Well, here it is, a new year. It is hard to believe how quickly the past year came and went and here we are, starting over again.
Last year, I made monthly goals. I enjoyed doing that. It made me think of small changes and helped me stick with them as it was short term. I seem to have trouble these days doing anything long term.
But this year, I decided to make year long goals. Not sure why except there are some things I want to accomplish that I can't do in a month. So here goes:
Read the Bible. The whole thing. I am pretty good at starting out getting through the Bible and then somewhere in the middle, I get so far behind my plan that I give up. But I am going to make a real effort this year. For my out, if I get so behind that I can't make it through the whole Bible, I will be happy with finishing one of the Testaments. Which one? I don't know yet.
Read More, Read Better. I love to read. I can get a little obsessed with reading (although not the Bible as you can see from my previous goal). I stay up until 3 in the morning and have to get up at 5 kind of reading. But I don't have the money to buy books and I don't take the time to go to the library. So I am stuck reading books that other people have and I can borrow. I am not saying I don't enjoy these books, but I am not sure they are edifying to my soul kind of books. My hope this year is that I will make better choices and spend less time watching tv to do it.
Not Ignore My Husband. So this kind of goes with the above 2 things. And also, I got a Kindle for my birthday. I am sort of on the fence about the Kindle but I will say it does a couple of things for me. Keeps the Bible with me at my spot so making it easier to read. Gives me more freedom with the choices I can make for better reading. But making reading convenient can be a negative as well. I need to find the time and place to read, without it 1)becoming an obsession and 2)taking my attention away from my obligations and my family
Lose 5 pounds. Yes I am giving myself a year for this. Because my weight bounces around a lot but I took time off of exercising due to various health things and I want to get back into a regular routine and knock off a few pounds. This also means eating better.
Be Intentional about Changes I make for my Family. This mostly is for my grocery shopping. I try to save money by couponing but I also have this desire to feed my family better. Sometimes those 2 things don't go hand in hand. I realize that last year I tried really hard to make a lot of changes and felt like a chicken running around with its head cut off (it really does do that by the way, I've seen it!). I really want this year to be a year where I make lasting changes but changes that I can live with. Not try to do everything at once like I did last year. For this year, I would like to buy more organic, get out of buying foods with GMO products in them, and continue to make more whole healthy foods. I am not going to start grinding my own wheat or raising my own chickens. But having just a couple of things to focus on, will help me make lasting changes. Once those become easy and routine, I will make more changes.
Start an Etsy Shop. This one I am not so sure about except I had a lot of fun making hats for my daughters friends and would like to continue or make blankets. I have lots of yarn so can start anytime. But it might cut into my reading time:-)
Pay off our car! Our car payment has been the bane of my existence for several years. I am so ready to be done with it and have that money to put toward other things. Paying it off might be difficult this year and I am hoping to scrimp in other areas to help make this happen. Our budget is already pretty tight but we'll see. It will be a huge relief to have it be done with.
Thoroughly Clean and Organize my House. I get little corners done here and there but it needs a real overhaul cleaning. We are trying to reorganize the kids' rooms so this will help. We have a small house and lots of stuff. That doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room.
Pray More. I go through spurts with this but over the holidays, was very bad. Praying keeps me focused on God and on others. When I give this up, my focus is on myself and low and behold, I am less content.
That seems to be all at this time. There might be more that I add later. I am looking forward to this year. I feel changes coming but am not sure what or when. But also am feeling called to be content. God has me where I am now and I want to be in the moment of things. Not looking too far ahead.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Thursday, September 1, 2011
September Goal
This summer, I have not really made any big goals except to just get through the summer intact. As I have been thinking about what I wanted to do with the kids going back to school, I knew I wanted a couple of things. To make my life easier with the craziness that comes with school, homework, soccer, etc. And to try to get back to feeding my family better.
So my September goal is to......meal plan. Yes, I know this has been my goal before. When I have done this before though, I always just did it for dinner. But breakfast and lunchtime are just as difficult for me.
I really want to send my kids off to school with a nutritious meal, ready to face the day. And with 2 kids needing school lunches, one of whom is super picky, I am going to need to be very creative and very organized.
The meal planning is important because my other goal is to start feeding my family healthier more whole foods. I have made a few changes over the last year but I really want to jump in big. And in order to do that, I need to be organized. This summer, having a CSA has really reminded me of how good fresh whole foods are. So much better than prepackaged foods. Plus, we have already been limited in what kinds of packaged foods we can have due to my son's peanut allergy. Now I want to incorporate even more homemade foods, using more nutritious ingredients.
That being said, I have no idea what we are having for the next few ideas, leftovers tonight, big salad tomorrow night maybe, BBQ with friends saturday night and eating out sunday night (kids are at Nana's!) I don't have breakfasts' and lunches figured out. See why I need this so badly?!
