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T.G.I. Monday

candlesSay what? Who loves Mondays? Oh, that would be me. Mondays signal the beginning of a new week of opportunity and the return to routine.

Just a few notes as I kick off another great week!

  • Did you know that today marks the official one year anniversary of this particular site? Time flies when you are having fun! Scroll back through my archives to check out some early posts that you may not have read before.
  • I have moved my Menu Plan Monday posts. I’m still participating, but they are being posted at Raising a Healthy Family - a new site I started in August.
  • In place of MPM, I will be participating in eMoms at Home’s Monday Motivation series.  With bigger blocks of time to work now that the kids are back in school, it is time for me to hold myself more accountable for being productive.
  • Pink for OctoberOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness month and in support of Pink for October, Casual Keystrokes will be getting a new pink look. Look for it to appear some time this week. WordPress master Brian Gardner and Charity of Design Adaptations are also going pink - how about you?
  • I will be announcing my next giveaway tomorrow and it goes very well with the Pink for October theme. Be sure to stop back in for updates.

Monday Motivation

I am making an official declaration! These are the things I want to accomplish today in order to jump start my week:

  • Put two new affiliate progams into place
  • Visit 5 new blogs and leave comments
  • Make updates to 3 client sites
  • Spend time working on 2 client projects
  • Work on Pink for October theme for this site

The way that Monday Motivation works is that once you declare your intentions, you have to either come up with reward or a punishment (whatever works for you) to hold yourself accountable to getting it done. I need to complete this to-do list by bedtime tonight or I face the ultimate torture - no coffee for the week (it works well for Wendy, too!)

Feel free to take this theme back to your own site and post your Monday to-do list there, or share your to-do list in the comments. Either way, set some goals and let’s get rockin’!

By the way, have you subscribed to the Casual Keystrokes yet (feedreader or in your email)? My goal is to double my RSS subscribers this month!

Filed under Menu Plan Mondays, Monday Motivation

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  Monday Motivation :: Life is Good - eMoms at Home - The Internet Home Business Blog for Moms & Dads wrote @ September 24th, 2007 at 10:31 am

[…] 2 - put it in a comment below or a post on your own site (like Char did today - wish her a happy blogithday while you’re […]

  Wendy Piersall wrote @ September 24th, 2007 at 10:38 am

Woot! Happy Birthday Char!

For some reason, I thought Casual Keystrokes was older than a year… I guess I just can’t imagine life before this blog (BCK?!). ;)

  Brown Baron wrote @ September 24th, 2007 at 12:52 pm

Happy one year Char! Here’s to 20 more haha. Congrats! :)

  Char wrote @ September 24th, 2007 at 12:55 pm

Wendy - thanks for the well wishes and inspiration along the way!

Brown Baron - I hope it’s a matter of 20 more. I’ll have to send a lot of it into cold storage by then though.

  Roxanne wrote @ September 24th, 2007 at 2:11 pm

Great site, I love it! Happy Birthday!

  Jeri wrote @ September 24th, 2007 at 2:38 pm

I didn’t see the dreaded “treadmill” or walk on your list….

  Gayla McCord wrote @ September 24th, 2007 at 2:47 pm

Happy Blog Birthday Char! What a grand way to start the week :)

  Charity wrote @ September 24th, 2007 at 2:59 pm

I have to agree - Mondays mean normalcy (or the closest thing to it) begins again in my household.

I fall short in the area of goal-setting all too often. I know this is bad bad bad, since it’s pretty tough to meet goals when you can’t remember what they are! Note to self: start making notes. ;)

(Ok that was lame but hey it IS Monday.)

  Tiffanie wrote @ September 24th, 2007 at 4:25 pm

WooHoo! one year!! wow! By the way Monday’s are not my cup of tea! LOL! Read my post today to find out why!

  Angela wrote @ September 24th, 2007 at 7:23 pm

Happy Blogging Birthday Girl Friend!! Sounds like you’ve had a busy day. I know my day has been super busy as always!! I hope you were able to accomplish all that you set out to do in order to jump start your week!! Oh and I LOVE the think pink idea for October Breast Cancer Awareness Month!! Good One!! ;)

  Laura wrote @ September 24th, 2007 at 10:05 pm

Congratulations on one year Char!

  Easton Ellsworth wrote @ September 25th, 2007 at 10:36 am

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPYYYYYYY BIIIIIIRRRRRTHHDAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

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