New Start September!

September- the month of new starts for the Reynolds' Family. As a family one of our overall goals is personal improvement.
The Boy is back to school and so far having a successful first month back. He has been taking his school work very seriously and devoting a period of time every night to school work. He has made a commitment to expanding his personal library. The last book he read was "Animal Farm" and he is currently reading "The Hobbit".
The Dad's fall semester starts tomorrow. This semester is going to be very busy for him. In addition to his Monday through Friday full time job he is taking 5 classes. He has a combination of evening classes, a Saturday class and 2 on line courses.
Myself- most of my days revolved around work and the Boys. With the DH breezing in a out briefly for dinner before he heads to his night class it is my responsibility to oversee the household side of life. Dinner, clean up, grocery shopping, the Boy's homework etc. are all items on my to do list. I am happy to do these things since it was only a couple of years ago that the Dad did them all for me while I was working and going to college full time.

As a result of our busy schedules, previous goals and frugal lifestyle we have designated September as the Month of Yes. Rather than police ourselves and establish a series of "No" goals we are going to flip things around and establish only positive goals.

September Goals:
Increase closet space in the playroom (by reducing the amount of toys by 25%)
Increase our ebay income (by selling unneeded items- especially extra purses)
Yes to family time on the weekends- a minimum of two family fun days this month
Yes to volunteering somewhere this month
Yes to developing a positive outlook on life!

Day one- so far a success as we have ear marked some sale items for ebay and started planning our first fun activity for next weekend.