August Goals

Holy cow... I can NOT believe it's August already. I swear, summer vacation just started!!! I have two whole days of vacation left to enjoy, yall. Anyway, I read a LOT of blogs, and so many bloggers have monthly goals, so I thought I would join in! It's always good to have goals, after all. Here we go:

1. Shoot for working out 3 times a week: With school starting, I know my workouts are going to suffer. I feel like my body is always exhausted at the beginning of the year as I get used to being on my feet all day again, so 3 times a week is a really hefty goal, and honestly, I'm going to be happy with 2 times a week.

2. Create our Christmas shopping list and budget: Yes, D and I start planning for Christmas in August! Last year, we were completely finished shopping and wrapping by Thanksgiving. We are super frugal about certain things, and Christmas can be a huge expense with big families like ours, so we try to get started with the planning as early as possible. It also really helps with planning if you set a monetary goal for yourself.

3. Buy a wedding gift for Arleta: One of my favorite people from college is getting married this month!!! I need to go through her registries and pick out a perfect gift!

4. Go to DC for Arleta's wedding: I just put this on here because it's always good to have something on your list that you know you can easily accomplish. :) Plane tickets purchased, fancy pants hotel is reserved, dogs are being watched by D's mom... we are good to go at the end of the month!

5. Meet my new kiddos: This is another easy peasy one! I can't wait to meet the new gang on Thursday (AHHHH)

6. Spend all of August school days establishing ROUTINES and PROCEDURES: I'll write a post about this next week, but I really, truly devote a ton of time in the first few weeks just laying the classroom foundation. I know that we're supposed to do this for six weeks, but in my district/school, teaching has to start ASAP! I like to start small with reading and math groups and just try to teach them about rotating and expectations... this is where CHAMPS is going to come in handy! Speaking of establishing routines, make sure you go to Sarah's First Grade Snippets ASAP to grab her morning routine posters that are FREE. I just downloaded mine and am printing them tomorrow, but I won't make that a goal on here ;)

7. Eat dinner at home 6 nights a week: We are really into grocery shopping and saving as much money on food as possible right now, plus everyone knows that eating at home is just healthier.

So there we go! I can't wait to check back in with these at the beginning of September!