Insane Goals: April Update

I found the idea of an "Insane Goals" list on Simply Rebekah and decided to join in the fun.  Check out the progress that others are making in their insane goals at the Simply Rebekah's April Update.

Accomplishments

1. Food & Supply Preparations
• I got freezer/pantry meals put together or stocked.  In the freezer there are 7 containers of soups (potato soup and black bean soup), and two meals each of a cheesy chicken casserole, tater tot casserole, and vegi loaded meatloaf.  My pantry meals consist of enchiladas (store bought frozen burritos and enchilada sauce), chili and cornbread/pon de lote, and soup over rice.  That's a total of 21! meals which is more than I was planning on, but it'll be great to have so many.  Added some spaghetti sauce and a bag of frozen meatballs to use with spaghetti already in the pantry, so we're over 21 meals now.
• I started purging and organizing my pantry right before my mother-in-law came to visit, so the project was put on hold for a few days.  But I did get my garage storage organized while she was here.  I needed to do this so that I didn't buy stuff I already had for my freezer/pantry meals.  The pantry got finished after she left though!
2. Baby Themed Goals
• Transferred my shopping list into my baby registries.  This is a tip I would pass on to any mom who will not have a shower, or any mom in general:  Make a registry, even if it's just a shopping list for yourself, in order to get the completion coupon.  Be sure to set the date early enough so you can go get your stuff!
• My mother-in-law flew in for a couple days to help me get all the baby stuff ready.  All the clothing got washed, the baby gear got cleaned, the crib and bassinet are up, and it gave me the chance to get the freezer meals done.
3. Melodi Themed Goals
• Done working on the busy bags for Melodi.  I still have some ideas that I'll get around to eventually.
• We also got Melodi's room finished up.  Getting her new bed in doubled as determining where we will keep the stuffed animals.
4. Labor & Delivery Goals
• The bags are all packed and ready.  No baby yet though.
5. Home Goal
• Another benefit to having my mother-in-law visit is that it only took 30 minutes to make 4 phone calls to get stuff set up for the house.  We had my puppy fixed, the carpets/upholstery/air ducts cleaned, and the lawn done.  I also got some questions answered about paperwork sitting on my to-do pile. 
• While I didn't do a full Spring Cleaning I definitely got a lot of stuff done around the house.  The list is ever evolving and I got to some of it, but there are projects that just haven't been done yet.

Disappointment

1. Labor & Delivery Goals
• So I found the books and have looked at them a little, not as much as I would like to though.  I did mark a page for hubby to refer to when I get to the point of potentially requesting meds.
2. Crafting
• I haven't had the time or energy or drive to get crafting stuff done.  Some stamping got done and some paper cutting got done, but that's about it.
3. Blog!
• I've started a few posts but need to take and add pictures so I'm definitely behind on my goal of two posts each week.

INSANE GOALS

Food & Supply Preparations

• Purge & organize freezer
• Purge & organize deep freezer
• Purge & organize pantry
• Create freezer/pantry meal list for approximately 2 weeks worth of dinners
• Fill freezer/pantry with dinners
• Create shopping list for 2 weeks worth of food (take a single trip after return from hospital)
• Create a small stockpile of bath products

Baby Themed Goals

• Decide if we will make a changing station in our room
• Pull out and clean bedding
• Pull out and clean gender neutral clothes
• Pull out and clean diapers
• Clean bouncer
• Clean baby toys
• Clean and install carseat
• Set up crib
• Set up bassinet
• Decide whether to make or buy thank you cards, or use leftovers from Melodi
• Decide where to store baby toys (think we have it figured out just need to implement it)
• Determine what needs purchased for baby
• Make necessary purchases
  

Melodi Themed Goals

• New bed installed
• New dresser installed
• Clothing moved from changing table to new dresser
• Find a way to keep stuffed animals organized
• Reorganize cups in kitchen
• Update Publisher baby book
• Finish second year album
• Make “busy bags”

Labor & Delivery Goals

• Read Homebirth in the Hospital
• Reread Birthing from Within
• Review Spiritual Midwifery
• Pack hospital bags
• Pack Melodi’s bag

Crafting Goals

• Complete hanging blanket for Kaden (got started on it, but haven't figured out the arrangement)
• Stockpile cards through August
• Birthdays (7?)
• Mother’s Day (5) -- (DONE with the exception of stamping/writing/addressing)
• Father’s Day (5)

Blogging Goals

• Finalize blog layout and copy to all blogs
• Reevaluate having the teacher blog at this point in time
• Write twice weekly on each blog

House Goals

• Decide on carpet (clean or replace)
• Get slab jacked up
• Get the garden started
• Get rid of last year’s left over garage sale stuff
• Spring cleaning!

Stay tuned for another check-in come the first week of May, unless baby decides to arrive early!