tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11673485658734670472024-03-18T19:57:42.051-07:00Keeping Up With The JonesesJones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.comBlogger948125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-84152555584107963382021-10-06T11:51:00.005-07:002021-10-06T11:51:44.241-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 9/13 - 9/19)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIcjjuWe5lK3pSG_72DZh9shu9y1al0iQgKwaF1JEGKh4Kv5_MyXQp-o1F5m16DYSbaYj4wrqj0hLSnCUVu9vwCNa-1PnnUQuxO0cPuLCRN9G44erwJGIlmtqfQ7ORWxuN8Tb2EoE8Co/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIcjjuWe5lK3pSG_72DZh9shu9y1al0iQgKwaF1JEGKh4Kv5_MyXQp-o1F5m16DYSbaYj4wrqj0hLSnCUVu9vwCNa-1PnnUQuxO0cPuLCRN9G44erwJGIlmtqfQ7ORWxuN8Tb2EoE8Co/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>It was another busy week around here for all of us!! We all had work and school all week and then all of our extra activities. Zak started back to Scouts this week with a fun den meeting making instruments together. He also had his second week of bowling where he continues to improve his score. And he had his favorite sub for half a day on Thursday, which was fun for both of us. I had a parent meeting at the high school where I was super overwhelmed about all AJ has to do in the next 4 years to which he replied, "Don't worry, it's not that bad. I have it under control." I also got back to my normal Zumba schedule, teaching two classes a week for right now. Daniel had his weekly art class and had a sleepover with friends on Saturday. And Adrian spent the week researching and tracking down a new family car. He got a great deal on his trade in and the new car is a much better fit for our family.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVm3Z7GdmFJR9o95AMsC4SF2xUcQXzRouwrT58P1hmNQzRnf9jOcRPvbhVmojLeOwCyA9vbxUjYDjeJaASz2rbCKtito_62ni5EcqsT8HMLj-vFNHpJxtu2pjAavcXdewP-G7xEV0UwnU/s1116/subzak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVm3Z7GdmFJR9o95AMsC4SF2xUcQXzRouwrT58P1hmNQzRnf9jOcRPvbhVmojLeOwCyA9vbxUjYDjeJaASz2rbCKtito_62ni5EcqsT8HMLj-vFNHpJxtu2pjAavcXdewP-G7xEV0UwnU/s320/subzak.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUU9hMjh-_V-_Rf3ivCykcoNPtW8KhW7z2GfJlhFXcmiW1fv6sC6kq-WqnqkLuW3fQnYSpO-iIo04YLADQPcHRQFHA_N7kKwHGb2dvvQlnPeZHb8aDkzNK1vUe2pHUKffUW3HuGDGUSI/s1384/newcar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1384" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUU9hMjh-_V-_Rf3ivCykcoNPtW8KhW7z2GfJlhFXcmiW1fv6sC6kq-WqnqkLuW3fQnYSpO-iIo04YLADQPcHRQFHA_N7kKwHGb2dvvQlnPeZHb8aDkzNK1vUe2pHUKffUW3HuGDGUSI/s320/newcar.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It was another busy week and weekend for AJ and the Marching Hornets. They had practice every day and added the next segment to their show. Friday night we had an away football game and AJ said they struggled with their halftime show. It was very hard to see and hear from the visitor stands, but we enjoyed what we saw. Saturday they got up early and headed to Canal Winchester for their second competition of the year. It was super hot that afternoon, but they performed great and earned another 1 (superior) rating. They also won 1st place percussion, 1st place for guard and 2nd place overall!! AJ was so excited!! We are so proud of him and how hard he's working. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyY94dlutISBHYKn1BK1I3Q4Yg5GLu25dwbczEQ6csqm7jXfI4imFGzKkuipqfxS6rsF-H1JCdfRyGsPMZI0LoJSCFun1XTrJCoBJQUpfKXbxXmNt5ALwgIOTr8Wph0u8sVh3sQvCqSA/s960/mbfri.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="790" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyY94dlutISBHYKn1BK1I3Q4Yg5GLu25dwbczEQ6csqm7jXfI4imFGzKkuipqfxS6rsF-H1JCdfRyGsPMZI0LoJSCFun1XTrJCoBJQUpfKXbxXmNt5ALwgIOTr8Wph0u8sVh3sQvCqSA/s320/mbfri.jpg" width="263" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3y7s01ohwqnEDW34RAQzexT_jXZzp-xKsf0QkHhQ5rmj7grs6qAyYPLuuurjnCAHqhVhT7AhQ7k3GDTpE-Cscu0CeLq_VEGnhmm4piQVbrlbXwvNpv7YItzU9OC3dZ_PCTtepWhGuMM/s960/mb2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3y7s01ohwqnEDW34RAQzexT_jXZzp-xKsf0QkHhQ5rmj7grs6qAyYPLuuurjnCAHqhVhT7AhQ7k3GDTpE-Cscu0CeLq_VEGnhmm4piQVbrlbXwvNpv7YItzU9OC3dZ_PCTtepWhGuMM/s320/mb2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioskdbEOVWHZPV8yM5rH9R2CYwjeYkeA-oZIiAyvd2cu-QustSsskUgG6xeUQcpA_exGdP5EISdUmAZije9JbXseyuKr5QolimYY3_qazlJ8RXR2_x8y9uY9SzCHjiuCmSfTBPGCxzAy8/s960/mb1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioskdbEOVWHZPV8yM5rH9R2CYwjeYkeA-oZIiAyvd2cu-QustSsskUgG6xeUQcpA_exGdP5EISdUmAZije9JbXseyuKr5QolimYY3_qazlJ8RXR2_x8y9uY9SzCHjiuCmSfTBPGCxzAy8/s320/mb1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - I hit my step goal 5 days this week and then did not hit it either day this weekend. I was around 6,000 steps each of those days. </span><span>I didn't weigh in this week because my eating has not been great and I'm sure the results would not have been good. I'm really struggling to find my motivation in this area!<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I didn't read any of "The Goldfinch" this week and have read 37% of this book so far. I was super busy again this week and didn't read a lot this week. When I did, I read the ADHD book that was recommended for me and The Story that I'm reading with my church family.</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 262 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For September I just picked a plan about learning and teaching in honor of our first full month of in person school in almost a year and a half.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until <strike>August</strike> October. I was hoping to jam in September but we are just so busy that there was no way to squeeze it in. I'm signed up for a virtual jam in October and am still hoping to hit this goal with 3 jams between November and December.</span></li></ul><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We didn't play any board games this weekend, we were just too busy with band events. So far we have played 116 of our games and are still on a good path to finish them up this year!</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We are working on cleaning out our basement this month but didn't have time this week because of everything else going on.</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - So we didn't exactly stick to this one this week since we bought a brand new car. But again, it was a great deal and it's a much better car for our family. We will be working to pay off my van over the next few months and then this payment will be significantly less than the two payments we had so we still feel like we're in a good financial place.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We didn't watch any movies this week since we are back in school and AJ has football games every Friday night. We may try to sneak one in whenever we have a day off from school, but otherwise this goal is on hold until November. We have watched 34 movies so far this year. We are continuing to keep up with our TV shows each week and we were successful this week.</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - <span>This week we celebrated International Chocolate Day, National Cream Filled Donut Day, National Linguine Day, National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day, National Apple Dumpling Day, National Cheeseburger Day and National Neighborhood Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtg4xk0WRiBJGUTlAHLqF_9iJNskx0ru-wxhskO1WUXJWOt1OW6Bc9wj8rwwiOhp2NzhMENgKEHdiyZYeS4tAkkRpkStSBbYfqs_HxEPJKrCExGEaPQKsNB7riALPai04K_lk1q2s3Sgk/s1092/h19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtg4xk0WRiBJGUTlAHLqF_9iJNskx0ru-wxhskO1WUXJWOt1OW6Bc9wj8rwwiOhp2NzhMENgKEHdiyZYeS4tAkkRpkStSBbYfqs_HxEPJKrCExGEaPQKsNB7riALPai04K_lk1q2s3Sgk/s320/h19.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0tzComO7jGs4txT7u8-LV7KmsMr55snUZ1dW5Z-EhkED2fCLdVjR7MqgCmQgWMxSxmjDFMjWUZqzZQDriViGo4aaUvJCtWX3m9Hj9hMBTXMZcErOXBLKDxnlBmdes-4Vzpw7x0LLf31s/s1129/h15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0tzComO7jGs4txT7u8-LV7KmsMr55snUZ1dW5Z-EhkED2fCLdVjR7MqgCmQgWMxSxmjDFMjWUZqzZQDriViGo4aaUvJCtWX3m9Hj9hMBTXMZcErOXBLKDxnlBmdes-4Vzpw7x0LLf31s/s320/h15.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCAy5d9uSSffBwC2-ImTIwwJ-mMLa0Rrh1WJxhsMFxMsPcEPVf5ezSgiHLRjq1n8dBZLU-XLI3o42R9RAASCtUO8OHC3ePvqvhzBqGWzXKZhh3BneJC7i0473bkh8JkCs74Q0rRDDiv8/s925/h14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCAy5d9uSSffBwC2-ImTIwwJ-mMLa0Rrh1WJxhsMFxMsPcEPVf5ezSgiHLRjq1n8dBZLU-XLI3o42R9RAASCtUO8OHC3ePvqvhzBqGWzXKZhh3BneJC7i0473bkh8JkCs74Q0rRDDiv8/s320/h14.jpg" width="292" /></a></div></span></span></li></ul></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-8090810167998750252021-09-17T13:24:00.000-07:002021-09-17T13:24:13.306-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 9/6 - 9/12)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Eetzns89U4veNme4lEqUZ9IMUEeqO70v8XCplXiTVeu70P_2Pf-Fwed2mpb-k3MCTUBxY1u2NH6edR5KifMvXba2WRAYh4wZARwjoqZQT4CuAx8rnrpuVyklkMA7NcI8s4os7IRbdoY/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Eetzns89U4veNme4lEqUZ9IMUEeqO70v8XCplXiTVeu70P_2Pf-Fwed2mpb-k3MCTUBxY1u2NH6edR5KifMvXba2WRAYh4wZARwjoqZQT4CuAx8rnrpuVyklkMA7NcI8s4os7IRbdoY/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This was another jam packed week around here. It started with the holiday on Monday so we were all home from our normal schedule. We spent the day getting stuff done around the house and getting ready for the busy week. Then we hit the ground running on Tuesday. Daniel had art class and got his first pair of glasses. AJ had marching band practice all week. I subbed all week and also started teaching Zumba classes again. I'll only be teaching two classes each week until I build more strength up but I am so glad to be back with my students. Adrian worked more overtime this week including 3 long days in the office. And Zak worked hard at school and was dragged around to a lot of our activities. Rocky spent the week confused, not knowing when someone would be home and when she'd be alone. She did enjoy her normal Wednesday at day care as usual.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBUCjMEnD3o9CPqgCy1BuS7xPjuRvL3bFYr5K1K2hu3oIAcHvFOT9ampk7A4wB17DsGrud41FnXueHK9n1-4R0yeNb0Qcg8KLYBlkqHzrzS3ZHRzcmIIFz6vF_F7Hh2TBTGp4oAb3UZs/s960/rocky.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="787" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBUCjMEnD3o9CPqgCy1BuS7xPjuRvL3bFYr5K1K2hu3oIAcHvFOT9ampk7A4wB17DsGrud41FnXueHK9n1-4R0yeNb0Qcg8KLYBlkqHzrzS3ZHRzcmIIFz6vF_F7Hh2TBTGp4oAb3UZs/s320/rocky.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIG1KNujPz6TO7AivbIY7IVeuMTIVOvsFcaQpmzlYXCLfN7lTXnaTwKOYq2lCroUA4AZfmUsPAXwEoqiv_hpTEd5qTN5za1M4j_3aWJvr9mUt21pfSa19kmX0SfNdl_nVWCB703yTnTs/s1189/glasses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIG1KNujPz6TO7AivbIY7IVeuMTIVOvsFcaQpmzlYXCLfN7lTXnaTwKOYq2lCroUA4AZfmUsPAXwEoqiv_hpTEd5qTN5za1M4j_3aWJvr9mUt21pfSa19kmX0SfNdl_nVWCB703yTnTs/s320/glasses.jpg" width="227" /></a></div>Our weekend was jam packed full of band events. Friday night was youth night so Daniel and the middle school band joined the marching band for a pregame performance and stayed with them for the first half. Daniel loved it and told us he wants to join next year. AJ loved being the experienced member and told us he wants to be squad leader next year. He also loved that the football team won in the last few seconds of the game & the student section stormed the field! Zak also participated in pregame activities when he helped his Scout pack raise the flag during the National Anthem. Then Saturday was Pageant of the Bands for AJ and the Marching Hornets. We host this competition so I volunteered all day in the concession stand. The band did great, earned a superior ranking and qualified for the state competition in October. AJ was SO excited, as was the rest of the band. It was a long but fun day for all of us! Sunday we had a free day so we headed to church, worked around the house and the older boys went to youth group in the evening. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsf4QbPVO1YeQOa-BOXv5CSB5M3XC1skNO6pZt3ytmU3OZZrT8Zd5-WukiMJgPstUqG0SyqydzIx5DXg_62DlFOmW16hd6vWFSRH84OOiejEvUHswKbR0sAhAImIO4meqPtyvzca-Sfw/s960/pagent1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsf4QbPVO1YeQOa-BOXv5CSB5M3XC1skNO6pZt3ytmU3OZZrT8Zd5-WukiMJgPstUqG0SyqydzIx5DXg_62DlFOmW16hd6vWFSRH84OOiejEvUHswKbR0sAhAImIO4meqPtyvzca-Sfw/s320/pagent1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - I hit my step goal 4 days this week and the other 3 days I was around 7,000 including one day with 6 hours of volunteering in the concession stand for band. </span><span>I didn't lose any weight but I didn't gain either so I'm happy with that for this week. </span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I read about 6% of "The Goldfinch" this week and have read 37% of this book so far. I was super busy again this week and never really found my rhythm so I didn't read most days this week. I will take it out for another 3 weeks and will also start reading an ADHD book that was recommended for me and The Story that I'm reading with my church family.</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 255 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For September I just picked a plan about learning and teaching in honor of our first full month of in person school in almost a year and a half.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until <strike>August</strike> October. I was hoping to jam in September but we are just so busy that there was no way to squeeze it in. I'm signed up for a virtual jam in October and am still hoping to hit this goal with 3 jams between November and December.</span></li></ul><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We didn't play any board games this weekend, we were just too busy with band events. So far we have played 116 of our games and are still on a good path to finish them up this year!</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We are working on cleaning out our basement this month but didn't have time this week because of everything else going on.</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything this week. We paid off our vacation and my surgery this month. In October we will start working on paying off Adrian's car so we can trade it in for a new car that is a better fit for our family right now.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We didn't watch any movies this week since we are back in school and AJ has football games every Friday night. We may try to sneak one in whenever we have a day off from school, but otherwise this goal is on hold until November. We have watched 34 movies so far this year. We are continuing to keep up with our TV shows each week and we were successful this week.</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - <span>This week we celebrated 8 holidays because we doubled up on Sunday. We celebrated National Fight Procrastination Day, National Acorn Squash Day, National Pledge of Allegiance Day, International Sodoku Day, National Hot Dog Day, National Make Your Bed Day, National Video Games Day and National Chocolate Milkshake Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-unhm7Pty9H6wzyvunhKVHhJdyf06o-am5a3InNrPNaHOdFrLoIkVIW0JR88D6xCqoMpD3lc8XRH-YUiSB3OQ7h6rgF0tr6HZzHdB8g5gB3G5eqIEtvgCOnOqf8mWPiAlBYXPvvQ086c/s960/h12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="960" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-unhm7Pty9H6wzyvunhKVHhJdyf06o-am5a3InNrPNaHOdFrLoIkVIW0JR88D6xCqoMpD3lc8XRH-YUiSB3OQ7h6rgF0tr6HZzHdB8g5gB3G5eqIEtvgCOnOqf8mWPiAlBYXPvvQ086c/s320/h12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Wdys6HaovsLLTKubmW0NJjpJR1EIbk7RlF6mKfPghSEtT58wRpjrdWfpv9-f98bPBaxnhu6uhZWp3JnxSixyOD_-mR9u9NXM7qpP9Av7XDPhLy-IlW9_ulWYAMJYo_P58Bo9qX5197U/s1080/h9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1080" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Wdys6HaovsLLTKubmW0NJjpJR1EIbk7RlF6mKfPghSEtT58wRpjrdWfpv9-f98bPBaxnhu6uhZWp3JnxSixyOD_-mR9u9NXM7qpP9Av7XDPhLy-IlW9_ulWYAMJYo_P58Bo9qX5197U/s320/h9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></li></ul></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-66433905291533706432021-09-07T03:20:00.002-07:002021-09-07T03:20:20.104-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 8/30 - 9/5)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHzN1EnVBDp7eCvSEciQBKTwIeDj6aNNzPpO9uDxZaSpWgIYmwvxhbKh46vY-uHfFriAsuWzE3XLGpcF95r0K1ihTGNgRv_WNckiA4zI11g8Qhm-28TYqrH4h1gUG0c5i6MRvuJMEeDI/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHzN1EnVBDp7eCvSEciQBKTwIeDj6aNNzPpO9uDxZaSpWgIYmwvxhbKh46vY-uHfFriAsuWzE3XLGpcF95r0K1ihTGNgRv_WNckiA4zI11g8Qhm-28TYqrH4h1gUG0c5i6MRvuJMEeDI/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This was a weird but good week for us. We were super busy, but then we got some unexpected extra sleep when Daniel woke up on Tuesday not feeling well. He missed 3 days of school so the rest of us got to sleep in a bit on those 3 days as well. This week also marked my return to the classroom as a substitute teacher for the year. I did two short assignments and then two full days this week. It was great to be in the classroom again and I'm looking forward to an awesome year. The week was also filled with Daniel's art class, a doctor appointment for Zak and a vet appointment for Rocky. And of course it was another busy week of marching band for AJ. He had practice every day, a parade on Wednesday and his first home football game on Friday. We thought they sounded great at both the parade and the game and are excited to see what they do next!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-GFEmlAAJxdl82OPMOmelags6tMK-4TyhAnj5jy-tzYoYgEbI61-SxeH0QPlDAonZLCjJBsq-2DGm3Y29tVB2hxgJHuZCg7yE4apuS0_AHXWLpFbqV6_3D9toYACaFPyOwTrQKVb7ek/s960/football3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="960" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-GFEmlAAJxdl82OPMOmelags6tMK-4TyhAnj5jy-tzYoYgEbI61-SxeH0QPlDAonZLCjJBsq-2DGm3Y29tVB2hxgJHuZCg7yE4apuS0_AHXWLpFbqV6_3D9toYACaFPyOwTrQKVb7ek/s320/football3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdE12qs_e6uvifFmkdU70eSNa00Uiz_GdS8rZamTOIsweMQTLFCoP6uN4EauVqpSIHEiwrvI7es9tkFf4Ck-JMMH_7CGt8zuZm4PdSfmWGQ-KBymlGyaoh6KVKVH6WRKtlp5RJrZs2vbk/s960/football2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdE12qs_e6uvifFmkdU70eSNa00Uiz_GdS8rZamTOIsweMQTLFCoP6uN4EauVqpSIHEiwrvI7es9tkFf4Ck-JMMH_7CGt8zuZm4PdSfmWGQ-KBymlGyaoh6KVKVH6WRKtlp5RJrZs2vbk/s320/football2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPq3-eHjMPdy-f_3sXztFN5nBxPww_queXkJc93fVajIUvTrFKxUyPH4iEQUQXhTF6nmKtvYRc_zVaseUGDZVQ4AM90FRVqFh32GmpTtoR2Gspk7CWYHKqwxUYWSjrYP16rcRGpuNzHXg/s960/football1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPq3-eHjMPdy-f_3sXztFN5nBxPww_queXkJc93fVajIUvTrFKxUyPH4iEQUQXhTF6nmKtvYRc_zVaseUGDZVQ4AM90FRVqFh32GmpTtoR2Gspk7CWYHKqwxUYWSjrYP16rcRGpuNzHXg/s320/football1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCE8tFwO4vwerEmoJK3cNtcTW-T3b1vm_pIEzQqacW7OPWKqOGa5ES1AQAnMczLDDw12LWnqNR7MoWYRiDYs7WZsubzBtlwbN_uv63x8wwp65lL_NNGp0jXb7HAhXM3wI2n9ZoBkfbTQ/s960/corn3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCE8tFwO4vwerEmoJK3cNtcTW-T3b1vm_pIEzQqacW7OPWKqOGa5ES1AQAnMczLDDw12LWnqNR7MoWYRiDYs7WZsubzBtlwbN_uv63x8wwp65lL_NNGp0jXb7HAhXM3wI2n9ZoBkfbTQ/s320/corn3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJk9r-3pJlQSSCMexGXgV8NPkNCt-_RukEEnk0IpfwAY7SWhyQpc1jIawDcU4lpdIR4Vc0CYKBvFAq1j8eGfoSoart9m0HgwL-2AGshn0OEhKAwb2nBLmi2OxzgNRyBfLXX4_o1OEVyE/s960/corn2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJk9r-3pJlQSSCMexGXgV8NPkNCt-_RukEEnk0IpfwAY7SWhyQpc1jIawDcU4lpdIR4Vc0CYKBvFAq1j8eGfoSoart9m0HgwL-2AGshn0OEhKAwb2nBLmi2OxzgNRyBfLXX4_o1OEVyE/s320/corn2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHvtAelIVrOsPo8tYPTcR20LEgeSNK6fc6MLraZ4kN-wlGgFthJxLhEn2tTpwc7Epyz0hZzF7JqfdFrZOi-y8qEV-aUmARNE2_IqhrNE_MpannB9F1VR7NZdscDOUc2sNerPJRoQVcOu0/s960/corn1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHvtAelIVrOsPo8tYPTcR20LEgeSNK6fc6MLraZ4kN-wlGgFthJxLhEn2tTpwc7Epyz0hZzF7JqfdFrZOi-y8qEV-aUmARNE2_IqhrNE_MpannB9F1VR7NZdscDOUc2sNerPJRoQVcOu0/s320/corn1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>And then after that crazy week, we did nothing on Saturday and Sunday! This is a three day weekend for us since it's Labor Day weekend so we decided to play Saturday and Sunday and then do all of our work on Monday. We slept in both days and caught up on our sleep for sure. Saturday afternoon we took a family field trip to Dairy Hut to get ice cream for everyone, including Rocky. Then we spent the rest of the day playing board games, video games and watching TV. Since we slept in again on Sunday, we did church from home and then the day looked much like Sunday. Adrian did run out for a bit to a garage sale to get a few new board games for us, and I did a few things around the house while he was gone so tomorrow isn't totally overwhelming. This is our last weekend with nothing planned, most weekends we have stuff on both days, so we were super excited to have this weekend to recharge. Our next weekend like this will probably be Thanksgiving, yikes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1nhthyphenhyphenPQjZwIPE4doKdcEfkud2os-4SU3ei0t5B4IpUxfF0tw6C_fN1W_kkr5yc5yardnk3Dzi0Jafnbt3PReDQRXNC8Itwr_wNw8RMXT89J6BJiLEY43hB6ZuuOLzFrt0Gr6CylWdM/s2015/241520620_10160280946232908_4192946370949494103_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1nhthyphenhyphenPQjZwIPE4doKdcEfkud2os-4SU3ei0t5B4IpUxfF0tw6C_fN1W_kkr5yc5yardnk3Dzi0Jafnbt3PReDQRXNC8Itwr_wNw8RMXT89J6BJiLEY43hB6ZuuOLzFrt0Gr6CylWdM/s320/241520620_10160280946232908_4192946370949494103_n.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBSFgmx85JFbNLLiFSNwDd7Bc4yNGrib3V2GA6DnVdrRKX7fpdrxWdojWLx2zHnIJrMx8kWSXevfMV_PWoRFEh2YA6-aQONizM53IAFBoPskDHV4xLJhc59DMA07kjh0SCMO2xVEAVL8/s1440/240992170_10160280948152908_1645818503704966920_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBSFgmx85JFbNLLiFSNwDd7Bc4yNGrib3V2GA6DnVdrRKX7fpdrxWdojWLx2zHnIJrMx8kWSXevfMV_PWoRFEh2YA6-aQONizM53IAFBoPskDHV4xLJhc59DMA07kjh0SCMO2xVEAVL8/s320/240992170_10160280948152908_1645818503704966920_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sugar Crash!!</td></tr></tbody></table>Here's how I did on my goals this week.<p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - I did much better on my step goal this week and during the week I averaged 10,000 steps each day. The weekend was pretty lazy for us (yay!) so I didn't hit my step goal either day but I am OK with that.</span><span> I lost of 0.5 pounds which brings my total pounds lost to 7.7 for the year. This month is weird with a lot of things going on that will make it harder to eat well so I'm going to do the best that I can and hope the good outweighs the not so great choices that I may make. </span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I only read about 3% of "The Goldfinch" this week and have read 31% of this book so far. I was super busy this week and never really found my rhythm so I didn't read most days this week.</span></li><li>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 248 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For August I just picked a generic plan and am excited to see where it leads me.</li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until <strike>August</strike> October. I was hoping to jam in September but we are just so busy that there was no way to squeeze it in. I'm signed up for a virtual jam in October and am still hoping to hit this goal with 3 jams between November and December.</span></li></ul><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - Since we had the weekend off from marching band again, we were able to play 4 games again this week. We played Parks, Pan Am and Potion Explosion as a couple and Mysterium as a family. They are all just OK games for us, we may look to trade some of them. So far we have played 116 of our games and are still on a good path to finish them up this year!</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We are working on cleaning out our basement and spent 20 minutes down there again this weekend. We are making good progress with all of the stuff on the floor and in a few weeks we'll start on the crawl space.</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything this week and are paying off our vacation next week. We will be discussing what to start paying off next, but I think it will be one of our cars.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We didn't watch any movies this week since we are back in school and AJ has football games every Friday night. We may try to sneak one in whenever we have a day off from school, but otherwise this goal is on hold until November. We have watched 34 movies so far this year. We are continuing to keep up with our TV shows each week and started a new one this week "The Secret Benedict Society" on Disney+. We are all loving this show, great for the whole family!!</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - <span>This week we celebrated National Frankenstein Day, National Trail Mix Day, American Chess Day, World Coconut Day, National Lazy Moms Day, National Eat Dessert Twice Day and National Cheese Pizza Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUGUngd-h5W9jzoyKlblfPZULABaFClXofq_J0RbbXIkEXjmmYHKxWjkdo_Aa0U66R7WFQVq6-YDwvRzzesvYqRtvddFWk_ORLxGVc0xYdpfAHhuZZDp4TekrCUdx_5fxoymT0a9trTk/s877/h31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUGUngd-h5W9jzoyKlblfPZULABaFClXofq_J0RbbXIkEXjmmYHKxWjkdo_Aa0U66R7WFQVq6-YDwvRzzesvYqRtvddFWk_ORLxGVc0xYdpfAHhuZZDp4TekrCUdx_5fxoymT0a9trTk/s320/h31.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNyI88fyUVjNUOBvxyEq9DwInTAapxkXbQGr-FXGpZWMHpBQrAU6LCQ_8u8Ii0Px1SVGIQ1cZ2cn5Xzf8cMsIHUq75M9MtdHAQ8B-k-IOuZZk2-DFB7rYeRzkt9IQFt-sjDZlMdA9oDA/s1080/h5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNyI88fyUVjNUOBvxyEq9DwInTAapxkXbQGr-FXGpZWMHpBQrAU6LCQ_8u8Ii0Px1SVGIQ1cZ2cn5Xzf8cMsIHUq75M9MtdHAQ8B-k-IOuZZk2-DFB7rYeRzkt9IQFt-sjDZlMdA9oDA/s320/h5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7XcwmMknDDBAPszg1eBeClt0Kz_peS6KyzwxV_eDeyG5ShbtqzEcREYEgoUxJWU7UAIuMaMPU85EhRswslMGA1ouLWIGd2Qlo2B5Y9ADc6ux51e3X7_tVclNOGRyaarYZo6v2xfVsYY/s1080/h4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7XcwmMknDDBAPszg1eBeClt0Kz_peS6KyzwxV_eDeyG5ShbtqzEcREYEgoUxJWU7UAIuMaMPU85EhRswslMGA1ouLWIGd2Qlo2B5Y9ADc6ux51e3X7_tVclNOGRyaarYZo6v2xfVsYY/s320/h4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfuNbWrK-jFmsZPscmhyphenhypheneINQ3wzcCAm4_foCscaBa5hnLeFBoObk5gwte6l0Q6vP755v3nxS0aASp0GSVau2TUVHcvUOFX_ZZGqNw-xtqd_slYTqww_NB17YEai7znZbYBgKeE7qeWIs/s1129/h2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfuNbWrK-jFmsZPscmhyphenhypheneINQ3wzcCAm4_foCscaBa5hnLeFBoObk5gwte6l0Q6vP755v3nxS0aASp0GSVau2TUVHcvUOFX_ZZGqNw-xtqd_slYTqww_NB17YEai7znZbYBgKeE7qeWIs/s320/h2.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGC7Ph34QfWLaUf1bJ1xBoG3HBdYDyEeBjCDSvyFgiAJEBWoZm7RHKkkFLZ3SzlNhTAJeju0sP5CPazSV1f_F1hZ9IdclSvm_WYnYO5sHpd_qjmimWqMyvB6D62dFXX1tTHNAcce7gfqE/s1105/h1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGC7Ph34QfWLaUf1bJ1xBoG3HBdYDyEeBjCDSvyFgiAJEBWoZm7RHKkkFLZ3SzlNhTAJeju0sP5CPazSV1f_F1hZ9IdclSvm_WYnYO5sHpd_qjmimWqMyvB6D62dFXX1tTHNAcce7gfqE/s320/h1.jpg" width="244" /></a></div></span></span></li></ul></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-55521779096679491782021-09-06T07:34:00.003-07:002021-09-06T07:34:52.094-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 8/23 - 8/29)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvLcserDJ5B75vVDLK6bQjvkxakmUK4wTCJePQtQcxMipvxIez0zPw0HmpskEUVQMNIgeuo5O4rumfcbwRqaRk9tf8L-H9d4d-sA8hd1tnADPXq5PD8_Fj41Q6eSm1VL49DgKCX2QUks/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvLcserDJ5B75vVDLK6bQjvkxakmUK4wTCJePQtQcxMipvxIez0zPw0HmpskEUVQMNIgeuo5O4rumfcbwRqaRk9tf8L-H9d4d-sA8hd1tnADPXq5PD8_Fj41Q6eSm1VL49DgKCX2QUks/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This was our first full week of school and it was jam packed. We had to get up super early every morning and had something going on just about every night. Daniel had art class, Zak had a Scout hike one day and a pool party another day, AJ had marching band practice every day and we hosted their D&D game on Wednesday night. Thankfully I had taken the week off from working so I was able to get a lot done during the week while they were at school and still be rested to deal with all of the evening activities. AJ also had his second away football game this week which we had to miss due to other commitments. It was blazing hot for the game, but he still had fun and they did a great job!