March/April Goals

Well, who knew at the beginning of March that this month would end up feeling like a year?! Such a difference from where we were just one month ago - at any rate, here were my March goals:

- two Sunday picnic and nature walks hopefully! We were able to do one the first weekend of the month and we've had many meals on our screened in porch since then!
- visit a friend for a week in Oklahoma: thankfully I was able to do this and have passed my fourteen days since returning home so I am grateful for both the safety and protection as well as the fun time away.
- host a one-day training for my CC directors: this has been rescheduled
- think about Easter plans: I have been thinking about how much we will need this celebration this year with so many things being cancelled. Stay tuned, I'm going to put together a post of inspiration on things you can do at home!
- submit an article to Bella Grace for the Fall issue: I have actually already done this, it worked out to get it done this past week - nice to have one thing already completed!
- do something that invests in our marriage every day - currently reading Dear Wife: I have not been as faithful at this as I would like though I have done some. Life has been a bit different than expected shall we say!

April goals:

This feels a bit laughable to me to make goals in a time when things are so uncertain, plans getting cancelled every day, etc. but I do want to be intentional with this time and since I assume we'll be home all of April - here are some things I'd love to do:

- plan a nice Easter meal for my family
- garden revamp: this is already in progress, we had a little picket fence around our garden that was completely rotten and falling down - David has taken that down and is going to build some raised beds!
- if you follow my InstaStories, you saw that my summer project is to repaint our kitchen cabinets. I painted them eight years ago and honestly the paint just hasn't aged/worn well so they are needing a refresh. I'd like to start this sooner rather than later.
- I've started going through all the closets/drawers/cabinets and such - I usually do this in the summer but would like to finish this as well
- finish our homeschool year - we always try to finish school by the first week of May and with things being so different this month I think we are all ready to be done :)

I'll admit that this past week has been very up and down and I'm sure many of you can relate! I've tried to focus on all the many things we have to be thankful for and there are many - tell me something you are grateful for today! And a goal you have for April!