My hope is to have a routine with breakfasts and lunches to make it a lot easier. Say eggs and cereal on tuesdays, pancakes on wednesdays, homemade zucchini or banana bread and smoothie on thursdays.... that will stay consistent week to week and make my life much easier. Over the next couple of days, I am going to sit down with my kids and makes lists of things they want to have and set up a schedule.
If I have anything amazing recipe to post, I will be sure and share it with you. If you have any great suggestions, let me know. I am sure I can use all the help I can get!
So my September goal is to......meal plan. Yes, I know this has been my goal before. When I have done this before though, I always just did it for dinner. But breakfast and lunchtime are just as difficult for me.
I really want to send my kids off to school with a nutritious meal, ready to face the day. And with 2 kids needing school lunches, one of whom is super picky, I am going to need to be very creative and very organized.
The meal planning is important because my other goal is to start feeding my family healthier more whole foods. I have made a few changes over the last year but I really want to jump in big. And in order to do that, I need to be organized. This summer, having a CSA has really reminded me of how good fresh whole foods are. So much better than prepackaged foods. Plus, we have already been limited in what kinds of packaged foods we can have due to my son's peanut allergy. Now I want to incorporate even more homemade foods, using more nutritious ingredients.
That being said, I have no idea what we are having for the next few ideas, leftovers tonight, big salad tomorrow night maybe, BBQ with friends saturday night and eating out sunday night (kids are at Nana's!) I don't have breakfasts' and lunches figured out. See why I need this so badly?!
My hope is to have a routine with breakfasts and lunches to make it a lot easier. Say eggs and cereal on tuesdays, pancakes on wednesdays, homemade zucchini or banana bread and smoothie on thursdays.... that will stay consistent week to week and make my life much easier. Over the next couple of days, I am going to sit down with my kids and makes lists of things they want to have and set up a schedule.
If I have anything amazing recipe to post, I will be sure and share it with you. If you have any great suggestions, let me know. I am sure I can use all the help I can get!
Monday, August 15, 2011
August
Today is August 15th. August....August. Yes, I am repeating that to myself because I can hardly believe this month is half over. Half over. School starts in 3 weeks (I think, I am actually avoiding looking at the calender and figuring it out exactly b/c I can hardly believe it).
So I am halfway through the month and have no real goals. At this point, I am just hoping to survive the month, enjoy the last moments of summer, and get the kids ready for school.
Maybe in September I will have something better for you.
As for July, I think it was to get as much fresh fruit as possible. We didn't get any blackberries. Still hoping to get some of those but we picked lots of raspberries and blueberries. We will be getting about 50 pounds of peaches next week to deal with and I would still love to get a bunch of green beans.
This summer has just been too crazy. I like to tell myself it will be a little less chaotic once school starts but then I start thinking about soccer practice and homework and carting kids to and from school and really, who am I kidding? So let's just enjoy a little bit more of summer while we can!
So I am halfway through the month and have no real goals. At this point, I am just hoping to survive the month, enjoy the last moments of summer, and get the kids ready for school.
Maybe in September I will have something better for you.
As for July, I think it was to get as much fresh fruit as possible. We didn't get any blackberries. Still hoping to get some of those but we picked lots of raspberries and blueberries. We will be getting about 50 pounds of peaches next week to deal with and I would still love to get a bunch of green beans.
This summer has just been too crazy. I like to tell myself it will be a little less chaotic once school starts but then I start thinking about soccer practice and homework and carting kids to and from school and really, who am I kidding? So let's just enjoy a little bit more of summer while we can!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
July
How is it possible that it is July 7th already? This summer has been so flaky weather wise that it hasn't even felt like summer and now it's July.
I am going to keep my July goal to something that already keeps me pretty busy this month every year but I always strive to do more. And that is gathering and preserving as much fresh produce as I can. By preserving I am limited to freezing b/c I don't know how to can, but that is a goal for another time.
So far we have gather strawberries, some peas, and spinach. Hoping to do more peas, green beans, all sorts of berries, peaches, cabbage.
We did this last year and we try to keep track of how much we did so that we know whether we need to do more of less for the next year.
So that's my goal for the month. Do yo have any goals this month?
I am going to keep my July goal to something that already keeps me pretty busy this month every year but I always strive to do more. And that is gathering and preserving as much fresh produce as I can. By preserving I am limited to freezing b/c I don't know how to can, but that is a goal for another time.
So far we have gather strawberries, some peas, and spinach. Hoping to do more peas, green beans, all sorts of berries, peaches, cabbage.
We did this last year and we try to keep track of how much we did so that we know whether we need to do more of less for the next year.