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lDlXuwY37QF-YjCqSi5ie-bVfCDsc-OBjrNSorWSRkFfcVsg_Xe1-itkufknJz_D1hklvkD_Kw-IO3aLInY-Xt9i1YzM0tPI34nU-Obs7rFJJ59jOLirBV80JGIGZZYMRKPGmz8j8qk/s2015/poolparty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1523" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lDlXuwY37QF-YjCqSi5ie-bVfCDsc-OBjrNSorWSRkFfcVsg_Xe1-itkufknJz_D1hklvkD_Kw-IO3aLInY-Xt9i1YzM0tPI34nU-Obs7rFJJ59jOLirBV80JGIGZZYMRKPGmz8j8qk/s320/poolparty.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56jXhnX3CeOtAx1Mz4dC4N1HeSDmaaUYLuW4plB_K6K63qnhZShdVB5rH734MWaTY_qwVF3qAGs5hyphenhyphen64NN6OZWqmP9fS1dacOulaDOFgFF8dyDoo7MBSI427Qlb4-EMvsF7nnGP1dZLs/s1600/239639402_10226749163456327_4716301817733312981_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56jXhnX3CeOtAx1Mz4dC4N1HeSDmaaUYLuW4plB_K6K63qnhZShdVB5rH734MWaTY_qwVF3qAGs5hyphenhyphen64NN6OZWqmP9fS1dacOulaDOFgFF8dyDoo7MBSI427Qlb4-EMvsF7nnGP1dZLs/s320/239639402_10226749163456327_4716301817733312981_n.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0GkCzvtUQqfTx-dXG7FuQ0uxoF2sOJwWne0c87XXmgwb1_Nb6KyX2YEN7vAcvqjnUwZjMNhxln9JjxTPlJu6w1FtJ7Tdm3X5muSzzGDDUAsJQLukqSrgfK8Sm4GKr18NUkVVndIJicU/s1600/239632378_10226749183616831_850057067959733474_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0GkCzvtUQqfTx-dXG7FuQ0uxoF2sOJwWne0c87XXmgwb1_Nb6KyX2YEN7vAcvqjnUwZjMNhxln9JjxTPlJu6w1FtJ7Tdm3X5muSzzGDDUAsJQLukqSrgfK8Sm4GKr18NUkVVndIJicU/s320/239632378_10226749183616831_850057067959733474_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbh_X8-aArr-wiQR76nF0KbOcyJmZOSFBwjewREw6NVAHTpmVSFSk17dqZFs2elr0e5_e4UcvVjViuKsJYY_1-21ln6NsaAnhnDPr4Zkr8yuDdmyBw3Wfg1NgvzwdpgHfUWsFdHkGWTRo/s1600/239607902_10226749147255922_5725529214964892361_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbh_X8-aArr-wiQR76nF0KbOcyJmZOSFBwjewREw6NVAHTpmVSFSk17dqZFs2elr0e5_e4UcvVjViuKsJYY_1-21ln6NsaAnhnDPr4Zkr8yuDdmyBw3Wfg1NgvzwdpgHfUWsFdHkGWTRo/s320/239607902_10226749147255922_5725529214964892361_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The weekend was supposed to be pretty full, but AJ's tag day was virtual instead of in person so we had a free Saturday. Zak started his bowling league this week and is excited to have 2 team mates this year. I scheduled the boys for much needed haircuts as well and then we spent the rest of Saturday relaxing around the house and playing games. Sunday we went to my brother's house to celebrate my nephew Vinnie turning 5. The boys had a fun time playing in the obstacle course and we all enjoyed lunch, cake and some time with family. We couldn't stay very long because the boys had homework to finish and we wanted to get a few things done around the house to be ready for another busy week coming up. It was a really awesome weekend, great blend of fun and downtime. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iKXiHhSKEBqzYw9A6W4EEeHOCg3OU-HrvqeV-ikkhrXzk45I5X8RBiQjJ8VqAZYGBRpC8LEr_81R8HOgYsRgXZMHMr0FLsz7d2mOh0JP2AH2pyQoIicHgKGfszSqgDqkJPkKXoXt5-Q/s960/241318581_10160283464792908_8070768826417039818_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iKXiHhSKEBqzYw9A6W4EEeHOCg3OU-HrvqeV-ikkhrXzk45I5X8RBiQjJ8VqAZYGBRpC8LEr_81R8HOgYsRgXZMHMr0FLsz7d2mOh0JP2AH2pyQoIicHgKGfszSqgDqkJPkKXoXt5-Q/s320/241318581_10160283464792908_8070768826417039818_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - I was all over the place with this goal this week. I had 3 days that were well over 11,000 steps, 2 days around 7,000, 1 day around 5,000 and one day that I didn't even get 2,000 (Thursday when I was sick).</span><span> I tracked my calories about half of the days this week and ate really well those days. However since I had a stomach virus, I did see a loss of 1.5 pounds which brings my total pounds lost to 8.4 for the month and 7.2 for the year. I'm hoping to have a better week next week since I'm feeling better! </span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I read about 8% of "The Goldfinch" this week and have read 29% of this book so far. I will not be finishing it while I have it out this time, but I'm hoping to take a big chunk out of it.</span></li><li>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 241 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For August I just picked a generic plan and am excited to see where it leads me.</li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until <strike>August</strike> September when I'm back to teaching. I will be taking this month to get my stamina back up and hopefully can do a virtual jam in early Sept.</span></li></ul><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - Since we had the weekend off from marching band, we were able to play 4 games this week. We played Point Salad (twice), Orleans and Pandemic as a couple and Fortnight Monopoly as a family. They are all fun games, it was a great weekend of games for us!! So far we have played 112 of our games and are still on a good path to finish them up this year!</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We are working on cleaning out our basement but did not work on it this weekend. We knew there would be weekends we skipped, that's why we decided to work on this project now since we don't need to be working constantly on it.</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything this week and are paying the minimums on everything until we get back from (and pay for) our vacation next month.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We didn't watch any movies this week since we are back in school and AJ has football games every Friday night. We may try to sneak one in whenever we have a day off from school, but otherwise this goal is on hold until November. We have watched 34 movies so far this year. We are continuing to keep up with our TV shows each week.</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - <span>This week we celebrated National Buttered Corn Day, National Waffle Day, National Park Services Founder Day, National Dog Day, Rock, Paper, Scissors Day, National Red Wine Day and According to Doyle Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxlS_6XDMLmngVN08btY0cLvEYEQ1uVQFaG8belsswiTADb_VUCA1eTND849NDi2ZA23qm3Lk-OBSGNXJDM38mAvKlaBzD_hOa_E0fVNX2IuRTs8RqsNFoxX0DH_RRH1eafXeYfX3OBs/s1080/h29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxlS_6XDMLmngVN08btY0cLvEYEQ1uVQFaG8belsswiTADb_VUCA1eTND849NDi2ZA23qm3Lk-OBSGNXJDM38mAvKlaBzD_hOa_E0fVNX2IuRTs8RqsNFoxX0DH_RRH1eafXeYfX3OBs/s320/h29.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWbe8Q4PVJqdqHg_AGBx1G6_zGAVmVPdgawOnhEjsGGBWKFoPS6SW5C5UN160Sob-X0Nbnc3gPJgyyMVjEBfajsZ-BV1YdLfd_22jzkNvT4I47L-o3Kf8G0YRtr7wJdcvQW5ZApbylnk/s1129/h28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWbe8Q4PVJqdqHg_AGBx1G6_zGAVmVPdgawOnhEjsGGBWKFoPS6SW5C5UN160Sob-X0Nbnc3gPJgyyMVjEBfajsZ-BV1YdLfd_22jzkNvT4I47L-o3Kf8G0YRtr7wJdcvQW5ZApbylnk/s320/h28.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ88sp-IbOBiRaNC4HSd0SwpC0-chGVUpmfP86dmQOEKVrFTUy4wHD0hVTv1F7jokaeu4ydpBFE-nsH0HXw5C55lsq1OyuBAvFKOWNMFbjX0wSD6ydBbMCgRaR-YrIbE02ohyphenhyphenfvaPZ1IE/s960/h26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="817" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ88sp-IbOBiRaNC4HSd0SwpC0-chGVUpmfP86dmQOEKVrFTUy4wHD0hVTv1F7jokaeu4ydpBFE-nsH0HXw5C55lsq1OyuBAvFKOWNMFbjX0wSD6ydBbMCgRaR-YrIbE02ohyphenhyphenfvaPZ1IE/s320/h26.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6rLjeyzilHrrIhbRJeqRPdN1U-Xn5OQricmQ6b5UBl6MZ4PC-mmaZkPsRkLAG18uI7GXpYknWA-We6bcXtW-h-eyYPzJEbvDrJJTAjLOXDcxdsJtqajEsVhSIg8Pa1LSNYs4lxGYv-0/s1129/h23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6rLjeyzilHrrIhbRJeqRPdN1U-Xn5OQricmQ6b5UBl6MZ4PC-mmaZkPsRkLAG18uI7GXpYknWA-We6bcXtW-h-eyYPzJEbvDrJJTAjLOXDcxdsJtqajEsVhSIg8Pa1LSNYs4lxGYv-0/s320/h23.jpg" width="239" /></a></div></span></span></li></ul></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-88594110326375375582021-08-31T06:40:00.001-07:002021-08-31T06:40:11.296-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 8/16 - 8/22)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjViyTOeil3jGrtOXUTOGkvqWX74FPguI5J-druQgls1CR_c5FWxsKkoxU_qXHhqkwLVmQ_EnqwrfJvYtLVsYcmmBdXPfkQganw2JL_YYvVXHG6nDO_F4KOk33XpyBnyWBSG7fpvkbUQ/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjViyTOeil3jGrtOXUTOGkvqWX74FPguI5J-druQgls1CR_c5FWxsKkoxU_qXHhqkwLVmQ_EnqwrfJvYtLVsYcmmBdXPfkQganw2JL_YYvVXHG6nDO_F4KOk33XpyBnyWBSG7fpvkbUQ/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This week marks the end of our summer break and the first week of school. We were supposed to have one more day of fun on Monday, but thunderstorms cancelled our trip to the pool and the boys decided they would rather just stay home and chill than figure out something else to do. Then on Tuesday we ran around doing last minute appointments and errands as best we could because our area got over 4 inches of rain in like an hour and we had major flooding in the area! Thankfully I was able to get AJ safely to the orthodontist and eye doctor, and back home. I then switched things around so I didn't have to drive the rest of the day. We walked up to meet Zak's teacher for the year and then hung out at home getting ready for an early bed time and school tomorrow morning.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnJ5DD8JkPQGGE8zA-poQbH6eajlRuE1Xj5uu5BQSGjv3lvrrIGg6a5DwlpUgBKShAC_GPSirksst2c5HkYanv2ja8rbZRQCk0d5V3LBoJn6OpWl75pynsoVh8z66SrHmcG2nYIE-YEE/s320/west.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnJ5DD8JkPQGGE8zA-poQbH6eajlRuE1Xj5uu5BQSGjv3lvrrIGg6a5DwlpUgBKShAC_GPSirksst2c5HkYanv2ja8rbZRQCk0d5V3LBoJn6OpWl75pynsoVh8z66SrHmcG2nYIE-YEE/s0/west.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4R-ERbogxhwEfTfXhyWephiQeV1KcasEwEoIx7r8nR_X0cKBafumk174ATFAyxa4jGaxXXcLLOOpFsytujTr6GvZPkakh_1StrmHOqiBc1Evs1zYNnj3qzvJZ46tAN7f6iG7iYoqqru8/s320/bts6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="293" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4R-ERbogxhwEfTfXhyWephiQeV1KcasEwEoIx7r8nR_X0cKBafumk174ATFAyxa4jGaxXXcLLOOpFsytujTr6GvZPkakh_1StrmHOqiBc1Evs1zYNnj3qzvJZ46tAN7f6iG7iYoqqru8/s0/bts6.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVoXl6IypGpOoF5zuHgrbwSMfSn-OP5zJ_qW5psMLBdIY1HtnsvytjTdlhQHKLGjhrAdvx-6iQcHa23TNUNZrTmW4C0Hfvq-YzsocNXfzdcQHBxbKO4SZuziBVDuDetLGXUmTa4DTq_0/s960/239368739_10160249495277908_4114695215930568523_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVoXl6IypGpOoF5zuHgrbwSMfSn-OP5zJ_qW5psMLBdIY1HtnsvytjTdlhQHKLGjhrAdvx-6iQcHa23TNUNZrTmW4C0Hfvq-YzsocNXfzdcQHBxbKO4SZuziBVDuDetLGXUmTa4DTq_0/s320/239368739_10160249495277908_4114695215930568523_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Wednesday morning we were up bright and early for our first day of school! Daniel and AJ will (hopefully) be taking the bus this year so I have a little more flexibility in the mornings. Unfortunately Daniel missed his bus this morning because we had no idea that the stop changed for this year. But Adrian drove him to school on his way to work and dropped him off with no problems. AJ had freshman orientation today, with only freshman in the building to learn how things work and where things are. Everyone had a great first day and is looking forward to a fun filled year back in person! I enjoyed my first day alone in the house (even Rocky was at daycare) in what seems like forever! I got a few things done around the house but I mostly relaxed and watched TV.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOSzbU2uapU9w3VEhGUg82wdmGbjvATrqTXGtIBSYYYLO784xQXlIaR0-J-wPp3CoYUnCoHHJsuX0iP779MPnD2AYJzagsA1sEw0IXFOrId7ks-NZt-zZmZe1YJ1BjnSRdlypuqlnovc/s960/bts1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOSzbU2uapU9w3VEhGUg82wdmGbjvATrqTXGtIBSYYYLO784xQXlIaR0-J-wPp3CoYUnCoHHJsuX0iP779MPnD2AYJzagsA1sEw0IXFOrId7ks-NZt-zZmZe1YJ1BjnSRdlypuqlnovc/s320/bts1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tg0wzq8eJCZU7DjpB70NcMIerwjkUTA_LBG-LPuERn8WQMW4cohlPvcx1Tu_i1EONIWmqyB-PwOs3govTdtXgiLWR2128GCDtspazE0iJhFa4Nfn0-1AOQ9P7hK7wbMCFvd9FlVwtZ8/s960/bts2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tg0wzq8eJCZU7DjpB70NcMIerwjkUTA_LBG-LPuERn8WQMW4cohlPvcx1Tu_i1EONIWmqyB-PwOs3govTdtXgiLWR2128GCDtspazE0iJhFa4Nfn0-1AOQ9P7hK7wbMCFvd9FlVwtZ8/s320/bts2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLOeT8UzVCY18aAaVQmOfqcGmiU2WQw0zBiNKgcJknE_nH77hyphenhyphen997VHViPwym-TqVgDXrUvWimx6-Lqt9SuKpsxSYwzEvSi_K7B-qZxSnx03wcpFLJEETOQlF6F4aYGWMy3CrL-Y9tdY/s960/bts3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="714" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLOeT8UzVCY18aAaVQmOfqcGmiU2WQw0zBiNKgcJknE_nH77hyphenhyphen997VHViPwym-TqVgDXrUvWimx6-Lqt9SuKpsxSYwzEvSi_K7B-qZxSnx03wcpFLJEETOQlF6F4aYGWMy3CrL-Y9tdY/s320/bts3.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGpQDzAmgEIPwaImGE2nbLgEn4qJRc-9vdDfAQlo9cSDnLgoJCrWGHBDbXAa8F8xPUXd-cAoE7vrUEo-XIS4rxN9CC4LxwHWCvTMAk0SuNC9PgbX0bU3lft9N4WF6hEMc9Np6c-dwzEI/s960/bts4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGpQDzAmgEIPwaImGE2nbLgEn4qJRc-9vdDfAQlo9cSDnLgoJCrWGHBDbXAa8F8xPUXd-cAoE7vrUEo-XIS4rxN9CC4LxwHWCvTMAk0SuNC9PgbX0bU3lft9N4WF6hEMc9Np6c-dwzEI/s320/bts4.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8sztwrlyDcBSSfDOqcqmQAlzck4Njctpt2n1wDmHcMyMUKBoDOkCf5uzkvNAuISbNu8z3wAz3HoQ7Ra80pSdlp3zW3JGrt8MZgSry0NuvcGCFBE1EovfI2QwtQ7dNcjkkZ1SGcymk_4/s960/bts5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="631" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8sztwrlyDcBSSfDOqcqmQAlzck4Njctpt2n1wDmHcMyMUKBoDOkCf5uzkvNAuISbNu8z3wAz3HoQ7Ra80pSdlp3zW3JGrt8MZgSry0NuvcGCFBE1EovfI2QwtQ7dNcjkkZ1SGcymk_4/s320/bts5.jpg" width="210" /></a></div>The rest of the week passed quickly with everyone going to school and work. I didn't start subbing yet this year, I wanted a few days at home to catch my breath so I'll start next week. I got a lot done around the house that I haven't been able to catch up on since vacation. AJ had a very busy first weekend of marching band. Friday night was their first football game. It was an away game and Adrian and I made the drive to watch them. We enjoyed seeing them playing to support the team in the first half & loved both bands at halftime. We then headed home since the other boys had opted not to join us for the game. AJ had a great time and was especially excited that the football team won! Then Saturday morning we were all up early again for AJ to march in the Pataskala parade. He enjoyed marching and we all enjoyed watching him. We were excited to meet up with some friends as well and watch the parade with all of them. It was a hot day, but we made the best of it!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIvcEDgM0CqQufTvlJQ5ydl0comWMS04BH1P9_FQPxFdSolauU3ZMGpPoCit5YwqgvykDYQiC2Vyz2M7B5JMxFnMHOqywTXtz5X748EJ2QF6wfs0ofXXmUhM8HAJZJDW4e4n3yXGcSSQ/s960/football1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIvcEDgM0CqQufTvlJQ5ydl0comWMS04BH1P9_FQPxFdSolauU3ZMGpPoCit5YwqgvykDYQiC2Vyz2M7B5JMxFnMHOqywTXtz5X748EJ2QF6wfs0ofXXmUhM8HAJZJDW4e4n3yXGcSSQ/s320/football1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2TUFexBaHJ1t7a2L4HCc7_1DYPam1PMWAAJU8ll0GKjjOuHYz4kKvtR4LMWA-0wfExpIp-_4Nh0ybkkyYnPQ7MPnvSqtY-crvM-s_ZJpD_7xnlOhcqIs3KW27va5hT41k48J_Pmx9nLA/s1080/football1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2TUFexBaHJ1t7a2L4HCc7_1DYPam1PMWAAJU8ll0GKjjOuHYz4kKvtR4LMWA-0wfExpIp-_4Nh0ybkkyYnPQ7MPnvSqtY-crvM-s_ZJpD_7xnlOhcqIs3KW27va5hT41k48J_Pmx9nLA/s320/football1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXzdro9x7T5QSGk3lKy5L-GEmKUZda-h7pt3D2t2vJ3n-7BjDKiAKgwwokRBLhKo8Z0y2SjtkbFwhM5Bj2RDu2Mw-cqhhT5a7_wdxt_-bWtUEEYXXZnJlAhD-52WV0w8k8t0do8bWPF2Y/s960/sf1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXzdro9x7T5QSGk3lKy5L-GEmKUZda-h7pt3D2t2vJ3n-7BjDKiAKgwwokRBLhKo8Z0y2SjtkbFwhM5Bj2RDu2Mw-cqhhT5a7_wdxt_-bWtUEEYXXZnJlAhD-52WV0w8k8t0do8bWPF2Y/s320/sf1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSIkHVeOjUSYLwRgmPzshKzWbLpYszvTTwfP4JbaBqQB-y-S2VBcLo_k1p_9ULNJxlkSMPRA8Enw0rVWMeIK95MLhbwEZ9aRlMb7UI99D8xIP9TqSlJEzNh0Q3mNeaaHpQndM1JOsOuQ/s960/sf2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSIkHVeOjUSYLwRgmPzshKzWbLpYszvTTwfP4JbaBqQB-y-S2VBcLo_k1p_9ULNJxlkSMPRA8Enw0rVWMeIK95MLhbwEZ9aRlMb7UI99D8xIP9TqSlJEzNh0Q3mNeaaHpQndM1JOsOuQ/s320/sf2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8t_MBMRlrkivCUrEcmbNgZcRy6WGfExWJLeZWUtahMA-EwM0pSS-z-pmv9iQBoe3dc98fQ9tmEV1JBEwk7kltoxv9aTG2I39enjSrnSvv2vbIu8cOuZD_im4y6S4rKrS04Y5jR89byx4/s960/sf3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="723" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8t_MBMRlrkivCUrEcmbNgZcRy6WGfExWJLeZWUtahMA-EwM0pSS-z-pmv9iQBoe3dc98fQ9tmEV1JBEwk7kltoxv9aTG2I39enjSrnSvv2vbIu8cOuZD_im4y6S4rKrS04Y5jR89byx4/s320/sf3.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33v6Jv4GwQ2VxfgQ3O9PzFg7WMV6jUVbpujx8-GyPkfnjMZXyjV6izBW7MlkCnKzZLoGIMQFwsqb2YWwCdCSEDsv1KRG02KUaNK4B2h3LgrsR00K3DfsKRrgzNNrBqkvhjCRLPEn82zw/s960/sf4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="960" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33v6Jv4GwQ2VxfgQ3O9PzFg7WMV6jUVbpujx8-GyPkfnjMZXyjV6izBW7MlkCnKzZLoGIMQFwsqb2YWwCdCSEDsv1KRG02KUaNK4B2h3LgrsR00K3DfsKRrgzNNrBqkvhjCRLPEn82zw/s320/sf4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrturAuKv-orQB4xgVK7SKEltTbMVKiV4qkkClstSGZFV8Fj1j7dkShjw3eakl5K-mQfkkc9OYmGhp0DPE-4HodSm2Mh659WfF9Om8MiBnQbE525aRm0YT8-5AyPLmRf5w7AZa-lRAPs/s960/sf5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="960" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrturAuKv-orQB4xgVK7SKEltTbMVKiV4qkkClstSGZFV8Fj1j7dkShjw3eakl5K-mQfkkc9OYmGhp0DPE-4HodSm2Mh659WfF9Om8MiBnQbE525aRm0YT8-5AyPLmRf5w7AZa-lRAPs/s320/sf5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>After all of that excitement, we pretty much came home Saturday afternoon and didn't do much of anything. We relaxed in our air conditioning, played board games and video games and watched TV. On Sunday we went to church and then spent the afternoon getting some work done around the house and making sure we were ready for a full week of school. It's going to take us a bit to get adjusted to this schedule, it's been so long since we had such a full schedule. But we are excited to have so much going on!<p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - I improved on this again this week and </span><span>averaged about 9,000 steps each day this week. I hit 10,000 twice this week, it's so much easier when we are in school and I'm on a schedule. I tracked my calories everyday this week and ate really well. Unfortunately, the scale was not kind and I gained 1 pound this week for a total of 8 pounds lost so far this year. I think it was just a fluke thing so I'm determined to stay the course and have another great week this week! </span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I finished "Babyville" this week and it was very good, a typical chick lit book which are always my favorites. I got "The Goldfinch" back out from the library and will continue reading that starting tomorrow.</span></li><li>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 234 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For August I just picked a generic plan and am excited to see where it leads me.</li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until <strike>August</strike> September when I'm back to teaching. I will be taking this month to get my stamina back up and hopefully can do a virtual jam in early Sept.</span></li></ul><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We were exhausted again after our busy week but we managed to play 2 games this weekend. We played Near and Far which was a new game and thought it was just OK so we'll probably trade it. And we played Obsession which is one of our favorites! We started playing Sat night but were so tired that we left it set up and finished it Sun afternoon, with me just narrowly beating Adrian. So far we have played 108 of our games so far and are still on a good path to finish them up this year!</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We are working on cleaning out our basement and spent another 20 minutes down there this weekend. We made another huge dent in the area and filled our trash can with stuff we don't need, including the leftover paint from when we painted the nursery 14 years ago!</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything this week and are paying the minimums on everything until we get back from (and pay for) our vacation next month.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We didn't watch any movies this week since we are back in school and AJ has football games every Friday night. We may try to sneak one in whenever we have a day off from school, but otherwise this goal is on hold until November. We have watched 34 movies so far this year. We are continuing to keep up with our TV shows and finished season 2 of "The Hollow" this week which was very interesting. It wasn't one of my favorite shows, but the boys enjoyed it.</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - <span>This week we celebrated National Bratwurst Day, National #2 Pencil Day, National Fajita Day, National Potato Day, National Bacon Lovers Day, National Honey Bee and and National Eat a Peach Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcMmif3WIuhEhxV9Czh7oKvso2gitXGpzEmBuoq-EA_wmQdBCJuUfcagxJ2M-_Xkj3cspJdXt8owjU5JHJIN037rHDMRvaZwDLJIdLbVl7iwSKALIWlhlKrt40hQtV_jwefpFxMylsuk/s1129/h22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcMmif3WIuhEhxV9Czh7oKvso2gitXGpzEmBuoq-EA_wmQdBCJuUfcagxJ2M-_Xkj3cspJdXt8owjU5JHJIN037rHDMRvaZwDLJIdLbVl7iwSKALIWlhlKrt40hQtV_jwefpFxMylsuk/s320/h22.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUB76I3l2yziHDyb9mbFinK_JeoF93YNjD6CahECtH25wFK03Vau9Pawn0hP3cYn4MW-8UgEcXHaNod1ZkOnqeZawmx7H8h9D_I_Lr1N8BdhmAZQLBqHX8Mjr3LKNbO7cZJBu2LS9PI50/s1129/h19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUB76I3l2yziHDyb9mbFinK_JeoF93YNjD6CahECtH25wFK03Vau9Pawn0hP3cYn4MW-8UgEcXHaNod1ZkOnqeZawmx7H8h9D_I_Lr1N8BdhmAZQLBqHX8Mjr3LKNbO7cZJBu2LS9PI50/s320/h19.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjgzmTcGia5cbUR-q-08L3MgdvLM8zK_rx77rf2zSJlDIS40iuSt7FeD2T3ibAxAyv9w5vur4TzewYtHRFAqrGEqS6i-NLJ80LUPR6s3rUvJ8PaKK_jojkKfznJ4_xuST9Hjt-oa-pfo/s1080/h18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjgzmTcGia5cbUR-q-08L3MgdvLM8zK_rx77rf2zSJlDIS40iuSt7FeD2T3ibAxAyv9w5vur4TzewYtHRFAqrGEqS6i-NLJ80LUPR6s3rUvJ8PaKK_jojkKfznJ4_xuST9Hjt-oa-pfo/s320/h18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HsmsmY04Z1VeKmytIWQcPRK4sRzF_w_XXxdtQWzB3zGi9pqrbw8prqF6n815a7wDhqupalTVaPApqf0r-aCuGmwuD6Trl5KhVrOAXF2Rd1HUVohGevhzS4AgxpFg0sNqzpuQLT_ctkw/s1129/h16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HsmsmY04Z1VeKmytIWQcPRK4sRzF_w_XXxdtQWzB3zGi9pqrbw8prqF6n815a7wDhqupalTVaPApqf0r-aCuGmwuD6Trl5KhVrOAXF2Rd1HUVohGevhzS4AgxpFg0sNqzpuQLT_ctkw/s320/h16.jpg" width="239" /></a></div></span></span></li></ul></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-86608737431616226512021-08-25T10:39:00.005-07:002021-08-25T10:39:27.950-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 8/9 - 8/15)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzZgighHkr0WTw0l1V65aqNZ_URhUth4sAmxdR66x5Q-W1-WADIfXnHCA9oeF8VcOZGz5CGpORV98xdN2ueGhyphenhyphenRhFFWxb5OyDwc4Y04KRkqGsrIuBfP4kZD00l6-vuzB80VXI800Yz6M/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzZgighHkr0WTw0l1V65aqNZ_URhUth4sAmxdR66x5Q-W1-WADIfXnHCA9oeF8VcOZGz5CGpORV98xdN2ueGhyphenhyphenRhFFWxb5OyDwc4Y04KRkqGsrIuBfP4kZD00l6-vuzB80VXI800Yz6M/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This was our last full week of summer break and we really packed the fun in to the week!! I asked the boys what they wanted to do and then made a plan to do it all. We also left a lot of time for sleeping in, relaxing and playing video games since there won't be much time for those things when school starts either. We started the week with Daniel's friend Patrick coming over to hang for the day with the boys. Tuesday we dodged a few thunderstorms and spent the whole day at Zoombeezi Bay riding all of the slides, then went to see Space Jam: The New Legacy in the evening. We had an awesome day, probably could have stayed longer at the Bay but we all really wanted to see the movie too. I think next year we'll go back to having passes for Zoombeezi and make more frequent trips.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZ5gt83Ge3IXJgHxEtU9WsKC9kxttQQXfL5hlBZQOt7YFKpKRN-IocvojDmr9swxBqPCddRKo2RyUSt3ylaz2rltZxFczhkH1MDuLBzRpEHEyCrs3w19GF3F5IuJU7ha2goo3woAJJRk/s960/zbay.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="960" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZ5gt83Ge3IXJgHxEtU9WsKC9kxttQQXfL5hlBZQOt7YFKpKRN-IocvojDmr9swxBqPCddRKo2RyUSt3ylaz2rltZxFczhkH1MDuLBzRpEHEyCrs3w19GF3F5IuJU7ha2goo3woAJJRk/s320/zbay.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>Wednesday and Thursday we had a few appointments including the dentist for AJ & Daniel, a Biology Zoom for AJ and schedule pick up for Daniel. Daniel also had a make up art camp class one day where he finally made his own t-shirt. Wednesday night the boys and their friends started up a new Dungeons and Dragons adventure together while Adrian served as their DM again. The parents wanted to wait until after fall sports since our days are so busy, but the kids really wanted to start now so we're doing the best we can to make it work. They had a great time playing, but especially seeing each other after a break over the summer. Thursday we went to Urban Air to jump for a few hours and Friday we finished up the week with a trip to COSI. We met up with some friends there which was awesome. We checked out energy, space, oceans and the traveling animation exhibit. 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Saturday morning we got up early and headed to Hocking Hills to canoe 5 miles down the river with AJ's Scout troop. Daniel sat this trip out since it's too hard to have 3 in a canoe and stayed home to take care of Rocky. AJ and I were in one canoe & Adrian and Zak in the other. We had a good time, although we also had a few struggles. The water was really low in some parts and we kept getting stuck on the bottom. But we made the best of it and made it to the end, fulfilling requirements for both of our Scouts. We were all exhausted after the trip so the rest of the day was a lot of TV and relaxing! Sunday we headed to church and then Daniel went over to another friend's house for the afternoon while Adrian and Zak went bowling and I worked for a few hours. Then we all came back home and got ready to head out to the drive in for the night. We saw Jungle Cruise & Free Guy which were both great!! It was a super late night and we didn't get home and in bed until 2am. It's going to be rough getting going tomorrow!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15HmdB8hk2wcXKAjPLv144NE5ubteOc1NHY2uLxKNFpzNrmBTSeGp-5ZtXKI3_ohlgvSS3fd8cIzK4d4_4aFxMZyxzq_WNhOYELQtKVL_mtHdwahkFDN7XthsEgxwbGkXCmmH_M__E78/s852/canoe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="852" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15HmdB8hk2wcXKAjPLv144NE5ubteOc1NHY2uLxKNFpzNrmBTSeGp-5ZtXKI3_ohlgvSS3fd8cIzK4d4_4aFxMZyxzq_WNhOYELQtKVL_mtHdwahkFDN7XthsEgxwbGkXCmmH_M__E78/s320/canoe.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3DE3kE7sHIU-iU6Wk0oYlzTOjeSNh7qGbC9lDEg1smJlxqvohxihxOg86nllW3x0SbXK4L1koB_kQIdH-OdrPx1isNY0vRzZX9CY_sE5-gQ_m4-AU6sb4e96dDHibRS5DZ0d9jQ6uuw/s960/canoe2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3DE3kE7sHIU-iU6Wk0oYlzTOjeSNh7qGbC9lDEg1smJlxqvohxihxOg86nllW3x0SbXK4L1koB_kQIdH-OdrPx1isNY0vRzZX9CY_sE5-gQ_m4-AU6sb4e96dDHibRS5DZ0d9jQ6uuw/s320/canoe2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QhvxXM6vOyCQfnkJJAubCtk3vcML0ye3eWEUpHQ4Im6IMVJJsA_DECbsaSGkBuIa8eOzDjOJYKFDDGiF-GZOl5gcX9RNnNUTUWypMzUwbk046k8atm-e8ndXdCRO27WKX3zi9ItWxdo/s960/canoe1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QhvxXM6vOyCQfnkJJAubCtk3vcML0ye3eWEUpHQ4Im6IMVJJsA_DECbsaSGkBuIa8eOzDjOJYKFDDGiF-GZOl5gcX9RNnNUTUWypMzUwbk046k8atm-e8ndXdCRO27WKX3zi9ItWxdo/s320/canoe1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQiFNtX9MaMp0VKcWY6j8CVcZ8J1XqLcZJdkCNl0rn7FdDoxXb5mRDvNznkBgZfV4WmGyfP0u0HbMimtBLDYrKEZh2rLfWz9tgUlWDaRyQIkemxh8mwQr7VC4jZGTBMym4quxhWnjfKc/s1080/canoe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQiFNtX9MaMp0VKcWY6j8CVcZ8J1XqLcZJdkCNl0rn7FdDoxXb5mRDvNznkBgZfV4WmGyfP0u0HbMimtBLDYrKEZh2rLfWz9tgUlWDaRyQIkemxh8mwQr7VC4jZGTBMym4quxhWnjfKc/s320/canoe.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - Once again, </span><span>I did better with this goal this week but am still struggling to hit 10,000 steps. I averaged about 7,500 steps each day this week, and did hit 10,000 on Tuesday when we went to Zoombeezi Bay. I tracked my calories most of the week and then took Sunday off so I could eat what I wanted at the drive in. I was again rewarded on the scale with a loss of 4 pounds, for a total of 9 pounds for this year. </span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I read another 25% of "Babyville" this week and am really enjoying it so far! I only have about 20% left so I plan to finish it next week</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 227 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For August I just picked a generic plan and am excited to see where it leads me.