March Do.Read.Learn.Be Goals (AKA March Madness)

March is birthday month for our family. We have at least 7 family-members with birthdays, and we've finally decided to celebrate them all on ONE DAY! Given this, many of my goals will focus around FAMILY.

This month is half-over, but I've had these goals set since the beginning. I'm just now getting a chance to publish them. Here they are!!!

Do: 

• Move back into our house!!! 
• Exercise/stretch at the YMCA pool & practice Yoga Booty Ballet DVD weekly 
• Visit High Museum & Zoo with Lydia (take advantage of memberships) 
• Schedule a family/maternity photo session with Christina
• Bring meals to two families with new babies 
• Bring meal to a friend whose young son is in the hospital 
• Make decisions about: 
• Paint colors (kid rooms upstairs, office ceiling, etc.) 
• Bathroom vanity 
• Kitchen island design 
• Office bookshelf/desk design 
• Kitchen back-splash 
• Clean/Put away: 
• Kitchen stuff in cabinets
• Kid toys/books 
• Master bathroom & bedroom (dust, wash linens, etc. prior to move-in) 
• Paint 
• Stair risers 
• Office (walls, ceiling & trim) 
• Bathroom (wainscoting, walls & ceiling) 
• Pantry 
• Transition wall from kitchen to upstairs 
• Edging around kitchen ceiling 
• Patch in laundry room

Read:

• BSF: Book of Matthew (Lessons #22 - 26)
• Acts for Everyone by N.T. Wright (Ch. 17-19)
• Housewife Theologian by Aimee Byrd (Ch. 3)
• Bread & Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes by Shauna Niequist

Learn: 

• Memorize Ruth 1:16 - (Use post-its or frame a chalkboard in the new kitchen to help with memorization!) I love the example Ruth sets for loyalty & service to her family.

But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God."

Be:

• A prayer warrior for my family. The opportunity to pray for my husband, daughter and son is such a privilege. I am setting out this month intentionally spend time praying in-depth for each of my family members.

What goals have you made for March? 

Does your family have a Birthday month? How do you spend quality time together as a family?