May update on my yearly goals

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1. Blog at least 15 times every month. Doing great! I posted 22 times in May. This is my 23rd post :)

2. Have a "money meeting" at least once a month with my husband. Absolutely awesome!! We had a "money meeting" every weekend this month. Hubby really enjoys keeping his own budget (even though I do all the calculations :)

3. Save enough to pay for Christmas with cash. Our goal is $550. We added another $110 to this account which brings total to $330.59. We also bought a couple of gifts to stash away, I'll update on them later.

4. Save as much as we can for a minivan. We put aside another $750 this month. Hubby was supposed to receive a little bonus in May but he never did. Hopefully,he'll get it next week. June is also a 3 paycheck month for us so we really hope to put a little more into this account too.

5. De-clutter 366 things this year.  I got rid of 64 things in May. I did not sell anything but I gave away tons and threw away tons of things. We had a Church clothes swap, and I took two bags full of clothes for it. (and I didn't bring anything home. The swap was actually on the weekend when we were away, so it's a good thing:)

6. Keep track of our food waste.Done. Still doing pretty good with it.

7. Start putting again some money for retirement. We didn't put any money in but we finally figured out our accounts, and we'll put $20 per paycheck starting June. it's not much (I know it's pretty much nothing) but it's the beginning for us.

8. Have 1 date night every month with my husband. DONE!!! Hubby actually had a surprise movie night planned for us :) Love you, darling!

9. Lose 12 lbs in 2012.  This is the one I'm struggling with :( I'm not a complete failure, I lost another pound in May (3 lbs total loss). But I'm so far from my actual goal. I know it's mostly my fault because I hardly exercised in May. I really need to get back on track!!

10. Read 12 books this year. I didn't read anything worth mentioning. I reread a couple of Russian books and another Agatha Christie's novel but nothing new here.

11. Write in my journal at least once a week. This is the one I failed :( I only wrote once in my journal. I just didn't feel like there was anything worth writing about. I need to get better with it!

12. Create mini-goals every month through out the year.Done! Updates are coming tomorrow!
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   Overall, I'm pretty pleased with our success in May. I even think it was our best month so far this year! I love to see all these "green" and very little "red". I updated my side bars, and we are above 50% everywhere. That feels nice!

   How are you doing on your yearly/monthly goals?