Feb. update on goals

Our 2014 goals:  (I know this is a lot, but I am trying to accomplish a lot this year.)

Personal Goals

1. Get active and lose weight.  Fail.  Exercised only 3 times this month.
2. Eat salads at least 3 times a week.  Fail.  Ate salads at least once a week.
3. Have a total of 200 no spend days (no shopping, food not included).  Total of Jan. & Feb. 41 days.  I think that this is good.
4. Read 50 books.  Read 26 books in Jan. & Feb.
5. Make everyone at least 1 homemade gift for Christmas.  Didn't make any, but got some ideas and patterns.
6. Make at least $100 selling items.  None.

  Garden Goals

1. To produce 1000 lbs of food this year.  None, but the chickens finally started laying.  Got 133 eggs in Feb.
2. Make 4 garden beds.  1 bed is 3/4 completed.

Family Goals

1. Twice a month do something special with the kids.  Fail for the month of Feb.
2.  Meet with the kids monthly to discuss goals, concerns, and ideas.  Started this in Feb.  Met with kids.  This seems to be working really good so far.
3. Have kids fill out info sheet. Met with each of the kids.  They enjoyed filling these out, it will be good to see how they change over the next couple of years.

Homesteading Goals

1. To aquire rabbits.  No, but have been doing research on hutches.
2. To bred the rabbits two times.  Nope, don't have rabbits yet.
3.  Build storm/root cellar.  No progress.
4. Mark property.  No, but found the property lines.
5. Build outdoor shower.  No progress.
6. Build solar oven.  No progress.
7. Build compost bin.  No.

Food Preservation

1. Put up a total of 50 jars of food.  No.
2. Put up a total of 25 lbs of dehydrated food.  No.