In January (thanks for the link) I said I would write 6 days a week - it ended up being 5; still working out; but I've failed miserably on the negativity part in March. So much bad stuff happened at work - it was hard to keep positive. Only thing that saved me was reading some really good books :)

For April, I'll pick one goal - write the synopsis for the draft I finished at the beginning of March (I did it backwards this time the story before the synop)and mail it. While waiting for that to be read, I'll write the synop for my next story idea and begin that one.
I'll work on the avoiding negativity, but I can't make any promises since I sit near someone who is the definition of negativity (where's the protective shield when you need one?)

Good luck with the taming of the basement!

Jeannie, yay!! I am most impressed! You need to post a picture of your shelves and bins once you have everything in place and tidied. I did not post any goals, because my life is insane and I know I'd fail miserably at meeting them. On a good note, I have lost five pounds and since that's always one of my goals (whether I announce it or not), I'm very happy.

Congratulations on your hard work!!

Good for you, Jeannie! And yay for you, Karen! I didn't used to be a "would love to lose five pounds" person, but now I am. *sigh*

Made a little progress on my goals when I've had to sort through the piles my husband dumped onto the living room floor from the pantry (which had admittedly become impassable because of stuff I'd stashed there thinking I'd deal with it someday ;)) So, it's moving along slowly...

Well here's my update!
As for my goals, let see. i am still writing, although not as much as i'd like. but that's a concentration and procrastination issue that i have. I like to play on the internet too much. but don't we all.
aI havent gained any weight or lost, but did get cortizone shots in my knees to make excercise alot easier. wow, those shots are pretty darn cool. Since im way to young for a knee preplacement, i have to lose weight and get the shots when needed.

So april goals.
Excercise and get some weight off, alot actually.
Writer my butt off.(Boy it would be nice if that worked huh!)
Finishh the blaze that im writing now, and send off the contest entries that i've targeted. after polishing and tweking then send that puppy off to harlequin, then wait!
happy resolutions everyone!
jody

...and my garage. And we've only lived here for three years. I think we'll have to move again soon : -)

My goal this month is to finish up to act III of my WIP, and to GIVE AWAY MORE BOOKS.

(At least I know I can achieve one of those...)

Good luck in your basement, Jeannie.

I love the book giveaway resolution.

I've started taking out some of my t-shirts and capris, but I haven't stared boxing up my sweaters and coats yet. The weather is a little wacky, so I think I'll start putting away the winter stuff in about two weeks.

My goal for April is the same as the previous months. To eat healthier and lose some weight. Eating healthier is hard, but I have lost 6 lbs.

I had a few goals for this year and some were for each month and some ongoing.
I'm doing good with going through all that we saved with papers over the years and shredding and saving the important stuff. We too got through my sons clothes and off to goodwill. So we had a good progress with organizing this house and getting rid of things we just didn't need. I wanted to get them out of here, but too to get to others who had a need for them.

With my health, its been so going, mostly because of insurance, to get to search out for more treatments/help for the growths/pain. But I did alot of research to find places that specialize in this so its one that is ongoing.

I had a few goals related to my reading and I'm doing good with reading more new to me authors, which I love to do. But one thing is my goal to finish/catch up on series kind of back fired on me because with starting new to me authors I also started new series, LOL. But one thing with this is that its so great to read more authors because I'm finally getting to read some that others spoke of and I can finally say 'yeah me too' and now I don't have to miss those reads!

book buying isn't going well.
A friend of mine recently broke up with her common law husband. about 4 months ago they bought like $1000 worth of beef and when they were on the road they were able to get lots of fresh vegetables which we blanched and froze so she got half. We moved one freezer down here(they had 3)so with not having to buy meat I can get more healthier foods and we start eating healtier

Since I don't think I did any of the things I thought about for March (in your end of Feb post), I think I will refrain from looking into April. That's okay -- stuff gets done, even if it's not the stuff I planned. I think that's okay, and sometimes it just feels day to day. I'm going to stick with that.

