13 for 2013 Update

Wow well the year is almost 3/4th's over, so I figured it was time I better check in with where I am with my 13 goals for 2013!  Trying to be accountable via my blog should help me reach my goals.  Here is where I am so far this year: 

1. Visit my grandparents in Idaho:  DONE!  Our whole family was able to go to Idaho in July for a family reunion and it was so wonderful to finally be in Shoup again and to see my grandparents!  A LONG overdue trip and if I hadn't met any other goals this year, I would be glad I accomplished this one!  So yay!
2. Walk the dog once a week – I know for most dog owners this isn’t a lot, but for us it is as he is hard to walk with the kids and he has hip dysplasia so I have to be cautious (;  anyway I have probably only skipped one or two weeks this year when we were gone a lot, so almost met this goal.
3. Archive all digital photos – I have been archiving my photos from my photo hard drive and saving them to DVDs.  It has taken a long time because I had a weird computer glitch which duplicated all my files, so I have to go through each month of each year to make sure I have the right duplicated file (as some of the duplicated ones did not copy all photos!)  Anyway I am about 75% done with this goal and I am glad I organize my photos via month and year as it has made it a lot easier to organize!  (i.e. “August 2013” is the folder title for all photos from August 2013).
4. Redo my family Photo Wall – Still need a few for this but excited in December to be able to add another sibling wedding photo to my wall when my sister Kelsy gets married!
5. Create 2012 Family Photo book – DONE! Completed in February 
6. Organize/Redo Shayla’s room - DONE!  She finally has a new room – theme blue cheetah.  I still have a few items I want to put on her wall to complete, but pretty much done.  I will share photos if it is ever clean for lonegr than 5 minutes!
7. Organize/Redo Mitchell’s room – Half way there – he has his toddler bed and toys updated, but he still has owl theme in his room which I need to redo.
8. Ride a Century bike ride – PENDING...this was a goal to complete with Jon and we are awaiting his MRI results on a knee injury.  If no tear, we will be completing it in October.  I still might on my own but I was looking forward to doing it with Jon, so if he cannot I will wait until he can to complete this goal!
9. Attend temple once a quarter – This is a spiritual goal for me!  As part of my faith, I visit the temple as a place of worship and peace and I need to get to the temple more this year.  More about temples here.  So far so good here!
10. Read 10 books by 10 new authors – So, I have read about 2 books  a month, but I have reread a few of my favorite authors including Khaled Hosseini, Dan Brown and Kate Morton.  But I have read the following new authors in 2013 and I think I will hit my goal of 10 new authors by years end:

• Cheryl Strayed – Wild
• Paula McCalin- The Paris Wife
• Mark Owen – No Easy Day
• Francine Rivers – A Voice in the Wind and An Echo in the Darkness
• Jim Gaffigan – Dad is Fat
• M.L. Stedman – The Light Between Oceans

11. Write in my journal once a week – Ugh have NOT met this goal. Have been writing in it once a month.  I need to step this up and set this goal again for 2014 with better results!
12. Learn a new skill – always a good goal to have, just not sure what skill yet – sewing, guitar, archery?  Hmmm – STILL TO ACCOMPLISH
13. Try something that scares me!  DONE as mentioned in February!  Jon took me to the shooting range so I could learn how to handle and shoot a handgun!  This scares me but also I think the skill is necessary to have in case of emergency!!!

So, as a summary I have done pretty good, I have fully completed 4 goals, am on track to complete 5, 1 may be defaulted (Century ride) , failed at meeting 2 goals at 100% (dog walking every week and journal writing), and 1 I have to start on (new skill!)  So here we go into the busy holiday season of the year hoping I can complete all of the goals I am still working on!  Thanks for your love and encouragement! Okay off to go write in my journal to get a heads start for 2014 goals!