Recap of our 2011 Goals

We're here, really, just have not been blogging like we should. We've been busy chasing a toddler, expanding my growing company, soaking up lots of time with family and slipping in a couple seasons of Lost over the last 2 months.


As we celebrate our last few hours of 2011, it's always helpful to me to look back on Goals We Set in 2011. So here we go: 


1. Complete a Triathlon-Goal sort of reached on July 31, 2011. You can read about my finish here. I am choosing to complete my finish as a goal. Crossing the start line of an International Triathlon is much closer to crossing the finish line than I ever thought I would reach. My goal was to learn from the experience, enjoy a challenge with my husband, raise money toward adoption for a sweet family, and challenge myself at an all new level.  Goal completed in my heart even if I missed 1.5 miles of the run in the International Triathlon.


2. Complete the 10 Day Real Food Challenge-We set this goal because we wanted to reduce the preservatives that were a part of our diet. We chose to eat "real food" except for sugar for 10 days early in 2011 and pretty much stuck with it for the rest of the year. It dramatically changed our grocery bill, our cooking, and our eating habits. I've wanted to blog about it for many, many months. I promise, I will someday soon! It was a small goal that brought a big life change to our family in 2011.


3. Read Books-Joel reached his goal of 48 books. I wanted to read 12...waaay less than 52 the year before! Joel reached his goal complete with a certain # of books in each genre. Me? I did a terrible job keeping track, but I think l reached this goal. If I did not, it is all of Lost's fault the last 2 months :)


4. Pick up the house every night-mission completed....most nights!


5. Joel's study goals-Joel has a life long goal of studying Greek & Hebrew every week for 1.5 hours. He has studied faithfully since graduation and continues to do the same. So proud of him!


6. Build deeper friendships-anyone who has moved to a new city will tell you that building new friendships can be tough. We knew that if we wanted to make friends it would take time and a little effort on our part. We joined a small group and made an effort to regularly hang out with our new friends outside of small group to deepen these relationships. We're thankful, really, really thankful for the friendships that have developed over the last year.


7. Sell our condo-completed March 2011. You can read about it here. 


8. Amy complete 1 DIY Project every month-Not sure if I finished a project monthly, but pretty sure I completed 12 projects in the last 2 months alone. Cannot wait to show you all of the projects we have completed.

9. Buy almost all clothing used-goal completed! I purchased a few items new for our little man, but purchased very few items new for Joel and I this year.


10. Add at least 1 pin to our US Map-Not completed, but were able to take our little toddler to a couple of our favorite places & add a few pins to his map in 2011: Chicago and Bethany Beach. 


11. Add a foster baby to our family-our sweet son entered our family in February 2011. This goal out tops all other goals by far!!