11 Goals in 2011

We like goals, a lot. You can read about our 2010 goals here. 


Here we go, 11 Goals in 2011 for Joel & Amy


1. Complete a Triathlon

• This was a 2010 goal, but we're serious this year. We have already paid our registration fee and we hate wasting money. We'll be at the start & finish line of the Pittsburgh triathlon on July 31st. 

2. Complete the 10 Day Real Food Challenge

• We are on a quest to cut out preservatives from our life. We're starting slow-10 days of eating real food that will maybe, hopefully turn into a life time of very few preservatives.

3. Read Books

• Joel wants to read 48 (and he has a whole outline of which genre of books) & I want to read at least 12. I know WAAAY less than my goal of 52 last year, but I have a business to pour into right now

4. Pick up the house every night

• I realize this one sounds silly and we had it mastered living in Chicago. Our house looked beautiful every night. But, when I became a stay at home wife it was pretty easy to let a few dishes in the sink overnight & a few items sitting out knowing I'd pick it up in the morning. We're going back to our old ways of falling asleep in a totally clean house in 2011.

5. Joel's study goals

• I'm pretty lucky to be married to a guy who takes his education very seriously. He has a life long goal of studying Greek & Hebrew every week for 1.5 hours. He has studied faithfully every week since graduation & plans to do the same in 2011, 2012, 2013 & every year after that.

6. Build deeper friendships

• We have had a lot of fun meeting new friends in Pittsburgh the last 6 months and are excited for these friendships to deepen in 2011. We're hoping small group will help this as well as a few more Haldeman holiday parties & a bunch more dinner invites.

7. Sell our condo

• We're waiting on our mortgage company for this one & they are s-l-o-w, like so slow that they lose all our paperwork, every week.  Don't tell Chase that we don't like them very much right now. We really hope that 2011 will be the year that we can stop paying to live in 2 places.

8.Amy complete 1 DIY Project every month

• I have fallen in love with thrift store shopping & DIY projects. This goal should not be a hard one!

9. Buy almost all clothing used

• Except for our undies & socks of course! This means lots of thrift store & consignment store shopping. 

10. Add at least 1 pin to our US map

11. Add a foster baby to our family

• We're not really in charge of this one, but we're about as ready as we can be to say yes to a foster baby any day in 2011.