2016 Goal Check In: February Results

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The financials continue to trot along on plan nicely, other than the Ting bill being slightly higher than expected (more calls and texts than usual pushed those to the medium levels).  Still, my first bill was cheaper than it used to be on T-Mobile even though I’m still on the T-Mobile network LOL

BTW, for those new to my goal posts, when something is done, I remove it from the list in the next post, so stuff that was done in January is now off this month’s list.  🙂 

Financials

  1. Pay off the $5,000 personal loan I took out to replace the flat roof
  2. Switch off current primary bank and close those accounts – DONE!
  3. Get mortgage balance below $85,000
  4. Get student loan balance below $20,000
  5. Emergency fund back to $1,000 – DONE!
  6. Keep Ting bill under $30/mth. – first bill was $35 due to more texts and calls than usual

Fitness and Health

  1. Reach target weight of 145 lbs. (weight on January 1st: 165.6) – Current Weight: 162 – down 3 .6 lbs
  2. Do some form of physical activity, be it go to the rec, walk, or bike campus, at least twice a week – mostly doing, despite some set backs
  3. Get a new swimsuit so have option to swim by this summer
  4. Work up to consistently walking up the stairs at work, where feasible (if carrying groceries, etc. can still take elevator)
  5. Do strength training with partner at least twice a week, weather/life permitting – probably cancelled or will have to be changed due to some changes with my partner’s availability; still debating how to adjust to this one
  6. Bike ride at least once a week, weather/life permitting

Around the House

  1. Update/replace locks on front and back door – pretty sure I’ve decided on the locks, just have to go get
  2. Replace or repair ripped up screen door
  3. Replace faucets in bathroom and add shut off valves (stretch: replace the sink with a decent, relatively inexpensive vanity)
  4. Paint bedroom
  5. Repair holes in fascia board and soffits
  6. Repair leaks in main house roof – DONE!
  7. Clean up/out home office closet (smaller one)
  8. Clean up/out built-ins in cat’s room
  9. Get the final drawer back in the actual kitchen cabinet
  10. Weed front gardens and try to add new plants as finances permit
  11. Clean up back gardens or disassemble until have time/money to properly maintain – disassembly in progress  🙁 
  12. Get another display cabinet for figurines and what not
  13. Repair or replace garage door opener

Hobbies

  1. Complete at least one “project,” started or not, that’s sitting around the house (e.g. puzzle, design own painted pony, horse rug, model car kit, etc.) – puzzle is about half done 🙂
  2. Play through at least 3 console games (Tales of Graces F won’t count for this purpose since it was primarily paid in 2015) – now playing Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
  3. Finish at least one PC game of: Age of Empires II (by completing all campaigns), Age of Empires III (ditto), Baldur’s Gate, Dragon Age: Origins, or Railroad Tycoon II (complete all missions)
  4. Watch at least 40 DVDs from collection
  5. Cull DVD collection
  6. Recode An Eclectic World to PHP with proper admin
  7. Evaluate possibility of switching to new hosting company

Everything Else

  1. Replace dying work issued iPad with personal tablet – struggling to decide which one to get
  2. When hit target weight, give self a $200 budget to go clothes shopping and get rid of any remaining “fat” clothes
  3. Again look at, and hopefully take, Oracle Certified Professional, MySQL 5.6 Developer Certification exam
  4. Look at and potentially take Zend PHP 5.5 Certification exam