Monday, December 31, 2007

So how did I do?

I thought it would be amusing to review last year's aims (I didn't even give them the status of resolutions!) and see how I got on.

Children:

* Night-wean Shannon
- Failed. Am currently trying AGAIN!!!
* Get Jade doing regular chores - Partly successful. She now knows she is responsible for making her own bed, feeding the dog, helping to sweep/mop the kitchen floor and tidy the living room before going to bed. Sometimes she even does them!
* Get Jade to usually sleep in her own bed all night Pretty much. Because I'm usually in Shannon's bed by the early hours of the morning, Jade often creeps in with us but it's usually not till 5 or 6am so that's pretty good going.
* Much less television - maximum half-an-hour in the morning while I have breakfast and 1 hour in the evening. Failed abysmally. It's on far more than that.

Home-Ed:

* Try actually sticking to the Sonlight K curriculum for at least 3 months to see if it works for us like that
- We didn't get anywhere near it from January, but from September we've got on fairly well. I'm not sure it does work for us but we're going to stick with it till I find a better way.
* Otherwise concentrate with Jade on maths and writing. Zilch on the maths. She doesn't like it. She's spontaneously writing more, though, and I still want to encourage more.
* Do more practical stuff like making historical meals, dressing up etc. Not much done. Failure of energy and imagination.

Personal:

* Regular stretching exercise - I can feel myself stiffening up - Nope, not done.
* Regular prayer/quiet time Well, I've made attempts in the past few months - probably manage it about twice a week.
* More sex (once a year isn't enough, DH says.....) Erm.....
* Less web-browsing
* more book reading
Nope - neither of these achieved.

Home:

* Keep up-to-date with finances Nope.
* Reduce debt (currently £10,000 or £15,000 if you count the student loan which I am hoping never to have to pay back) - see above. I haven't kept up with the finances so I don't currently know how much it all adds up to.
* Redecorate at least some of the areas in this house that have never been done since we moved here 10 years ago, i.e. dining room; hall/stairs/landing; kitchen. - Not done. Still planning!

Business:

* Get at least 2 more Usborne recruits by the end of April
* Do at least one event per week, preferably 2
* Organise paperwork

None of these done. In fact, I did one Usborne event in March, one in November, and that was it!!!!

Hmmm, not such a good showing then. I'd better sleep on it and decide what to carry forward to 2008!

2 comments:

T-bird Anni said...

well, you made general progress and that's a good start! I wsa guilty of setting too many targets too so I'm just setting myself one or two this year in the hopes of acheiving them!!

Anonymous said...

Ooo lots of these look so familiar! I think you've probably done better than I have though...