Comments on Serenity Now: My Home Goals for 2012

Great goals! I think if we all concentrated on #1...

2012-01-12T19:40:22.479-05:00

Great goals! I think if we all concentrated on #1 we would be so much happier! Thanks for the inspiration.
blessings,
karianne

I'm slowly starting to get a household noteboo...

2012-01-12T12:16:19.314-05:00

I'm slowly starting to get a household notebook together, and it is helping -- when I use it.

I, too, am working on loving my house. And myself...

2012-01-12T10:41:31.874-05:00

I, too, am working on loving my house. And myself! Great goals.

I can relate to your goals - organization and clea...

2012-01-12T00:15:22.838-05:00

I can relate to your goals - organization and cleaning are my priority (but do they ever really go away?). Thanks for stopping by via Nesting Place, it's so nice to meet new people!

Calli@Strawberry Roan Designs

I'm with everyone else-great goals! Organizing...

2012-01-11T20:28:11.272-05:00

I'm with everyone else-great goals! Organizing and cleaning are such a great, cheap ways to freshen up your home and make you feel productive.

I hear you on the organizing. I think organizing ...

2012-01-11T18:49:32.527-05:00

I hear you on the organizing. I think organizing is number one on my list. I have a tough time sticking to a housekeeping schedule, too. If you hit on a cure, you'll need to share it.

Sticking to a housekeeping schedule is definately ...

2012-01-11T16:53:00.511-05:00

Sticking to a housekeeping schedule is definately something I stuggle with, good luck! (Thanks for the comment)

Thank you so much for visiting my 2012 goals post ...

2012-01-11T16:26:13.152-05:00

Thank you so much for visiting my 2012 goals post and for your lovely comment! Best of luck with yours this year I will be following (and cheering!) along :) xo Kirsty

These are great goals, and I feel like I share pre...

2012-01-11T14:53:11.969-05:00

These are great goals, and I feel like I share pretty much every one of them. Especially the "decrapification"--oh, how I feel the need for some after Christmas and all the junk/precious presents it brings :). I laughed at your decorating ADD--I totally posted about that very thing a few months ago. I need to follow the wise examples of so many other bloggers and be a little more methodical so the progress feels a little more obvious.

So glad to find your blog...It's lovely. You ...

2012-01-11T13:36:44.663-05:00

So glad to find your blog...It's lovely. You have some great goals. Can't wait to see what you do along the way.

We are planning to get an awning over our front po...

2012-01-11T06:46:33.325-05:00

We are planning to get an awning over our front porch.

Loving your home is a goal we all need to have. I...

2012-01-10T20:25:26.190-05:00

Loving your home is a goal we all need to have. It is easy to get house envy when friends live in McMansions and with so many gorgeous blogs out there featuring fabulous homes.

I look forward to seeing how you update your family room and to seeing the new organization system you came up with for the girls' room.

Like Richella, I love the graphics you put in this post and into yesterday's post. They look great. Picnik??

Finishing several things I have already started!! ...

2012-01-10T20:24:06.480-05:00

Finishing several things I have already started!! My bedroom, painting the common areas of our house, my little girl's new big girl room, and going thru baby clothes to sell or give away. I tend to start big things, get distracted, or have company, or a Holiday or summer sneaks in...and things get tabled!!

I've thought about giving myself and hubby some doable goals as far as time limits...so that we have a goal for finishing:)

Love
Amanda

Definitely a great list of goals! Love that loving...

2012-01-10T18:48:24.106-05:00

Definitely a great list of goals! Love that loving your house is number one! I really think there's WAY too much comparison happening in blog land!
I want to paint my walls!! They are mostly the same as when we moved in... nail holes, chips, everything! Time to update!

Well, can I just jump in excitement over your goal...

2012-01-10T18:23:04.641-05:00

Well, can I just jump in excitement over your goal of organizing? Yay!! Really, those are good goals - especially about not comparing to other homes. Your home is a reflection of you whether or not it's "fancy" and it takes time to do it. We see stuff on blogs, TV, or elsewhere where people re-do their entire house before moving in??? That, to me, is sort of dumb because you've really never LIVED in it to know how it will flow and what colors will look nice in there, etc. Anyway, all that babble to say your house will continuously grow as your taste for design changes and matures :) Great goals...that's all!