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until <strike>August</strike> September when I'm back to teaching. I will be taking this month to get my stamina back up and hopefully can do a virtual jam in early Sept.</span></li></ul><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We were exhausted after the busy week and canoe trip so we decided to just play a few favorites this weekend. We played Everdell and Castles of Burgundy and had a great time playing both! So far we have played 106 of our games so far and are still on a good path to finish them up this year!</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We are working on cleaning out our basement but we didn't do anything this weekend because again we were super busy and tired.</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything this week and are paying the minimums on everything until we get back from (and pay for) our vacation next month.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We watched 3 movies this week "Space Jam: New Legacy," "Jungle Cruise" and "Free Guy." We went to the theater to see Space Jam which we all enjoyed and laughed thru. Then we saw the other 2 at the drive in and enjoyed them both. Jungle Cruise was hard to see because of the dark scenes, but we made the best of it. Free Guy was by far our favorite movie of the week - it was great and the boys already want to see it again! We have watched 34 movies so far this year.</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - <span>This week we celebrated National Book Lovers Day, National Smores Day, National Raspberry Tart Day, World Elephant Day, International Left Handers Day, National Creamsicle Day and National Relaxation Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkVs3AWuLxfW_5mYmjNo9orkxzi7TVdCwiSw9kmOLKYHfRsj_1HFOpSVZGPHdtCHm_xtDW6S07J9XDvUkhIJxA_BjbhPljlGMjfJ-fZTX9fNqyRZ17VHF-R97ue-VDP-61LHsb8_iZT0/s960/h13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="797" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkVs3AWuLxfW_5mYmjNo9orkxzi7TVdCwiSw9kmOLKYHfRsj_1HFOpSVZGPHdtCHm_xtDW6S07J9XDvUkhIJxA_BjbhPljlGMjfJ-fZTX9fNqyRZ17VHF-R97ue-VDP-61LHsb8_iZT0/s320/h13.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwZkKUZcbF1vr3ehIXSbhN0-VF1tzPYk8VV5z8NI2tOTMKEZKwWdhkVbv90BCaWpkHSiLNOaVV7I3DbWAhIcdKytw5A9Q7vcfWUQu538ZR5b-FQz4j-e1Guc2cZ9ad4do725LgkIjJRo/s1080/h12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwZkKUZcbF1vr3ehIXSbhN0-VF1tzPYk8VV5z8NI2tOTMKEZKwWdhkVbv90BCaWpkHSiLNOaVV7I3DbWAhIcdKytw5A9Q7vcfWUQu538ZR5b-FQz4j-e1Guc2cZ9ad4do725LgkIjJRo/s320/h12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8xNcNaPXp5RI1tiMgMhHiOGWnz7lcMxqWAAgoJSCJxZ5Xwrmshyphenhyphen8y206cWVfu8UuClrZZd4wkw5cu4ITYQwMOslNlxSWV66ytKx2tpGc7OwXIhuV8oSYRPJwzqGqoes-Zt8d_Dgi4KE/s960/h11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="960" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8xNcNaPXp5RI1tiMgMhHiOGWnz7lcMxqWAAgoJSCJxZ5Xwrmshyphenhyphen8y206cWVfu8UuClrZZd4wkw5cu4ITYQwMOslNlxSWV66ytKx2tpGc7OwXIhuV8oSYRPJwzqGqoes-Zt8d_Dgi4KE/s320/h11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></li></ul></div></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-6556978805841953562021-08-24T07:58:00.000-07:002021-08-24T07:58:57.446-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 8/2 - 8/8)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_l9MmTMyRce_2ZT7wLuNaQATNdvEOqpa-26XK5GcHg40WSQOoAmBveTWay_ARnzpsJATbpu0NbEsij3xoAVnGepYMV_nHIQ4DtMs7WV9UmEJn8-7_iBghH84i_imnrAYg67cJVPDL59s/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_l9MmTMyRce_2ZT7wLuNaQATNdvEOqpa-26XK5GcHg40WSQOoAmBveTWay_ARnzpsJATbpu0NbEsij3xoAVnGepYMV_nHIQ4DtMs7WV9UmEJn8-7_iBghH84i_imnrAYg67cJVPDL59s/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>It was another super busy week around here as we wrap up our summer! AJ had his second week of band camp and continues to really enjoy it. Daniel also had his final art camp of the summer so I spent the week feeling like a taxi driving everyone where they needed to be, which is just fine with me! While they were gone at their camps, Zak and I had some one on one time together. We went to the Scout shop and to Target to get what he needs for the new school year. We also had dentist appointments, which isn't super fun, but happy to get it out of the way and find out neither of us has cavities!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tac7djIsSlSan_l3kuXBRgIRvSsDKUAUxxtKUBvrpKtMMSMnij2-BdKLMdvAGBHVTAzxKjyouftMdCs_PEPP_piz_BJa8NC2M1L0uk7bKix2VVVnwZpa36w76vlPZfoyMtse3LRQD0o/s960/target.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tac7djIsSlSan_l3kuXBRgIRvSsDKUAUxxtKUBvrpKtMMSMnij2-BdKLMdvAGBHVTAzxKjyouftMdCs_PEPP_piz_BJa8NC2M1L0uk7bKix2VVVnwZpa36w76vlPZfoyMtse3LRQD0o/s320/target.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div>Other than camp, we did a few fun things this week. AJ and Zak went swimming Monday night for a Scout event. They learned some rescue techniques and then had fun splashing around with the other kids. While they were there, Daniel had a friend over to hang out and then had their weekly art class together. On Thursday Daniel's art camp was cancelled so he joined Zak and I and some friends for some swimming at another Columbus City pool. They had a great time at this pool, especially on the water slides they have there. We finished out the week with signing Zak up for the bowling league again and he bowled a few games with Adrian to get ready for the season.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLWdZorPcDFJ0UN-Tzd2kwBk0MhfdfDFHU4QfZHUfkqNyZxm96OmI0Hd0HFoBQE4EJ855c90Z-vg8IPK16soqkfuWD9e3t0GngpPV8fNgtBol8LwZvcjzuhEo8IM58D2skrNpDt7D6kE/s960/swimb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLWdZorPcDFJ0UN-Tzd2kwBk0MhfdfDFHU4QfZHUfkqNyZxm96OmI0Hd0HFoBQE4EJ855c90Z-vg8IPK16soqkfuWD9e3t0GngpPV8fNgtBol8LwZvcjzuhEo8IM58D2skrNpDt7D6kE/s320/swimb.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_THiIsjlDcf-Abq8BL0wr76bdcZq47cLkMXuFVNZ_5OU8dm9cW8KEx7XXA9PORVOGtBJsvl9520Nc63cBKKz_7xbS65yvlQxUOyrG29zqT_qoRDW8eWpGsONktTZKyGb6A7XZhNQ8AA/s960/swim2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_THiIsjlDcf-Abq8BL0wr76bdcZq47cLkMXuFVNZ_5OU8dm9cW8KEx7XXA9PORVOGtBJsvl9520Nc63cBKKz_7xbS65yvlQxUOyrG29zqT_qoRDW8eWpGsONktTZKyGb6A7XZhNQ8AA/s320/swim2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDS36KGksz2tI-XgJNpHo-YkygS24D2izouWtQSIr8_ohUCmnzMN_vU_xlRMxMHsKtqT2iXCKm_givvE3HoMWERYQwCE_OTPMK0xsgQn2Si8P1zRRxNxfSeUHh8kDc1h3yIaWsy6Dp0k/s960/swim1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDS36KGksz2tI-XgJNpHo-YkygS24D2izouWtQSIr8_ohUCmnzMN_vU_xlRMxMHsKtqT2iXCKm_givvE3HoMWERYQwCE_OTPMK0xsgQn2Si8P1zRRxNxfSeUHh8kDc1h3yIaWsy6Dp0k/s320/swim1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>The two highlights of this week were going to our first movie in the theater as a family since COVID and AJ's band preview night. Since we all wanted to see "Black Widow," we took advantage of the cheap ticket prices on Tuesday nights and went to see it in the theater. It was a good movie and the action was so much better on the big screen! I've seen just about every Avengers movie in the theaters so it was nice not to miss this one. Then on Friday night we all headed to the high school to watch part of the halftime show that AJ is learning this year. They are performing songs from current female pop stars and the show is called "Queen Bee." We really enjoyed seeing all of their hard work come together and AJ looked so happy and confident after the performance! Can't wait to see how the rest of the year goes and then see the final show in a few weeks!!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67KYZg3DVZc6u6MxZ4VxJ7HoYw8oa6mBx051YbDenBdmczUXVIGoz49UgP6Hsa_M_rX2h-7-OK78fL36NriJE2g1QpTa8WyTT39Z2SHLtoxqUGzknRz6p7czM2VYjHVb8r775Ul1sp3I/s1080/blackwidow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67KYZg3DVZc6u6MxZ4VxJ7HoYw8oa6mBx051YbDenBdmczUXVIGoz49UgP6Hsa_M_rX2h-7-OK78fL36NriJE2g1QpTa8WyTT39Z2SHLtoxqUGzknRz6p7czM2VYjHVb8r775Ul1sp3I/s320/blackwidow.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0cUmIA0HFC0b3xCj42SXbyOHI28PcQHvNOIVX04BnAZUd7roWo9Ip2hGwERq8k7NyCXdHZZ0s1gSWdKTuP6ZLsk0Sl5cux3x7hUUiN_mF8bgxyZmcff61SyhmV9wQ_iy5Si6reyMSTo/s960/bandcamp2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="764" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0cUmIA0HFC0b3xCj42SXbyOHI28PcQHvNOIVX04BnAZUd7roWo9Ip2hGwERq8k7NyCXdHZZ0s1gSWdKTuP6ZLsk0Sl5cux3x7hUUiN_mF8bgxyZmcff61SyhmV9wQ_iy5Si6reyMSTo/s320/bandcamp2.jpg" width="255" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1l4UqtUAPM3eS8cROrm3hNbswosVfiKP1ZpKf-b4HpLyS3ypFbkS5BA6kXXUC69wFf4MGrKGsIJKxFdEkiVARPCx7HtpZVTyjGrOeFWYN7fPoTCktlarsaOgKcuaNJDo7Kht3inq4Arc/s960/bp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1l4UqtUAPM3eS8cROrm3hNbswosVfiKP1ZpKf-b4HpLyS3ypFbkS5BA6kXXUC69wFf4MGrKGsIJKxFdEkiVARPCx7HtpZVTyjGrOeFWYN7fPoTCktlarsaOgKcuaNJDo7Kht3inq4Arc/s320/bp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtOx964wFZrEH9KlEIzxJFAuoy8myi4k9h6DIdOp5jACsKn5Xm_40v3vpe3__oxEr6fG9TR33ZA3vvoixl-rybmEmrOe-i9M9EqV-RTBIcVpWb71BB4mNuA4ZaUMn5TwxpAy0Sc5Hxx4/s960/bp3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtOx964wFZrEH9KlEIzxJFAuoy8myi4k9h6DIdOp5jACsKn5Xm_40v3vpe3__oxEr6fG9TR33ZA3vvoixl-rybmEmrOe-i9M9EqV-RTBIcVpWb71BB4mNuA4ZaUMn5TwxpAy0Sc5Hxx4/s320/bp3.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbYI6uTMzAl7VVoFRLCIAYoFzsww0TTDy3cAyjqEBL5Gte7XEcF4Py3t__Ptx7Q7_stY0uLCeoXJtZedVCJBWTX0E_6KPZbow8ZOi9O9CNoxzkGTTZ_aCMT24XnYizUzb-1qj5Uh8a9A/s960/bp2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbYI6uTMzAl7VVoFRLCIAYoFzsww0TTDy3cAyjqEBL5Gte7XEcF4Py3t__Ptx7Q7_stY0uLCeoXJtZedVCJBWTX0E_6KPZbow8ZOi9O9CNoxzkGTTZ_aCMT24XnYizUzb-1qj5Uh8a9A/s320/bp2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - </span><span>I did better with this goal this week but am still struggling to hit 10,000 steps. I averaged about 8,000 steps each day this week, with Monday being the lowest day with only around 6,000 but also getting over 9,000 steps on Monday & Thursday. I tracked my calories all week and felt great! I was also rewarded on the scale with a loss of 4 pounds, for a total of 5 pounds for this year. </span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I read another 25% of "Babyville" this week and am really enjoying it so far!</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 220 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For August I just picked a generic plan and am excited to see where it leads me.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until <strike>August</strike> September when I'm back to teaching. I will be taking this month to get my stamina back up and hopefully can do a virtual jam in early Sept.</span></li></ul><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We played 5 games this weekend, Medium as a family and Monopoly Gamer, the Minecraft card game, Mansions of Madness and New York Slice as a couple. We enjoyed most of them, except New York Slice which we will be looking to trade. I also don't really like Mansions of Madness, but Adrian and AJ do so they'll play it together. So far we have played 106 of our games so far and are really on a good path to finish them up this year!</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We are working on cleaning out our basement and spent 20 minutes down there this weekend. We already got rid of a lot of stuff in that short time!!</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything this week and are paying the minimums on everything until we get back from (and pay for) our vacation next month.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We watched "Black Widow" this week as a family and everyone loved it! It was our first movie back in a theater and I think we all forgot how much we love going to the theater. We'll be back very soon!! We have watched 31 movies so far this year.</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - <span>This week we celebrated 8 holidays because we doubled up on Thursday. We celebrated National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, National Watermelon Day, National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, National Green Pepper Day, National Underwear Day, National Fresh Breath Day, National Raspberries and Cream Day and National Zucchini Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MyCEPf0PSjRHH1f20usD1a5Ux15pBTj4G-a05uFbtcU3aR5VqoR_Rvx6rDY2wUHGZCougmuI8VLFPOEDgTodVEb4LyXiDKBTAI7uU47dlxsHbTw9aC7YEnVNLsp1Tyq_wSqQQepQgkQ/s888/h8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MyCEPf0PSjRHH1f20usD1a5Ux15pBTj4G-a05uFbtcU3aR5VqoR_Rvx6rDY2wUHGZCougmuI8VLFPOEDgTodVEb4LyXiDKBTAI7uU47dlxsHbTw9aC7YEnVNLsp1Tyq_wSqQQepQgkQ/s320/h8.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oqoGOWi5tELTHu8W75ztT-d7Q9tH-kzcVCAqDX2ytAOsJ0-6E4PI2ugcdBpPsTiPC5_jbWoXNAtofTW-OXvtrVAK15TxOWnauDPJbRtwxDBaxga7EPY8CgNHAFb8bRIfBvRA2pGNq9w/s1129/h5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oqoGOWi5tELTHu8W75ztT-d7Q9tH-kzcVCAqDX2ytAOsJ0-6E4PI2ugcdBpPsTiPC5_jbWoXNAtofTW-OXvtrVAK15TxOWnauDPJbRtwxDBaxga7EPY8CgNHAFb8bRIfBvRA2pGNq9w/s320/h5.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzMmugpkTPlI6X__bC9a1xd3EvL39uhuW794KxhfAIZZr83tjZQno3YvJmcVagYIPzj6NviGEehL-lqds0H5AQviL0AysG97M4cwU0sWFypgh_1DNCdk6YoNLLDBd4NdYEt5G5rMoYYY/s1080/h2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzMmugpkTPlI6X__bC9a1xd3EvL39uhuW794KxhfAIZZr83tjZQno3YvJmcVagYIPzj6NviGEehL-lqds0H5AQviL0AysG97M4cwU0sWFypgh_1DNCdk6YoNLLDBd4NdYEt5G5rMoYYY/s320/h2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></li></ul></div></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-68995168071204318702021-08-23T09:15:00.000-07:002021-08-23T09:15:41.245-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 7/26 - 8/1)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtb0AiOig-rwYwOABxXs-aIyQbRyIlSiVqM_dkDytEtVXd-tZlah4j7y6_AFUA6SqroZIsS0i0sg-EAlABFt9ZAjqM1Hr4V5B_xCbmP9PfMX5UwMTAxLk9ZL74byecA6ptUb6bZAobGis/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtb0AiOig-rwYwOABxXs-aIyQbRyIlSiVqM_dkDytEtVXd-tZlah4j7y6_AFUA6SqroZIsS0i0sg-EAlABFt9ZAjqM1Hr4V5B_xCbmP9PfMX5UwMTAxLk9ZL74byecA6ptUb6bZAobGis/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This was our first week back to real life after vacation and is the (very early) start to a new school year as well. AJ started marching band camp this week, going to school every day from 8am until 4pm. He said it is hard, but he is loving it. He's super excited about their halftime show and got a lot of nice compliments from the band director and also from a few other kids in the band. It was a lot of early mornings this week but I'm excited to see how this year goes for him doing something new!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_PUpbgNc-KnlhqdTdzTsWMvIEhwSod4y_s0lTl-Q5GahbkA5it7P1eoRMTSyuS8-v_Y1D4D4egMppT5jIN1BkbuNFkh8UhY-28_hTJQ_1C0PmHoVegd2YUM3X5MopUq-7awoqtOtwKk/s1278/bandcamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_PUpbgNc-KnlhqdTdzTsWMvIEhwSod4y_s0lTl-Q5GahbkA5it7P1eoRMTSyuS8-v_Y1D4D4egMppT5jIN1BkbuNFkh8UhY-28_hTJQ_1C0PmHoVegd2YUM3X5MopUq-7awoqtOtwKk/s320/bandcamp.jpg" width="211" /></a></div>While he was there, Adrian headed back to work and the other boys and I tried to squeeze a little bit more fun out of our summer. We went swimming with friends one day and jumped on trampolines at Get Air. Zak went bowling one night and fishing Saturday morning with Adrian. Daniel had a sleepover with one of his friends on Saturday and had another friend over on Sunday to hang. I went out for a wine tasting with some of my girlfriends and managed to get everything unpacked and put away after vacation. AJ managed to sneak in some time to got a friend's birthday party one night in addition to band camp. It was a very fun filled week for all of us!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ayiSYOpI7AA0z4eQ6NzjfMZRl0zMriga_4jpSatJZb5OoK9kw44Velk718aTXddb1BNQom-3OvcwabQtBquYk8HAVkKI3UpJwcHYAYnPr1MyIVWiAJ6po0lW8_L0aMj5JoABBI3Z0iY/s960/winetaste.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="960" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ayiSYOpI7AA0z4eQ6NzjfMZRl0zMriga_4jpSatJZb5OoK9kw44Velk718aTXddb1BNQom-3OvcwabQtBquYk8HAVkKI3UpJwcHYAYnPr1MyIVWiAJ6po0lW8_L0aMj5JoABBI3Z0iY/s320/winetaste.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGoCtwqNlsrv51TPzI_QtjiIGL5T3ikCpg2WX-X7jCdxlMZ5cLO-CTYZ-sNLPqk0GTb4G4r8T93xdx1aLn8bcwDPw4w9-u_M6QT-wuuNTmCVfjFpdTnxZL55kfZ4e9jIi96YUTrWQHcs8/s1029/trampolines.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="1029" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGoCtwqNlsrv51TPzI_QtjiIGL5T3ikCpg2WX-X7jCdxlMZ5cLO-CTYZ-sNLPqk0GTb4G4r8T93xdx1aLn8bcwDPw4w9-u_M6QT-wuuNTmCVfjFpdTnxZL55kfZ4e9jIi96YUTrWQHcs8/s320/trampolines.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>But the most exciting news of this week was that I had my second follow up with my doctor after surgery and he said everything looks "perfect." He said I am cleared to resume all activities as I feel able. I am so thankful for all who prayed and helped me during these past few weeks! I know that recovery could have been so much harder and taken a lot more time, so I am thankful to be back to my old self so quickly. I will begin planning my Zumba classes and return to teaching in September after taking August to increase my endurance and fitness.<p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - </span><span>I didn't get as many steps in this week as I would have liked, but I was really tired most of the week between recovering from vacation and getting back in the groove of getting up early. I averaged around 6,000 steps per day this week with a few really high days and a few really low days. I also weighed in this weekend to get a baseline for the last 5 months of this year. I wasn't surprised to see a gain but I was pleasantly surprised to see that I was only up about 2 pounds and I'm still down 1 pound for the year. Ready to refocus for August!</span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I read about 20% of "Babyville" this week and am really enjoying it so far!</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 213 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For July I picked a plan focused on peace since we have 2 weeks in the car together and I feel like I might need some peace, ha!</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li></ul><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We played 4 games this weekend, Mechs vs Minions, Monopoly Empire, The Mind and Minecraft: Builders and Biomes. They were all pretty good, with Mechs vs Minions being the favorite of the weekend. We also really want to play the Minecraft game with Zak, we both think he'll really enjoy it. So far we have played 101 of our games so far and are really on a good path to finish them up this year!</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We didn't do anything this week on this goal, other than recover from vacation and get everything unpacked, washed and put away. We did decide that our next project will be cleaning out our basement, which honestly may take us the rest of this year. But we really want it cleared out before we move on to any other projects.</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything this week and are paying the minimums on everything until we get back from (and pay for) our vacation next month.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We watched "Clue" this week as a family and everyone loved it! The boys thought it was hilarious, especially the ending which is my favorite part as well. We have watched 30 movies so far this year.</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - <span>This week we celebrated National Bagelfest Day, Gary Gygax Day, National Waterpark Day, World Tiger Day, National Cheesecake Day, National Jump for Jellybeans Day and Spider-Man Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrD_8AoS31h4G4kgWqH5ifrIA0xIeUC1NHk26NJii7yAbf8XpFOSGfn4vGtjJHzfEjr8DRFJuCvRlc7aqbs9bvV-voIRNKBTPqEkvrpRBsfx-5QIZSICilXgW_xxwmGfYdoKHIPQQcS4Y/s960/h31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="821" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrD_8AoS31h4G4kgWqH5ifrIA0xIeUC1NHk26NJii7yAbf8XpFOSGfn4vGtjJHzfEjr8DRFJuCvRlc7aqbs9bvV-voIRNKBTPqEkvrpRBsfx-5QIZSICilXgW_xxwmGfYdoKHIPQQcS4Y/s320/h31.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItEXM1Ds0j9LjukciL_yGP8BTyX6OXPxoijIYCAM0MvrWkQSbRqcIVzxbnzdfB3Ekkuafescf3Tz0Z2NWkowNDMB7e0lWwBBIIML_1HXQJcuc6t7eAJgpHxxq6tL8UDd05DSSDGUfd4U/s1129/h30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItEXM1Ds0j9LjukciL_yGP8BTyX6OXPxoijIYCAM0MvrWkQSbRqcIVzxbnzdfB3Ekkuafescf3Tz0Z2NWkowNDMB7e0lWwBBIIML_1HXQJcuc6t7eAJgpHxxq6tL8UDd05DSSDGUfd4U/s320/h30.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgej0r4y5QYdiazU9S2Iu0spbm98WDVP7ytl2fpqEC9XgRTPwkbkFTHV5x_2T0Ti4SuZFvrdszbLKKJmxKlgroVtB4PyZHW0Pv9k9piW2Roc94HAjQbupGAjM0vDqrbTO_X_Uy-WTTxKAg/s960/h28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="960" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgej0r4y5QYdiazU9S2Iu0spbm98WDVP7ytl2fpqEC9XgRTPwkbkFTHV5x_2T0Ti4SuZFvrdszbLKKJmxKlgroVtB4PyZHW0Pv9k9piW2Roc94HAjQbupGAjM0vDqrbTO_X_Uy-WTTxKAg/s320/h28.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></li></ul></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-87474497396712818262021-08-04T14:04:00.005-07:002021-08-04T14:04:40.770-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 7/12 - 7/25)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQqnKUlcsa3PF8y9MSbZRF_QRAmm0cKKlgcKT54Ri3RBOX6ID8f9aDr13fc1Pc_YN0PQNh2eB16HY9GfFva2xNUNeG7AwkDvFz3FwzzSV55jP8m-LzRVUgkHj0ICDwWIbTbmBelP0vck/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQqnKUlcsa3PF8y9MSbZRF_QRAmm0cKKlgcKT54Ri3RBOX6ID8f9aDr13fc1Pc_YN0PQNh2eB16HY9GfFva2xNUNeG7AwkDvFz3FwzzSV55jP8m-LzRVUgkHj0ICDwWIbTbmBelP0vck/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I decided to put these two weeks together since they were the two weeks of our family vacation this year. I was going to do a few blog posts about our road trip out west, but as time is going by I honestly don't know that I will do that. I wrote recaps of each day and shared pictures on Facebook so I think for my own memories that will be enough, at least for now. Here is just a brief list of what we did each of the 14 days we were on the road:<div>- Day 1 - left OH and drove to St. Louis. Did the City Museum and the Gateway Arch</div><div>- Day 2 - Drove across Missouri and most of Kansas (most boring day - NO stops!!)</div><div>- Day 3 - Drove across Kansas and Colorado. Detoured to an awesome waterfall that we hiked to</div><div>- Day 4 - Toured Mesa Verde National Park, went to Four Corners & drove to Williams Arizona (thru a wind storm!) </div><div>- Day 5 - Grand Canyon!!</div><div>- Day 6 - Grand Canyon!!</div><div>- Day 7 - Winslow Arizona, Toured Petrified Forest and Painted Desert</div><div>- Day 8 - Hiked Petroglyph Park, visited with my Aunt and drove thru Santa Fe</div><div>- Day 9 - Toured Roswell then drove across Texas</div><div>- Day 10 - Arrived at cabin in Broken Bow, OK to visit my brother</div><div>- Day 11 - Broken Bow, OK - boating, mini golf, wine tasting</div><div>- Day 12 - Broken Bow, OK - giant maze, beer tasting, relaxing!</div><div>- Day 13 - Drove to Memphis, toured Hot Springs Arkansas</div><div>- Day 14 - Toured Metropolis Illinois and drove HOME!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1EkF4O4o1ob33I9OqPV00IwCEDEcRfLTqICP4XrZY3eTKiffs36DrGgjSNYGwvxA5YqhyphenhyphenRjgIjjk1icLtIe1Xb4jlcRXHRnmTS2TfvhLCtY-NopTtSJqU8dMaeLUh3Id9NemE83-9pE/s960/July+%25285%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1EkF4O4o1ob33I9OqPV00IwCEDEcRfLTqICP4XrZY3eTKiffs36DrGgjSNYGwvxA5YqhyphenhyphenRjgIjjk1icLtIe1Xb4jlcRXHRnmTS2TfvhLCtY-NopTtSJqU8dMaeLUh3Id9NemE83-9pE/s320/July+%25285%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsw81JkeJvmAngNaOi95RMVYKYvUFp35I0lwqxiHnmOAgvG0c7R2dX987laiIlLkXGsfO0IbewXIC9CcQ6VPxkqcN8G3Ziwti8Kw0Nom0kYgarvW_Wx7eCln2zwxam3nldkJTHzuq0xg/s2015/July+%25284%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsw81JkeJvmAngNaOi95RMVYKYvUFp35I0lwqxiHnmOAgvG0c7R2dX987laiIlLkXGsfO0IbewXIC9CcQ6VPxkqcN8G3Ziwti8Kw0Nom0kYgarvW_Wx7eCln2zwxam3nldkJTHzuq0xg/s320/July+%25284%2529.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsB5V_lEI-dv5dUYWCh1B3e3F35yZSGD3ZyT-KDiBZkrlu1a3wRahS1oOZl-H7sp2UkGI89KgpBQ3sIKBM424NJMa6ZT3e0zt8fV12CIW5qR_ov-0Ysp_S80W-TDsC4Lkt3co5vGX1Q4/s1440/July+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsB5V_lEI-dv5dUYWCh1B3e3F35yZSGD3ZyT-KDiBZkrlu1a3wRahS1oOZl-H7sp2UkGI89KgpBQ3sIKBM424NJMa6ZT3e0zt8fV12CIW5qR_ov-0Ysp_S80W-TDsC4Lkt3co5vGX1Q4/s320/July+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDlBHiRbepDKY3nflMUGCwcPFJP79ZNGVcCKqZ_s12i1RpU1i2PKhDxEQCFIcbI1m3fonEo3Ac0ikqtd3Yp5JA0W7OPIvQxAlIdK5-yAnXA513thyphenhyphen-waRGoNWlMpC2HsgNLXeFKFpf7s/s1440/July+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDlBHiRbepDKY3nflMUGCwcPFJP79ZNGVcCKqZ_s12i1RpU1i2PKhDxEQCFIcbI1m3fonEo3Ac0ikqtd3Yp5JA0W7OPIvQxAlIdK5-yAnXA513thyphenhyphen-waRGoNWlMpC2HsgNLXeFKFpf7s/s320/July+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>If you more information on anything we did, feel free to reach out. We had a great time, but it was also an exhausting trip. There was a lot we didn't get to see and are considering doing another trip like this again next summer. We learned some good lessons and will do the next one differently for sure (no more than 6 hours of driving each day!) We created a ton of memories and saw amazing sights. I'm thankful we were able to do this trip and pray the boys will remember it as one of their favorites.</div><div><p>Now with all of that fun, there was very little focus on my goals for these 2 weeks, and I am 100% fine with that. Here's how I did:</p><p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - </span><span>I was all over the place with steps these two weeks! Most days averaged 8,000 steps, with some higher ones (Grand Canyon Day 1 I hit almost 18,000!) and some lower ones (the big driving days were low steps). I'm happy to report I felt good most of the time and was able to do more than I thought I would be able to do. I'm ready to refocus on this goal in August for sure!</span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I finished "The Outsiders" over vacation for my 13th book of the year. It was as good as I remember the movie being! We'll be watching the movie soon since we were waiting for me to finish the book. I started my next book too "Babyville" but only read about 5% since I was too busy looking at the beautiful scenery and helping to drive.</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I missed a few days over vacation but caught up when we got home and have done this all 206 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For July I picked a plan focused on peace since we have 2 weeks in the car together and I feel like I might need some peace, ha!</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li></ul><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We didn't play any games while on vacation but when we got home, we played 2, Loot and Monopoly Deal. Neither one was a favorite for us, we're hoping for better luck next week! We have played 97 games so far this year and are hoping to pick up the pace this fall. You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We didn't do anything on this goal these two weeks, too busy having fun!</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything over this vacation since we've been saving for it for almost 2 years. We will pay off our credit cards when they come in and then reevaluate where we are financially and pay off my surgery next.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We didn't watch any movies or TV shows over vacation. It was nice to have a break from TV for most of the time!</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - <span>We still celebrated every day while on vacation, although for a lot of them I picked very easy holidays! Over the two weeks we celebrated: New Conversations Day, Go West Day, National French Fry Day, National Mac & Cheese Day, National Gummy Worm Day, National Fresh Spinach Day, World Emoji Day, National Ice Cream Day, National Daquiri Day, Stick out your Tongue Day, National Chess Day, National Lollipop Day, National Hot Dog Day, National Junk Food Day, Summer Leisure Day, National Peanut Butter & Chocolate Day, National Tequila Day, National Drive Thru Day, and National Wine & Cheese Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VfONusOl1VoHaXsPPvgBTeyZ08Dpr5UpDjxNx3Sk0GuuQ_duOm7_3fMii8IIQN8e4OpNn6YM0wCOsUdGmTjy0lr0gklN0FbDvecBuO_BZ8ngF1LZ94n8OtGW-Yy4JmZD1DP7Hpi-aBc/s320/Meal-Planner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VfONusOl1VoHaXsPPvgBTeyZ08Dpr5UpDjxNx3Sk0GuuQ_duOm7_3fMii8IIQN8e4OpNn6YM0wCOsUdGmTjy0lr0gklN0FbDvecBuO_BZ8ngF1LZ94n8OtGW-Yy4JmZD1DP7Hpi-aBc/s0/Meal-Planner.