13 Goals for 2013 RECAP

As the year comes to a close, it is time to review and be accountable for my 13 goals for 2013!  These were the 13 goals I set at the beginning of the year to accomplish in my free time (haha!) http://niftynelsonnews.blogspot.com/2013/01/13-goals-for-2013.html

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 – So I did skip one or two weeks, so technically I did not complete my goals at 100% but I did pretty darn good (and many weeks walked him more than once so maybe it carries over)  Unfortunately  Tyson’s hip is getting worse so he is in a lot of pain it seems after walks, so maybe it is not the best thing for him anymore (as a senior daog!) yet it brings him so much joy I don’t think he minds having a sore hip the next day (if dogs could talk…)
3. Archive all digital photos – DONE! YAY!
4. Redo my family Photo Wall – Almost there – have to print a copy of a print from Kelsy’s wedding in December to finalize my photo wall!
5. Create 2012 Family Photo book – DONE! Completed in February http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=bac2d3fe86fd94f6c244a2841640b9b9&version=314919&siteID=ViaPreview
6. Organize/Redo Shayla’s room - DONE! She has a blue cheetah themed room. I still want to put more art (maybe her own paintings on the wall) but it is pretty much done!
7. Organize/Redo Mitchell’s room – DONE! He now has a dino room and the train table Jon started for him when I was 6 weeks pregnant is operational but needs some more work!
8. Ride a Century bike ride – NOT COMPLETED DUE TO INJURY PENDING...Jon tore his knee in August and had to have surgery on his meniscus so no bike ride fro him and I did not think it would be as fun to do on my own as we had set it as a goal to do together.
9. Attend temple once a quarter – DONE! I had to squeeze in my last quarterly attendance at my sister’s wedding on Dec 28^th, so it was a close one, but I never specified what I was going for – so that counts!
10. Read 10 books by 10 new authors – DONE!  See previous post about the books I read in 2013 and my favorites!  Next year I will not have this goal as I have a feeling I will be reading a lot of the same authors I have already read as I started the Outlander series which is really LONG (but good) and Ken Follett’s final book in his latest Trilogy comes out, so I already have several of my favorite authors on my reading list for 2014. Here were the ten new authors I read this year.

1. Cheryl Strayed – Wild
2. Paula McCalin- The Paris Wife
3. Mark Owen – No Easy Day
4. Francine Rivers – A Voice in the Wind and An Echo in the Darkness
5. Jim Gaffigan – Dad is Fat
6. M.L. Stedman – The Light Between Oceans
7. Marcus Luttrell – Lone Survivor
8. John Green – Fault in Our Stars
9. Ayana Mathis – Twelve Tribes of Hattie
10. Jhumpa Kahiri – The Lowland 

11. Write in my journal once a week – NOT DONE!  Ugh I have NOT met this goal. I 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: NOT DONE!!??  I cannot think of a new skill I learned in 2013 unless I can say something like learned how to use IOS 7 on my iphone!  Or maybe Rainbow loom bracelets – but I can’t even fishtail them!  Ha ha!  I did take an action step at least and sign up for an online Guitar course, so here’s to learning that in 2014!
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 I did not do too bad – 8 completely DONE, 2 at 99% DONE, 1 no by default and 2 NOT DONE.  So I am saying that is a B grade at about 80% completed.  I am okay with that.  Sorry, I am not doing 14 goals for 2014.  I will just be continuing to work on a few areas of my life I want to improve on and work towards those goals! Thanks for your love and encouragement in 2013 and beyond!