Thrifty Tuesday

 Today I am going to give some frugal wins:

1. I ate lunch from food I prepared.

2. I did not hire a dog walker to walk my dog.

3. My husband was able to fix the garage door.

4. We drove my gas sipping car over the weekend to see my friend.

Okay thats about it... the rest has been a bit spendy because we took them out for lunch to celebrate a milestone and we were lucky to be a part of it.

How Goals Change over time

 It's funny that I started blogging just to keep myself accountable. This year one of my goals was to try to read some of the books on my bookshelf. I think I have done a pretty good job of that, and I am definitely going to continue. 

Some of my health goals haven't been as fortunate, but they aren't as much fun. :)

I am starting to think about next year's goals and am excited about what the new year could bring.

week 40/52 life 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 (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
• The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord
• 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
• (38 down)

Physical

• Jog once per week at least 30 times (yeah, I got to get better at this.)
• 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
• This is going okay... I would give myself a B-
• week 21 yeah baby
• Beat You vs the Year 
• already at 81 percent
• Aim to eat 5-6 fruits/veggies every day.. is chocolate a fruit or a veggie??
• I did better this week
• Get 10k steps at least 3 times per week (try to average 9k per year)
• I am averaging 7800 steps per day this year so I have to step it up the next two months

Monetarily

• Read at least 20 books that I own (19/20)
• 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
• Boelyn Traitor
• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
• The Lady Her Lover, and Her Lord
• Sweet Talk
• Class Act
• Identity
• Cold Comfort Farm
• The Roommate Pact
• It ends with us
• It Starts with us
• Try to spend less than 100 dollars a week on groceries about 3500 so far for the year
• I spent 34 or 35 dollars this week, but we do have a costco trip planned

Travel- done

• Get a US passport
• Passport has arrived
• travel overseas- flight is booked  Ireland was a great place to visit