December Goals, Non-Consumer Advocate Style

by Katy on December 16, 2011 · 17 comments

Kristen, over at The Frugal Girl posts her monthly goals on her blog, which include staying on top of her Quicken and daily exercise. Although Kristen and I long ago decided that we were long lost twins, she and I actually differ greatly.

For example, these are my December goals: (Note that I make month long goals on the 16th of the month.)

  • Let the kids sleep in every day during the Winter break.
  • Start putting together an eBook to have available for purchase when the ba-zillions of new readers show up after my national reality TV debut at the end of the month/beginning of the year.
  • Sell the Goodwill-purchased Pottery Barn rug, which currently sits all sad and rolled up on my front porch.
  • Turn in my passport application, cause baby, I am going with my son’s class to Japan for two weeks in April!
  • Make holiday cookies and eat less than half of them myself.
  • Figure what to give my 16-year-old son for Christmas, as he’s notoriously difficult to buy for.
  • Go see Tammy and Logan’s new tiny house. Resist the urge to give them a Great Dane puppy as a housewarming gift.
  • And my most high reaching goal for December? Learn the lyrics to Baby, it’s Cold Outside . . . both sides! I love, love, love this song, and the Glee version is pure perfection! And I already have the “Maybe just a half a drink more” part memorized, so I figure I’m halfway there. 😉

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”

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{ 17 comments… read them below or add one }

Juhli December 16, 2011 at 10:54 am

Now that’s my kind of to-do list!

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Dogs or Dollars December 16, 2011 at 10:58 am

Tammy and Logan totally need a Great Dane puppy! That would be hi-larious.

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Maren December 16, 2011 at 11:07 am

Hey there! I’m a new reader– found my way over here from mnmlist, I believe. Just wanted to say that I love these goals– especially the sleeping in and the cookies. I’m not really on board with that last one because I have to confess that that song creeps me out. Still, you will surely get swank points for learning it.

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Kate December 16, 2011 at 2:39 pm

My favorite versions of BICO are Lady Antebellum’s and the version on Elf with Zooey Deschanel. Can’t wait to watch the link you’ve posted here… thanks!!!!! 🙂 🙂

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Jupe Blue December 16, 2011 at 4:01 pm

While the Glee version is good, the Barry Manilow/K.T. Oslin version of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is the absolute best!

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Nina Nelson December 16, 2011 at 4:08 pm

Phew. I’m glad I’m not the only one without a passport. 😉

Can’t wait to promote your ebook. I’m sure it will be awesome!

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Kristen@TheFrugalGirl December 16, 2011 at 6:34 pm

I wish I could let my kids sleep in. Alas, the younger half of them happens to completely incapable of sleeping in, no matter how late they stay up.

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Kristen@TheFrugalGirl December 16, 2011 at 6:34 pm

That should read “happens to BE”. Whoops.

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Katy December 16, 2011 at 8:48 pm

What happens is there is a split second between getting up too early and then won’t get up.

Grrr . . . .

Katy

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Jennifer December 16, 2011 at 8:09 pm

I love the version of that song from one of our favorite movies “Elf”! Zoey had a fantastic voice!

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Megyn @Minimalist Mommi December 16, 2011 at 8:28 pm

So 49.9% will work then for the cookies. Yeah, I’d strive for that 😉

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Jo December 16, 2011 at 9:11 pm

I see I’ve been making my lists all wrong. No wonder I’m humbuggy. That’s about to change now. I’ll start by swiping your cookie goal 🙂

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Van December 16, 2011 at 10:12 pm

Excellent list! I’m up late working on mine right now. Trying to pedantically organize all my junk in the short time frame is harder than I thought it would be! There WILL be a couple of all-nighters put into this….

You will LOVE Japan. I already want to go back. Pack me in your carry-on 🙂 !

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Darla December 17, 2011 at 6:44 am
Katy December 17, 2011 at 11:36 am

Yup. And I am super dismayed to see that they spelled my name as “Katie,” not “Katy.” I am hoping it was an error of the journalist, not the actual show.

Katy

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Linda H. December 17, 2011 at 6:57 am

A fellow Gleek… YAY!

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joanna | 365declutterchallenge December 17, 2011 at 2:44 pm

Thank you for the tiny house link. Pretties one I’ve ever seen! Oh, I wish. Except that it seems even a parking space to put it on around here goes for $50k!

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