September 2016:Goal Update

September was pretty great. It feels good to be making steady progress and keep intentionally focused on things that bring me joy.

• Work toward Rule 4 (Age Your Money) as the final Rule to embrace.
• Age of Money=so, I got to NINE days this month! And averaged about 5-6 days. Still a work in progress, but have progressed a little bit.
• Do a daily devotional 
• Completed daily! 
• Exercise 2 x per week minimum
• Met this goal again! Exercising just barely twice a week and only had an average of about 4,500 steps per day. Back to School kicked my butt. I did meet my mini-goal of getting to a million steps by September 23rd! Even a year ago I would not have believed that I would have done it. Shout out to Brecca for being my faithful walking buddy :)
• Read for pleasure: Average one book per month
• This month, I read another Charles Todd book this month-The Shattered Tree, and a short story of his as well...so that counts for one and a half? or maybe one and a quarter; it was a pretty short story!
• Go on a date with Jason: At least one time per month
• We actually had a few dates this month. The best was for our 10th anniversary--we went out to dinner and just hung out together. My mom took the girls overnight so we also went out for breakfast the next morning and watched a movie that was one of our favorites when we started dating--I Heart Huckabees. 
• Have a "no screen" weekend
• Still feel the strong need for this, but have not made any progress. 
• Clean and organize basement:Toy room and storage room
• This one is complete :) We created some chore charts and have not been sticking as closely to them as I would like; better than it was, but not quite yet where I would like it to be.  
• Travel somewhere in Northern Michigan
• Goal complete. In October I'll be travelling up to Gaylord for work as well as travelling to Northern Wisconsin (pretty much the same as Northern Michigan, right??). 
• Travel to Denver, Indiana and Washington, D.C.
• This one is officially complete. Added New Orleans this month. Good to see it once; not in any rush to get back. Would like to check out more of the surrounding area as well.  
• Try out 12 new dinner recipes
• Tried one new recipe this month: Sheet Pan Fajitas--yummy!
• Try out 12 new dessert/cookie recipes
• This month, I made: Vanilla Cupcakes, Vanilla Frosting, and Espresso Buttercream Frosting for the girls birthdays. I re-made the Chocolate Cake recipe that I made back in April, but this time in cupcake form. 
• Do not use credit or obtain any additional debt
• Did pretty well this month. Had to use credit for my trip, but got reimbursed for my expenses. 

As always, thank you for following along on my journey! Hope you have a great month!!