Update on 2010 Goals: Enhance

How did June get here already?  I can’t believe it!!

1.  To overhaul this blog and my other blog into one blog. 

 

• Lawgirl and Fattie Fatterton will be combined into Pretty in Orange, which will have different sections regarding daily life, health/fitness, shopping/fashion, and reviews. 
• June Update:  Well, I am LIVID that this is not done yet.  And my hands are tied for the moment.  I can’t go further until I have the “bones” of the blog in place.  So, yes, I have been paying for a website for 6 months that I can’t even use. 

2.  To participate in a 5k once every quarter this year. 

•   Miles for Smiles was to be this past Saturday.  However, the weather didn’t cooperate.  I did get out and do my own 5k.  You can read my recap of that here. 
• I have also picked out three more 5ks:
  • The Komen Race for the Cure – I’m already registered. 
  • Stirrup Hope Fund Walk and Run 5k
  • JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes (2 miles instead of a 5k)
• June Update:  Well, Bob and I registered for the Komen race, paid our dues, and all that.  But at the last minute, he decided that he would rather get away for the weekend.  So, I had planned to do my own personal 5k.  I haven’t done that yet.
• To be honest, since I found Yoga, I have NO interest in walking right now.  I get bored with it, I don’t like the way I feel after it, ….I just don’t want to. Maybe once I lose some more weight, I can start the Galloway method into running.  But yeah, I don’t like the walking right now.  So I’m putting this goal On Hold.

3.  To learn Adobe Captivate.

• Still trying to figure out how to do this.  The software is over $700.  So then I thought about trying a class on it.  Those are close to $800.  In the end, it would be cheaper for me to buy the software, but I can’t see that happening while I’m unemployed.  Not giving up, though.

4.  To learn Pivot Tables in Excel.

• No work on this yet.

 

 

5.  To create and maintain my online portfolio.

• Completed!

 

 

6.  To work out with Ashley (my trainer) at least twice per month.

• Met up with Ashley once this month to get a gameplan going.  Will meet with her the week of the 22nd.  
• June Update:  Ashley is going to be leaving to raise her impending firstborn child.  Again, since Yoga took over, I’m focusing on that.

 

 

7.  To learn about eating a raw diet. 

• Still working on this one.  I think as the weather improves, I will be able to get further with this.  When it’s cooler outside, I want a hot meal. 
• June Update:  SO excited.  Whole Foods has a Raw Chef now and Robbin and I are going to our first Raw Foods class next week. 

 

 

8.  To make time for one dinner out per week with friends. 

• This is hard.  I want to leave this one for the weekends.  It’s too hard for me to do it during the week, as it’s the time I get to spend with Future Hubby. 
• June Update:  Well, Yoga has, again, taken the time that I would be able to put toward this.  HOWEVER, I have made new friends through Yoga and am enjoying that!

 

 

9.  To answer emails in a timely manner. 

• I was doing great on this, but am sucking at it again.  My oldest email is Feb 21.  Not as bad as when I first started this goal, but I know I can do better.
• June Update:  I am doing much better on answering comments on my site, but not as well with some emails. 

 

10.  To commit to walking, then jogging 4 miles per week.

• Week of Feb 15 – 3 miles
• Week of Feb 22 – 6 miles
• Week of Mar 1 – 6.5 miles
• Week of March 8 – 5 miles
• These are all walking, so I’m going to call it In-Progress until I’m running.

11.  Financially, I am just surviving until I get a job.  So, I’ll revamp those and make financial goals after I get one.  If I ever get one. 

• Still no job.

 

 

12.  If I can swing it, I want to do some traveling this year.

• Future Hubby and I have gone away every month this year and we are going away again a the end of March.
• June Update:  Bob and I have continued to take trips here and there, but nothing significant.

 

 

13.   Start to learn Italian. 

• Nothing yet.

 

 

14.  Volunteer at a local animal rescue on a regular basis.   

• Nothing yet. 

 

 

15.  Organize a charity walk for Cozy Cat Cottage.

• Nothing yet.

 

 

16.  To join a CSA. 

• June Update:  Didn’t happen.  Money was an issue. 

 

 

17.  Learn how to can veggies and fruits.  Goes along with #16.

• This will not begin until fall.
• June Update:  I can still do this even without #16. 

 

 

 

As you can see, Yoga has really taken over my life, but in a good way.  I am working out 5 days per week, I feel really good – it’s made a huge difference in my life.  Obviously, I didn’t know I would fall in love with Yoga this way at the beginning of the year.  So, I am probably going to do some changes to my goals for the year.

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