January...again. Yes, I know it's the 7th. However, Stuart left last Sunday to go to Baltimore. He was subpoenaed to testify in my sisters' custody hearing and he didn't get back until yesterday.
I had great intentions of things I wanted to get done while he was gone. I got some of them done, like the throw pillow for our bed, a valentines sign, the oven cleaned out, other crafts and cleaning etc.
Unfortunately I came down with a stomach bug and so all progress came to a stand still.
Maija had the bug too. 2 year-olds are SO much fun when they are sick! For that matter so are 23 year-olds (if you say I'm not 23....we can't be friends anymore...LOL!)
Therefore I haven't managed to blog about my goals for the year.
I really dislike the term resolutions. Resolutions get broken or forgotten.
Goals, well they may too. However, I have a better chance of keeping them!
So my goals for the year are........
Drum roll please.....
to be more organized. Don't laugh I'm serious.
I don't have a set schedule for my day. I get everything done, but it's not necessarily predictable.
And, Phillip and Maija need predictable.
So I wrote out a schedule. I'd share but I don't schedule and tell...LOL!
I too (just like every other person on the planet) have a goal of excersizing more and possibly loosing weight.
I lost 30 pounds last year, not necessarily by doing what I'm supposed to. I used to be good at excersizing and I'm not sure what happened. So here's to being better at taking my health into considerationg!
Stuart and I have always gone on dates and one of my goals this year is to have those dates be more exciting!
You know like when we were single and trying to get each other to like us.
Spontaneous...well as spontaneous as you can be with 4 children.
Along the same lines; I am married to one fantastic man. He is amazing and does so much for our family. So I am aiming at being more vocal (or literal in this instance) about how awesome I think he is. Not to you wonderful people, as much as you may want to know that I think he is awesome, but I'm going to try to give him a note for everyday this year that tells him how I feel. Sounds silly? Maybe, but I love him and he deserves it!
I'm trying to do the same for the kids. In lunches, on their clothes they set out for the next day or on their pillows etc. little love notes or thank you notes or whatever they may need to hear.
And finally. Dave. I love Dave (in very much a different way than I love Stuart). For Christmas Stuart and I got Dave Ramsey's books Financial Peace and Total Money Makeover. We've never used credit cards much, but we do have student loan debt....which we are working on abolishing. I feel quite empowered after reading just one of the books and have never looked at our budget in quite the same way. I feel like our eyes have been opened (and Stuart keeps paraphrasing Dave every chance he gets...LOL!)
I know that 2011 is going to be a fantastic year, and I'm excited to get started. I for one don't typically start a year out saying that, but life is awesome!
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