August Recap and September Goals

It’s crazy that it is already September the 4th!  I am so excited that the weather has turned cooler and that Fall seems to be here. There is nothing I like better than jeans and a hoodie.

With a 10 day vacation at the end of August, I’m pretty sure some of my goals got pushed to the back burner, but let’s take a look and see what I actually did get accomplished!

BLOG
~Figure out IG Hashtags and orgainze them: That’s a big nope.
~Re-pin old posts/pins to group boards: I’m giving myself a pass, even though it’s kinda iffy.  On vacation I tried to organize some of my group boards, so that utilizing them will be easier.
~Get the felt dolls on the blog: Well, I didn’t get them all on, but that’s because I decided to spread them out so I could provide step by step directions for each one.  You can check out my first one here.
~Categorize 30 posts: I totally got this done.   My plan was to do a few a day, but I ended up doing a bunch the first few days of the month.  Which is a good thing, since I then forgot to do anymore.  Opps.
~Finish bucket list:  I didn’t finish it, but did come pretty damn close.  I’ll by doing my final recap soon.
~Finish organizing link parties (and make a category for monthly ones): Once again I failed at this.  I will get it done.  Eventually.
~create an off the shoulder dress of Annabelle: nope, ran out of time.
~Make a first day of school sign: I got this done too!  Even though Annabelle doesn’t start until Wednesday, I snapped a few pictures to I could get in on the blog.  If you’d like to make your own re-usable chalkboard, check out the post here.
~Reach 8k pageviews: So I totally blew this out of the water, but that’s because I had two sponsored posts boosted by the company.  Can you tell when that happened?

PERSONAL
~Be asleep by 11 at least once a week: I did this! 🙂 Now if I can only keep it up.
~Finish my dress: nope
~Finish Autumn’s MSU dress and make one for Annabelle: Check and check.  Autumn decided she didn’t want to wear the dress, so I made her a quick skirt.  Annabelle like her dress though, which I am happy about.
~Clean up my email: I did clean up my email, but it’s messy again…. le sigh.  How do y’all keep your email organized?
~Go on a date night: Not as much as a date night, as a day date, you can read all about our wine tour here.
~Declutter kitchen: nope
~Get ready to send Annabelle to preschool: I think I’m ready!!

FITNESS
~Work out 5x a week: I almost got this done!  There were just a few days that I skipped the workout to give myself some extra time with the blog.
~Drink 4 tumblers of water a day: yep
~record meals/snacks: nope
~Limit booze: 
~Cut back on mindless munching

So, onto September!

You may notice that my September goals are a bit on the lighter side. With Annabelle starting school for the first time, I want to make sure I don’t over do it.

BLOG
~reach 8k pageviews
~build Pinterest following
~organize Boardboosters
~look more into growing instagram
~be ok with not doing FB share groups every day
~post another felt doll
~participate in dresstember

PERSONAL
~balance time now that Annabelle is going to school
~go on a date night
~sew Annabelle and Autumn a Halloween dress
~start on Halloween costume

FITNESS
~ work out 5xs a week
~ try adding a run on a day that Annabelle has school
~ healthy snacks
~ find some new weight training ideas