February: Reflection & Rejuvenation

February is here. So fast! We are already 1/12 of the way through the year with just a blink of an eye. How did that happen? 

Here's what I set out to do this month: 

• Organize Henry’s closet: Yes! 
• Organize junk drawer: Yes!
• Get our wood siding refinished: Nope. We decided to use the money in our Home Improvement budget to buy this IKEA desk in white for Matt.
• Paint our deck: No, see reason above.
• Plan Reflection & Rejuvenation retreat (e-mail me for details!): Yes! It's on the calendar for July in Austin! 
• Get budget set: Yes! 
• Work one hour a night and balance our chores: Um, I've still been working 3-4 hours a night, but I have gotten better at balancing our chores. 
• Invite friends over: Yes! We spontaneously invited our neighbors over on a lovely Sunday afternoon. I recently read this article about inviting friends over and not stressing about it, and I tried to channel it as I served a regular ol' meal to them!
• Date night! Yes! And we have one on the calendar for February, too.
• Plan First Thursday Fun for next month: Yes! A friend and I will be going out for dinner.
• Drink 80 ounces of water a day: I'm doing this most days, I think.
• Run at least once a week: Yes! Well, in my Writer's Notebook, I track this goal as needing to run four times a month. I saved it until the very last minute, so I've had to run every weekend day since MLK Day.
• Stretch at least three times a week: Matt and I have built this into our nightly routine, and we now do it pretty regularly. 
• Trade out the boys’ toys weekly: I've been trying to, but Henry honestly doesn't have many toys to trade out! 
• Plan Henry's birthday party: Yes! 

Wow. That feels pretty productive. New Year's Resolutions are easiest to maintain in January, right? 

Now I need to go to my list of goals for the year and see what I have on the agenda for February:

• Purge and organize our entryway
• Work one hour a night and balance our chores
• Invite friends over
• Plan First Thursday Fun for March
• Drink 80 ounces of water a day
• Run at least once a week (for a total of four times in February)
• Stretch at least three times a week
• Trade out the boys’ toys weekly
• Submit our house to Dwell Magazine for consideration 
• Introduce a new meal to our rotation
• Get our taxes done

Those goals seem pretty reasonable!