Becky B.
www.organizingmadefun.com
Organizing Made Fun

I like your goals! They seem challenging but actu...

2012-01-10T14:10:28.165-05:00

I like your goals! They seem challenging but actually doable. As I've already told you, I just hate New Year's goals that seem to be designed simply to set me up for failure. I've spent plenty of my life feeling incapable and/or inadequate--which is ironic, because I'm a fairly capable person. So much depends on how we think of ourselves, doesn't it? I like the idea of making goals that I could actually attain. I've never really done that formally before, but I think maybe it would be good for me!

P.S. Do you mind if I ask how you created the cute little button-like graphics you included in this post and yesterday's? Did you do those yourself?

Can I just steal ALL of your goals? (With proper c...

2012-01-10T12:50:38.374-05:00

Can I just steal ALL of your goals? (With proper credit given?) Because these are just me. Although I'd have to put cleaning first, because I've been terrible about keeping the new house clean. I blame it on baby W but it's really just me. I need to get on track with cleaning and organizing. And I think loving our home is something we can all get behind! Best of luck with your goals!

Amanda! I think I could have written this same pos...

2012-01-10T12:02:55.651-05:00

Amanda!
I think I could have written this same post, only the pictures would look a tad different, LOL!
And, sigh, my home goals are exactly the same as last year's goals. Since last year, we now have a little visitor from South Korea, and our plans got a tad delayed.
She goes home in June, and we plan to list our home for sale, then.
In the meantime, I will watch you love and organize your home :)
Happy New Year, sugar!
Love, me

Love that quote! If we spend too much time worryi...

2012-01-10T10:15:06.403-05:00

Love that quote! If we spend too much time worrying about how our home compares to others (have been guilty of this in the past) then we miss out on the things that truly are important. And yes, someone is always going to have it better, nicer, bigger...that's life! Great goals Amanda. Easily attainable. I can see your family room and the girls room transformed with just a few simple things, so it's doable! I spent a lot of time going through things last year...it was hard...all the time and money wasted on things we didn't really need, like, want, etc. Reality check! I have always been organized and neat, but we just had too much STUFF! It was worth spending the time getting it done because we now have the time for what is important without being tied down to our house.

I haven't actually made a list of house goals....

2012-01-10T10:13:40.418-05:00

I haven't actually made a list of house goals...my ADD when it comes to my house makes me crazy...so a list would probably help! :) I love your list, and loving what you have. Because yes, life could be worse! you could be that crazy girl bawling her eyes out on the bachelor, then having to face your friends and family when you get back home! :)

Great quote! I love that first goal especially! ...

2012-01-10T10:01:48.452-05:00

Great quote! I love that first goal especially! It's so easy to look at what we don't have rather than focusing and being thankful for all that we do have!

Having this plan will be really helpful. I need to...

2012-01-10T10:00:24.817-05:00

Having this plan will be really helpful. I need to make that first step. Now can you tell me where I can find more hours in the day? :)

Organizing and decluttering are big on my list thi...

2012-01-10T09:50:11.216-05:00

Organizing and decluttering are big on my list this year! We just went through all of our old baby stuff and donated a lot of it {I did keep a little bit just in case though}. Now I need to work on my craft space which is a major disaster right now! I need to get a good cleaning schedule down too because I have been slacking big time on cleaning lately! Good luck with all your goals for this year Amanda:)

I am working on getting better organized and I als...

2012-01-10T09:49:29.006-05:00

I am working on getting better organized and I also want to come up with some kind of cleaning schedule. I mean, I clean my house but I think if I stuck to some sort of schedule it might help (and save me from frantically cleaning at warp speed before someone shows up).

As for decorating, I'd love to finally get to work on my master bedroom and bathroom this year. It always takes a backseat to all the other rooms and I hope to be able to change that this year.

Jennifer

I'm completely distracted right now...you have...

2012-01-10T09:45:10.512-05:00

I'm completely distracted right now...you have a banjo on the wall...I'm not alone!

Seriously though, I've let my home go to pot since I've had kids. Sure it's clean but I haven't updated my decor in ages and it's just so blah to me now. So, this year my main home goal is to assess what needs to be done and work out a plan to make it happen. I see lots of paint in my 2012!