Every year I make New Year's Resolutions, blog about them, then promptly forget them. This year I'd like to stick to them. (Yeah, I say that every year too.) Here are a few of my lofty goals for 2012.
Spiritual: - Read the Bible more often. Find a reading plan that works and stick with it.- Daily devotions with my husband. - Read the kids Bible stories and teach verses to the kids. - Join a Bible study and actually study and complete the homework.
Family: - Turn off the TV, laptops and put down the iPhone a lot more often! - Speak a lot more Spanish at home. We've learned that speaking only Spanish at home isn't going to work... but we can start weaving more Spanish into daily conversation and begin teaching the kids basic vocabulary, if nothing else. - Spend a lot more time interacting with the kids and start planning little homework lessons and activities for Bug several days a week.
Housework: - I'd like to learn to keep this place relatively neat and clean. I know it's impossible to keep it spotless with 2 small children but I can do a lot better at keeping this place up. I normally do a quick, power clean once or twice a week (and it stays clean for about 5 minutes) and then dreadfully neglect everything the rest of the week. My goal is to devote 10 minutes a day to each room. I read somewhere that 10 minutes per room, per day, is enough to keep the clutter at bay. Sounds like a good plan to me.
Health & Fitness: - I'd like to lose 30-40 lbs this year! Much easier said than done and I hardly know where to begin.... - I'd like to start walking, jogging or running every single day. Annnd, I'd love to run/walk a 3k or 5k later this year.- I need to start drinking LOTS of water too.
Projects & Crafts: - We found a nice, free, dining table on Craigslist last fall. It needs to be restained and repainted. I'd like to get that done.- I bought my TV cabinet off Craigslist 4 years ago and it's been peeling paint since I got it. I'd LOVE to get that repainted too. - I want to learn to sew. I know the basics... maybe I should say that I want to learn to sew without messing up the machine every 2 minutes. And I need to learn how to fix the machine when I mess it up! I want to make a pillow case dress for Bug and hopefully some other things along the way.- I'd like to buy a little hair bow making kit thing and learn to make awesome hair bows for Bug.- And, I want to start and complete lots of cute little Pinterest type crafts. I really don't have anything in particular in mind but I want to make some cute stuff!
Blogging- I really don't have any goals for blogging. More on this later, but I want to spend less time on the computer. I'll still blog but I have absolutely no goals for gaining a certain number of followers or putting much effort into finding products to review or hosting giveaways or anything like that.
Okay, so there is my long old list of lofty goals. I want to "check-in" on my progress every single week and let you all know how I'm doing......