spend less than 100 dollars a week on groceries
    • Week one 57.47
    • week 2 less than 50 dollars (we bought other stuff as well)
    • week 3-8 not sure, but I don't think we went over 100
    • week 9- 48
    • week 10 yeah... 160 I was able to go to one of my favorite asian grocery stores and it was awesome
Travel
  • Get a US passport
  • travel overseas



Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Week 9 of 52

 2026 has started with such promise and my word for the year is Health. In that realm, I have made some goals to try to ensure that I am healthier by the end of the year than when the year started.


Spiritual

  • Read at least 6 spiritual books (2/6)
    • Change your words, change your life by Joyce Meyer
    • Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
  • Pray the rosary every day for at least 30 weeks of the year
    • This is harder than expected
  •  Go to church 52 times
    • (8 down 44 to go) I went to two churches while in Alabama does that count?
Physical
  • Jog once per week at least 30 times
    • Week one jogged 1 time
    • Week 2-8 I know I went at least 2-3 more times
  • Beat You vs the Year 
    • already at 13 percent
  • Aim to eat 5-6 fruits/veggies every day
  • Get 10k steps at least 3 times per week (try to average 9k per year)
Monetarily
  • Read at least 20 books that I own
    • million dollar baby
    • treasure island
    • Gone Before Goodbye
  • Try to spend less than 100 dollars a week on groceries
    • Week one 57.47
    • week 2 less than 50 dollars (we bought other stuff as well)
    • week 3-8 not sure, but I don't think we went over 100
    • week 9- 48
Travel
  • Get a US passport
  • travel overseas



Monday, February 23, 2026

Week 8 of 52

 2026 has started with such promise and my word for the year is Health. In that realm, I have made some goals to try to ensure that I am healthier by the end of the year than when the year started.


Spiritual

  • Read at least 6 spiritual books (2/6)
    • Change your words, change your life by Joyce Meyer
    • Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
  • Pray the rosary every day for at least 30 weeks of the year
    • This is harder than expected
  •  Go to church 52 times
    • (6 down 46 to go) I went to two churches while in Alabama does that count?
Physical
  • Jog once per week at least 30 times
    • Week one jogged 1 time
    • Week 2-8 I know I went at least 2-3 more times
  • Beat You vs the Year 
    • already at 13 percent
  • Aim to eat 5-6 fruits/veggies every day
  • Get 10k steps at least 3 times per week (try to average 10k per year)
Monetarily
  • Read at least 20 books that I own
    • million dollar baby
    • treasure island
    • Gone Before Goodbye
  • Try to spend less than 100 dollars a week on groceries
    • Week one 57.47
    • week 2 less than 50 dollars (we bought other stuff as well)
    • week 3-8 not sure, but I don't think we went over 100
Travel
  • Get a US passport
  • travel overseas