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Goals for May

It's May 3rd and I haven't made our meal plan yet for the month. The hardest part of getting dinner on the table, for me, is deciding what to eat. I LOVE to bake and cook but deciding what to bake or cook is a killer! Last night, it's 6:30 and I haven't started anything. Ben and I realized it was Tuesday, which is 3 for $1 tacos night at Del Taco, so off I went to wait 40 minutes in a drive thru to get 24 tacos to feed our family. I think I need to get our menu made for May. 

While I was sitting in the drive thru lane, listening to Moana, I made a list of all the things I would like to accomplish in May. Here are my goals for the rest of the month:

- Prep & paint back room 
- Rejuvenate back room floor using the wood floor refinisher I got on clearance
- Paint basketball wall hanging for boy's room DONE
- Find basketball hoop for the wall hanging [would love suggestions on finding a smaller metal hoop]
- Finish painting bathroom trim downstairs
- Discuss garden plans with Ben DONE
- Buy pumpkin & melon plants as we didn't get seeds started
- Finish spreading mulch DONE
- Plant daylily bulbs DONE

- Sign up kids for classes at Marshall White, our   local community center DONE
- Plan one family activity/trip DONE
- Organize shop/garage
- Go through the kids toys, with the kids, to      determine what can be put in the yard sale
- Organize kid's clothes, figure out better    storage system
- Discuss yard sale plans with family DONE
- Purge older medical documents DONE
- Call Mortgage company to release escrow to our management. DONE

What are your goals for this month?
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