1/2 way

I was bold enough to post my 2011 goals back in January. Now that its July I thought I'd do a sanity check on my progress. Pretty disappointing if I say so.

Amanda's 2011 Goals

• Will - Yes yell at me know, Jeremy and I have been meaning to do a Will since we got married 4 years ago. Its time we did it. Still haven't done it.
  
• Gardianship - Same story, we need to have something written out for Holden, this is a hard one for us mainly because we can't settle on who to put down. Again not done, but finally decided on who we are going to list, that was my big hurdle.
  
• 500 Miles in 2011 - Laura put me on to this goal as she completed it in 2010. We also got a Wii for Christmas and I think this will help during the winter months. I haven't run since October and my excuse has been the lack of daylight. I have not been keeping track and so this probably needs to be off the list :(
  
• Healthiness - I'm not going to put a number down because I have disappointed myself for 2 years in a row. But I really want to get rid of the baby weight I've been carrying around at a minimum. I also hope the spending freeze helps get me back on track with the lack of eating out. I want to be more diligent with our meatless Mondays and we try to follow a real food diet (no preservatives, no artificial ingredients, etc.) but it has allowed maybe a bit too much butter into the diet and I need to find a balance between healthy/low - fat and real food so I don't fall into buying "diet" food. Weight watchers has been a huge help for my girlfriend Stacey, so I have rejoined as a tracking tool and recipe source. Making progress, we joined the YMCA back at the beginning of the summer and I'm getting pretty consistent in my workouts, and the change of pace from just running is nice.
  
• Family Dinners - This might not happen until the 2nd half of 2011 but we want to push Holden's dinner time back an hour so that we can all eat together the same meal. I'm not sure if he is still too little to do this as he wants to eat at 5:30 now and its impractical to think we will all be home at 5:30 let alone have dinner made. This is going OK, it probably only happens at the most twice a week, mostly due to our new fitness schedule I don't get home until 7 some nights. A small sacrifice for hopefully healthier parents and better examples.
  
• Church - We think its time we start putting some consistency in our church attendance for Holden. This is still off the table. But I've made a big decision for myself and I think we are going to go back to the Catholic Church. I don't think we will be the "church every Sunday" kind of family, not sure yet. But those of you that know me closely know that this is a big internal struggle. However, I do want Holden to have his First Communion.
  
• Date Night - Once a Month (after the spending freeze). We are sporadic on this one but working it in the schedule.
  
• Pay off 2 unsecured loans - This is part of a larger 5 year goal of ours to buy a home in a different school district by the time Holden enrolls in 1st grade. First one paid off in July.
  
• 5K and Warrior Dash - I'm still on the fence with the warrior dash because I don't want to do it alone, but definitely going to run another 5 K once it warms up. Did a 5K in the spring and Warrior Dash is August 27th.

So not sure if the assessment means I had too lofty of goals or I'm just slacking. Guess we'll reevaluate in December.