Karen, Jeannie, and everyone else, congrats! This is such a fun contest you have set up... :) I really like hearing what everyone is up to...

Sam

So far I have not lost a pound but I have started walking again. I am also down to only smoking about 3 cigaretts a day so I guess I am getting somewhere.

One of my resolutions was to eat healthier and in March I really cut down on the amount of sugar that I eat. I try to read labels because I am amazed at some things that have sugar or high fructose corn syrup in them even though they advertise them as healthy. I am also exercising more so I think March was good for getting healthier.

Jeannie--good luck with the basement. I had mine all organized and then my children outgrew clothes and discarded toys and people gave me bizarre gifts and my husband ditched some office equipment and voila! Basement is a mess again. Maybe if I had shelves and some plastic bins...;-)

Sadly, I did not meet my March goal which was to find a place to buy good pastry and then eat some of it. Sigh.

I did lose several pounds. (I refuse to believe these two facts are related.) Actually, I don't believe I lost weight--I think my scale is broken. I will not be putting the broken scale in the basement anytime soon, though. I LIKE the broken scale a lot.

So I need a more attainable April goal. Pastry is off the table. How about Easter candy? Should my goal be to find and eat lots of high quality chocolate? No. Probably not. It's cheating if the goal is something I'm going to do no matter what, right?

All right. My goal is to get in touch with an old friend. I've been meaning to do this since December and have failed utterly.

That I had intended to finish by the end of February. But it's been quite a month, what with one thing and another, so that's my excuse! I am nearly done however. Will be done in the next day or two. Phew.

I've made great progress in my goal to be more green. I actually made my own laundry detergent out of Fels Naptha Soap (2/3 bar grated), Washing Soda (1/2 cup), and Borax (1/2 cup). I use one tbsp a load And it works great. It's also insanely cheap :-)

Jen
http://www.jenlewis.com

I am bad; am not a goal type person.

I did start phys therapy yesterday to try to alleviate some leg pain due to back issues. It is a commitment of course, will see how it goes. LOL.

I'm new to this group goal sharing (missed Ja/Fe/Ma) but it seems like something that might make you follow through due to other people knowing about it so I'll post mine:

now that my first MS is finished *yay*, to complete my query polishing in first half of April, and start subbing by last week of the month

there, i've said it! I feel much better now.

apprentice-writer.blogspot.com

My March goals (as I recall) were to contact some old friends, do some sewing, to continue looking for a new job and to work out 10 mins a day.

I contacted a couple of old friends via email and it was very gratifying. I also sent a postcard and a notecard to other friends. In one case, it wasn't someone I'd been out of touch with but it still counts, right?

I did fix my comforter and hemmed the pants I got back in Dec. I haven't fixed the skirt yet because it's a winter skirt and in the back of the closet now.

I'm still looking for a new job. More on that in a minute.

I haven't lost anymore weight either BUT I didn't gain any while on vac!!

And I completely failed the 10 minutes worth of exercise a day. :-( HOWEVER, I did a week's vac at the end of March and walked every single day (all around San Francisco, into a cave, a shopping mall, etc) so I think that more than made up in time what it didn't make up in regularity.

April goals:

Find a new job. I know, I know, but I haven't gotten one yet so I'm perservering. In that vein, I signed up with an employment agency yesterday and plan to sign up with another next week.

I'm also brushing up on my typing and 10-key skills. I use both daily but not in any meaningful way. So I'm unsure what my wpm scores are.

I'm also taking better care of my health. I had a mini-meltdown just before vacation where I cried for 2 hours because I couldn't find a Tshirt I wanted. At that point, I realized I was more than just stressed out, I was bordering on depression.

I was supposed to see my doctor on Tuesday but she was delivering a baby. I go back next week and I might get a prescription just to help me over this hump.

And, maybe, I'll try that exercising for 10 mins a day because it's supposed to help with endorphins and all that.

ani