6 years…And Still Going! February 2018 Goals

February is always a big month for me. Well for two reasons… My youngest has her birthday and 3 Dinosaurs has it birthday as well! It was 6 years ago that 3 friends talked me into sharing what I do with my girls with others. It has been an amazing 6 years!

When I started I was only going to do this a year. Yup, a year! It was only to help out my oldest and I had no plans to keep it up. It is amazing that years later I’m still going and working on this as much as I am.

I love creating and making. As part of the anniversary, I’m going to be a Dinosaur themed week. It was the most requested themed week. It is going to be tons of fun. Yup, 7 days of fun dinosaur printables! I’m already in planning mode of what I’m going to do.

I can’t wait to share some of my fun ideas with you.

February 2018 Goals - blog, personal and family goals - plus a look back at 6 years of blogging- 3Dinosaurs.com

It has been an amazing 6 years. It was 6 years ago today that 3 friends of mine talked me into starting a blog and sharing what I do and make with others. I picked the blog name based on what my girls were really into at the time. Well, they still are. 3 Dinosaurs officially came into being on 15 days later February 15th.

I had a part-time job so this was just something fun to do that now is something amazing that I love to do. There are over 2,000 blog posts. So many printables that I can’t keep track of all of them…and still growing.

Now on to my goals for the month.

As always I divide my goals up between the blog, family and personal. I have some big goals for the year that I break into smaller parts to help me get them done. You can read about the big goals here.

February 2018 Blog Goals

January was a busy month of planning and seeing what I could round up that has not been on the blog. I made a list and I hope to get them done in the next few months. I had fun making a few requests that people had asked for. I also made a few that will be coming out over the next few months. I’m always on the lookout for new ideas to try.

I’ve been making tons of requests from teachers and I hope to start blogging about a few of those with samples for you to check out.

Have A Themed Week of Dinosaurs for the 6 year anniversary
Start round up themes on the blog for my non-seasonal activities (Do you have a round up of mine you would like to see done?)
Post more crafts on the blog.
Update web site for https and design changes.
Plan for the big winter release: Romping & Roaring Second Grade Sight Word Packs & Interactive Number Books (Coming VERY soon)
Consider posting only 3 or 4 days a week – and get ahead on my posting by at least 4 days.
Don’t buy any new supplies until May 2018!
Finish 3 or 4 smaller selling products for the month – There will be up on Teachers Pay Teacher as I make them.
Create a total project list of all started projects with projected release dates. Schedule steps for pictures and when we will use them.
Keep Sending regular newsletter out – Yes, I am sending one now! And a Subscriber Freebie coming very soon!
Make a list of reuqested projects to finish – Do you have a request?

February 2018 Family Goals

I’ve been busy working on a few new things for our family. One of them has been working on new chores for my girls. It is something we changed up a lot when we moved to the house. I hope to share some of those fun printables I’ve made this month! Plus I have a party to plan and we always have fun with that.

Celebrate my youngest daughter’s birthday
Upack more and declutter more!
Organize what we have unpack better
Limit computer time for everyone – including me!
Read to my girls every day.
Do a Family Movie or game night twice a month
Fill out TO DO LIST daily
Make a weekly menu!
Make daily and weekly chore charts for my girls
Fill out and Check off: Daily, Weekly & Monthly Cleaning Cart

February 2018 Personal Goals

It was an off month for my personal goals but I hope to get back to doing theme real soon. I have my goals and need to keep them to make me a better mom, wife, and friend.

Limit all sugary drinks
Daily Fitness – walking 6 days at least week – Even with all the packing fitness still needs to happen.
Make 10,000 steps EVERY day – weekends too. Keep track using Fitbit Charge HR Wireless Activity Wristband.
Schedule my tasks that need to be done for: blog, personal and family.
Read/Listen to 5 books for the whole month – Pick good books not random books with no meaning
Read at least one book about being a better parent
Look for the joy in things I used to do