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>After an <a href="https://adrianandchristajones.blogspot.com/2021/05/keeping-up-withfood-meal-plan-52-58.html">almost 3 month break</a>, I am back to meal planning. This summer has flown by and I am very thankful that I haven't had to cook much at all. In May, I pretty much used up what we had to try to keep our grocery bill down and my cooking quick and easy since we were very busy. Then in June we had friends bring meals for over 3 weeks after my surgery. Between the meals, the leftovers and Adrian grilling a few times, we had all of our meals covered for that month. In July I had a few dinners I had to cook to once again empty our fridges, then we went on a two week vacation and ate on the road for that whole time. We've been back for just over a week and last week was a lot of fly by the seat cooking. This week we are finally refocusing on eating healthy and I'll be back in the kitchen most days.</p><p>We are so thankful that we had meals for all of those weeks covered, however since everyone was also trying to cook for the boys, we got a lot of pasta based dishes, and a lot of desserts. While they were all delicious, they have really added inches to all of our waist lines. And since I wasn't exercising at all for the month of June, I am really feeling it right now! I am looking forward to lots of fresh fruit and veggies over the next few months. We are still members with our CSA, but I got very small deliveries for most of the first half of the season. We were able to freeze some of the stuff we got so that will be available for months still. And now we'll have larger deliveries over the second half of the season so I'll be cooking around their produce for the next few months.</p><p>Our schedule is also starting to pick up with the boys' activities starting up this month. We will have a busy fall with AJ doing marching band and AJ and Zak doing Scouts. Plus Daniel will have a longer art class this fall and he would like to add a digital art class if I can figure one out. Plus they are all going back to school full time this year (yay!) and I'll be heading back to work this month too. Adrian is back in the office a few days each week and Rocky still goes to day care once per week. Our schedule will be crazy so as always I will make sure I have supplies for easy dinners like breakfasts, salads, sandwiches and leftovers. While the busy schedule is tough, I'm so thankful we're able to get back to (mostly) normal life after a year and a half of lots of adjustments and changes.</p><p>Here's what we're eating this week:<br />Sunday - Leftover Pizza and Air Fryer Chicken Wings<br />Monday - Breaded Pork Chops and <a href="https://themom100.com/recipe/green-bean-salad-with-clementine-oranges-and-feta/">String Bean Salad</a><br />Tuesday - <a href="https://www.mashupmom.com/zucchini-spanish-rice-burrito-bowls-with-chicken-mushrooms/">Burrito Bowls</a> for the adults & Tacos for the kids<br />Wednesday - Rueben Sandwiches & Corn on the Cob<br />Thursday - <a href="https://www.mashupmom.com/easy-fresh-vegetable-lo-mein/">Vegetable Lo Mein</a><br />Friday - Air Fryer Salmon with Roasted Potatoes and Zucchini<br />Saturday - Grilled Steak and Corn on the Cob</p><p>Water Flavor - I don't have any extra fruit right now so I threw in some frozen berries to flavor my water this week. I did this last week as well and it was delicious!</p><p>Baking - Zak and I are making chocolate chip cookies for Wednesday since that is the holiday. Other than that, I haven't thought about any baking this week. I'd like to get back to making muffins or breads for breakfast, I think I'll start that next week. One step at a time for now!!</p>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-13113673788196061612021-07-26T11:29:00.005-07:002021-07-26T11:29:52.519-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 7/5 - 7/11)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbD81v1Mw4m6f5_iQHahuA12SjplWk3W2xL8t-FFDbmnR1_pAb40MlKOrYi4VhyphenhyphenGzMgzZN5TJENmFIW24UZFLJBV6pbDw_N6VQVpiKAs836RBxWwxN0ZqDu-igqw3n4HkvOY3V8_tziM/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbD81v1Mw4m6f5_iQHahuA12SjplWk3W2xL8t-FFDbmnR1_pAb40MlKOrYi4VhyphenhyphenGzMgzZN5TJENmFIW24UZFLJBV6pbDw_N6VQVpiKAs836RBxWwxN0ZqDu-igqw3n4HkvOY3V8_tziM/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div>This was another split week for us. Adrian had Monday off for the holiday, so we spent most of the day doing all the work around the house that we blew off to <a href="https://adrianandchristajones.blogspot.com/2021/07/keeping-up-with2021-goals-weekly-recap_6.html">have fun last weekend</a>. Daniel had his last art camp of the summer which started on Monday morning so we were all up and moving early. The rest of the week was a pretty typical week. Adrian worked, Daniel went to camp, the boys played video games and helped me around the house and we all worked together to get ready for the trip. Adrian worked thru Thursday and then we switched into vacation mode. <div><br /></div><div>Friday we were up and moving pretty early. We all had haircut appointments and a few things to pick up to finish getting ready to leave. Then we spent the rest of the day packing up the van for our epic two week road trip to see America. We also spent a lot of time with Rocky since she won't be joining us. We got a ton done and were able to relax a little at the end of the day and finish catching up on all of our shows before we hit the road. Saturday morning we were up bright and early and hit the road for our vacation. I'll be doing a separate post about our vacation in the upcoming weeks, so I'll just move on to my goals update for this week.<p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - </span><span>I am again not worrying about this goal for the month of July since I'm still recovering and building my strength, plus we're gone on vacation for half the month. This past week I averaged about<span> 7,000 steps</span> each day. I'm trying to walk as much as I can to get my stamina up, but also being careful because I still get tired pretty quickly. </span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I started "The Outsiders" this week and read about half. I was hoping to finish it this week, but just didn't have time. I have this and 2 other books ready to read over vacation, hoping to get some time to read in the car each day.</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 192 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For July I picked a plan focused on peace since we have 2 weeks in the car together and I feel like I might need some peace, ha!</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li></ul><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We didn't play any games this week, just too busy with vacation. We did pack 3 games that we hope to play over these two weeks in our downtime, we'll see if that happens or not. You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We finished staining the fence this week! Adrian and the boys worked really hard to get this finished around busy schedules and horrible weather. This was our 5th project of the year that we completed! When we get home we'll be staining the play set and then figuring out what we're doing to finish out the year.</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything this week and are paying the minimums on everything until we get back from (and pay for) our vacation next month.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We did watch any movies this week and instead binged on our TV shows that we have been watching all summer so we are totally caught up on those before we leave. We watched Loki (awesome!), Lego Masters, Press Your Luck, The Cube and Holey Moley. </span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - <span>This week we celebrated 8 holidays since we doubled up on Wednesday. We celebrated National Graham Cracker Day, National Fried Chicken Day, National Pasta Day, National Chocolate Day, National Freezer Pop Day, Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket, Don't Step on a Bee Day and National Essential Oil Day . Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9iuTCihghQ2mSjVzSPG0y33eL7tqwF1nBhRuS5kWQ2S-ub0wErCqV6nlbeS6BQiYjTqmNqtZrz2sWPCnr3P2iuu7LIqumQVYCQ3E7-7qs5KZlePP28Nh6-nt4SRqzzUo_EQHV63rAD4/s960/h8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9iuTCihghQ2mSjVzSPG0y33eL7tqwF1nBhRuS5kWQ2S-ub0wErCqV6nlbeS6BQiYjTqmNqtZrz2sWPCnr3P2iuu7LIqumQVYCQ3E7-7qs5KZlePP28Nh6-nt4SRqzzUo_EQHV63rAD4/s320/h8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGC6Q8t41I5Zq9bHRbi9HneSdfEf0J7UN6FTXMIDMWKRJ40N6LqdrJssx7hskWVEVYpCV2yXgjedmAxzdiJANlGYZv2Wkx2Y6iRQCs9fpB6QYhCtDak1mcgxcm898pIS2qVlG42_IQWLI/s886/h7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGC6Q8t41I5Zq9bHRbi9HneSdfEf0J7UN6FTXMIDMWKRJ40N6LqdrJssx7hskWVEVYpCV2yXgjedmAxzdiJANlGYZv2Wkx2Y6iRQCs9fpB6QYhCtDak1mcgxcm898pIS2qVlG42_IQWLI/s320/h7.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsDHfk1yGSPMDiy3h85KpYoqlxZrYAk439o3yV6yx_bqvTof9ynsUoN822jUwGC2nWgksVO47jG-tR14oo8K9swc673yMyxoZL4uk32Hxsd0VQCTSitDqXbtinJ27lsAbi-S6nAv1NR4/s1129/h6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsDHfk1yGSPMDiy3h85KpYoqlxZrYAk439o3yV6yx_bqvTof9ynsUoN822jUwGC2nWgksVO47jG-tR14oo8K9swc673yMyxoZL4uk32Hxsd0VQCTSitDqXbtinJ27lsAbi-S6nAv1NR4/s320/h6.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqKC5XPFVb1Q5_U2L-R8kys2dW-DwiI4JtUu0mCg5BmiDG6Z8mQdF_KXMW-7ZGWfmHSzv0d2AtQ-V2VXlx21LKcFX-nBm9_b27gZCFVHG1vujJH1HSpMnQ6BxfUNths-YyQJR2Y-8Dg8/s1080/h5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqKC5XPFVb1Q5_U2L-R8kys2dW-DwiI4JtUu0mCg5BmiDG6Z8mQdF_KXMW-7ZGWfmHSzv0d2AtQ-V2VXlx21LKcFX-nBm9_b27gZCFVHG1vujJH1HSpMnQ6BxfUNths-YyQJR2Y-8Dg8/s320/h5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></li></ul></div></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-90810296421654231862021-07-06T10:53:00.002-07:002021-07-06T10:53:20.831-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 6/28 - 7/4)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBa0K3GaeHDqVB5RogTB8nz2L2d9Ag5UACUiRALPzw6K5QS3xy4s_dA2NeQ2ytsqAHDDsCNjRAFOhnBG24gdYZXfBDGsKrMGTB77qmudcK7EDxrWZHc_vQjF5Omm4POjM_ys14X-aBO5M/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBa0K3GaeHDqVB5RogTB8nz2L2d9Ag5UACUiRALPzw6K5QS3xy4s_dA2NeQ2ytsqAHDDsCNjRAFOhnBG24gdYZXfBDGsKrMGTB77qmudcK7EDxrWZHc_vQjF5Omm4POjM_ys14X-aBO5M/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div><p>This was another busy and exhausting week for us, but so much fun! The biggest thing going on this whole week was Zak going to Cub Scout Day Camp at Camp Lazarus for the week. I normally go with him but I decided to skip this year since I'm still recovering and it is a very physical week. He had a great time this week and I'm proud of him for going without me. His favorite things this week were shooting off rockets, exploding soap, cooking over a fire multiple times, learning how to fold a flag and participating in a flag ceremony. And of course he also enjoyed archery, slingshots, catapults and BB guns, but those are getting to be routine for him. He did have a few struggles including dealing with rain and storms just about every day. It was also extremely hot on Monday and Tuesday and by late Tuesday he was suffering from heat exhaustion and needed a trip to the med tent. He recovered after some Gatorade and cool air and was fine by the time he got home that night. Adrian and I were able to go with him for half day on Friday and he was so excited to have us both there. It was a great week and I hope he made a lot of memories! Here are just a few of my favorite pictures the leaders took this week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1yyBfksx4jB8nJLLVA2gYRu6hTWAhHu1wPyXLOwnv7-IBvdRFvvk7xHpi_1vNq0m-83QEZjNN0WYacF7pXyncoeEiNxba_3g-ovZtFXTTodJJjm0Nh9i3oHIAKv94PjAxtDJ1KtU3Fs/s1422/213819705_10160168890097908_6441334920786469930_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1yyBfksx4jB8nJLLVA2gYRu6hTWAhHu1wPyXLOwnv7-IBvdRFvvk7xHpi_1vNq0m-83QEZjNN0WYacF7pXyncoeEiNxba_3g-ovZtFXTTodJJjm0Nh9i3oHIAKv94PjAxtDJ1KtU3Fs/s320/213819705_10160168890097908_6441334920786469930_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUM6O2gR7dhH5GuvId0b3d4ARnKd0DqJp75frhhY1UIrySUG_0cU4PaHE60UvY4d_COhICV2jLGaUq8y5jzu0y7wbqYvMVmi7QubkILP8hsIjBgqGTJkD7SXY7-YKb0ZX66BoPOUhUahs/s960/213634454_10160168891762908_4911035821498171423_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Daniel had art camp each afternoon and his friend Addy came here so they could do the camp together even though it's a virtual camp. They made 3 different mosaics here on Monday-Wednesday and then had a field trip to an artist workshop on Thursday where they made 2 more mosaics. They had a great week, Daniel really enjoyed this camp. AJ worked on his summer project for Biology and his Family Life merit badge this week as well as helping me around the house since he was the only one not in camp. Adrian worked in his office most of the week and had a few late nights. But then the Senate finished for the year on Wednesday and he ended up getting Friday off so he had a long 4 day weekend for the holiday.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIXvCIqQ9RQ9vPyKI1UmOfqYOHjm-ZrpKKI5iIyqd5aKtnG50hC0GHdv87VicAj1TGcKFsj1-szWRrJgJWHmfk34NIhGkeeDoxOkF0jgtweNz7EKhXSKeP7bfT3o4AtD7O1SI0sQEVXU/s960/214457621_10160170011502908_1011499219319519907_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIXvCIqQ9RQ9vPyKI1UmOfqYOHjm-ZrpKKI5iIyqd5aKtnG50hC0GHdv87VicAj1TGcKFsj1-szWRrJgJWHmfk34NIhGkeeDoxOkF0jgtweNz7EKhXSKeP7bfT3o4AtD7O1SI0sQEVXU/s320/214457621_10160170011502908_1011499219319519907_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxJ0PL1dH5DqqIorVLF_BUYcmB67Xs90GHKWkmIf9zkQKQ_tsCiXe4Ls3eNZk7upNplTYPdNCVvlbTftmu77rPXN4pps5FELQmzSBhMI3oBWiFXe7mC9OhTZOXMGZVAEyX6W53QflUcQ/s960/214231948_10160170011642908_6039860760913014728_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxJ0PL1dH5DqqIorVLF_BUYcmB67Xs90GHKWkmIf9zkQKQ_tsCiXe4Ls3eNZk7upNplTYPdNCVvlbTftmu77rPXN4pps5FELQmzSBhMI3oBWiFXe7mC9OhTZOXMGZVAEyX6W53QflUcQ/s320/214231948_10160170011642908_6039860760913014728_n.jpg" /></a></div>Our weekend was jam packed as well! After going to camp on Friday, we spent Saturday relaxing at home and playing games until later in the evening when we headed out to Gahanna for their annual fireworks display. We also spent some of the afternoon celebrating Rocky's second birthday! We made her a cake, got her a new collar and some new toys and gave her lots of walks and treats all day. Sunday was the 4th of July and we spent the day much like Saturday, relaxing and playing games. Around 9:30 we headed outside and watched a bunch of our neighbors set off a ton of fireworks. Zak loved seeing them and was outside for over an hour watching them with Adrian. They eventually got in his car and drove around to find better viewing areas. AJ, Daniel and I were out watching for about 45 minutes before we came home to rest and keep a very scared Rocky company. 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This past week I averaged about 7,000 steps each day and also hit my first 10,000 step day since surgery! I'm trying to walk as much as I can to get my stamina up, but also being careful because I still get tired pretty quickly. I did weigh in on the 1st and I gained 4 pounds in June which is not surprising considering I ate a ton and didn't move. I honestly thought it might be higher. I will definitely be focusing on this goal in August!</span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I finished "Gilead" this week for my 12th book of the year. This week I'll be starting "The Outsiders" and since it's short I'm hoping to finish it before we leave for vacation.</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 185 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For July I picked a plan focused on peace since we have 2 weeks in the car together and I feel like I might need some peace, ha!</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li></ul><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We played 5 games this week, we had a 5 day weekend but lots of other stuff on our agenda as you saw above. We played Marvel Champions, Maracaibo, Machi Koro Legacy and Golden Girls Monopoly as a couple and Magic Maze as a family. We have played 95 of our games so far this year, and seem to be on a good pace to get thru them all this year. You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We continued staining the fence this week and are almost done. The weather was tough this week with a lot of rain and some very hot days which slowed us down. But we have about 2 hours of work left so we're confident it will get done before we leave next week.</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything this week and are paying the minimums on everything until we get back from (and pay for) our vacation next month.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We watched two movies again this week, European Vacation (just OK, but the boys thought it was hilarious) and In The Heights (adults loved it, boys were confused). Our total for the year so far is 29 movies. Our one month of HBO Max really helped bump this number up. We seem to be on track to his this goal, but we're skipping most of this month so we'll see. We also have a list of shows that we are watching as family this summer including Loki (awesome!), Lego Masters, Press Your Luck, The Cube and Holey Moley. We hope to keep up with those each week and watch 2 movies, but it may be tough.</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - This week we celebrated 8 holidays since we doubled up on Sunday. We celebrated Paul Bunyan Day, National Waffle Maker Day, National Meteor Day, National Chicken Wing Day, National UFO Day, National Chocolate Wafer Day, Independence Day and National Caesar Salad Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCo7jlFmx63gk59bHIB-tdtQUInGF0gQGziRbhNKjwz9FYDmLlnYdT4bx9hWKMqd0UVH_RyFb___vDSadj2iPuf8N2ki8_pR6JdjDijjJrGowtS8bMw_IC0UjAb2sYMtuDetqkdqYsvUc/s960/h4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCo7jlFmx63gk59bHIB-tdtQUInGF0gQGziRbhNKjwz9FYDmLlnYdT4bx9hWKMqd0UVH_RyFb___vDSadj2iPuf8N2ki8_pR6JdjDijjJrGowtS8bMw_IC0UjAb2sYMtuDetqkdqYsvUc/s320/h4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kUvKlsqwNwYBKBfaX3VW2hVancL2m1RNRUzjzRHBX2VPkfiSoyd6jNfo8iMOh7WlFO13NARZFt7hwtmKmUBtEx8PTF_UtZvaxfrvxUGdEm0F67JIZojuIItIKhyphenhyphenlamN1gKoBFck7hNk/s961/h29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kUvKlsqwNwYBKBfaX3VW2hVancL2m1RNRUzjzRHBX2VPkfiSoyd6jNfo8iMOh7WlFO13NARZFt7hwtmKmUBtEx8PTF_UtZvaxfrvxUGdEm0F67JIZojuIItIKhyphenhyphenlamN1gKoBFck7hNk/s320/h29.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibleDm2Rbf0HlglUltmwN7iWcJUGN0SdzRXKVAnD3eZhCgYHLux9jZE4-4rgLheWSAPN0G0MHZSTuDZHh1pUTGZ1yl6tByssU62VnJV2hkDZZcOpWsclRRaeub8ukPTSmZwR5N6kzEILQ/s1089/h4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibleDm2Rbf0HlglUltmwN7iWcJUGN0SdzRXKVAnD3eZhCgYHLux9jZE4-4rgLheWSAPN0G0MHZSTuDZHh1pUTGZ1yl6tByssU62VnJV2hkDZZcOpWsclRRaeub8ukPTSmZwR5N6kzEILQ/s320/h4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1iGtc12gmN1zMj2wzqSH5HZDPcE8_qtCwIEDKwPup8JGtdGkwWnM0Bw8STLM0F9-mdw1fxzNh0yFP-yPQvBHP_sBgwECCMKG0mkvZwhgzRY-Vp6BGV1ckOaHYGFDl_OrYRWj2sOrlkA/s843/h3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="843" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1iGtc12gmN1zMj2wzqSH5HZDPcE8_qtCwIEDKwPup8JGtdGkwWnM0Bw8STLM0F9-mdw1fxzNh0yFP-yPQvBHP_sBgwECCMKG0mkvZwhgzRY-Vp6BGV1ckOaHYGFDl_OrYRWj2sOrlkA/s320/h3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvqGEDLXHFZekUTDB5b9fk1Db070iygncxlD06-c7-Vq5FBi-M3NwWTk6ZRWUJ8EWizVvFXMOVtGIgpWUOgfpuIyElNRCI3HeCvEFZiv-P2MPzXQaiZJA-ZTqIJfoFdRQ21-SfuJx4bM/s843/h1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="843" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvqGEDLXHFZekUTDB5b9fk1Db070iygncxlD06-c7-Vq5FBi-M3NwWTk6ZRWUJ8EWizVvFXMOVtGIgpWUOgfpuIyElNRCI3HeCvEFZiv-P2MPzXQaiZJA-ZTqIJfoFdRQ21-SfuJx4bM/s320/h1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></li></ul></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-16217810619224938752021-07-05T09:15:00.003-07:002021-07-05T09:15:26.507-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 6/21 - 6/27)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XIj2jDA2GNugmNVzoBtPFu75kgEJMyf5OEt0FZdyE03MFbHm9f_BpV4NKSj8L9gZp_6OrUF67uR3IxpRdyq7l1SQYU52p9NYWXuUDQ1fmw9KVTsI_HvPasaKs3ujwX_9aQdhu7KRojE/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XIj2jDA2GNugmNVzoBtPFu75kgEJMyf5OEt0FZdyE03MFbHm9f_BpV4NKSj8L9gZp_6OrUF67uR3IxpRdyq7l1SQYU52p9NYWXuUDQ1fmw9KVTsI_HvPasaKs3ujwX_9aQdhu7KRojE/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div>We had a super busy week and I honestly felt like I just spent the week making sure people were where they needed to be on time. Daniel had virtual art camp Monday thru Wednesday and then a field trip to OSU for art camp on Thursday. He enjoyed learning a new skill and making some cool art in this Mandala and Labyrinth themed camp. Zak had two different camps this week, Roblox virtual camp in the mornings and Art camp at a local church in the afternoons. He loved them both and was very creative in making things in both camps. We had a few technical glitches in both of the online camps, mostly on the days that Adrian was in the office, but we figured out work arounds and made it all work.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjz7wBlIaFgQSZHkZGuJltCn48N05k77l4WA41UDFHI11m3p-BYsYQ3YDqAuIuReBQVomabyaj4cyMzznnVAaOhYdh-WEooSyDDmvaWiIzEftPhqJ6G-5beTqScPk0L8M5hyGxZxlBjc/s960/213492041_10160168201912908_8214473924764822842_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjz7wBlIaFgQSZHkZGuJltCn48N05k77l4WA41UDFHI11m3p-BYsYQ3YDqAuIuReBQVomabyaj4cyMzznnVAaOhYdh-WEooSyDDmvaWiIzEftPhqJ6G-5beTqScPk0L8M5hyGxZxlBjc/s320/213492041_10160168201912908_8214473924764822842_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZIhBB1uNjD4wEp4heMSop9mAWNLykq7WfPqvSAwSc3BxTxtXJIXI-Yo-JKqH9iLv3Vwg8RopmDzNmB-2csxdTn8gjWZbwvaGMZ6vOX64_JR2T45S-hkFYA-zPIJtUVjL7ZSKe5f3zj4/s960/213312736_10160168201397908_5079348971287967786_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZIhBB1uNjD4wEp4heMSop9mAWNLykq7WfPqvSAwSc3BxTxtXJIXI-Yo-JKqH9iLv3Vwg8RopmDzNmB-2csxdTn8gjWZbwvaGMZ6vOX64_JR2T45S-hkFYA-zPIJtUVjL7ZSKe5f3zj4/s320/213312736_10160168201397908_5079348971287967786_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVb3oZh-12iZ0cRRKzOfBAZjenAlys8zf3AMvpmuIZGD09175KqxHwMehxv-vLALyPw_X_u2oFz1tsGuw-6Ghty2tGeBI-QCkMpnpDszRHS21n-tfcTxpG1AG2kah8ETZvDdvZLhE9HIQ/s960/212789303_10160168202207908_1960351081449860090_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVb3oZh-12iZ0cRRKzOfBAZjenAlys8zf3AMvpmuIZGD09175KqxHwMehxv-vLALyPw_X_u2oFz1tsGuw-6Ghty2tGeBI-QCkMpnpDszRHS21n-tfcTxpG1AG2kah8ETZvDdvZLhE9HIQ/s320/212789303_10160168202207908_1960351081449860090_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapmJQJJRMz6y9y1isH0ymRiN2YIAz1u_KqqgBe0qBLDlgP0p6Ggfwx47xO8ebQofPfsQM5WAZKt2WO7xJ7pDXCzrFoOXju-11NuTwjnKOWaALM-TKuu0CzP0STJK37rnAQYAXajVr0eA/s960/212462635_10160168201192908_4384856181434029070_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="846" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapmJQJJRMz6y9y1isH0ymRiN2YIAz1u_KqqgBe0qBLDlgP0p6Ggfwx47xO8ebQofPfsQM5WAZKt2WO7xJ7pDXCzrFoOXju-11NuTwjnKOWaALM-TKuu0CzP0STJK37rnAQYAXajVr0eA/s320/212462635_10160168201192908_4384856181434029070_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgruxhJwebQeLP311bOex3Br234_z1RHnOleoc2kPuRXz6dJuDiBZ479BXG2UXoMNQuQETVLjuzcw-L70K5OMCJlKODp9vVWoiwSDF73mI6QbaEMPM6ssaktDXI54e3vCjGQoDmJLFJY/s960/208381723_10160168200887908_1150738483437670072_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgruxhJwebQeLP311bOex3Br234_z1RHnOleoc2kPuRXz6dJuDiBZ479BXG2UXoMNQuQETVLjuzcw-L70K5OMCJlKODp9vVWoiwSDF73mI6QbaEMPM6ssaktDXI54e3vCjGQoDmJLFJY/s320/208381723_10160168200887908_1150738483437670072_n.jpg" /></a></div><div>In between all of those camps, we had two doctor appointments, one for AJ and Zak with the pediatrician and one for Zak at Children's to figure out why he's still struggling with his writing. AJ also had Boy Scouts Monday night and worked on his Honors Biology summer project during the week. He also built a crab robot from a kit we got as a gift. I had a Cub Scout planning meeting Tuesday night, which was nice to finally meet in person. And Zak went fishing for a few hours on Thursday and bowling with Adrian on Saturday. It was a super busy week and I was very thankful that we had a ton of leftovers and easy meals to eat all week because I could barely keep up with everything we needed to do.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgWFDZwHQQSISrHjmkgxL6v2smL56Rbb2uHeiZmmKQinmdpCpDY7dNvlme3C89Jxjem9CyUqqaCSOruuJRDmZu-Pvak7t1y81xhp_HlV3AF8fgObYb5m-_VRj1qz_jIhE1x1KkX4YM4Q/s960/213760062_10160168249797908_5766576172504035258_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgWFDZwHQQSISrHjmkgxL6v2smL56Rbb2uHeiZmmKQinmdpCpDY7dNvlme3C89Jxjem9CyUqqaCSOruuJRDmZu-Pvak7t1y81xhp_HlV3AF8fgObYb5m-_VRj1qz_jIhE1x1KkX4YM4Q/s320/213760062_10160168249797908_5766576172504035258_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYK-bWLZ7CZ4RhhqMAsCXz2sIOQ8DbWuQ_uAGwxcd7-RFo1iN1oVzgWCaL0iyAkQJxtLBe0Gyy8ditkFduCYsfvHzMMKpqFq-E2hHNVmIKZKSOKS92KXqvnQawX5DP-xDu8qoQvpOn0k/s960/213599682_10160168249677908_8551109899458581821_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYK-bWLZ7CZ4RhhqMAsCXz2sIOQ8DbWuQ_uAGwxcd7-RFo1iN1oVzgWCaL0iyAkQJxtLBe0Gyy8ditkFduCYsfvHzMMKpqFq-E2hHNVmIKZKSOKS92KXqvnQawX5DP-xDu8qoQvpOn0k/s320/213599682_10160168249677908_8551109899458581821_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7i3iTbfj-1oWeK1F_YMpXpMfAI0rGExBx4capPfWk3riU5b8G3LQs9uE21D18mnchnkT7enYr1MzJo6N8fNY7OH0xweDviQosZdz3hXaCFkiiPgnrk88hWqCL0oJok4oAUFoF9ePXyo/s960/213209273_10160168202752908_8639845390601482425_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7i3iTbfj-1oWeK1F_YMpXpMfAI0rGExBx4capPfWk3riU5b8G3LQs9uE21D18mnchnkT7enYr1MzJo6N8fNY7OH0xweDviQosZdz3hXaCFkiiPgnrk88hWqCL0oJok4oAUFoF9ePXyo/s320/213209273_10160168202752908_8639845390601482425_n.jpg" /></a></div><div>Our weekend was a nice mix and fun and relaxing. Friday night we had a family art camp with Daniel's art teacher and we had a scavenger hunt and made a family labyrinth with the items we found. It was a ton of fun, even though we had some frustrating moments. Saturday night we spent a ton of time playing board games, video games, watching TV and recovering from the busy week. Sunday we had Adrian's parents over for dinner and they took Zak fishing again for a few hours. We enjoyed BBQ cooked on Adrian's new grill and had a nice visit. We didn't get as much accomplished around the house as we would have liked, but that's OK, we'll catch up over the next week.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAN3TjL_xfglydHQjLVrL2izTGWilMla1J92OKu3Rp08WbFbLEY7WlYOw8VX1AY34ENu4dQtin2NNL1QqJ7GAXJjFpF2Dau-7930_AMQ5xMpWUvM8kBR47DdaEzMxZX2l_RvtYqOMCuIU/s960/213634454_10160168251027908_3675551249979391782_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAN3TjL_xfglydHQjLVrL2izTGWilMla1J92OKu3Rp08WbFbLEY7WlYOw8VX1AY34ENu4dQtin2NNL1QqJ7GAXJjFpF2Dau-7930_AMQ5xMpWUvM8kBR47DdaEzMxZX2l_RvtYqOMCuIU/s320/213634454_10160168251027908_3675551249979391782_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQfPO6YoQ2XkYQGZBoOOT2l7tZQQjt7tz3GNs-FqMkr4bMdeBcnqgb-72XNaIC0Gw6Py2UqO3AeMBGkZfjq8b_-tTyigS6l5XEUcKwZtpiiHYQ-olrp0rGfXKikf2xdQIyaoQzY-bXgo/s960/211609679_10160168251407908_6986253397628667904_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQfPO6YoQ2XkYQGZBoOOT2l7tZQQjt7tz3GNs-FqMkr4bMdeBcnqgb-72XNaIC0Gw6Py2UqO3AeMBGkZfjq8b_-tTyigS6l5XEUcKwZtpiiHYQ-olrp0rGfXKikf2xdQIyaoQzY-bXgo/s320/211609679_10160168251407908_6986253397628667904_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - </span><span>I am not worrying about this goal for the month of June since I'm recovering. Since the doctor cleared me to walk more, I started wearing my Fitbit and got around 5,000 steps each day with Saturday being my highest day with about 7,300 steps. That is my highest step count since surgery! My goal is to work back up to 10,000 by the end of this month so I'm ready to go for my vacation. I'll only be weighing in at the end of this month, I know I'm gaining weight, it is what it is.