Goals Week of December 2, 2012

Well, I hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving and that everyone was able to spend some time relaxing.

We did.  And it was fantastic.  We got to spend a lot of time with family and now I'm still slowly on the mend from pneumonia, the sinus infection and a bout of the flu that ran through our house after all of that!  Yikes. I think in terms of sickness I'm more than ready for 2012 to be done!

I actually got almost everything on my to-do list from the week of November 11th done - though it took two weeks rather than one.  I'm perfectly okay with that.

Here's what I'm hoping for this week:

Work:
Grading
Be prepared for class each class period
Update class web pages
Take notes from a book I borrowed from a colleague and return the book

School:
Meet with my adviser
Move 2 books from school to work
Write 2-5 pages.

Jazzercise:
Teach 4 classes
Submit my November paperwork
Learn 2 new routines

My Family:
Piano x2
Scouts
Dance x 4
Family Night:  Dinner out with extended family after Christmas Program on Saturday Evening
Christmas Program Practice x 2
Visit from Extended Family this week
Date Night: At home one night during the week

Our Home:
Guest room ready for company
Find my parents Christmas cards (long story)
Tidy the office space (i.e. Put a few things back where they  belong)
Bake Sugar Cookies for the Program
Finish making gifts for Sunday School Teachers
Put out the Nativity
Go through Christmas Decorations

Faith/Ministry/Church:
Children's Christmas Program (see above)
Write Our Compassion Child
Make daily devotional times a priority

Personal:
Call for a follow-up doctor's appointment
Send back a top that I ordered that didn't fit
Print off Christmas letters

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