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November Goals 2012

November 1, 2012 | blogging, fitness, Mental Health, motivation, running

 

As I said the other day, it seems like October flew by! Which means, it’s time to look at my October goals and see how I did. Below are my October goals:

1.) PR in a half marathon. Grade: C+. Wwweeeeellll we all know what happened with that. First was the gulf coast half and then jazz. If you missed those recaps go check it out and see what happened. #fail But I came close. And I PR’ed through 9.5 miles.

2.) Actually make a craft from Pinterest. Grade A+ Done! Check this out! So excited.

3.) Read a book. Grade: A+ Done! When we went on the cruise I read an entire book, it was nice and relaxing!

4.) Vlog more. Grade: F. Hm. I didn’t vlog a single time in October. Major #fail.  Let’s try this one again.

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Ok so moving on to November. Obviously, we know one….

1.) Vlog More: Let’s shoot low this time, I want to vlog at least ONE TIME in November. There.

2.) Be happy: There are some crazy things going on in my life right now that have caused me some discouragement, and I am working on being happy despite my circumstances.

3.) Secret goal. Yup. Pulling this one again. Trust me when I say I want to tell you guys SO BADLY. So let’s pray this one happens in November.

4.) Get at least half my Christmas shopping done. No waiting until the last minute. Let’s get it done before the crazies come out with their less than stellar Christmas spirit!

Gah. Are we really talking about Christmas?!? Ok, moving on. I wanted to share a couple of Hallowen pictures with you all. Bobby and I had a low key evening carving a pumpkin, watching Hocus Pocus, and handing out candy. Works for me.

Me with the stinky one, rockin’ my holter monitor on my hip. Sassy was missing in action, as usual.

Didn’t Bobby do a great job? And yes, he is holding his carving knives. Oy.

Happy Halloween!

QOTD: What did you do for Halloween?

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  1. Mila @ Tales from the Kitch says

    November 1, 2012 at 11:09 pm

    Christmas shopping early is a great one! Check out Amazon, and Target. They’ve already got their black friday deals up (crazy, right?) I just saved some money on a stand mixer I’ve been eying for a long time! 🙂

  2. Kierston says

    November 2, 2012 at 6:45 am

    Looking forward to hearing about this secret goal!

    Yes, be happy my friend xo

  3. Mindy @Road Runner Girl says

    November 2, 2012 at 7:42 am

    LOVE the Mickey pumpkin! Great goals girl! You can conquer them all this month I know it! 🙂

  4. Lesley says

    November 2, 2012 at 7:43 am

    Christmas shopping is under way. I didn’t get any trick-or-treaters, but I watched Young Frankenstein since it was a Halloween movies I hadn’t seen yet this year.

  5. Michelle @ Running with Attitude says

    November 2, 2012 at 8:26 am

    Great job with the Mickey Pumpkin! I can’t even begin to think about Christmas Shopping yet – aggh!

  6. Fancy Nancy says

    November 2, 2012 at 8:45 am

    I love the Mickey pumpkin!!! I am with you on the Christmas shopping…I totally need to get a move on with it! My sister is done…so not fair!!

  7. Mo says

    November 2, 2012 at 9:04 am

    Great goals for the month!! I am intrigued as to what this secret goal is! 🙂

  8. Liz @ Southern Charm says

    November 2, 2012 at 10:41 am

    Those are some pretty good goals! I may have to steal the Christmas shopping one 🙂

    Halloween I went to the Hornet game. It was the perfect amount of fun 🙂

  9. Elle says

    November 2, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    Cute Mickey punkin!

    Goals are a good thing… I made some this month too. Good luck with yours, Heather.

  10. Colleen says

    November 2, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    I always say I’m going to get my Christmas shopping down early. Then I always finish the week of Christmas. I hope you do better than I do! I can’t wait to hear what the Secret goal is! It must be pretty awesome!

  11. Karen :0) says

    November 2, 2012 at 2:57 pm

    Bobby with knives! Aaah! LOL He did great on the pumpkin this year! It turned out really cute!
    Can you believe Christmas is right around the corner? Crazy…

  12. MCM Mama says

    November 2, 2012 at 6:01 pm

    Sound like good goals. Hope the secret goal happens soon for you.

    I’m always impressed with people who do Christmas stuff early – I never manage it.

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