2011 Check Up

Last December we began the tradition of having a 'goal lunch' - eating some good food and talking about what we wanted to accomplish in the coming year. I blogged about it here. Lots of fun stuff planned for 2012, but before I get ahead of myself (who are we kidding, I havent blogged in 10 days), let's send out 2011.

Physical

1. Sub 2 hour half marathon - Mercedes - 1:58:40 for me, 1:56:40 for MS - his PR:)

2. Run Statue to Statue 15k- main goal is to survive the mountainous climbs - 1:25:42 for both

3. Run two 10ks - Ran  Village to Village. and the Power Run. Also ended up running a full.

Spiritual - We've been visiting a church for a while now and we both feel this is where we want to be and want to further our involvement.

1. Find a Sunday School and become involved

2. Join the church. We are looking forward to this process and having a church home.

3. Continue devotional time together. We started this a few weeks ago and its something I really look forward to. Having a specific time to talk about our relationship and praying together can be a little awkward at first but I believe the benefits to this time together will be priceless. After finding this on a favorite blog this morning, I was even more inspired to spend this time investing in Matt. -Added this to 2012. We didn't do great in this area, and I'm a little dissapointed we let it fall by the wayside, as it's one of the more important ones.

Financial - This was the easiest category for me. If you've been reading this blog for any amount of time, you know I'm nerdy about the budget. It is refreshing this year to have a partner in budget goals. 2010 mainly went towards paying off the car and a wedding, so this year we're playing a bit of catch up in some other areas and trying to find some balance and enjoy life. Sorry Dave, I just can't get on the rice and beans plan.

1. Triple emergency fund savings.

2. Begin saving for a house downpayment - I got seriously burned in the housing market crash and I will never, ever again buy without a good e-fund and a down payment. One of my bigger regrets. Although, it is what fueled me to be more responsible with money. See, always an upside if you look for it....

3. Pay cash for travel. This is one of the things I'm most excited about this year. I'm really looking forward to doing some traveling with MS. We are already enjoying throwing around ideas for potential destinations. Accomplished this with Greece (here, here and here) and our anniversary trip to San Francisco(here, here and here.) We also took a late winter trip to the mountains with the Grizz.

2011 was pretty good for an odd numbered year. No pressure 2012.