</span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I read about 25% of "Gilead" and am planning to finish it up next week.</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 178 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For June I picked a plan focused on friendship since we are leaning heavily on our friends this month for help.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li><div></div></ul><div><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We played 6 games again this week. We played Labyrinth, Lost Cities, Marvel Legendary, Machi Koro and Lords of Waterdeep as a couple and Just One as a family. We have played 91 of our games so far this year. You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We continued staining the fence this week and are about halfway done. Once again we had to postpone this somewhat since it was raining on and off all weekend. Thankfully next week looks better so we're hoping to finish it then.</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything this week and are paying the minimums on everything until we get back from (and pay for) our vacation next month.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We watched two movies this week, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (just OK, but the boys thought it was hilarious) and The Witches (new remake - we thought it was great!) Our total for the year so far is 27 movies. We also have a list of shows that we are watching as family this summer including Loki (awesome!), Lego Masters, Press Your Luck, The Cube and Holey Moley. We hope to keep up with those each week and watch 2 movies, but it may be tough.</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - This week we celebrated 9 holidays since we doubled up on Monday and Saturday. We celebrated National Giraffe Day, National Selfie Day, National Chocolate Eclair Day, National Hydration Day, National Bomb Pop Day, Beatles Day, Smurf Day, National Tropical Drink Day and National Ice Cream Cake Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaySMBKSyKmazErUvstxRjmiw5E5njLEObsymh3oZWa4NLSZ6yKFyQTXtcPObXkOTma4TyiX5Ykb8aI_UT3SCbrA1vhAQSqfizC8ltLklXbp2k8yoZDkIoYL7hQR4OPX8AVKuVZ-J9Wc/s1129/h26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaySMBKSyKmazErUvstxRjmiw5E5njLEObsymh3oZWa4NLSZ6yKFyQTXtcPObXkOTma4TyiX5Ykb8aI_UT3SCbrA1vhAQSqfizC8ltLklXbp2k8yoZDkIoYL7hQR4OPX8AVKuVZ-J9Wc/s320/h26.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJBe360xnj65Y_iWlOxyybQ1Ibs2xcExCi3Z-gvNYkKQA_RojTLZOCDcg7GQ1I2xtExtDbLVLbz-gYC7re6AJrX36SbZHDWYAVam3UJKb0swDIH6zuqfSYYi6G4lHpZOESOy_2O51q0w/s863/h25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJBe360xnj65Y_iWlOxyybQ1Ibs2xcExCi3Z-gvNYkKQA_RojTLZOCDcg7GQ1I2xtExtDbLVLbz-gYC7re6AJrX36SbZHDWYAVam3UJKb0swDIH6zuqfSYYi6G4lHpZOESOy_2O51q0w/s320/h25.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Cp2b5vAXQUkEH0D8MOQgYtsjG2pG47NdRPw7mc9Xx90Vi-y1PhEKWgkHceKt8lg4bY7K8gxHRA5Sz6xBDaIjanYwlJm78a961L7Dp20ujehZ7Oz2BfKit2GtAHfdq8IKBs4EuD63C0A/s1080/h24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Cp2b5vAXQUkEH0D8MOQgYtsjG2pG47NdRPw7mc9Xx90Vi-y1PhEKWgkHceKt8lg4bY7K8gxHRA5Sz6xBDaIjanYwlJm78a961L7Dp20ujehZ7Oz2BfKit2GtAHfdq8IKBs4EuD63C0A/s320/h24.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHs4iOyR3IUpFVfSPNGzg0VbZitFGQWtXgyfTF3xypnNZmKLj1aoI6g5F3Px5epKcVt_DrGtkmgnQbL35RiXtIUsZDsawNNZshgfLCqLrtH14IQocJ1jm6yjHlMPS7VoAihp86zBXAQwM/s960/h23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="818" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHs4iOyR3IUpFVfSPNGzg0VbZitFGQWtXgyfTF3xypnNZmKLj1aoI6g5F3Px5epKcVt_DrGtkmgnQbL35RiXtIUsZDsawNNZshgfLCqLrtH14IQocJ1jm6yjHlMPS7VoAihp86zBXAQwM/s320/h23.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZ_BnCNWvsshZjDO8xGZYGRgAUH5eDt8kBPhOX5kog-hKP1EueBZkqWP9DnbHlm3KgLQEz4nrPtT95e-gw0ZejTTWv5fCClEXLTu9tq8wxgZthTr8ivdEi6e41zP6thVC2f6RTNqhzGA/s1080/h21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZ_BnCNWvsshZjDO8xGZYGRgAUH5eDt8kBPhOX5kog-hKP1EueBZkqWP9DnbHlm3KgLQEz4nrPtT95e-gw0ZejTTWv5fCClEXLTu9tq8wxgZthTr8ivdEi6e41zP6thVC2f6RTNqhzGA/s320/h21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></li></ul></div></div></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-73114608217669201792021-06-21T12:00:00.003-07:002021-06-21T12:00:26.693-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 6/14 - 6/20)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRRqHQnUclHL2P72Tfm7e4J-N-h55ypTGzbTWVi4Yh81BumOZg9zCHogtM87GEH1jk3OEMELvq6BBg1wewRTYEIeXFPn0diejUk6LNYdy7MaJBfbdbLoGmP5cMbgWHbWAzxm_HApvbsc/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRRqHQnUclHL2P72Tfm7e4J-N-h55ypTGzbTWVi4Yh81BumOZg9zCHogtM87GEH1jk3OEMELvq6BBg1wewRTYEIeXFPn0diejUk6LNYdy7MaJBfbdbLoGmP5cMbgWHbWAzxm_HApvbsc/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div>This was a fairly busy summer week for us with people going in a lot of different directions. Adrian was back to work in the office for 3 days this week so a lot of the coordinating the boys schedule fell on me this week. I'm thankful we still had meals coming this week because I started the week wiped out from all of <a href="https://adrianandchristajones.blogspot.com/2021/06/keeping-up-with2021-goals-weekly-recap_14.html">our fun last week</a>. After lots of rest and naps the first few days of the week, I felt way better the second part of the week. I'm still trying to find the balance between recovering, doing what needs to be done and building my strength back up. It's a rough balance, but I think I'm doing pretty well so far!<div><br /></div><div>The boys kept busy with their summer camps this week. Daniel did a YouTube video creation camp which was a little lower level than what he needed, but he still really enjoyed it. He learned how to use a new software to make his videos and learned about a couple of new things to enhance his videos. AJ did a video game design camp and learned a ton about making video games. He wants to keep using the (free) program to create more video games over the summer which is fine by me. Zak had a lighter week since his fishing camp was cancelled this week. He only had a doctor's appointment this week, but the next 2 weeks he's super busy. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAPfU39FgtuYgtPUc6C3RgC2fDaqvdip8fK67n8d9icL9rK66u26S_4cifPGYT7vRuXwaLm75L__94GmBeubmGbqh0pvbNmFSq5EAiusx57LjPZZCwkAPpce1Ov1_7uPEm5jXMxQm5rE/s960/204959888_10160139291262908_7514156340195884211_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAPfU39FgtuYgtPUc6C3RgC2fDaqvdip8fK67n8d9icL9rK66u26S_4cifPGYT7vRuXwaLm75L__94GmBeubmGbqh0pvbNmFSq5EAiusx57LjPZZCwkAPpce1Ov1_7uPEm5jXMxQm5rE/s320/204959888_10160139291262908_7514156340195884211_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvPUqc6AGKd0TaYyVHfhE82McexUq3EWQ8u2c1ETrnjPq-wNbeLtSvRaY10H7tbK31qqhz99MS6gYqdZepkrJlsrsPB4HYwkA_QoVieHsqBDOxBGlyJxOw7AfI6xCvpYHzBQiohZWx9Q/s960/204739399_10160139291532908_7399145578877752781_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvPUqc6AGKd0TaYyVHfhE82McexUq3EWQ8u2c1ETrnjPq-wNbeLtSvRaY10H7tbK31qqhz99MS6gYqdZepkrJlsrsPB4HYwkA_QoVieHsqBDOxBGlyJxOw7AfI6xCvpYHzBQiohZWx9Q/s320/204739399_10160139291532908_7399145578877752781_n.jpg" /></a></div></div><div>We were surprised Thursday night to hear that Adrian would have Friday off for Juneteenth. We enjoyed our three day weekend mixing in lots of board games, TV and fun with getting a bunch accomplished around the house. We finished up this week with a day date on Saturday. Adrian and I went to Coopers Hawk to use our monthly tasting and got lunch with our reward certificate that we earned. We had delicious tacos, flatbread and wine for like $10 - it was great! Then we ran a few errands before heading home for the day. Sunday was a quiet Father's Day with board games, TV and a quick trip to Graeter's, plus Adrian got to use his gift (a new grill) to make our dinner. All in all a great weekend!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXin2IT0W905RouIQYkGgPbMCcoCHMOLCGSrKsi5IIzmC7n9dJckeUfK7PYMSH9girI7EYt3Fchrj6yA_29A3xVVMr6AbWyxRpVAaRCHIcFgwvWwTru1LiUb5fUprhCl73z4geTyu0cc/s960/205089761_10160139292062908_5756366792389266534_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXin2IT0W905RouIQYkGgPbMCcoCHMOLCGSrKsi5IIzmC7n9dJckeUfK7PYMSH9girI7EYt3Fchrj6yA_29A3xVVMr6AbWyxRpVAaRCHIcFgwvWwTru1LiUb5fUprhCl73z4geTyu0cc/s320/205089761_10160139292062908_5756366792389266534_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYga-aM_5vEkNk8bmQpco_jYMbgPag0QKFEoS-Nd8Yytw_-i85Lf4agqdkH_zEqhlZUs_587ajlY4UE4_kyUVcuqX-2gLuZwKd4602Oyqf9P2fYHskWi3A7QD2nB5IEo9ILNV5w6pE10g/s960/204760230_10160139292127908_6908673764611993937_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="844" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYga-aM_5vEkNk8bmQpco_jYMbgPag0QKFEoS-Nd8Yytw_-i85Lf4agqdkH_zEqhlZUs_587ajlY4UE4_kyUVcuqX-2gLuZwKd4602Oyqf9P2fYHskWi3A7QD2nB5IEo9ILNV5w6pE10g/s320/204760230_10160139292127908_6908673764611993937_n.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - </span><span>I am not worrying about this goal for the month of June since I'm recovering. Since the doctor cleared me to walk more, I started wearing my Fitbit and got around 3,000 steps each day with Sunday being my highest day with 5,000 steps. My goal is to work back up to 10,000 by the end of this month so I'm ready to go for my vacation. I'll only be weighing in at the end of this month, I know I'm gaining weight, it is what it is.</span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I finished "That Summer" this week, and it was really good! I didn't love the ending, I wanted more of a resolution, but I really enjoyed the whole story and how it was written. This was my 11th book of the year. This week I will be going back to "Gilead" which I read about half of the last time I had it from the library. I plan to finish it before it needs to be returned.</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 171 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For June I picked a plan focused on friendship since we are leaning heavily on our friends this month for help.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li><div></div></ul><div><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We played 6 games this week since Adrian was off on Friday. We played our last version of Funko Versus, Jaws (twice), King of Tokyo (twice), Ice Cool and Imperial Assault as a couple and Love Letter as a family. We have played 85 of our games so far this year. We also played Caverna before we have to return it to CABS and Back to the Future because we still can't figure out how to win that as a 2 player game. You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We started staining the fence this week and are about a quarter of the way done. Once again we had to postpone this somewhat since it was raining on and off all weekend. Thankfully next week looks better so we're hoping to finish it then.</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything this week and are paying the minimums on everything until we get back from (and pay for) our vacation next month.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We watched two movies this week, Mr Poppers Penguins (which was fantastic - we all loved it!) and Never Ending Story 2 (which the boys loved but the adults thought was kind of boring). Our total for the year so far is 25 movies. We also have a list of shows that we are watching as family this summer including Loki (awesome!), Lego Masters, Press Your Luck, The Cube and Holey Moley. We hope to keep up with those each week and watch 2 movies, but it may be tough.</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - This week we celebrated 8 holidays since we doubled up on Friday. We celebrated Flag Day, Magna Carta Day, National Sea Turtle Day, Eat Your Veggies Day, Splurge Day, National Go Fishing Day, National Eat an Oreo Day and Fathers Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EjIHb0pwn2CODoLgeVAuSQej1PCmg3ndYJA4IkUtFYKhpyxW-AsRPHSFV_juvEggtbAJ8QYiw5efA59Sq0Chyphenhyphen9BurkOSaJ0gREd5PyIdta8tWr8IUF2hgyw5ha_7kbFDCBD3uTHlrvQ/s1134/h20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EjIHb0pwn2CODoLgeVAuSQej1PCmg3ndYJA4IkUtFYKhpyxW-AsRPHSFV_juvEggtbAJ8QYiw5efA59Sq0Chyphenhyphen9BurkOSaJ0gREd5PyIdta8tWr8IUF2hgyw5ha_7kbFDCBD3uTHlrvQ/s320/h20.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUiujFUvon0xlONfHNfXTkDU23TwwiZHmVHB1KWfdiTdb_xmoC2MbMWWNTNcnTt5thim6vyea1hJUl1AhKx68qLb9R83j1WLtdCs5uIN8RPctDH88dKNs5ATcDEBM_nBRjcS8FyEIB9g/s843/h19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUiujFUvon0xlONfHNfXTkDU23TwwiZHmVHB1KWfdiTdb_xmoC2MbMWWNTNcnTt5thim6vyea1hJUl1AhKx68qLb9R83j1WLtdCs5uIN8RPctDH88dKNs5ATcDEBM_nBRjcS8FyEIB9g/s320/h19.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBBvU9PMR2TmSChU5xF5sDEBC3CkYTeCYx1VrNUhFIjoHzJ53XnJBSRWdppkwjuJ4q58-4P5dQTYG_-DchApub55w9piWgX2e7iUMcM1WafmZPcwthUi3_iUbGAaLgYalDKaarxF7LoY/s1129/h17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBBvU9PMR2TmSChU5xF5sDEBC3CkYTeCYx1VrNUhFIjoHzJ53XnJBSRWdppkwjuJ4q58-4P5dQTYG_-DchApub55w9piWgX2e7iUMcM1WafmZPcwthUi3_iUbGAaLgYalDKaarxF7LoY/s320/h17.jpg" /></a></div></span></li></ul></div></div></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-47491863397858827502021-06-14T08:54:00.001-07:002021-06-14T08:54:08.682-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 6/7 - 6/13)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhaMyI6SVQRagt3ybC-psO7JrZYwVAWlpmVaQE0yWPXvOEJTLCVkRTet9-G8qLP8qLfuZpEuQU81J9Klpyt2rJutjRyI9R4VSjl2Q67gocMYGQxh_n_hA-iiF1-iNKIPOzrZtKgGGAUY/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhaMyI6SVQRagt3ybC-psO7JrZYwVAWlpmVaQE0yWPXvOEJTLCVkRTet9-G8qLP8qLfuZpEuQU81J9Klpyt2rJutjRyI9R4VSjl2Q67gocMYGQxh_n_hA-iiF1-iNKIPOzrZtKgGGAUY/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div>This has been a pretty epic week, even though it was also my second week of recovery after surgery. We managed to do some really fun things while I also spent a good chunk of the week relaxing on the couch. Adrian also returned to work in the office for the first time in almost 15 months. He will be working 2 or 3 days each week for the next few months, hopefully longer. I had my surgery follow up and the doctor said everything is healing great and I'm cleared for a little more activity, light walking and cleaning. He said to still limit my lifting and not do anything strenuous. I'm cleared for pretty much everything on vacation and then I'll see him after to hopefully have all of my restrictions lifted.<div><br /></div><div>Now on to the fun stuff from this week! Daniel finally got back to his art classes after a 3 week break. It was just him this week so his teacher caught him up on what the rest of the class has been doing the past 2 classes. AJ also was able to go back to Scouts and get some requirements signed off. He won't be going very much for the next few months because of marching band but he'll go when he can and still work on stuff here at home. Zak started his weekly fishing camp and caught 5 fish in one of the local ponds! He was so excited to do it and had a great time, especially once the fish started biting!! He also got to go bowling with Adrian this week and did really well, staying consistent right around the 90 mark. The boys also did two of the STEM kits that I picked up for them a few months ago. They had fun doing all of the experiments and making a picture of the night sky with glitter (that I will never get cleaned up from my kitchen table, ha!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyG7Ccx_wvlm5cuBFUwhxMO2_hlDnlVqnnSZwSWE3Wrk_IFxjyCOsZ3j3Hm_BkxOZ-YfXRYya_Kt57fGrfAYMifr-7nJWoM-YxSAYtanHEzETuKNeeCUkf4pQk3OCcZoFQf47UN11XpI/s960/fish2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="599" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyG7Ccx_wvlm5cuBFUwhxMO2_hlDnlVqnnSZwSWE3Wrk_IFxjyCOsZ3j3Hm_BkxOZ-YfXRYya_Kt57fGrfAYMifr-7nJWoM-YxSAYtanHEzETuKNeeCUkf4pQk3OCcZoFQf47UN11XpI/s320/fish2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfCS_5gJZJvA0gYN65rQ9rNHXSjo2wmSnSIdehPGog9CJwRK7pKLxvoQhVoOLakjjvietVc-E0KVtF8824YVEv9n3r9bNb88urfyvPLNkJmJX_BN8Qd5kygJsfivGwKgtnyj1cpV2I1Q/s851/fish1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfCS_5gJZJvA0gYN65rQ9rNHXSjo2wmSnSIdehPGog9CJwRK7pKLxvoQhVoOLakjjvietVc-E0KVtF8824YVEv9n3r9bNb88urfyvPLNkJmJX_BN8Qd5kygJsfivGwKgtnyj1cpV2I1Q/s320/fish1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMq-LP2JIIquWoAvznP72U5s0XZeaTJ0ppA1J-Oxu2hF3KWwHoCYbxu_NjPOdhvyn8z9QTqnCEeNQSWW213kaPLbq-CnKpmfHn-i-HC66qI0UyWKL-_HnES9st-1-RDsekebvK1NyV4ZI/s960/fish1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMq-LP2JIIquWoAvznP72U5s0XZeaTJ0ppA1J-Oxu2hF3KWwHoCYbxu_NjPOdhvyn8z9QTqnCEeNQSWW213kaPLbq-CnKpmfHn-i-HC66qI0UyWKL-_HnES9st-1-RDsekebvK1NyV4ZI/s320/fish1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnI2tGdlkuXNVlG5TEaYLaQJefLK4F6UhPpw49f_dAfcYRR39J3TX4bNFcqZr0606sUPhp68LaxVbpRr-svJm5r5YHKojjoXbQgjMHW6dFtcpOSUkltGwkIlE6hZgKt2CJnFj9maPcOk/s960/200918006_10160121948377908_3216061644662344524_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnI2tGdlkuXNVlG5TEaYLaQJefLK4F6UhPpw49f_dAfcYRR39J3TX4bNFcqZr0606sUPhp68LaxVbpRr-svJm5r5YHKojjoXbQgjMHW6dFtcpOSUkltGwkIlE6hZgKt2CJnFj9maPcOk/s320/200918006_10160121948377908_3216061644662344524_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>The big excitement was this weekend when my uncle and cousins came for a long weekend. They stayed at Carl's house to give me some extra time and peace to recover, but we spent a lot of time together. Friday I headed up that way with the boys and we went to the dam park, had dinner together, watched Vinnie play t-ball and went out for ice cream. It was a hot day, but super fun! Saturday they came down to our house and we had a giant pizza party for dinner, they played video games with the boys and we all played a fun board game together. Sunday they headed to Alum Creek for a bit in the morning and we chose to sleep in. Then we met up with them downtown and went to North Market for dinner. We finished up the weekend with a trip to Easton for ice cream and a little walk before saying so long for now. They will be heading back to NJ on Monday and hopefully coming back out to visit very soon! It was a great family weekend but we were all wiped out by the end so I know we'll all need some time this week to recuperate.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCrqnn52ho6AE_jusHVx2RBaxltKAQ0-Gd91mTEg1w1lV58GPpl_Vd7BsNc93F18M1on5YH6j9AvOw5uzH83srrWezSwShi6Z4HGnlbg2mE6jY_BOUwQHT24AVdud2P-UwbvbLxEAeeM/s960/weekend3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="821" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCrqnn52ho6AE_jusHVx2RBaxltKAQ0-Gd91mTEg1w1lV58GPpl_Vd7BsNc93F18M1on5YH6j9AvOw5uzH83srrWezSwShi6Z4HGnlbg2mE6jY_BOUwQHT24AVdud2P-UwbvbLxEAeeM/s320/weekend3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCF9Is1lacQrVmdK7_WskIwc5CIvMsIZfYw9W7uork7TyW4i4nzEfkXJWU4kz0MK4xhMbkiDkDIh5GSb6LcMxRC91UVmNUd3CzeWEC88Jem9Pu_4CLWM6Jbnj78uCeiHGZV2ZASNEr5g/s960/weekend2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCF9Is1lacQrVmdK7_WskIwc5CIvMsIZfYw9W7uork7TyW4i4nzEfkXJWU4kz0MK4xhMbkiDkDIh5GSb6LcMxRC91UVmNUd3CzeWEC88Jem9Pu_4CLWM6Jbnj78uCeiHGZV2ZASNEr5g/s320/weekend2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxe6T8_a2W8NNMmT89q1J_XXUEYmIA2JanKCunvv36blJQxloOZmokx6xHfY7WOU7ac1Z1UqMBOHcWByeBMY6HfYUzoYcXL-PMFInXH1Avv5TniNqDKyVOX2f2I-d4EC7wRDT9zx7Iimc/s1080/weekend1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxe6T8_a2W8NNMmT89q1J_XXUEYmIA2JanKCunvv36blJQxloOZmokx6xHfY7WOU7ac1Z1UqMBOHcWByeBMY6HfYUzoYcXL-PMFInXH1Avv5TniNqDKyVOX2f2I-d4EC7wRDT9zx7Iimc/s320/weekend1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Here's how I did on my goals this week.<p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - </span><span>I am not worrying about this goal for the month of June since I'm recovering. Since the doctor cleared me to walk more, I started wearing my Fitbit and got between 2,000 and 3,000 steps each day. My goal is to work back up to 10,000 by the end of this month so I'm ready to go for my vacation. I'll only be weighing in at the end of this month, I know I'm gaining weight, it is what it is.</span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I read about a third of "That Summer" this week, it's starting out really good. Thankful to have good books to read while I'm stuck on the couch!</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 164 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For June I picked a plan focused on friendship since we are leaning heavily on our friends this month for help.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li><div></div></ul><div><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We played 2 games this week, Isle of Cats as a couple and The Game of Things with the whole family. Isle of Cats is one of our favorites, Game of Things was kind of slow and probably not one we'll play much. We have played 79 of our games so far this year. You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We didn't work on this at all this week because there was too much rain to stain anything.</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We didn't incur anything this week and are paying the minimums on everything until we get back from (and pay for) our vacation next month.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We watched one movie this week, Wonder Woman 1984. It was really good, we all enjoyed it! Our total for the year so far is 23 movies. We also have a list of shows that we are watching as family this summer including Loki (awesome!), Lego Masters, Press Your Luck, The Cube and Holey Moley (premiers next week). We hope to keep up with those each week and watch 2 movies, but it may be tough.</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - This week we celebrated National Chocolate Ice Cream Day, National Oceans Day, Donald Duck Day, National Iced Tea Day, National Corn on the Cob Day, National Rose Day and National Weed the Garden Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRrmNuaWPIyqSxKqtrkdCLuGhCFwACPvEHOIbkU7mZaYV-F1e2CYOgp8hShJl5gkgBARdkJt9Dn7tXKG-i4nNUZmWGq1srUwL6A8Oz8tHhx25HZI6vm-WonzezNsLaEDC7zcJYFXBvtM/s1132/h13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRrmNuaWPIyqSxKqtrkdCLuGhCFwACPvEHOIbkU7mZaYV-F1e2CYOgp8hShJl5gkgBARdkJt9Dn7tXKG-i4nNUZmWGq1srUwL6A8Oz8tHhx25HZI6vm-WonzezNsLaEDC7zcJYFXBvtM/s320/h13.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhWA0AXQV84pQxXTPWMzFpD4IYXvDOP6LPA6lZ71kVfFD4jOJW-AWfQ1DaJcodMWt7vLXi8T5CySVzW9Sb2B7HxBo2U3xTVEQ9CRGFl2tTKDQagLCpeR7Jw89hhLA7o0ERZQNtBwVBV8/s1129/h10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhWA0AXQV84pQxXTPWMzFpD4IYXvDOP6LPA6lZ71kVfFD4jOJW-AWfQ1DaJcodMWt7vLXi8T5CySVzW9Sb2B7HxBo2U3xTVEQ9CRGFl2tTKDQagLCpeR7Jw89hhLA7o0ERZQNtBwVBV8/s320/h10.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6amQiv-XYQg7147fhMRISdUSL78e0-IfVB3LVHc3fsFCoaNhkNg6KPFqEQSSEf8v8G0aH2S9UoxQv-O8ACBvAN5Atmp6sVlN2m929huT5RDcPa1Zh-wVcOR1WyPD5jd9XpVlBYbpKdM/s1129/h7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6amQiv-XYQg7147fhMRISdUSL78e0-IfVB3LVHc3fsFCoaNhkNg6KPFqEQSSEf8v8G0aH2S9UoxQv-O8ACBvAN5Atmp6sVlN2m929huT5RDcPa1Zh-wVcOR1WyPD5jd9XpVlBYbpKdM/s320/h7.jpg" /></a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGzD3CDWesNLfzSCLGoeS7uP2dLxTUu3Bwgq3R3vPL_M80cc2dRkz0b5pM7esnW7aqw5o2WlemlfFGPioPNwYeUgABny97KS8EslklKXg8MfVPner5yFox01CCBuc-sBjWXKdwY8usKA/s960/201225603_10160121980837908_1753737654283084432_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGzD3CDWesNLfzSCLGoeS7uP2dLxTUu3Bwgq3R3vPL_M80cc2dRkz0b5pM7esnW7aqw5o2WlemlfFGPioPNwYeUgABny97KS8EslklKXg8MfVPner5yFox01CCBuc-sBjWXKdwY8usKA/s320/201225603_10160121980837908_1753737654283084432_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bE58hm30iltm8uOPtxqmYgamrWBENts_5hXP9Fy2c3i01SYhf7uE-Za6b85yoKJNRVz8uHVpxkTEq3RgL06SOgWq1A2oJgHAPh2NVgdWIe2hcm4P_K1Ix_zH0L2Wz_xT_CFGVGKBCqY/s960/200934922_10160121981232908_4112474210012228936_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bE58hm30iltm8uOPtxqmYgamrWBENts_5hXP9Fy2c3i01SYhf7uE-Za6b85yoKJNRVz8uHVpxkTEq3RgL06SOgWq1A2oJgHAPh2NVgdWIe2hcm4P_K1Ix_zH0L2Wz_xT_CFGVGKBCqY/s320/200934922_10160121981232908_4112474210012228936_n.jpg" /></a></div></li></ul></div></div></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-16746249740409420132021-06-07T06:43:00.000-07:002021-06-07T06:43:12.359-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 5/31 - 6/6)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrEhEde9MQBVe_JfOZ7t0dhaUTJ4nTPp9wWDKF-sw8vnCOvR3x67N8mZa1Beph-T22dPrEaZ39Y_cgzQENM4e27XpZUNw_Py046f7ZL9xZhrGc0tQ592NCTF1Z33C4MLeuvbUT1qMnbU/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrEhEde9MQBVe_JfOZ7t0dhaUTJ4nTPp9wWDKF-sw8vnCOvR3x67N8mZa1Beph-T22dPrEaZ39Y_cgzQENM4e27XpZUNw_Py046f7ZL9xZhrGc0tQ592NCTF1Z33C4MLeuvbUT1qMnbU/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div>This has been a very interesting week around here. I am actively recovering from surgery this week so that meant very little moving around for me. I would get up and do anything I needed to do upstairs, then come down for the day and spend most of the day in recliner. I felt good some days and horrible other days. I finally started to feel better this past weekend, but am still relaxing a lot so I don't have a set back. My plan continues to be to take it easy for the month of June and be ready to go for our vacation in July. Adrian and the boys have been a huge help the past week! They are doing what I ask them and helping to keep me entertained while I sit around. It's not easy for an active person like me to sit around and do nothing! We are also thankful we had friends drop off meals a few times this week, it is a huge help to not have to think about cooking every day.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9z6pisKtzrN_NT94GbaSUW8bJ93-ytcKKKnWauEmkoUiWZ5WHXtEwyb0ZDnrASUcPcDOoXGz6ZVp3ixvXAfpVjQhNnz0gx2N7HNDHUhs_3WC8c6ac94850i-9MIKCPsLLGIyDZWw_Llk/s960/196297154_10160102033962908_750170032925500544_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9z6pisKtzrN_NT94GbaSUW8bJ93-ytcKKKnWauEmkoUiWZ5WHXtEwyb0ZDnrASUcPcDOoXGz6ZVp3ixvXAfpVjQhNnz0gx2N7HNDHUhs_3WC8c6ac94850i-9MIKCPsLLGIyDZWw_Llk/s320/196297154_10160102033962908_750170032925500544_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rAM5l0vy2iVM9PcaSK4KE5u4jrm74CIYf2_MnqEYzV3e0_YnoV7Ntny-HxW0GFfv21Hz4SyGoFw1vdrQGJ92Fyr-zWLLgKdsh2lA0zsWgOgiiU5TK7-Mt4ae9SZEFGBfInbtDih7Z1I/s960/197838562_10160102034597908_4091465016376954890_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="927" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rAM5l0vy2iVM9PcaSK4KE5u4jrm74CIYf2_MnqEYzV3e0_YnoV7Ntny-HxW0GFfv21Hz4SyGoFw1vdrQGJ92Fyr-zWLLgKdsh2lA0zsWgOgiiU5TK7-Mt4ae9SZEFGBfInbtDih7Z1I/s320/197838562_10160102034597908_4091465016376954890_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8y-g_MV7vHFl2aWr0HR-1EaGfbrSG3KWF4erkmmFZShUvrhc47Em1Y3ip4CLpunwde8egXyMUAgX6LtpGGDbN0z2hfG22QxKrGHTmp8_cVzd3oDMl1AEzi6fWRkcy-AXsEgEOv9Tlh3I/s960/197313453_10160102033712908_7100454153877672532_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8y-g_MV7vHFl2aWr0HR-1EaGfbrSG3KWF4erkmmFZShUvrhc47Em1Y3ip4CLpunwde8egXyMUAgX6LtpGGDbN0z2hfG22QxKrGHTmp8_cVzd3oDMl1AEzi6fWRkcy-AXsEgEOv9Tlh3I/s320/197313453_10160102033712908_7100454153877672532_n.jpg" /></a></div><div>In the middle of this week we celebrated AJ turning 14!! We had a pretty laid back celebration this year since I'm still recovering. We celebrated with an ice cream cake on Monday with Carl & his family and my parents. Then my parents were still here on Wednesday so we had pizza with them before they headed to the airport. We all played chess and video games with AJ all day and then watched his movie pick that evening, Roblox: The Last Guest. He got a phone upgrade, new Switch game, new FNF shirt and a lot of money for gifts this year and he is excited about all of it! Can't wait to see all he accomplishes over the next year.