November Evaluation

Little late on this update due to traveling.

Spiritual

• Read through the entire Bible in a year following a chronological reading plan- I'm starting to catch up, hoping to finish by the end of the year
• Memorize a verse a week (for full disclosure I am starting with verses that I have previously memorized but have lost full memory of)- Not really doing this, but working on verses with my kids and believe this is where I need to focus my Scripture memory right now
• Spend 30 minutes daily concentrated on prayer and Bible reading- Still really struggled to do this this month
• Continue to record daily blessings to cultivate thankfulness (Goal is 10,000 things)- Still doing this you can see this months blessings here, here, here, and here
• Praying throughout the day for specified things (still developing lists and plan for this)- this did not happen this month, sadly

Personal

• Read a book a month apart from SWI matrerial- Read a little here and there but did not complete a book
• Journal 5 days a week- No
• Write (working on books) 5 days a week- Due to NaNo I wrote more frequently and almost met this goal
• Finish my first fiction book- Not done, but very close to finishing. Doing NaNo really helped.
• Write 3 blog posts a week- Doing 30 days of Thankfulness helped me meet this goal this month
• Continue to meet once a month with writing group- Yes! Love this group
• Have one day a month for personal retreat time to pray, read the Bible and write- Sadly no
• Complete Level 1 of Rosetta Stone Russian- Hoping to get back into this, we are forgetting to much of what we have learned and I really want to learn another language now
• Begin working on a Christ-centered prenatal/delivery/postnatal education- Had my first class in September and starting to plan for the next as well as a book and blog

Marriage

• Go on a date once a month- Yes! 
• Go on one overnight trip away- Done in May
• Read together for 30 minutes once a week- Not this month
• Discuss and plan the week to come on Sunday afternoon- Yes

Kids

• Take each child on a "date" once a month- Right now it's the grocery store, but yes
• Spend individual time with each child at home once a week (at least 20 minutes)- Sometimes
• Work on memorizing Psalm 23 with Jamey and Lillian- Yes! Both have it memorized as well as Psalm 67 with most of Proverbs 31:10-31 and Psalm 1. We are now working on verse with the school curriculum
• Finish current Pre-K curriculum with Jamey and Lillian- Plugging away with K curriculum
• Continue going to playgroup on Tuesdays- Yes
• (I need to develop more educational goals, so I guess a goal for this year will be learning to do this for next year)

Homemaking

• Begin a garden planting at least tomatoes (hoping to do more)- Our garden is coming to an end as it has gotten cooler. God blessed us with more than I expected
• Try 1 new recipe a month- We tried 1 or 2 this month
• Keep up with cleaning calendar- No
• Develop general cleaning schedule- Did not work on this

Health and Fitness

• Exercise for at least 30 minutes 3 days a week- I've gotten back to water aerobics once a week
• Lose 30 lbs- This is on hold until May, but striving to maintain my weight in pregnancy

Ministry

• Continue hosting Women's prayer once a month- Yes, still praying for more people to pray
• Email workers once a month- I contacted some
• Send 2 encouraging notes a month- No, hoping to incorporate this next year, but not sure 

November was extremely busy finishing up the semester and doing my best to finish my novel. I realized this month how much I was missing in my spiritual life and not spending time with God as I would like. Hoping to grow in this in December, but really struggling with getting disciplined again.

How was your November?