May 2011

May: The month you'd better be halfway there (because you know it's all going to fall apart in December).

Learn to cook 1 meal a month
I made curry egg salad this month. Now, sure, I've made egg salad before, but I did follow a new recipe and the addition of curry to egg salad is totally new to me. And totally delicious.
Tracking: 5/12

Lose 15 pounds
Rach and I have figured out how to get a workout schedule for both of us - not an easy thing to do with a little one. And I plan to stick to it. Baby steps at this point, but things are starting to get on the right track again.
Tracking: .1/15

Fully fund my emergency fund
Craigslist was my friend this month. I sold a bunch of stuff and put all the cash in the emergency fund. I also sold some scrap gold that I had (rings) to get some extra cash. It was kind of weird because that seems like the thing to do these days, but I found a local place that didn't seem to scam-y and they gave me a quote and it was pretty easy. With the price of gold being so crazy, I got more than I was expecting.

I'm almost on track to fully fund my emergency fund by end of year with my standard monthly deposit. But I'm starting to run out of stuff to sell, so I need to figure out how I'm going to make up that small gap.
Tracking: 5/6

Live by the One In/One Out & Would You Take it to England rules
Craigslist has been my friend. I got rid of around 10 giant boxes of stuff. All of boxes of childhood toys (and toys I bought in adulthood) have either left the house or been moved to their proper location in the attic. It's a much smaller collection now - going from something that was probably verging on 1,000 figures down to two dozen or so. I kept the key figures that reminded me of the whole line and the specific figures that had memories tied to them, everything else went. Except for the few that I plan to give to the kid.
Tracking: Good

Start dressing like an adult
I dress like the other guys in my office with my position or the position above me. I'm OK with that; it's a more relaxed office. And I can step it up when I need to (important meetings, etc).
Tracking: Matching people who dress better than me

Finish 6 house projects on our to-do list
Got a plumber out and got a few things fixed, which puts up over the top on our to-do list.
Tracking: 7/6

Check off 1 Life List item
Tracking: Done

Complete the $10 challenge
Tracking: Still calling it done

Eat 1 fruit or veg a day
Tracking: Failed