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-_gj52DaSyG3yymRAgjG3Vs2g0jOgiIj9FIvHlxcSG_1W0eY4c9E_RZM3KjYN7EeS2LCAobuzsAaTQ-K7dd7sD58AQQFE9YphnqJI_-YjLKg4yO_tw1wzBvwG4LykfKYEbvZLrkestk/s960/191023838_10160091654802908_1191701024442374794_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="766" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-_gj52DaSyG3yymRAgjG3Vs2g0jOgiIj9FIvHlxcSG_1W0eY4c9E_RZM3KjYN7EeS2LCAobuzsAaTQ-K7dd7sD58AQQFE9YphnqJI_-YjLKg4yO_tw1wzBvwG4LykfKYEbvZLrkestk/s320/191023838_10160091654802908_1191701024442374794_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnMicZSlBugNvoL9pglo8eXUkgP79lEz_q4ZsZnGlnB1lWxUYL6wKtkdz1yaMn9KsasNbIizpJT7AFxylSIPXIGY6SXdUDI4HPy4P1PLCHG9wdW5Mlz7SyUDTnYkFfs1dQVHqsP1H6WE/s960/194810358_10160088223492908_4931333043256304983_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="902" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnMicZSlBugNvoL9pglo8eXUkgP79lEz_q4ZsZnGlnB1lWxUYL6wKtkdz1yaMn9KsasNbIizpJT7AFxylSIPXIGY6SXdUDI4HPy4P1PLCHG9wdW5Mlz7SyUDTnYkFfs1dQVHqsP1H6WE/s320/194810358_10160088223492908_4931333043256304983_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mqT3JXfnZSuP0yKyD1rli7BgWl2nwq2w2FBO8rNpHFZW9-pWTuDFXbTK1LPC-MDRaKKU4ziD_rSgsqizQdhr7-soJs1pjuLWk9XWgT1r1Kark3UPdI97IJOS1a3a8U5MOLm3zt9JJXo/s960/193723216_10160088224502908_2121592019830180119_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mqT3JXfnZSuP0yKyD1rli7BgWl2nwq2w2FBO8rNpHFZW9-pWTuDFXbTK1LPC-MDRaKKU4ziD_rSgsqizQdhr7-soJs1pjuLWk9XWgT1r1Kark3UPdI97IJOS1a3a8U5MOLm3zt9JJXo/s320/193723216_10160088224502908_2121592019830180119_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWR_5QwTOgopxaKfcJTimlNGHt7ITA6XMTa9WHKTkLGoT2AxPx3VWHTQZujB3oDqQDa58B6geadVG7VXlIEgGoOJEyFIlL5XoRLNewNRFohs_1hJNjVMhg-UnFMZMzxLxH_6pz-OThic/s960/194698336_10160088223317908_4178134335301708217_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWR_5QwTOgopxaKfcJTimlNGHt7ITA6XMTa9WHKTkLGoT2AxPx3VWHTQZujB3oDqQDa58B6geadVG7VXlIEgGoOJEyFIlL5XoRLNewNRFohs_1hJNjVMhg-UnFMZMzxLxH_6pz-OThic/s320/194698336_10160088223317908_4178134335301708217_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - </span><span>I am not worrying about this goal for the month of June since I'm recovering. As soon as I feel ready, I'll get back to my step goal and I'll refocus on healthy eating after vacation. I did weigh in on the first to see where I am for the year and I am up a few pounds this month and down 7 pounds for the year so far.</span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I finished "Only the Pretty Lies" this week and it was a fun, easy read by one of my favorite authors. I was able to get Jennifer Weiner's newest book "That Summer" from the library so I started that this week as well. Thankful to have good books to read while I'm stuck on the couch!</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 157 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For June I picked a plan focused on friendship since we are leaning heavily on our friends this month for help.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li><div></div></ul><div><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We played a lot of games this week, thankfully I am feeling good enough to sit at the table for short stretches! We played Flick 'em Up with the boys, which I did not enjoy but Daniel & Adrian did. The Adrian and I played Hanabi, Horrified and The Gallerist together and enjoyed all three games. We have played 77 of our games so far this year. You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We got the fence and play set power washed this week so those two projects are halfway done. Now we have to stain both things over the next month and hopefully cross both things off our list.</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We technically incurred some new debt this week because we have to pay for my surgery. We'll be on a no interest payment plan for the next few months but should be able to pay the balance off this year.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We watched three movies this week, Roblox: The Last Guest, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Dumb and Dumber. Our total for the year so far is 22 movies. There was so big excitement around this goal this week since we got HBO Max for the month to watch a bunch of TV shows and movies together. And this weekend we finally returned to the movie theater. Adrian, Daniel & Zak went to see Willy Wonka and loved being back! We hope to go more this summer. We also kept up with the new Wipeout and Press Your Luck and were thrilled that Lego Masters came back this week! We can't wait to watch season 2 together.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKTWey7taHRF8Q3z3ANZrjVFW7Odne0zKAVXJ_-Ecr4D3c_SIc_67KR2Y_25BBKeG6M3vJnYc2oqwZIS2isfQMnU2pwEMKUsbateYzqu5jf2p1z_RHTeD5rOux9H-cjkkbNfA0r1pMLM/s960/197106242_10160102033507908_2139095961680270475_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKTWey7taHRF8Q3z3ANZrjVFW7Odne0zKAVXJ_-Ecr4D3c_SIc_67KR2Y_25BBKeG6M3vJnYc2oqwZIS2isfQMnU2pwEMKUsbateYzqu5jf2p1z_RHTeD5rOux9H-cjkkbNfA0r1pMLM/s320/197106242_10160102033507908_2139095961680270475_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - This week we celebrated 9 holidays, doubling up on Tuesday and Friday. We celebrated Memorial Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, National Nail Polish Day, National Leave the Office Early Day, National Egg Day, National Donut Day, National Cheese Day, National Pineapple Day and National Frozen Yogurt Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboY40xlW35uHOITOaNK8v8wJNgQufNGGa0Q1BhW684n0odg8EgS4FxVGhV06htywG91ne9cpapuRLK783xHb4K5FaEOCc75zT4272fTCIurKzp0ZvlfZNVxF0OI6OmiEzu1XNWpHC-qc/s1129/195959786_10160093604272908_5189075481120256595_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboY40xlW35uHOITOaNK8v8wJNgQufNGGa0Q1BhW684n0odg8EgS4FxVGhV06htywG91ne9cpapuRLK783xHb4K5FaEOCc75zT4272fTCIurKzp0ZvlfZNVxF0OI6OmiEzu1XNWpHC-qc/s320/195959786_10160093604272908_5189075481120256595_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqttA63GwLofBhrsiihSkVnRnCdL3MtJybZfwhLRsqvx-gGP0X3FPSjCK9iNYj4nq_zV23EF6NBp98nQ492HPIUnhA7zQbhQN5HtJpMEeATy408V2BK9ZrBn-_NOITYw1yHx27vjfYLzU/s1080/193727367_10160096521202908_1621655702816111371_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqttA63GwLofBhrsiihSkVnRnCdL3MtJybZfwhLRsqvx-gGP0X3FPSjCK9iNYj4nq_zV23EF6NBp98nQ492HPIUnhA7zQbhQN5HtJpMEeATy408V2BK9ZrBn-_NOITYw1yHx27vjfYLzU/s320/193727367_10160096521202908_1621655702816111371_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXugUn5kjwZXrDQz9Umjt2GGpBlq4tDEEzXtsv63ZXXK6s8vfLfKiaA6iMi12eQ3xYxIUamPGs5N7f5p42ag6rK8L7JG1u21D5oMMz0i_wLSjYJRr7JmPpAU8in9N5zGRMjz0HvcAMBeQ/s1129/196839504_10160102639222908_6804566757375114412_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXugUn5kjwZXrDQz9Umjt2GGpBlq4tDEEzXtsv63ZXXK6s8vfLfKiaA6iMi12eQ3xYxIUamPGs5N7f5p42ag6rK8L7JG1u21D5oMMz0i_wLSjYJRr7JmPpAU8in9N5zGRMjz0HvcAMBeQ/s320/196839504_10160102639222908_6804566757375114412_n.jpg" /></a></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-23519948767667669822021-05-31T10:06:00.004-07:002021-05-31T10:22:24.239-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 5/24 - 5/30)<p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIATOHWnL3M6HIa0KXGcKzATtFy6nYwVdGF54XAf1mSBzQ5cdQgPeKe4jslmG1ibSIGuoH4gp45f3pwyq8yYPsZHKTOnrrIzPAa9vTKpVSVHCnzHAcXCMUNdUuW-uAH__lgiUq3iNmM0/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIATOHWnL3M6HIa0KXGcKzATtFy6nYwVdGF54XAf1mSBzQ5cdQgPeKe4jslmG1ibSIGuoH4gp45f3pwyq8yYPsZHKTOnrrIzPAa9vTKpVSVHCnzHAcXCMUNdUuW-uAH__lgiUq3iNmM0/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></span></div><span>This was a weird and emotional week for all of us. It started fairly calm with everyone finishing up their last days of school. All three boys had field day and fun activities all week since the quarter was over and they were caught up on all of their work. They all finished their school year strong with all three of them finishing with perfect attendance for the year and most of their grades were A's and B's (AJ got a few C's in ELA but I know he was trying his best). AJ also spent some time this week at school recording 3 songs for a virtual band concert for the parents to watch. We are all thankful to put this year behind us and hope next year will be a little closer to normal for our 4th grader, 7th grader and high school freshman.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRi9NirTPHZDM57fo2TflyX24piiZV1zZOjBgPlPRAd2b8uscyjYOe7CJx6ZzlZAh3aukJ9C0dBGo__0qjXNwVFIfR1TJVvJUgjH_M6V_LydC-fShmJmK5W5KFpDVNCE4rKs34O7Jtgdk/s960/193852853_10160080499937908_1833632631273308625_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRi9NirTPHZDM57fo2TflyX24piiZV1zZOjBgPlPRAd2b8uscyjYOe7CJx6ZzlZAh3aukJ9C0dBGo__0qjXNwVFIfR1TJVvJUgjH_M6V_LydC-fShmJmK5W5KFpDVNCE4rKs34O7Jtgdk/s320/193852853_10160080499937908_1833632631273308625_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdrfZ1fqyeJnfdZvKDi1aCf7KLkXRLiLgi64DWQUr7ee9r7olzq3Z6WhKoq02jvImxglnyb2vMNVV0wCVbqJFzqvQpTwMYUrbTAfaDWmbhAFZP1_bBeTlN4RRSJZuIY5mYuVn7ZPXDeE/s960/193240898_10160080499697908_5770996771696687483_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdrfZ1fqyeJnfdZvKDi1aCf7KLkXRLiLgi64DWQUr7ee9r7olzq3Z6WhKoq02jvImxglnyb2vMNVV0wCVbqJFzqvQpTwMYUrbTAfaDWmbhAFZP1_bBeTlN4RRSJZuIY5mYuVn7ZPXDeE/s320/193240898_10160080499697908_5770996771696687483_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHEZvdCzCiQWXpCbvVKifL1BpCzOLQy_q-MiY64mYQ0bs6ZjwLQX60Le58Jf_l4gHtwT7exGUgPsbc4sZOUXWtTqIeZzk7gKqxUNZRdSpHnvSNp0Wo0KKstQe-W6CJe8Q43hwTQsYf9I/s960/193130780_10160080499442908_7729630748268187528_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHEZvdCzCiQWXpCbvVKifL1BpCzOLQy_q-MiY64mYQ0bs6ZjwLQX60Le58Jf_l4gHtwT7exGUgPsbc4sZOUXWtTqIeZzk7gKqxUNZRdSpHnvSNp0Wo0KKstQe-W6CJe8Q43hwTQsYf9I/s320/193130780_10160080499442908_7729630748268187528_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEDX6oVcGc9WozyA5xK9EULi9CveFgdFfrJKPf1mm5907iD-S2SiF5GYutwTjH2fDj1YIfo_pk5xu_uoIPYdwOrK3dcthBQXR5bV2p_OQVd4KnxR68uhk5_8iglMFwKqXIXPeAHl3uCE/s960/192617159_10160080500327908_755508423744141428_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEDX6oVcGc9WozyA5xK9EULi9CveFgdFfrJKPf1mm5907iD-S2SiF5GYutwTjH2fDj1YIfo_pk5xu_uoIPYdwOrK3dcthBQXR5bV2p_OQVd4KnxR68uhk5_8iglMFwKqXIXPeAHl3uCE/s320/192617159_10160080500327908_755508423744141428_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_sLz0kpR40iNhRZ7vnO1R9FIECvN7icRKgk07Y6edo0Dx09SOwrD7PQ2UN8zBUWcf_V80dTvRio_F-Ovzax5LhvF8-QyrXSlnLfbSZ7ExYOe179REf-kEjrwfYk-KDWTh92K16p6Nos/s960/188938693_10160057937127908_5198554437326751376_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="779" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_sLz0kpR40iNhRZ7vnO1R9FIECvN7icRKgk07Y6edo0Dx09SOwrD7PQ2UN8zBUWcf_V80dTvRio_F-Ovzax5LhvF8-QyrXSlnLfbSZ7ExYOe179REf-kEjrwfYk-KDWTh92K16p6Nos/s320/188938693_10160057937127908_5198554437326751376_n.jpg" /></a></div>For me personally the week was all over the place as well. I subbed for the last time this year on Tuesday. I am so thankful I got back in the classroom this year, but it was also exhausting to be back to work. I ran a ton of errands and got a ton done since I'll be recovering for the next few weeks and not able to do much. I got my first pedicure of the summer, which felt awesome to just relax for an hour and read. I also took a few sessions from this year's virtual Zumba convention. It wasn't a great week for me personally to have this convention, but I'm glad I made it to the few sessions that I did. They announced that next year will be in person again so I'm considering making the trip to Orlando next summer. Finally I finished up the week with my hysterectomy on Friday. Surgery went well and I was able to go home that night which was great. I spent the rest of the weekend resting on the recliners in the living room while everyone else took care of me. I'm sore and tired but hopefully my recovery will go smoothly.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kLNMdhs7Vui6wIBzyiaul8pdugNJ-ViCehGLOke0usNDnQq2pDsba0iTbCLzpwvEoUIJMZqaRxmnO2nBTWIjS3G-Vj4Swz9bBWi03bDWLOwdPkah9EkT6bQoCreSkMdMyRNMwhSkVA0/s960/194458561_10160085856682908_6299874310599832866_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kLNMdhs7Vui6wIBzyiaul8pdugNJ-ViCehGLOke0usNDnQq2pDsba0iTbCLzpwvEoUIJMZqaRxmnO2nBTWIjS3G-Vj4Swz9bBWi03bDWLOwdPkah9EkT6bQoCreSkMdMyRNMwhSkVA0/s320/194458561_10160085856682908_6299874310599832866_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pqj8GZ4DfW9dsiQRsjGCu_rlzrtdcnAUt_vEaX8ldo41zgDhGQw9x6wirCGosewyNJI9QZf_cwhMnLomXGANBcwjqpYZvnz-_nMLAc3O5ai_6xlUK-3GZnQeX3hGBG_c91HARi3RsrQ/s960/194268475_10160085856782908_5443848133666492695_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pqj8GZ4DfW9dsiQRsjGCu_rlzrtdcnAUt_vEaX8ldo41zgDhGQw9x6wirCGosewyNJI9QZf_cwhMnLomXGANBcwjqpYZvnz-_nMLAc3O5ai_6xlUK-3GZnQeX3hGBG_c91HARi3RsrQ/s320/194268475_10160085856782908_5443848133666492695_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvanBkpeFWD2RBIQhKt-UT3I1HB1mJ5UmK9V8kz05UI0Fms9BwF9bV-WghVtCyo8rJmYo0koMXJUS_9U68hzbXJMMvSLUtaccZ8TgZ87mIQ2QkgIlKI0hX76ZDmBqL_o6R2cKOeYuJpc/s960/192933763_10160085856462908_2898388160324497795_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvanBkpeFWD2RBIQhKt-UT3I1HB1mJ5UmK9V8kz05UI0Fms9BwF9bV-WghVtCyo8rJmYo0koMXJUS_9U68hzbXJMMvSLUtaccZ8TgZ87mIQ2QkgIlKI0hX76ZDmBqL_o6R2cKOeYuJpc/s320/192933763_10160085856462908_2898388160324497795_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span><p><span>In addition to all of that, we had some fun celebrations this week. My parents flew in Thursday night to spend the weekend with us, both helping me and celebrating some milestones for the family. Adrian and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary on Thursday with take out food and some board games. It wasn't the celebration we were planning on (a cruise earlier this year) but we made the best of it. Then over the weekend we celebrated my parents' 45th wedding anniversary together and AJ graduating from 8th grade and moving on to high school. We also celebrated AJ's birthday early with everyone and will celebrate him again next week as well. It has been a very fun weekend, even if I had to spend most of it on the couch! </span></p><p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p><span>Working on Myself:</span></p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - </span><span>I only hit my step goal 2 of 7 days this week, but 2 of them I was just under 10,000 and 3 of them were surgery and my recovery days. I'm not allowed to do anything strenuous for the next 4-6 weeks so I'm not even walking this week and will hopefully start light walks again next weekend. My eating is a the mercy of whoever is cooking for me over the next two weeks so I'm just enjoying resting and letting my body heal.</span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I started my next book "Only the Pretty Lies" and read about half of it this week. It's a pretty quick read so I anticipate finishing it in the next few days.</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 150 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For May I picked a plan focused on marriage since we are celebrating our anniversary.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li><div></div></ul><div><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We managed to squeeze in a few games on Thursday for our anniversary. We played Gloomhaven and Ghostbusters and enjoyed playing both games. Then we also played Good Cop, Bad Cop with the family on Sunday. We have played 73 of our games so far this year. We also played Caverna which we borrowed from CABS and we really like that one! It's now on our to buy list and can see playing it often if we owned it. We are a little behind, but again we're hoping to catch up some over the next few weeks when I'm recovering from surgery. You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We got a quote for power washing for the fence and the play set this week and the guy will be out to do it next week. Then we will stain both things before vacation to finish up both of those projects in June.</span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We technically incurred some new debt this week because we have to pay for my surgery. We'll be on a no interest payment plan for the next few months but should be able to pay the balance off this year.</span></li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We didn't watch a movie again this week because my surgery was Friday and I didn't get home until late. We are planning to watch two movies each week over the summer so that will hopefully lift our total for the year. Our total for the year so far remains at 19 movies. We also kept up with the new Wipeout and finished the first season of Mighty Ducks Game Changers which was a great show! We started season 2 of The Hollow and are watching the current season of Press Your Luck together. We have a lot of TV shows we want to watch together this summer!</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - This week we celebrated National Asparagus Day, National Wine Day, National Paper Airplane Day, National Grape Popsicle Day, National Hamburger Day, International Jazz Day and Mahlon Loomis Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTw61zoVcn4SVJcCw0oyCwLKTmJs6aC7DcuNnserfCkGoZmXGbrft2RvNRaAN5bXmuCstjtEjJPqBzTEd35ku2pC8qbv9vZl_evnfWwZlqsdfDi22AB9YKof5OtOXBID5-3mscMS2juI/s960/h25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="827" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTw61zoVcn4SVJcCw0oyCwLKTmJs6aC7DcuNnserfCkGoZmXGbrft2RvNRaAN5bXmuCstjtEjJPqBzTEd35ku2pC8qbv9vZl_evnfWwZlqsdfDi22AB9YKof5OtOXBID5-3mscMS2juI/s320/h25.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcd2hATKLS_61nc5xICV-dsFvTKGKVkYaO8_rrNa_ej4g8xkjEo8AAC0O2zlR_nXgbMshwjtkpnm3P7CapeMORAARqa5W9xSZWb9KrIms-Hxgmw_amUjnr4Mb7IN-ORsO0NzpCuOtAh4w/s1129/h24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcd2hATKLS_61nc5xICV-dsFvTKGKVkYaO8_rrNa_ej4g8xkjEo8AAC0O2zlR_nXgbMshwjtkpnm3P7CapeMORAARqa5W9xSZWb9KrIms-Hxgmw_amUjnr4Mb7IN-ORsO0NzpCuOtAh4w/s320/h24.jpg" /></a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JwR8p3WCTZdIoZo5Hww_gYoQ0Cjx25vtnsxGh37NCTJmIzZOw6yPhqhvtgdtAS5-JRhAjLbvcgUdUzbRj9GswjkJOqmu8x7annQObqGHxIOo_T8EGFOyhxeMwA80KtWk29Dm7c_NW_s/s960/h27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JwR8p3WCTZdIoZo5Hww_gYoQ0Cjx25vtnsxGh37NCTJmIzZOw6yPhqhvtgdtAS5-JRhAjLbvcgUdUzbRj9GswjkJOqmu8x7annQObqGHxIOo_T8EGFOyhxeMwA80KtWk29Dm7c_NW_s/s320/h27.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></li></ul></div></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-87150360986909263302021-05-30T07:33:00.000-07:002021-05-30T07:33:08.736-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 5/17 - 5/23)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpjFq1LO_0Qj3vGS1CNK7yzUjyShYJLfNbloARlKtnFwsZBmdDkiWLqFXZZpaSIwdDyLsDN6fbGSmo28A-UGjBugQEw_GcMrIRuGe5gc4LwBlXfQGbRQdMidSZHhpx82XWzK7IF0rohk/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpjFq1LO_0Qj3vGS1CNK7yzUjyShYJLfNbloARlKtnFwsZBmdDkiWLqFXZZpaSIwdDyLsDN6fbGSmo28A-UGjBugQEw_GcMrIRuGe5gc4LwBlXfQGbRQdMidSZHhpx82XWzK7IF0rohk/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div>We had another super busy week this week! I am excited that things are getting back to normal but it is also exhausting. I'm hoping this summer we can find more of a middle ground between staying home and getting out. I subbed just about every day this week again and we once again had stuff most nights. The week started with a birthday party for the boys' friend Cameron. They had a great time at Urban Air jumping on the trampolines and finally having a chance to use their virtual reality headsets. Then they enjoyed pizza and cupcakes and watching Cameron open his gifts. It was rough to have a party on a Monday night but we made it work.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrueFpL0MeAw7VasSGtNkPtNCimNJlvsR8RpSIXrJApwk1ShynmrMmRcizopXN3csCF3NGudKGSd_Z3Yo1FmL52vfBIN2kcDpWdfBDPsMW0wXijf902a_zGh90j0_TQZ0_UGUgQHLaDU/s2048/186501580_10217666741371250_4043122290104502896_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrueFpL0MeAw7VasSGtNkPtNCimNJlvsR8RpSIXrJApwk1ShynmrMmRcizopXN3csCF3NGudKGSd_Z3Yo1FmL52vfBIN2kcDpWdfBDPsMW0wXijf902a_zGh90j0_TQZ0_UGUgQHLaDU/s320/186501580_10217666741371250_4043122290104502896_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrvSj9sDAbPv0BHUrLht31neoE2zaRGUuXiBIGyP1hp5BwmiEa3Hn_JXIPlHPsKnePpN6I1dz2w8wLqf7J-hT4-BLTL1k9Cj-FHvnyEpS-zPDKoV4JomT4R2CMmIGEjjZkBERuW86ynY/s960/193536258_10160081665472908_7962156285111812551_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrvSj9sDAbPv0BHUrLht31neoE2zaRGUuXiBIGyP1hp5BwmiEa3Hn_JXIPlHPsKnePpN6I1dz2w8wLqf7J-hT4-BLTL1k9Cj-FHvnyEpS-zPDKoV4JomT4R2CMmIGEjjZkBERuW86ynY/s320/193536258_10160081665472908_7962156285111812551_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>I spent a lot of this week with Zak. I was in as his substitute teacher for two days, then we had the party on Monday night and his Scout awards ceremony on Tuesday night. We had a few times that we butt heads but got along for the most part. We had a nice time at our Scout end of the year awards ceremony together. The Bears led the families in games for a little bit and then everyone got their end of year awards. I'm proud of my Bear den for working hard this year and getting everything done even though we had less meetings and more of the work had to be on their own.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRItycQAGFTyd6tx8EmUOnPpYxZ3NV2LietXz4s7BFH_RIDDgrs7uP39xNNp1WBf1rEWTWcscWoEa_N0oAopU1u9AhPLVm8g5On9SeKW9ibUg1MsJqmyD2A5lQzrT8iQP__uJSlMDurPY/s960/scouts2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRItycQAGFTyd6tx8EmUOnPpYxZ3NV2LietXz4s7BFH_RIDDgrs7uP39xNNp1WBf1rEWTWcscWoEa_N0oAopU1u9AhPLVm8g5On9SeKW9ibUg1MsJqmyD2A5lQzrT8iQP__uJSlMDurPY/s320/scouts2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRjR8w_xbjPqPISfEuqMe9hmsrNSGSQ5RalOXf5McZCX8QDLxFQfeA962hSQaYp8_34agZx8N290en09Ks5hJeObJThTr428a2YV8G0q_yP7wBiiEFVNkGXBRprPf6ZWwAmWWer0mpfU/s843/scouts1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="843" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRjR8w_xbjPqPISfEuqMe9hmsrNSGSQ5RalOXf5McZCX8QDLxFQfeA962hSQaYp8_34agZx8N290en09Ks5hJeObJThTr428a2YV8G0q_yP7wBiiEFVNkGXBRprPf6ZWwAmWWer0mpfU/s320/scouts1.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GMrEMBqtWgCeg2IzyY9vtXzAhrVYHo1hn6prtILfbmw73MccUlsZtepogSRHPdcHRjSqDKDAYUKa4_fH_eO1Mkmc52EjaBXODM25uyVACNogdfCCk1w4xWK10lpBdEvQjAnb99MjfZs/s960/194273329_10160083053142908_7934683836892425308_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GMrEMBqtWgCeg2IzyY9vtXzAhrVYHo1hn6prtILfbmw73MccUlsZtepogSRHPdcHRjSqDKDAYUKa4_fH_eO1Mkmc52EjaBXODM25uyVACNogdfCCk1w4xWK10lpBdEvQjAnb99MjfZs/s320/194273329_10160083053142908_7934683836892425308_n.jpg" /></a></div></div>We finished up the week with a very fun weekend. Friday night we went to see the high school drama department's performance of "Rock of Ages." It was so much fun to see live theater again and the kids all did a great job! Daniel skipped the play to go spend the night at his friend's house and he had a great time there. Then on Saturday Adrian and Zak went bowling and Zak bowled his first game over 100 without the bumpers. He was very excited to tell me about it when he got home. Saturday night Adrian went out with some friends from work to play board games while I relaxed at home alone. And Sunday we spent the day cleaning and getting the house ready for me to be down for a few weeks after surgery. It was a great weekend, both productive and relaxing.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3BKlgCEkdSRy7FWwUXOVNyTADlG08qY4mzg_rhC0214jXrjXyzQgk7lvMc097-py5Fg9z8niIbeXP20lT_McQJjz38qoBRmCybfoCQUX8fyidJhc8R6CkfPlhApIbfTfDajt_R5_uY8/s1080/189880898_10160060856757908_1204852990485663073_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3BKlgCEkdSRy7FWwUXOVNyTADlG08qY4mzg_rhC0214jXrjXyzQgk7lvMc097-py5Fg9z8niIbeXP20lT_McQJjz38qoBRmCybfoCQUX8fyidJhc8R6CkfPlhApIbfTfDajt_R5_uY8/s320/189880898_10160060856757908_1204852990485663073_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p>Working on Myself:</p><ul><li><span><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - </span><span>I only hit my step goal 3 of 7 days this week, it was an exhausting week and I just didn't get the steps each day. My eating was not great and I gained 2 pounds, a total of 5.2 pounds lost so far this year. The eating is going to be hit or miss for the next few months and I'm choosing to just be OK with it.</span></span></li><li><span><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I finished "Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry" this week, it was really good. I'm glad Daniel recommended it to me as a good book to read. He read it for school and enjoyed it too. This was book number 9 of the year for me so far. I expect to read a lot over the next few weeks since the boys are done with school and I will be recovering from surgery.</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 143 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For May I picked a plan focused on marriage since we are celebrating our anniversary.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li><div></div></ul><div><div><span>Working on Family:</span></div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We finally got back to playing thru our library this weekend in between a lot of other things going on. We managed to play two games this weekend, Funko Versus - Harry Potter and Feast for Odin. Feast for Odin took us a lot longer than we were expecting, but we really enjoyed playing it. We have played 70 of our games so far this year. We are a little behind, but again we're hoping to catch up some over the next few weeks when I'm recovering from surgery. You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We got a quote for power washing for the fence and the play set this week and the guy will be out to do it next week. Then we will stain both things before vacation to finish up both of those projects in June.</span></li><li>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We have not incurred any new debt this week. If we can maintain that for the next 7 months we will be so happy!</li><div></div><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We didn't watch a movie again this week because we went to see the high school's musical instead on Friday night. We really enjoyed watching "Rock of Ages" together as a family, hoping the boys get a little more into musicals as they get older. Our total for the year so far remains at 19 movies. We also kept up with the new Wipeout and Mighty Ducks Game Changers and finished the first season of The Hollow. It is a pretty interesting show and we're anxious to see where season 2 goes.</span></li><li><span>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - This week we celebrated 8 holidays because we doubled up on Monday. We celebrated National Cherry Cobbler Day, National Pinot Grigio Day, I Love Reese's Day, National Devils Food Cake Day, National Bee Day, National Strawberries and Cream Day, National Solitaire Day and National Taffy Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaerxLwAmN9CFr1kd4kxvQk0tRqc-cZ_s4MtZKMNRh5j-PR7EA2I8SISmp9XVgHClS0GuYtHR9yKXNYjDyk3Kg3H8TOYPuRVnyGaXKjbOSYGlz_by33QHFYKip_Rnvdl6mtsEIFamBnA/s1116/h19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaerxLwAmN9CFr1kd4kxvQk0tRqc-cZ_s4MtZKMNRh5j-PR7EA2I8SISmp9XVgHClS0GuYtHR9yKXNYjDyk3Kg3H8TOYPuRVnyGaXKjbOSYGlz_by33QHFYKip_Rnvdl6mtsEIFamBnA/s320/h19.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFVP9hc4J92h0aCtAmYr3WMhBa00-QmLHRi2AiAkeesmwCqJ3UQ7PPsc3w-Jt7yfJHk9U9k2m9fRAmZMY5Exnq7eo41HNRL5yyn0xLRwOizkmqhY26ZgFqqhzV2cCgxN4gR9qMu_4of4/s960/h17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFVP9hc4J92h0aCtAmYr3WMhBa00-QmLHRi2AiAkeesmwCqJ3UQ7PPsc3w-Jt7yfJHk9U9k2m9fRAmZMY5Exnq7eo41HNRL5yyn0xLRwOizkmqhY26ZgFqqhzV2cCgxN4gR9qMu_4of4/s320/h17.jpg" /></a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUcwQ4CL6A051Qa-ZoEBJMzAfLY0wy8pMAw2-7_x68G1D1E3nWJQ6MVAhdA2kYGtzfi5GxdQIN3DKIIJrsvs3g2IcmTI2hNmV5YSpZ5OhynJcm87kJg0VIOpd63zh6Val90MivgT50B4/s1129/h23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUcwQ4CL6A051Qa-ZoEBJMzAfLY0wy8pMAw2-7_x68G1D1E3nWJQ6MVAhdA2kYGtzfi5GxdQIN3DKIIJrsvs3g2IcmTI2hNmV5YSpZ5OhynJcm87kJg0VIOpd63zh6Val90MivgT50B4/s320/h23.jpg" /></a></div></li></ul></div></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-19668440914540820722021-05-24T07:12:00.002-07:002021-05-24T07:12:30.575-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 5/10 - 5/16)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZtETdmaesa-Nyj072nadqDpJ1_VC1Db_yNFog4uaIFq6gwn64CLhsIBylXozH_VyL3uRKItTrQFMdsT9j1cYahiGF4nAiB0acORepcZXLoMDePXKPJmxsX_F91rxuUV6FbfusqMviDo/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZtETdmaesa-Nyj072nadqDpJ1_VC1Db_yNFog4uaIFq6gwn64CLhsIBylXozH_VyL3uRKItTrQFMdsT9j1cYahiGF4nAiB0acORepcZXLoMDePXKPJmxsX_F91rxuUV6FbfusqMviDo/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div>It has been another busy and interesting week around here! I'm loving that we are getting back to so many activities and that we are busy, but man are we also tired. We need to build our stamina back up for these busy days, ha! This week started with one more day of celebrating for Adrian's birthday, although it was a pretty laid back celebration. He had to work and the boys had school so we did our normal day and then played a few board games and had cake to celebrate after we all finished. Tuesday and Wednesday were crazy because our internet went out for about 24 hours and caused all kinds of problems. Adrian had to go downtown to work for a few hours and Daniel had to go to his friend's house for his art class. We missed having TV and the internet, but thankfully no one had virtual school and we kept busy with board games, shows on the antennae and video games that don't require WiFi.