August Challenge: Day 2

Short term goals for this month and why

I have a few goals that I seem to always be short term goals, maybe putting them out there will help keep me accountable.

• Regular exercise- I can't say that I love going to the gym, but I do love how I feel when I leave the gym. I am in a better mood, I have more energy, and I sleep better at night.  Being a part time stay at home mom this summer has been hard on my gym routine. Add in all the travel I do and it has become next to impossible.  For those that know me, early mornings are not my thing. However, I am getting up at 7am on my own as opposed to rolling out of bed at 8:30.  There is just something about getting up before 6am and driving to the gym which just makes me roll over and reset my alarm for 7:30.  I am prepping for Warrior Dash in September and need to move forward from week 2 of Couch to 5K.
• Healthy eating- Once again, something I am always and forever working on.  I am trying this month to cut out fried food and eat more veggies.  It is super duper hard on the road to make sure I eat healthy. I think this is why I eat at more of the boring chain restaraunts instead of trying new fun places in the cities I go.  When you go new places, you want to try what their special is and I do not need to eat my way around Kansas City, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
• House projects- If you know me, you know I am a total math and science person mold. I am not creative and I am not an good writer, decorator, or just plain crafty in general. However, I have a few things I would like to do to spruce up our home.  I still need to frame wedding pictures and hang them. I want to add some things to Peyton's room to make it more his than just our spare bed room and other closet.
• Save money- This is a short term as well as long term goal.  I am happy to report that I am credit card debt free!  I only have our house payment and J's car payment.  I would like to say I am saving more and more each month, but that is not the case.  We are savng slowly but at least there is money in savings where as at this time last year, I was using up savings because I had just lost my job.  (Well August 16th, but close enough.)  It is not in the cards right now to sell my townhome.  Our next door neighbors had theirs on the market and only got one, very low ball, offer. However, they had people fighting over renting it. So I guess we are looking into renting a bigger house as well as renting out the town home.