Gotta update more!

Do you remember the background I did a few months back.  Scroll down my blog and you will see it.  About a month ago I doodled and journaled and now it is done.  The idea came from a challenge I saw somewhere but I just can't remember where anymore.  That is happening to me more and more when I blog hop.  I see things I want to do and just can't find them again but the ideas stay with me forever.  I really am going to try to update my blog much more often.  I keep saying it but I never do.

I also found a new challenge here - 4 Simple Goals
Looks like something I need to accomplish for myself.  I just decorated a new journal cover to work on this in its own space.  (Will post when dry)

Here are my goals.....
1.  Treat my money more responsibly - I pay my bills and feed my family but I also waste a bit on fun stuff, like lunches I can pack at home or lottery tickets (I'm really not going to hit the big one!).  Fun stuff is good once in a while but if I am more careful I'll have the money for things I really want.  If I become more proactive with my savings account I promise to treat myself to an online art journaling class come 2011.
2.  Menu planning.  I use to be real good at this and kind of dropped it.  With menu planning comes healthy eating and less junk/processed food in the house.  Also, it will alleviate the unnecessary grocery store trips that will hlep in goal #1.  My treat to myself by successfully completing this goal is to see some weight loss.  Less junk, more healthy meals means losing weight.
3.  Day Trips.  OK  so I already do them, but school is going to be back in session and I am losing my daughter as a playmate because she has a heavy High School schedule.  I plan on continuing my day trips even if I have to take them alone.  I don't like going places by myself but I have really enjoyed our adventures and don't want to stop.  They keep me creatively juiced up.  I hope to get out an explore a new city, town, store, bakery....something every weekend.  I know that sounds like a lot but I am not one that enjoys sitting home when there are places around I have never been to.  Even if it just means jumping in the car and driving down a back road I've never taken.....My reward will be a photo album filled with local flair and adventures I wouldn't deny myself.
4.  The Big "O".  Get your minds out of the gutter, I'm talking organization.  I am a very mentally organized person.  I just don't write it down or keep lists which irritates my husband since he doesn't always know what I'm thinking or planning.  So to him I have nothing going on but to me, I have everything happening and under control.  I guess #4 encompasses all of 1-3 but sharing it all on paper and lists with all who need to know so we are all on the same page and everything runs smoothly.  My reward....a happy family....who can ask for anything more!
Hop on over to Elsie's site if you want to join in.  I am giving myself the next two weeks to get it all set up and my last 4 months of 2010 will be amazing.
Check back for my regular updates on how it is all going.