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUy-5IHtZpVao7NmdM8N5O5uTMWRvQnZaRENLZghLhhJdtw-Q71YtLHEIkH4namc1v3HlFqFbUo9wEkTB5FzPYzxoSnjB876daCGCjhD3L2d_8UOQV4t4EXHeHXVdBrNf2f_jm27yMzI/s960/191169353_10160067737957908_6994512088526210930_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUy-5IHtZpVao7NmdM8N5O5uTMWRvQnZaRENLZghLhhJdtw-Q71YtLHEIkH4namc1v3HlFqFbUo9wEkTB5FzPYzxoSnjB876daCGCjhD3L2d_8UOQV4t4EXHeHXVdBrNf2f_jm27yMzI/s320/191169353_10160067737957908_6994512088526210930_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhooXBLR-OhUrx0Ujmzs8jQXMcJHKLLwUj6Ez-an6oWDYxF-Bn5gu3DZgj2G7nuxgz05kDaqs7Eqxjh86tFijUFOrTtjclkQINktRoA8RFkGY9FaZy4JTc0Y3aQXDch54ELgigS8MNGl5c/s960/190571290_10160067738467908_6077217944174049757_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhooXBLR-OhUrx0Ujmzs8jQXMcJHKLLwUj6Ez-an6oWDYxF-Bn5gu3DZgj2G7nuxgz05kDaqs7Eqxjh86tFijUFOrTtjclkQINktRoA8RFkGY9FaZy4JTc0Y3aQXDch54ELgigS8MNGl5c/s320/190571290_10160067738467908_6077217944174049757_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4yCy8f-vqV1ukadeEKa9ttDYiBpej1QhbFM6NuS5h3T5YOcr3MryJwQFdSyWtoLD-ORKDxZ-u4gY33FvSICLWv2Lw2DbAYi16z8iWJ8Me_TBDmwZA-dH5HA54TnBPmx2M3jToX1TwOM/s960/188172257_10160067738217908_8291249656085042098_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4yCy8f-vqV1ukadeEKa9ttDYiBpej1QhbFM6NuS5h3T5YOcr3MryJwQFdSyWtoLD-ORKDxZ-u4gY33FvSICLWv2Lw2DbAYi16z8iWJ8Me_TBDmwZA-dH5HA54TnBPmx2M3jToX1TwOM/s320/188172257_10160067738217908_8291249656085042098_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVNCHHDJYCIQHiNesdHtYNohVLOa_FJPUMODpxMSUZ5lQ_PCpYpa1MSf_9FELdyUEIZYhmmR1LLl2J5sC2CtOTQh-TI12wfQ_VqJOmVvM7lcWiw0wGZSbj0ErzWglk2Ha4tLZEhcnaOc/s960/188316998_10160067737912908_5756623881423594254_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVNCHHDJYCIQHiNesdHtYNohVLOa_FJPUMODpxMSUZ5lQ_PCpYpa1MSf_9FELdyUEIZYhmmR1LLl2J5sC2CtOTQh-TI12wfQ_VqJOmVvM7lcWiw0wGZSbj0ErzWglk2Ha4tLZEhcnaOc/s320/188316998_10160067737912908_5756623881423594254_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>Zak had a busy week this week. Last Friday I had his last ETR meeting and he was officially released from speech therapy - yay! He got his certificate and a treat during school this week. Then on Wednesday he and I went on a Scout field trip to a local sanctuary to learn about the primates that live there. It was really interesting to learn more about apes and see the 5 or 6 that live there. We also enjoyed spending some time with friends and checking out the fish in their pond. His week ended with another Scout camping trip with AJ's troop. This time I went with them and we had a fun time hiking, using a compass, cooking over the fire, doing archery, splitting logs with axes and hanging out with friends. I enjoyed the other parents who were there, getting to know some of them better & meeting a few new ones. 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Zak started his summer bowling program as well. He and Adrian will bowl two games each week with the kids bowl free program to keep him in the practice of bowling each week. We didn't want to commit to paying each week and having a specific time to bowl so we opted to take a break from league play but he'll be back in the fall. Finally, the week wrapped up with AJ and Daniel's final Dungeons and Dragons night with their friends for the summer. We just have too much going on this summer so we're taking a break until August. And Daniel had two of his buddies sleep over Saturday night while the rest of us were camping. He had a great time having the house to himself with Patrick and Ethan while his brothers weren't home. Adrian did a great job of making sure they ate and went to bed at some point that night.</p><p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p>Working on Myself:</p><ul><li><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - </span><span>I hit my step goal 6 of 7 days again this week, I missed it again on Sunday. I came home from camping and was exhausted. I did still managed to get over 7,000 steps that day so I'm happy to still be moving so much. My eating was a little better this week and I lost 2 pounds, a total of 7.2 pounds so far this year. The eating is going to be hit or miss for the next few months and I'm choosing to just be OK with it.</span></li><li><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I continued "Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry" and read about 100 pages so I'm about 2/3 of the way done. I should finish it this week!</li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 136 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For May I picked a plan focused on marriage since we are celebrating our anniversary.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li><div></div></ul><div><div>Working on Family:</div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We didn't play any games again this weekend since we were so busy with other things. But we played two during the week. Adrian and I played Everdell (our favorite!) to celebrate his birthday on Monday. And then on Tuesday since our internet was out, we played Marvel Splendor (one of our new games) with Daniel and Zak. We really enjoyed it and like it more than the original Splendor, which was always a family favorite. You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We decided on our project for May, we will be staining the inside of the fence. We are waiting on a nice day for the power washing quote and then the work to be done, then we will stain.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li><div></div><li>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We watched "Monster Zone" this week, which was Daniel's pick. We thought it was just OK, not one of our favorites. Our total for the year so far is 19 movies. We also kept up with the new Wipeout and Mighty Ducks Game Changers and went back to watching The Hollow. </li><li>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - This week we celebrated Clean Up Your Room Day, Hostess Cupcake Day, National Nutty Fudge Day, International Hummus Day, International Dylan Thomas Day, World Baking Day and National Chocolate Chip Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9AuYMfcJeCwcrQ5ZivNr3qZSsPK1uW5WOvNi99IPaB7G4NvBzKWVkEjwx0z-tunkz0HosfANwVBX7eSdAV-oFHoo0q2YP9efechobGNUEiBINl8ixr37SX62r9hjEP7X4LBeZ_8Diqs/s1080/h12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9AuYMfcJeCwcrQ5ZivNr3qZSsPK1uW5WOvNi99IPaB7G4NvBzKWVkEjwx0z-tunkz0HosfANwVBX7eSdAV-oFHoo0q2YP9efechobGNUEiBINl8ixr37SX62r9hjEP7X4LBeZ_8Diqs/s320/h12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBPWjFh0u1-VWN_KjaE5_pt4sjHEH8X9hXWzCuNfXSSpfmv13_TY9IRFAYYbehqhRYj4Xc38g7O6M-8qB18NAXPqTIsMQf3xF1Ot3oKm84xrdSSch3vdbXQCEa1ifO2Nz2rTzvXQ_Xa4/s1129/h11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBPWjFh0u1-VWN_KjaE5_pt4sjHEH8X9hXWzCuNfXSSpfmv13_TY9IRFAYYbehqhRYj4Xc38g7O6M-8qB18NAXPqTIsMQf3xF1Ot3oKm84xrdSSch3vdbXQCEa1ifO2Nz2rTzvXQ_Xa4/s320/h11.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS59OAMoLUsUNLuLV9eAMCYm3OSpNV1BbE1_7jjlnTY4ZLUmIzq9tVK5-ztNH-VPpV2CoyPvHXy2zhCJhmujkbK4kVuiw1g0L5JuRL1Ak-pFMC2gTbnXaWG8uD6WgnH2AFQ59MAi9u3kE/s960/h10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="779" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS59OAMoLUsUNLuLV9eAMCYm3OSpNV1BbE1_7jjlnTY4ZLUmIzq9tVK5-ztNH-VPpV2CoyPvHXy2zhCJhmujkbK4kVuiw1g0L5JuRL1Ak-pFMC2gTbnXaWG8uD6WgnH2AFQ59MAi9u3kE/s320/h10.jpg" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYQHiMOaXFF-SMqfRgGVZCjrUGJeYXHxEm3rK_hJTSlYo5leyP-GI_MegyRrR6Rv1Nai_YwrFXEqEv5aWXicDr3YUxaLL4o1dP6DGo_GphazTagYEWb0QlbYl-hQOv8_fRtrSdns_5ok/s2016/186486220_569936210796091_5572647865575927644_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYQHiMOaXFF-SMqfRgGVZCjrUGJeYXHxEm3rK_hJTSlYo5leyP-GI_MegyRrR6Rv1Nai_YwrFXEqEv5aWXicDr3YUxaLL4o1dP6DGo_GphazTagYEWb0QlbYl-hQOv8_fRtrSdns_5ok/s320/186486220_569936210796091_5572647865575927644_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Ew_nMsuH8E_-O3lgk4kV99kC7ANOuGc2kPuJl9heX5FMwTqYOgSA8Onf6lfWmKAU35aOp7_8YEqgpPPb3hslQ2_7vl4DI1RrLMK2-S63IgqQ6qg2H780mFfORG217wlAj77J_64PzD0/s2016/186468893_312787297133103_1211565560874208318_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Ew_nMsuH8E_-O3lgk4kV99kC7ANOuGc2kPuJl9heX5FMwTqYOgSA8Onf6lfWmKAU35aOp7_8YEqgpPPb3hslQ2_7vl4DI1RrLMK2-S63IgqQ6qg2H780mFfORG217wlAj77J_64PzD0/s320/186468893_312787297133103_1211565560874208318_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></li></ul></div></div></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-34874354059585299842021-05-23T13:40:00.004-07:002021-05-23T13:40:22.568-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 5/3 - 5/9)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZuN1Y6U4JFPC88n-HtWEzpB2blOOfVD17Oorsfep-GH8Rq8er8VemIkUNU5DUtRV1vztQwLWssqmZQ5-fiLJhZVtikHEk3PiTauloQFK9qjDfQENypM6Ii-bVeDEN2eeirsmHeChBSI/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZuN1Y6U4JFPC88n-HtWEzpB2blOOfVD17Oorsfep-GH8Rq8er8VemIkUNU5DUtRV1vztQwLWssqmZQ5-fiLJhZVtikHEk3PiTauloQFK9qjDfQENypM6Ii-bVeDEN2eeirsmHeChBSI/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div>This was another super busy but super fun week! Thankfully I didn't work very much this week which was OK with me. I had a ton to do around the house and a ton of holidays to celebrate. We once again had something every night this week including me getting out twice with my friends, once to walk and once for drinks and dinner. We also had the introduction meeting for marching band for AJ next year. We both left feeling excited, and a little overwhelmed! It's a big commitment and a lot of work but AJ is excited to do it so we will make it work.<div><br /></div><div>We had two super fun holidays during the week this week that we celebrated pretty big. On Tuesday we celebrated Star Wars Day (May the Fourth) and on Wednesday we celebrated Cinco de Mayo. For Tuesday, I made (Bow) Tie Fighter Pasta for dinner and R2D2 cookies for dessert. Then we watched the pilot episode of Clone Wars, which no one really liked. For Wednesday, I made tacos for AJ & Zak, nachos for Daniel and fajitas for Adrian and I. The adults also enjoyed some adult beverages and found a new delicious margarita flavor, Pineapple Coconut. It was a lot of work to pull these two together, but we had so much fun so I'm really glad that I did.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAnl1m7i1SRGBvZ8pdm8oADLDeR9rL8-NTvZakybIktYTjkX7_TB8-SS1snh4gszymL_mwFoFf0zPxAtHkUqXBUQi3ja6wEfhxeapJL0hguao0Th7VEHbkxWUhUGls923L67FRsPQg7k/s960/hol4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAnl1m7i1SRGBvZ8pdm8oADLDeR9rL8-NTvZakybIktYTjkX7_TB8-SS1snh4gszymL_mwFoFf0zPxAtHkUqXBUQi3ja6wEfhxeapJL0hguao0Th7VEHbkxWUhUGls923L67FRsPQg7k/s320/hol4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjGHefoX1a0_YH_uEIpBOs8xSuvMjkYqsl6m3Zevrk9Xk3ahAi1CxpnCCbSJEDePO6RdlJvrX-sCLiAPtkv2Zcxun-0qAKY6UFZXrGMF0scdooK9q3Yki1EaLey6vB2KIVOh7QdemQkI/s960/ho5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjGHefoX1a0_YH_uEIpBOs8xSuvMjkYqsl6m3Zevrk9Xk3ahAi1CxpnCCbSJEDePO6RdlJvrX-sCLiAPtkv2Zcxun-0qAKY6UFZXrGMF0scdooK9q3Yki1EaLey6vB2KIVOh7QdemQkI/s320/ho5.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4En8l8a_uWArjcXKSh3oFAlAbAbYRVdxkWu2f_AYkUv5jR21LBn3JnOHwmZNtLhhWj95a6SjsKtNsBXMVTLgA1AIpFZxwbsuE-dS3oJjnq06O8I162dhZQIabC8ZMZtm444dbls00KAM/s960/ho4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4En8l8a_uWArjcXKSh3oFAlAbAbYRVdxkWu2f_AYkUv5jR21LBn3JnOHwmZNtLhhWj95a6SjsKtNsBXMVTLgA1AIpFZxwbsuE-dS3oJjnq06O8I162dhZQIabC8ZMZtm444dbls00KAM/s320/ho4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmg5o6rHIYd8uNgBQYt5IShqA5yZQ3nZJDCpICniOIulTUeyBbkVtQ3Aop6FYJgFbcUuuGWcAFfDGMVvJpN1O1_uXvHgYoX9DgR6iNFocGNpROOKCOaAUsn-KdwJi2AowL2hxjQurWMDg/s960/h5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmg5o6rHIYd8uNgBQYt5IShqA5yZQ3nZJDCpICniOIulTUeyBbkVtQ3Aop6FYJgFbcUuuGWcAFfDGMVvJpN1O1_uXvHgYoX9DgR6iNFocGNpROOKCOaAUsn-KdwJi2AowL2hxjQurWMDg/s320/h5.jpg" /></a></div>Then this weekend was our annual "parents" weekend where we celebrate both of us. Since Adrian's birthday is always the same weekend as Mother's Day we always take the whole weekend "off" and celebrate both of us all weekend. This year we decided to have a relaxing weekend mostly at home. Saturday we started our day with Zak's final bowling session for his league. He has improved a ton and we are so glad he is having so much fun bowling! Then we came home and picked up the other boys and headed out for mini golf together which was a great time. Later Saturday evening, we dropped Daniel off at his friend's birthday party and went to pick up Schmidt's from their food truck that was in town. In between that and all day Sunday, we played board games, opened presents and got a few things done around the house. We enjoyed some yummy dinners and desserts and lots of time relaxing!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrp4wOaieqIURMqFNwHnSHFlY6HoJECwaEi2AuZpLEkRxHvYoQyTJtu5aWixXA7rCuhROBh50pDFolh3vbONiIPQC2S1_MtuDaGjNIr3esTMv2iMFauk2aOyamy-kXIC7icj8-Ld3inM8/s960/191687712_10160066143412908_3403816606397042987_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrp4wOaieqIURMqFNwHnSHFlY6HoJECwaEi2AuZpLEkRxHvYoQyTJtu5aWixXA7rCuhROBh50pDFolh3vbONiIPQC2S1_MtuDaGjNIr3esTMv2iMFauk2aOyamy-kXIC7icj8-Ld3inM8/s320/191687712_10160066143412908_3403816606397042987_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlFD9fO5iv2Zw8yw1RaT5J7pXrR5eDDe7jyyXjzRL1tpbbe7eNmbXmRc9sMHwdqtM1BFUOCJE6YXIFUeZ2cf2Z-7H11QtE5S-kQ4OfpSV8GoSXakzKMXzMONR4ujjqMj0WIEuagtTa-s/s960/190862025_10160066142282908_2255420452230976129_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlFD9fO5iv2Zw8yw1RaT5J7pXrR5eDDe7jyyXjzRL1tpbbe7eNmbXmRc9sMHwdqtM1BFUOCJE6YXIFUeZ2cf2Z-7H11QtE5S-kQ4OfpSV8GoSXakzKMXzMONR4ujjqMj0WIEuagtTa-s/s320/190862025_10160066142282908_2255420452230976129_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGgO0B6q_SoYCmRiDZcc8X1Bbk3RzCAX0mn99gIKwiLiKOohy5Yc9Z_C9UxB6n0Fru-jm_c0bI5z2tYn-7ldbTpGZ-73hQygEpUTf-XJBDV6G4Qw7kC8xMsi8wx2HmQtfI-NiSLwmQnc/s960/189908923_10160066143267908_1879767743367536541_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGgO0B6q_SoYCmRiDZcc8X1Bbk3RzCAX0mn99gIKwiLiKOohy5Yc9Z_C9UxB6n0Fru-jm_c0bI5z2tYn-7ldbTpGZ-73hQygEpUTf-XJBDV6G4Qw7kC8xMsi8wx2HmQtfI-NiSLwmQnc/s320/189908923_10160066143267908_1879767743367536541_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSTWWZh53w-v8H-Ez6tftgiIXOQgk5vdS3GPPUZA-1Jz8O0VWRNe0jFGAO-tNDkHY9uXoET0TP0_p_TWHaq5wmcyYWFJ97QoVZF7JOmcjv2Cx9tUvofX9y9Rc7rp4FnWSk05EFIODXhY/s960/175858501_10160066142412908_3164404487015572007_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="928" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSTWWZh53w-v8H-Ez6tftgiIXOQgk5vdS3GPPUZA-1Jz8O0VWRNe0jFGAO-tNDkHY9uXoET0TP0_p_TWHaq5wmcyYWFJ97QoVZF7JOmcjv2Cx9tUvofX9y9Rc7rp4FnWSk05EFIODXhY/s320/175858501_10160066142412908_3164404487015572007_n.jpg" /></a></div><p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p>Working on Myself:</p><ul><li><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - </span><span>I hit 30 days in a row of 10,000 steps each day this week!! Unfortunately I also missed it for the first time this Sunday. Between the rain all day and relaxing since it was Mother's Day I only got about 5,000 steps in, which I am OK with for that one day! My eating was horrible this week and I gained almost 4 pounds, a total of 5.2 pounds so far this year, ugh! </span></li><li><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - </span>I continued "Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry" and read about 100 pages so I'm about 1/3 of the way done.</li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 129 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For May I picked a plan focused on marriage since we are celebrating our anniversary.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li><div></div></ul><div><div>Working on Family:</div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We got back in the swing of things this weekend and played 6 games this weekend for a total of 68 games so far this year. Adrian and I played The Godfather, Air, Land and Sea, Castles of Mad King Ludwig and Empires of the North. We liked most of them, except Air, Land and Sea, that one was just not for me. We also played Food Chain Magnate with AJ which is a long but fun game. And finally we played Ghost Blitz with the boys which is fun but loud and chaotic! You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We decided on our project for May, we will be staining the inside of the fence. We are waiting on a nice day for the power washing quote and then the work to be done, then we will stain.<br /></span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We have not incurred any new debt this week. If we can maintain that for the next 7 months we will be so happy!</span></li><li>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We watched "The Mitchells versus the Machines" this week, which was Zak's pick. We all loved it, it was super cute and funny!! Our total for the year so far is 18 movies. We also kept up with the new Wipeout and Mighty Ducks Game Changers and went back to watching The Hollow. </li><li>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - This week we celebrated 8 holidays, we doubled up on Sunday this week. We celebrated National Raspberry Popover Day, Star Wars Day, Cinco de Mayo, National Day of Prayer, International Space Day, National Mini Golf Day, Mother's Day and National Moscato Day. Below are a few more picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpExnHQfcHo2d3jSn6kL3itvUYi6061Ci7y7903pm4o0g9JNsMsKBRE31twkyFBM8Q8vvbwJZuOj7xGKF6HihzgL2wPYSFgolI1y7C1U4cTDfi_Oj4BTRW6ZqMW2JjMUgEa928XG6_Yo/s960/h9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpExnHQfcHo2d3jSn6kL3itvUYi6061Ci7y7903pm4o0g9JNsMsKBRE31twkyFBM8Q8vvbwJZuOj7xGKF6HihzgL2wPYSFgolI1y7C1U4cTDfi_Oj4BTRW6ZqMW2JjMUgEa928XG6_Yo/s320/h9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1WocTemVt67IU548RPYXXAFyEmZOEyRYQdKEXPXPstXUueT9VI-TvP2y59DQtnf4209VHHONYuHKQ4W1QEMFYyPLSLF4ZjooGolFzlI8nOZQhw73DhQgJsVHxuLcZfcrebAdsH6PXXg/s1080/h8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1WocTemVt67IU548RPYXXAFyEmZOEyRYQdKEXPXPstXUueT9VI-TvP2y59DQtnf4209VHHONYuHKQ4W1QEMFYyPLSLF4ZjooGolFzlI8nOZQhw73DhQgJsVHxuLcZfcrebAdsH6PXXg/s320/h8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45SeuAhAJZMAg9_Dsz3J3DjVXgcJ3dp9HY0P8pi_9yIjcIHpqKPtPg-_CuYZiysD_ZbtAI2YS1N6p3Kfl40WiKSlAURU1IAxBL5TDIQ6CUDumPoy34KWaB_lm3W7xYoMQnzmptdPpnWU/s960/h4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45SeuAhAJZMAg9_Dsz3J3DjVXgcJ3dp9HY0P8pi_9yIjcIHpqKPtPg-_CuYZiysD_ZbtAI2YS1N6p3Kfl40WiKSlAURU1IAxBL5TDIQ6CUDumPoy34KWaB_lm3W7xYoMQnzmptdPpnWU/s320/h4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></li></ul></div></div></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-16424757605025248122021-05-23T10:56:00.003-07:002021-05-23T10:56:30.878-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 4/26 - 5/2)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPiLmLjObR7g2oKZsPAC4PuMr8XEogOPxJeG5X7mvUAPTS8UeusAivl1C7V29waf1XXGL_U7NeJYd8_DZeNm5_iYWq2uU591mWI3KbaInitVy7m53kQfvWALeGMh6dLxBX2gRfIeUQlE/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPiLmLjObR7g2oKZsPAC4PuMr8XEogOPxJeG5X7mvUAPTS8UeusAivl1C7V29waf1XXGL_U7NeJYd8_DZeNm5_iYWq2uU591mWI3KbaInitVy7m53kQfvWALeGMh6dLxBX2gRfIeUQlE/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div>This past week went by in a blur! For the first time in a very long time, I subbed all five days this week. A few of the days were only half days, but it was still a long and exhausting week. It was spirit week at school for Zak and I was able to participate on some of the days which was fun. We both especially liked superhero day! We also had stuff going on just about every night this week including me walking with friends, AJ & Zak having Scouts, Daniel having art class and the boys playing Dungeons and Dragons with their friends. The weekend was also pretty full with a trip out to see my brother and his family on Saturday and catching up on a ton of work around the house on Sunday. We enjoyed a delicious meal with Carl on Saturday and all had a great time watching the Derby together!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JW_1L_tATbQd2SAlgN0dcXR9PmUE5jFbV-CyWZ1NwNCuWyG2oSv6As_4TBHqnWVa1FVeCVzxs2GusJ0pyt5-2tZ1KYp0VCrI7dDrG74uyvCdQ9e5768lbE33L_ry3Pi8-OH3OGFyA0w/s960/183309427_10160020839597908_7578253406366649620_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JW_1L_tATbQd2SAlgN0dcXR9PmUE5jFbV-CyWZ1NwNCuWyG2oSv6As_4TBHqnWVa1FVeCVzxs2GusJ0pyt5-2tZ1KYp0VCrI7dDrG74uyvCdQ9e5768lbE33L_ry3Pi8-OH3OGFyA0w/s320/183309427_10160020839597908_7578253406366649620_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGM_EUYEz2bw6ZRdEzX1uEwYewK6moCi80tb4G63cw3gOuOZuYujFXRyVP0a28kDLjTQjvaX3BBew2xZwp4eD8EivRX532Xtr6wfsMQ611CK0r-gwD-IBHYJHBOjt5L8zl2QNph3xveGw/s848/179724773_10159996280752908_5244439904883951403_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGM_EUYEz2bw6ZRdEzX1uEwYewK6moCi80tb4G63cw3gOuOZuYujFXRyVP0a28kDLjTQjvaX3BBew2xZwp4eD8EivRX532Xtr6wfsMQ611CK0r-gwD-IBHYJHBOjt5L8zl2QNph3xveGw/s320/179724773_10159996280752908_5244439904883951403_n.jpg" /></a></div><div>Another highlight for me this week was that I taught my first Zumba class in almost four months! I did a virtual class for my students on Thursday since it was International Dance Day. We had a blast dancing together, even if it was virtual. I made it about 45 minutes, but struggled to keep up my intensity towards the end of class. I will definitely need to work on building up my endurance when I come back to teaching full time this summer. I miss teaching Zumba and am excited to get back to it after my surgery!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaf0LLAkYTLt23e4hDqDGrYK3YLx14-SXkEeGrdqiGLaqI0tSD4whTHEEhyaXaUXGA8Woj74-UWMCs0iZyXlP5Nbmh-a2B8xF4qxg1EX1u4FLbrelsE8u2GyX_wvjKgaW7T2GUbvHWT00/s960/183420952_10160020839342908_6395939579961482782_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaf0LLAkYTLt23e4hDqDGrYK3YLx14-SXkEeGrdqiGLaqI0tSD4whTHEEhyaXaUXGA8Woj74-UWMCs0iZyXlP5Nbmh-a2B8xF4qxg1EX1u4FLbrelsE8u2GyX_wvjKgaW7T2GUbvHWT00/s320/183420952_10160020839342908_6395939579961482782_n.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><p>Here's how I did on my goals this week.</p><p>Working on Myself:</p><ul><li><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by <strike>exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year</strike> hitting 10,000 steps everyday - </span><span>I changed this goal a little bit because the miles were getting super high since I have the Fitbit now. My goal is to walk 10,000 just about every day for the rest of this year. I was able to do that all 7 days this week. I lost 3.2 pounds this week for a total of 9.2 pounds so far this year. I am so excited to see the scale moving in the right direction! I know I just need to keep moving and watching my calories.</span></li><li><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - I had to return "Gideon" so I started a new book "Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry." I didn't read much this week, it fell by the wayside in favor of other things, but I read the first 50 pages or so.</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 122 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For May I picked a plan focused on marriage since we are celebrating our anniversary.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I'm pausing this goal at 2 for the year until August when I'm back to teaching.</span></li></ul><div><div>Working on Family:</div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We only played 1 games this weekend for a total of 62 games so far this year. We played Great Western Trail for the first time and we really enjoyed it. We can't wait to play it again! We also played Century Spice Road again before we return it to CABS. It is just OK for us, we probably won't be investing in it. You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We took the weekend off from these since we have finished 4 projects already this year.<br /></span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We paid off our final credit card this month!! So far this goal is met, we just need to get thru the next 8 months without incurring any new debt. We're saving for our vacation now and then will take the large payment we were paying on our credit card and put it towards our car payments to get them paid off early too (our goal for next year!)</span></li><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We watched "The Frighteners" this week, which was Adrian's pick. The boys really liked it, it was a little scary and a little funny. Our total for the year so far is 17 movies. We also watched the finale of Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and kept up with the new Wipeout and Mighty Ducks Game Changers. </span></li><li>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - This week we celebrated 8 holidays, we doubled up on Thursday. We celebrated National Pretzel Day, Babe Ruth Day, National Superhero Day, National Shrimp Scampi Day, International Dance Day, Bugs Bunny Day, Derby Day and National Lemonade Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8K8F2OKMbHpYOgUqVNITvYVxribUe90KhbPUf4ZCrW_gzfr7puQai_p06EFO3XHWiuUE7EKHhQQx42M8e6k10Y8dG5Uqcq9Gt24B6bXyZIFow-88vZhyphenhyphenezyu-Im5odqtM0KubXq9iWs/s960/h272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8K8F2OKMbHpYOgUqVNITvYVxribUe90KhbPUf4ZCrW_gzfr7puQai_p06EFO3XHWiuUE7EKHhQQx42M8e6k10Y8dG5Uqcq9Gt24B6bXyZIFow-88vZhyphenhyphenezyu-Im5odqtM0KubXq9iWs/s320/h272.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_p51hCEcNe2DYtd84EA4w2ZMrwaOglU94nG8KWjR63F3yvuV1KD1Bubk4rmhP7cKJy3ZpAfaNSMsY2kvdYkMzelneoHIg7y00guaAL73S6aOOjhT1r28tG3TeIkwUb_B-0qx_MKiGXQ/s1129/h29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_p51hCEcNe2DYtd84EA4w2ZMrwaOglU94nG8KWjR63F3yvuV1KD1Bubk4rmhP7cKJy3ZpAfaNSMsY2kvdYkMzelneoHIg7y00guaAL73S6aOOjhT1r28tG3TeIkwUb_B-0qx_MKiGXQ/s320/h29.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dHwwZRatQRCguN2IGK8G5sZFp3hI3tgmKG8BNfA845-5UZgGiDA4xyr6TuPwi1wHDDIDEcofPSCsNEr262-beX0qxIdyCT4nLoTAd_0i8BB2eqb0KUxPZX57L9nDcvpl0ftSwJbaIoA/s843/h28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="843" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dHwwZRatQRCguN2IGK8G5sZFp3hI3tgmKG8BNfA845-5UZgGiDA4xyr6TuPwi1wHDDIDEcofPSCsNEr262-beX0qxIdyCT4nLoTAd_0i8BB2eqb0KUxPZX57L9nDcvpl0ftSwJbaIoA/s320/h28.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9oLptI8SYvlwvBv6oGBa6gOaufboRjmgtPAOwgFi7HavMjtI5mWnEAqR7KZEdU3nyhNzu4V-iGOBY08a5Glxr0lm0HBiUZZudT5GDUoX2Pf7E41GzZQ1mr2FmuKS0doXAcwEDmk6IUs/s960/h27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9oLptI8SYvlwvBv6oGBa6gOaufboRjmgtPAOwgFi7HavMjtI5mWnEAqR7KZEdU3nyhNzu4V-iGOBY08a5Glxr0lm0HBiUZZudT5GDUoX2Pf7E41GzZQ1mr2FmuKS0doXAcwEDmk6IUs/s320/h27.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI67BJfC6_SNrvkBRgUCfQhLllrM241-9ObvJyMbH6JR9QA4sU4qddECSsKHmeY2htzKU0T64BUdnj-sAPkoWgP90TD5SMD5GvN6mKNSGTdTdkqcujE7qzb-Z47KeM3KgRNdg6fN6_Bho/s908/h1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI67BJfC6_SNrvkBRgUCfQhLllrM241-9ObvJyMbH6JR9QA4sU4qddECSsKHmeY2htzKU0T64BUdnj-sAPkoWgP90TD5SMD5GvN6mKNSGTdTdkqcujE7qzb-Z47KeM3KgRNdg6fN6_Bho/s320/h1.jpg" /></a></div></li></ul></div></div></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-89239286240358742502021-05-05T16:24:00.003-07:002021-05-05T16:24:44.872-07:00Keeping Up With...Food (Meal Plan 5/2 - 5/8)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwdmE6tcbsX-VSUi5jsdsvnDVcnSd1CsdeOwH-Z59Wm0cGHXv9HfXSdRFMxHnL2gz0COGdy0IQDzrJmAavjt9qRWA3QH-EsMuRUB7RLisJ0XH79zPE7a0KqgTgw7GCTK0yenk1WP5fLs/s320/Meal-Planner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwdmE6tcbsX-VSUi5jsdsvnDVcnSd1CsdeOwH-Z59Wm0cGHXv9HfXSdRFMxHnL2gz0COGdy0IQDzrJmAavjt9qRWA3QH-EsMuRUB7RLisJ0XH79zPE7a0KqgTgw7GCTK0yenk1WP5fLs/s0/Meal-Planner.jpg" /></a></div>I accidentally skipped another week of blogging our meal plan for the week, but we did have one. We actually had a pretty easy week of food last week because it was the end of the month and I was getting ready to restock our groceries for the week. The big highlights of the past two weeks were finally making the<a href="https://littlesunnykitchen.com/baked-feta-pasta/?fbclid=IwAR3JeOR1MSXM60h4z2TkaO9nvZWE2q-zT_ww9DPKIq9nELOLfusdEmNzVgs#wprm-recipe-container-31272"> TikTok pasta</a> and this <a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/246336/zucchini-noodle-shrimp-scampi/">shrimp scampi recipe</a>. The zucchini I had were too small to make zoodles, so we had it over spaghetti, but I did saute the zucchini in with the shrimp and the sauce. Here are a few picture highlights of our meals last week.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3E9f8pb_jbM28bvldBKfPfdGyAkdXFR-utzsEUTlBGSd4GmzH1bHxoD8M6M_x13h5Urg6tmEcWHHuWW8mBz76aOxTKzyQdIsvRV5QZL6QnWnziiDEIVgY65np-gVaJgjX-BsfXIzpTU/s1129/180029707_10160001030592908_8803047367109163229_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3E9f8pb_jbM28bvldBKfPfdGyAkdXFR-utzsEUTlBGSd4GmzH1bHxoD8M6M_x13h5Urg6tmEcWHHuWW8mBz76aOxTKzyQdIsvRV5QZL6QnWnziiDEIVgY65np-gVaJgjX-BsfXIzpTU/s320/180029707_10160001030592908_8803047367109163229_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EEDjgGZV3VqqjPSW0GbFJrOqTpykGSe7_KIqKsD2zz52O4Mo-8sjBskv_DR3wn1O0wMmj0cLPcOMBZ9tf1qe6zOIJ1kYYlcvxNUGgh-0ujFFL97xip5bB-T23fWW0-FWOZEvmXwCXjg/s2016/food1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EEDjgGZV3VqqjPSW0GbFJrOqTpykGSe7_KIqKsD2zz52O4Mo-8sjBskv_DR3wn1O0wMmj0cLPcOMBZ9tf1qe6zOIJ1kYYlcvxNUGgh-0ujFFL97xip5bB-T23fWW0-FWOZEvmXwCXjg/s320/food1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmlESpgRThPYWLD5wpIzAekxakZlFCbVn7aUoYIHE2YBHVznkWCC0V7fakvAqZ-RcNd9qXvwH703ppPAypzZn8SV8ie26fQyKbGZtRf_RAROViHVLgLdWcmfhkolkLlFx9rK6wGhuqUQ/s2015/food2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmlESpgRThPYWLD5wpIzAekxakZlFCbVn7aUoYIHE2YBHVznkWCC0V7fakvAqZ-RcNd9qXvwH703ppPAypzZn8SV8ie26fQyKbGZtRf_RAROViHVLgLdWcmfhkolkLlFx9rK6wGhuqUQ/s320/food2.jpg" /></a></div><div>We have been super busy these past few weeks and while it's stressful, I am loving being back in the swing of things. I need to find the balance between doing everything and still keeping up on stuff around the house. We had two very busy weeks and weekends and now I feel very far behind on everything, hence skipping the blog last week and being super late this week. I feel like I need to just figure out how to survive the last month of school and then reset again this summer and make a plan for the fall. For this week, and actually most of this month, I'm making meals that are either centered around the holidays we are celebrating or making everyone's favorite meals. I will be cooking most days until the end of May and then I will not really be cooking in June or July. After my surgery I have a bunch of friends and family bringing us meals. Then we'll just be eating whatever we have so empty the fridge and freezers before we hit the road for two weeks. I will also be pausing these blog posts after the last week in May.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, here's what we're eating this week:</div>Sunday - Air Fryer Rotisserie Chicken and Garlic Cauliflower<div>Monday - Sausage & Peppers Omelette and English Muffins</div><div>Tuesday - <a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/47651/chicken-and-bow-tie-pasta/">(Bow) Tie Fighter Pasta</a> for Star Wars Day</div><div>Wednesday - Tacos and <a href="https://recipesfromapantry.com/chicken-fajita-salad-recipe/">Fajitas</a> for Cinco de Mayo</div><div>Thursday - Leftovers for the boys, I'm going out to dinner with friends</div><div>Friday - <a href="https://iowagirleats.com/2017/12/19/thai-crunch-salad-thai-peanut-dressing/">Thai Chicken Salad </a>and English Muffin Garlic Bread</div><div>Saturday - Schmidt's Food Truck to celebrate Mother's Day & Adrian's birthday<br /><p></p>Water Flavor - Orange Mint - I finally remembered to buy some mint so it's spicing up my orange water. We are just about done with meals from the school, so once those oranges are gone, I'll be back to doing other flavors of water (although that probably won't happen before I stop these posts, ha!)</div><div><br /></div><div>Baking - This week I'm making R2D2 sugar cookies from a package for Star Wars day. I'm also hoping to make these <a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/11382/chewy-granola-bars/">granola bars</a> to have for breakfasts this week. I have lots of baking to do in the upcoming weeks so I didn't plan a lot this week. Plus we have Mother's Day and Adrian's birthday this weekend so we'll have lots of sweets from those.</div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-39696425578888825252021-05-05T06:33:00.003-07:002021-05-05T06:33:44.203-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 4/19 - 4/25)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmWRjXK-Ztxd7sBWaGNuAmEPbGvcOVk-RdE-tfpl3q0xhnAjyTEQ45eSqnxZc3lGtC5NaiuYQIAhER9XDGtbjV1bfSD2xMZHUa8zqU6g2OgPaZyyLOLRHWIXo_g8CO2UzL7oQdzqn53c/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmWRjXK-Ztxd7sBWaGNuAmEPbGvcOVk-RdE-tfpl3q0xhnAjyTEQ45eSqnxZc3lGtC5NaiuYQIAhER9XDGtbjV1bfSD2xMZHUa8zqU6g2OgPaZyyLOLRHWIXo_g8CO2UzL7oQdzqn53c/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div>This week was super busy!! I worked a lot and we had a ton of stuff going on every night. Adrian also worked a lot, he had 40 hours halfway thru Thursday this week. We also had to deal with snow on Wednesday morning which made us all late on our busiest day of the week! But we managed to survive it all and had some fun in between the chaos. The week ended with Adrian and I heading out to our monthly wine tasting at Coopers Hawk and then using our birthday rewards to go out to dinner. It was a nice way to end a busy week and get ready for another one on tap!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUCq03HMs6szbw0y5HM_2DufMPYNyyPiRuK9OWjSx-M6CZ-8o_K7Eizq051IDHgXw6_RIDyrNPtEbqMMWLRVvnGuYNXnpTHHt_Dkc6LbLQ5kwy-j3-FzMqcavM5LzARNA1E16j7bddqM/s960/172474905_10159991671942908_9088197372948840501_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUCq03HMs6szbw0y5HM_2DufMPYNyyPiRuK9OWjSx-M6CZ-8o_K7Eizq051IDHgXw6_RIDyrNPtEbqMMWLRVvnGuYNXnpTHHt_Dkc6LbLQ5kwy-j3-FzMqcavM5LzARNA1E16j7bddqM/s320/172474905_10159991671942908_9088197372948840501_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>This weekend was different than most have been over the past year. First, I got my second COVID vaccine on Friday morning. I spent the day moving my arm, taking aspirin and drinking water and Gatorade. That evening, Adrian packed up himself, AJ and Zak and headed out for a Scout camping weekend. We were a little nervous about me being on my own after the second dose, but thankfully I didn't have any side effects other than being super tired. Daniel was a great helper all weekend and I was able to rest most of the time to make sure I was feeling OK. The other boys had a great time camping, they especially enjoyed learning how to split wood with an axe. They came home smelly and tired on Sunday, always a sign of a good time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yQQZGKmaQ0XO2TjodJ6Mo5u23hFGfXWp557SpAcX0x1CK-8y9XLnStOsvTYjP5Epa5Uu5Is7wEf5AlND6VVc-vh5eOJFQHd_DhXm0N0QNE1HKVi-37si1C-NmpsBvOaCgmIsrKFCqV4/s960/182820445_10160015243982908_3724575629800062533_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yQQZGKmaQ0XO2TjodJ6Mo5u23hFGfXWp557SpAcX0x1CK-8y9XLnStOsvTYjP5Epa5Uu5Is7wEf5AlND6VVc-vh5eOJFQHd_DhXm0N0QNE1HKVi-37si1C-NmpsBvOaCgmIsrKFCqV4/s320/182820445_10160015243982908_3724575629800062533_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSggpdI6qWKsZr-VWS2MerZg2im9CTAMt7QOpk3Ar-e99EoPYzMKr_lsQZbA7msGdn1yqWi9Vf03gxUyiktGDikQ3-QX3A62fQKVXnk_NO-_ti9GpCIENl26uJW7Ghvy80poIfPCq3gmc/s960/182759508_10160015243842908_5186263650834082752_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSggpdI6qWKsZr-VWS2MerZg2im9CTAMt7QOpk3Ar-e99EoPYzMKr_lsQZbA7msGdn1yqWi9Vf03gxUyiktGDikQ3-QX3A62fQKVXnk_NO-_ti9GpCIENl26uJW7Ghvy80poIfPCq3gmc/s320/182759508_10160015243842908_5186263650834082752_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Here's how I did on my goals this week.<p></p><p>Working on Myself:</p><ul><li><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year - </span><span>I walked about 35 miles this week for a total of 229 miles so far this year. I have continued to get at least 10,000 steps each day according to my FitBit. I've taken Rocky on lots of extra walks this week and subbing also helps boost my weekly miles. I only lost 1.5 pounds this week for a total of 6.2 pounds so far this year. I am so excited to see the scale moving in the right direction! I know I just need to keep moving and watching my calories.</span></li><li><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - I read another 25% of "Gilead" this week, so I'm about halfway thru it. It is really good, but it has to go back early this week so I probably won't get it finished until I get it again. The wait list is super long for it which stinks, but hopefully I can finish it this summer.</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 115 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For April I picked a plan focused on patience which is always something I struggle with.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - In the chaos of this week, I didn't realize I didn't get the info for this Saturday's jam session until Saturday morning. Thankfully I was able to get everything I needed that morning & still do the jam. I didn't dance the whole time, I didn't want to exhaust myself since I was home alone and fighting off the vaccine, but I danced way more than I thought I could. I loved the songs and choreo and was so excited to jam with Lynn again!! This was my second jam of the year and while I want to attend more, I will be pausing until August so I can focus on my surgery and our summer vacation. But I hope to be back to in person jams this fall!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-SK9NWT2WHeZSnRf_h9GWJRdXek4x7kyGw0Oes5aA1Halik2wsA2Gi80OyIPvR7qHfoA_CHbWCMNUh3HXTTrJkSM6yHpX4RGxQ64AAEPcTi28V2TsM-uPEbsoTRVhLAtnauCUvVYwKU/s2048/IMG_4495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-SK9NWT2WHeZSnRf_h9GWJRdXek4x7kyGw0Oes5aA1Halik2wsA2Gi80OyIPvR7qHfoA_CHbWCMNUh3HXTTrJkSM6yHpX4RGxQ64AAEPcTi28V2TsM-uPEbsoTRVhLAtnauCUvVYwKU/s320/IMG_4495.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></span></li></ul><div><div>Working on Family:</div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We didn't play any games this weekend since we were so busy with other things. We knew this was going to happen as things started to get busier for the boys, so we're glad we played so many this winter. We still hope to finish this year, but it's looking like more of a challenge now for sure. You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We took the weekend off from these since we have finished 4 projects already this year.<br /></span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We paid off our final credit card this month!! So far this goal is met, we just need to get thru the next 8 months without incurring any new debt. We're saving for our vacation now and then will take the large payment we were paying on our credit card and put it towards our car payments to get them paid off early too (our goal for next year!)</span></li><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We didn't watch a movie this week since half of us were gone over the weekend. Our total for the year so far is still 16 movies. We also kept up with Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the new Wipeout and watched the Mighty Ducks Game Changers. We all love the Mighty Ducks show so we're excited to watch it as the episodes are released!</span></li><li>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - This week we celebrated 9 holidays, we doubled up on both Monday and Saturday this week. We celebrated National Bicycle Day, National Garlic Day, National Cheese Fries Day, National Banana Day, Earth Day, World Book Day, Eeyore's Birthday, New Kids on the Block Day, and National Penguin Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDOPvFNwduohU8Zz_d9Ta7Q8fC6rISeB447DwYBkPZ05dUnPGu5hpdPk1XymJUXMQqqjXS17ic0SKq46P84iduE9hK3KQpYrOm6uEb5O8jfVU1X3bgOm0Nm2WM6f-MS_dSw_7EMK8kzQ/s960/h24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDOPvFNwduohU8Zz_d9Ta7Q8fC6rISeB447DwYBkPZ05dUnPGu5hpdPk1XymJUXMQqqjXS17ic0SKq46P84iduE9hK3KQpYrOm6uEb5O8jfVU1X3bgOm0Nm2WM6f-MS_dSw_7EMK8kzQ/s320/h24.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCRPasLenpuXYETF1yE-dvCULwIdMzaOAhERiJl_c9UWAGuCHe6WT_edLdalUvUUujviOwbiDlcvEnuyA9jI6_sD96uQZygv18jhr8VqCPsZ5PPqh9JpFgKvixfl2YyjoX_m8DQ7jVHM/s1080/h23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCRPasLenpuXYETF1yE-dvCULwIdMzaOAhERiJl_c9UWAGuCHe6WT_edLdalUvUUujviOwbiDlcvEnuyA9jI6_sD96uQZygv18jhr8VqCPsZ5PPqh9JpFgKvixfl2YyjoX_m8DQ7jVHM/s320/h23.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8V-8ZnoKVfjoXHYrk_tx2K44moMrsmVTeGUe8-UgbRRnvvHutveX0_LwO5h4sU7tjoJ_YL8FcNS8CbwC_ZS4YgECIXGnhNkcFTOkQqd9JZOlpf7EIHTfd9N4xmyW3sgSEIW-FS7RSQeU/s1334/h21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8V-8ZnoKVfjoXHYrk_tx2K44moMrsmVTeGUe8-UgbRRnvvHutveX0_LwO5h4sU7tjoJ_YL8FcNS8CbwC_ZS4YgECIXGnhNkcFTOkQqd9JZOlpf7EIHTfd9N4xmyW3sgSEIW-FS7RSQeU/s320/h21.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRN_vZl_XpDwoql5OEdHhyphenhyphenRhd1wepNl2D01b3ounY8R9cHJaj-R1olRc5HD3_gt20fZuX0eZbk9-kphfxyvONvbNoShaiNNvZGD46sasF9lsyck8BmCyQsza_kcznwc3-LgjV2B8liaOk/s1080/h20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRN_vZl_XpDwoql5OEdHhyphenhyphenRhd1wepNl2D01b3ounY8R9cHJaj-R1olRc5HD3_gt20fZuX0eZbk9-kphfxyvONvbNoShaiNNvZGD46sasF9lsyck8BmCyQsza_kcznwc3-LgjV2B8liaOk/s320/h20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlu3u7jdM4qw8dZj_fpLqVLiA7GcyEQ43kOA3Zl8__2UVpTU8p7o3_p-zqASdm2EaZJJFUrBi2IHfl4v5c4jjt2-a_ZoBeZuvZOM5WmF8bZHG_6x8ibnJ6mcik1JBCHumCWYFhvbx4Nc/s1440/h19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlu3u7jdM4qw8dZj_fpLqVLiA7GcyEQ43kOA3Zl8__2UVpTU8p7o3_p-zqASdm2EaZJJFUrBi2IHfl4v5c4jjt2-a_ZoBeZuvZOM5WmF8bZHG_6x8ibnJ6mcik1JBCHumCWYFhvbx4Nc/s320/h19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></li></ul></div></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-89592184223368922892021-04-19T09:37:00.004-07:002021-04-19T09:37:52.571-07:00Keeping Up With...2021 Goals (Weekly Recap 4/12 - 4/18)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLd9BLGQKO0834B8BJ7sIosGQRSbNnfoChKMoj_Vr7aPQcC8SdBU9cakOe3Hp-n0VJDYULAk7K8ilHbowhB-SY4mO-_HlvEq18OFFTZCgoHrTI2s4nsP-O-mL0kIBpgneSx4Tl98CjNiw/s300/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLd9BLGQKO0834B8BJ7sIosGQRSbNnfoChKMoj_Vr7aPQcC8SdBU9cakOe3Hp-n0VJDYULAk7K8ilHbowhB-SY4mO-_HlvEq18OFFTZCgoHrTI2s4nsP-O-mL0kIBpgneSx4Tl98CjNiw/s0/th+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div>We had another super busy week around here, and I loved every minute of it! The boys had school all week which included their first round of AIR testing. While I don't think the tests are necessary, I'm thankful my boys are all good test takers and don't freak out about the tests. We tried to keep bedtime as early as possible all week so everyone was well rested. AJ and Zak also had Scouts this week and both had a lot of fun at their meetings. AJ did some compass and navigation work and Zak worked on his forensics belt loop which included identifying different kitchen staples. Both boys had a great time and are looking forward to their upcoming camping trip together!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio20zMI0MQ5M19uQ43cG6hurhkPIgBAerSPJuq0Z7cRHxoWiTkMWLxBLJvbqA8Paf_efSWV7n6omhLJ8eCAU4w4yh6G2ZsmAtaDI8IXtVWq0xazEI8PRTZ8XBcEePYXVhN_Ny4SN-Ro_M/s1267/173583961_10159960506217908_4888596612714231943_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1267" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio20zMI0MQ5M19uQ43cG6hurhkPIgBAerSPJuq0Z7cRHxoWiTkMWLxBLJvbqA8Paf_efSWV7n6omhLJ8eCAU4w4yh6G2ZsmAtaDI8IXtVWq0xazEI8PRTZ8XBcEePYXVhN_Ny4SN-Ro_M/s320/173583961_10159960506217908_4888596612714231943_n.jpg" /></a></div>Rocky and I also had a very busy week. Since Adrian got his second COVID vaccine on Tuesday, he asked me to take off Tues & Weds from subbing in case he wasn't feeling well. Thankfully, he was fine and was able to work both days. But since I was already off, I got together with a few friends this week. On Tuesday, Rocky and I went to my friend's house to have a play date with their silver lab, Zoey. They had a blast running around the yard and playing in the water. On Wednesday, I met a friend from the Y and we walked at Pine Quarry Park, it was so good to catch up and get some fresh air! Also on Wednesday, Rocky went to daycare and enjoyed playing at Dogwarts all day. She was sorted into Ravenclaw for her house and enjoyed some yummy Harry Potter themed treats. Finally, on Friday I met another friend for lunch at Easton where we enjoyed yummy food and great conversation.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQMi_6G-l6xoBErsxpC4y0A3vmsRJKRCuMO8NpREEKTAnX2I_4RSOeoXAmJAphj1u8bPdDinf62_NFD0lkalx3zNm7iYLopO6Cog5YqWPVqZ4SRHrmr-erKn9vHaeEbgz10CORcxjNEU/s960/175471449_10159975176382908_4084977952340794648_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQMi_6G-l6xoBErsxpC4y0A3vmsRJKRCuMO8NpREEKTAnX2I_4RSOeoXAmJAphj1u8bPdDinf62_NFD0lkalx3zNm7iYLopO6Cog5YqWPVqZ4SRHrmr-erKn9vHaeEbgz10CORcxjNEU/s320/175471449_10159975176382908_4084977952340794648_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5X_Zy2-VoFCVol7evGkfnFJXf9_cGRM8E3OnlGkkb174W6Sw8h1NbbgxFchlZwd3Mk7gg9mR6Wau-alVj3QgKy9N64NUwPpTXA9RY6h09ayfCdOrM1123X0xUyIqs6_lfwOik1zITrQY/s960/175089784_10159975176327908_2159661775501851658_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5X_Zy2-VoFCVol7evGkfnFJXf9_cGRM8E3OnlGkkb174W6Sw8h1NbbgxFchlZwd3Mk7gg9mR6Wau-alVj3QgKy9N64NUwPpTXA9RY6h09ayfCdOrM1123X0xUyIqs6_lfwOik1zITrQY/s320/175089784_10159975176327908_2159661775501851658_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlcXVqfV6l2z-uNz5j3Lzuoimzq5_noF2lZP37D68AD6mmP2dQnX41ofWdRvszfJA5OXa7k_zM3lvYahWWPzNu1iBOoofreHbGwhk2jptqhRL2OtPs0N1AHIO8Fix99XFK-sEgoqmNcnU/s2048/174406402_238477257963521_4658239232602265019_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlcXVqfV6l2z-uNz5j3Lzuoimzq5_noF2lZP37D68AD6mmP2dQnX41ofWdRvszfJA5OXa7k_zM3lvYahWWPzNu1iBOoofreHbGwhk2jptqhRL2OtPs0N1AHIO8Fix99XFK-sEgoqmNcnU/s320/174406402_238477257963521_4658239232602265019_n.jpg" /></a></div>This weekend was super busy as well and unfortunately didn't feel like much of a weekend, at least for me. Friday night we had the boys' friends over for their Dungeons & Dragons game. They were all a little off, but they made it work and had fun. They finished a little before the parents came to pick them up, so they burned off some energy out back in the trampoline. Saturday Zak had one of his last weeks of bowling and after a rough start beat his average for the second two games. I worked all afternoon at the church and was able to drop off the rest of our donations towards the annual rummage sale. We finished the weekend with our normal work day on Sunday, which included Adrian using his brad new lawn mower to mow the backyard (we're still paying our neighbor to do our front yard). Adrian is going to teach the boys how to mow this summer in the back yard and then hopefully they can take over the front yard next summer. We also got lots of sleep Saturday and Sunday morning which we all needed after a busy week!<div><br /></div><div>Here's how I did on my goals this week, once again, they were all pretty good.<div><div><p>Working on Myself:</p><ul><li><span>Lose <strike>50</strike> 20 pounds by exercising 5 days each week and walking at least 400 miles this year - </span><span>I walked about 33 miles this week for a total of 194 miles so far this year. I have continued to get at least 10,000 steps each day according to my FitBit. I've taken Rocky on lots of extra walks this week and subbing also helps boost my weekly miles. I only lost 0.2 pounds this week for a total of 4.7 pounds so far this year. I was disappointed to not see a bigger number, but I'll keep focused this week and hopefully see some movement on Saturday.</span></li><li><span>Read <strike>15</strike> 20 books for fun - I read about 25% of "Gilead" this week. It is really good, but I probably won't get to finish it before it's due back. I'll take a break for a bit and bounce back to it in a few weeks.</span></li><li><span>Write Scripture(s) every day this year - I have done this all 108 days so far this year. I'm really enjoying this practice so far this year. For April I picked a plan focused on patience which is always something I struggle with.</span></li><li><span>Attend <strike>12</strike> 6 Zumba jam sessions to improve my teaching skills - I am registered for my second jam of the year next weekend!</span></li></ul><div><div>Working on Family:</div><div><ul><li><span>Play all 152 of our board games together (either just Adrian and I or as a family) - We only played 2 games this weekend for a total of 61 games so far this year. We played Flip Ships with Daniel and Zak, and played Forgotten Waters as a couple. I don't really like either game, but Flip Ships is always funny with the boys. It was a slower weekend of games since we were really busy, and this may be the norm for the next few weeks. You can follow along on my thoughts on each game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/281109/playing-our-library-year?fbclid=IwAR2-OalKOlyz0Z-rUPjtfX31dEnNnQ8bBFDSyj0xGM6ZlHLgubYwn4Augek">on this webpage</a>.</span></li><li><span>Do 10 home improvement/reorganization projects - We took the weekend off from these since we have finished 4 projects already this year.<br /></span></li><li><span>Pay off all of our outstanding credit card debit and don't incur any additional debt - We paid off our final credit card this month!! So far this goal is met, we just need to get thru the next 8 months without incurring any new debt. We're saving for our vacation now and then will take the large payment we were paying on our credit card and put it towards our car payments to get them paid off early too (our goal for next year!)</span></li><li><span>Watch 50 movies together and continue watching TV series together - We watched one movie this week "Might Ducks 3." It was cute, better than the second one. I'm hoping we'll be able to watch the TV series soon now. This brings our total for the year so far to 16 movies. We also kept up with Falcon and the Winter Soldier, started the new Wipeout and made some progress on Green Eggs and Ham and The Hollow. </span></li><li>Celebrate a holiday every day this year - This week we celebrated National Grilled Cheese Day, Thomas Jefferson Day, National Dolphin Day, McDonald's Day, National Mushroom Day, National Cheese Ball Day and National Animal Cracker Day. Below are a few picture highlights of our holidays. I'm also chronicling them on Facebook so if we aren't friends there, feel free to add me or follow along at #CelebrateEveryDay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VFPGSr3sNnK9vKjxYNLSDwWu4DOrUOnuB5m4JTjIiTPfX3v0CKb5dp3hPgvfYGQYFmEfdB4h2xOKV8r8oNsLHi1UwpMgfc6KTYsH5m4PKd_uMB5wM9qWWLcUEVKarmMY5bPoKrmEras/s904/h17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VFPGSr3sNnK9vKjxYNLSDwWu4DOrUOnuB5m4JTjIiTPfX3v0CKb5dp3hPgvfYGQYFmEfdB4h2xOKV8r8oNsLHi1UwpMgfc6KTYsH5m4PKd_uMB5wM9qWWLcUEVKarmMY5bPoKrmEras/s320/h17.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaMFHVgiEwaTn-xohvJRxxQYKVz3QvuqmXuHZ3YOWrF9cyfAEY9DpzO9bLUuQghEr-4tWTNQz-bq-bF0Dad2gIwFZRl4FByrZ4KIeKxHmdFdKaba-OWrQm6euzNPZBmFWKzWvl0ewsS4/s904/h16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaMFHVgiEwaTn-xohvJRxxQYKVz3QvuqmXuHZ3YOWrF9cyfAEY9DpzO9bLUuQghEr-4tWTNQz-bq-bF0Dad2gIwFZRl4FByrZ4KIeKxHmdFdKaba-OWrQm6euzNPZBmFWKzWvl0ewsS4/s320/h16.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi9rcdUOMri_tQ_ZRh1YXvKBz6SF67j5ePF8YU2iTAwMbEmj7QAtMMyJ3BXJ4IykovCCoDhAdCc37oBIpCuP_74HgdZq8phITmKEHwEmFMmumoWhBPV2Vu5g189x2jHDMDBtXALbpbR4/s320/h15.jpg" width="320" /></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167348565873467047.post-42525304772893648352021-04-18T11:55:00.000-07:002021-04-18T11:55:01.524-07:00Keeping Up With...Food (Meal Plan 4/18 - 4/24)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7F3lFQye_XZov0f7u5uWJvZOIsZW1o_fBgB9tSdQiE-eVU3fEpEBcGXDCLDuaNPm507fdp_adbxdHpkDIg4DPpvGVYJtLfLiyZ3Wh0Rh18N0RVylBL-3LfRtlfCfVRNcDWCWSAVDGBWE/s320/Meal-Planner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7F3lFQye_XZov0f7u5uWJvZOIsZW1o_fBgB9tSdQiE-eVU3fEpEBcGXDCLDuaNPm507fdp_adbxdHpkDIg4DPpvGVYJtLfLiyZ3Wh0Rh18N0RVylBL-3LfRtlfCfVRNcDWCWSAVDGBWE/s0/Meal-Planner.jpg" /></a></div>We had another great week of following <a href="https://adrianandchristajones.blogspot.com/2021/04/keeping-up-withfood-meal-plan-411-417.html">our meal plan</a>, even if we did juggle a few days last week. We made all of the meals, and most of them were really good. The <a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/103990/italian-nachos-restaurant-style/">Italian Nachos</a> were a swing and a miss, but at least we used up some of our banana peppers, ha! I was hoping we liked them so we could have it a few times and finish the peppers, but I guess it's back to salads and sandwiches with them. I continue to be in love with my new air fryer, especially since it cooks so well. This week I used it to cook both salmon and potatoes at the same time, one thing on each level. It was a big expense, but I'm so glad we did it! Here are some of the picture highlights of the past week:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0HvUu32yYEsfogJhcVep2QFbTl0Zl95EZmBjUmfLdrk64tNZ-IYVeFuDR47x0iWFoSPY814zXkxklvKEAtoH3Up8XFOeYHbqlWjC-_hCbf2ioom0C6TTkX8YoVlwGHQHd3lNN4Hwz4I/s1080/f1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0HvUu32yYEsfogJhcVep2QFbTl0Zl95EZmBjUmfLdrk64tNZ-IYVeFuDR47x0iWFoSPY814zXkxklvKEAtoH3Up8XFOeYHbqlWjC-_hCbf2ioom0C6TTkX8YoVlwGHQHd3lNN4Hwz4I/s320/f1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4UclWghd06gCY0gBV9L6FMub5c9Y7pyCsnW3xuiq5tdosDM5Mz-LEqG761itM-Ii2ZWj6zIUlFO4YwMyjEyXsv8hKfZerePdIr7IzMXbYA-94_9bvLFo77-LBXp6hyJY78fMfHW_CrA/s2048/20210415_183112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4UclWghd06gCY0gBV9L6FMub5c9Y7pyCsnW3xuiq5tdosDM5Mz-LEqG761itM-Ii2ZWj6zIUlFO4YwMyjEyXsv8hKfZerePdIr7IzMXbYA-94_9bvLFo77-LBXp6hyJY78fMfHW_CrA/s320/20210415_183112.jpg" /></a></div><p>Last week was super busy and thankfully this week is a little lighter. We also have a Scout camping trip this weekend so on Friday, Adrian, AJ and Zak will leave for most of the weekend. Not sure if Daniel and I will go out for dinner on Saturday, or just eat what we have here. I'm making fairly simple meals again this week since I'm exhausted most nights after the long school days. We are making a good dent in our frozen breakfasts and lunches as well, we got rid of two bags this week which is awesome. I'll continue to focus on planning meals around those items until they are gone. I'm still trying to not grocery shop either, this week there is nothing on my list so we'll just eat what we have. It should be a pretty great week food wise!</p><p>Here's what we're eating this week:<br />Sunday - Grilled Steak and <a href="https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/instant-pot-parmesan-risotto/">Butternut Squash Risotto</a><br />Monday - <a href="https://littlesunnykitchen.com/baked-feta-pasta/?fbclid=IwAR3JeOR1MSXM60h4z2TkaO9nvZWE2q-zT_ww9DPKIq9nELOLfusdEmNzVgs#wprm-recipe-container-31272">Tik Tok Pasta</a> with shrimp added for the adults<br />Tuesday - Burgers and/or hot dogs with cheese fries (for the holiday)<br />Wednesday - Leftovers or freezer meals<br />Thursday - Tacos for the boys and frozen burrito casserole for the adults<br />Friday - <a href="https://www.mashupmom.com/slow-cooker-quinoa-chicken-chili/">Quinoa Chicken Chili</a><br />Saturday - Camping for some, leftovers or out for the others</p><p>Water Flavor - Orange again. I forgot to add mint to my list last week like I said I would so it's straight orange again. I just added it to the list for next time (probably next week) so hopefully I'll spice it up a bit then. We haven't been getting oranges, only apples, so I'm hoping once this group is gone, I'll be able to pick different things again.</p><p>Baking - Once again, I'm going to take this week off from baking. We finished a whole bag of breakfasts last week by doing this and I'm hoping to get thru another one this week. We also have a ton of cereal in the garage so I had that one day this past week and may try to do that from time to time as well. It is banana day on Wednesday and I considered making banana bread, but the kids don't like that so I decided to make it easy on myself and just have bananas with dinner that night.</p>Jones Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213391872378180082noreply@blogger.com0