So that's my goal for the month. Do yo have any goals this month?
Thursday, June 2, 2011
June
Wow, I cannot believe it is June. It sure doesn't feel like June. It feels like February. Really. It was 56 degrees today. I had my heat on. Brr.
May flew by and I enjoyed it. I really did. It was a carefree sort of month in a lot of ways. My house is a mess to prove it but that is okay. Sometimes you just need downtime. I even read a couple of books. Yep. 2 days this month I read. 2 books. You can probably figure out that nothing else got done that day but reading. Oh well, reading makes me happy and relaxed.
I am rambling I know. So it is June and back to my goals. I skipped May and that was nice. But I need to get back on track. Summer can be lots of fun but also stressful with 3 kids at home whining that they are bored. Yes, my kids have now picked up on that lovely word. I have a plan though for that. I am going to make a list of things they can do when they are "bored" and I hope it puts an end to that word fairly quickly. I am sure there will be more fun things they can figure out to do than pick up dog poop for instance.
But my goal for June is to declutter. Oh how I need to declutter. I have too much stuff everywhere. In my closet, in the kids' rooms, it's even staring at me on my desk as I type this. Too much stuff!
And I want to have a garage sale so what better time to declutter than right before a garage sale.
That's it, that's my goal. Something simple and hopefully doable.
That might mean no more reading for me for a couple of weeks though:-)
May flew by and I enjoyed it. I really did. It was a carefree sort of month in a lot of ways. My house is a mess to prove it but that is okay. Sometimes you just need downtime. I even read a couple of books. Yep. 2 days this month I read. 2 books. You can probably figure out that nothing else got done that day but reading. Oh well, reading makes me happy and relaxed.
I am rambling I know. So it is June and back to my goals. I skipped May and that was nice. But I need to get back on track. Summer can be lots of fun but also stressful with 3 kids at home whining that they are bored. Yes, my kids have now picked up on that lovely word. I have a plan though for that. I am going to make a list of things they can do when they are "bored" and I hope it puts an end to that word fairly quickly. I am sure there will be more fun things they can figure out to do than pick up dog poop for instance.
But my goal for June is to declutter. Oh how I need to declutter. I have too much stuff everywhere. In my closet, in the kids' rooms, it's even staring at me on my desk as I type this. Too much stuff!
And I want to have a garage sale so what better time to declutter than right before a garage sale.
That's it, that's my goal. Something simple and hopefully doable.
That might mean no more reading for me for a couple of weeks though:-)
Thursday, March 31, 2011
April
Wow, March was a really long month! Did anyone else feel that way. It rained, and rained, and rained. Record breaking rain in amount and number of days in a row- 29 consecutive days of rain. Not only did it rain a lot, but it was cold! I am really done with being cold.
I am glad April is starting. I am just hoping for a few days of sun here and there. Plus it means we are closer to going to Disneyland. Yes, we are going to Disneyland in May and I am excited. Hopefully, it will be really really sunny while we are there!
But back to April. April is going to be my spring cleaning month. My house is desperate for it. My garage is desperate for it. I am ready for clutter removal and clean spaces. My life has been pretty chaotic lately and I am lucky to get my normal house cleaning stuff done let alone anything extra. I am even thinking of sending my kids to daycare one day so I have an entire day to do stuff. What a luxury that would be! And I am pretty sure it would be worth it to pay that extra money for a little bit of sanity.
There are 4 full weeks in April and I have 8 "spaces" plus the garage (that will require hubby though so maybe a weekend day). The upstairs (which contains 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms) I consider to be 4 spaces as I am linking the bathrooms together, then I have the kitchen, living room, dining room, and hallway/laundry/bathroom space. So 2 spaces per week is my goal. Starting with the kitchen (because it so desperately needs it and it's where I am a lot!) and laundry/hall/bathroom.
Goals for spring cleaning:
1) Get things really clean. I know that is kind of obvious, but my house really needs a deep cleaning and this includes things like dusting the top of my kitchen cupboards - Yuck!
2) Get things organized. Go through cupboards, shelves, filing cabinets, closets and reorder and reorganize.
3) Get rid of stuff! We have a small house and a lot of stuff. It's time to clean out the kids' drawers in preparation for warm weather (maybe this is a "if I get them summer clothes, the sun will shine kind of thing", I know I know, wishful thinking), clear space for upcoming birthday presents, get stuff ready for a garage sale.
4) Find a better system for my stockpiles. My husband is happy with my saving money but I could use a better system especially for toiletries.
5) Do some finishing touches on decorations around the house, we need curtains for our bathroom, to finish my son's bedroom redo, reorganize my girls room now that the toddler beds are gone, etc...
I guess that's it. Hopefully I can accomplish this goal! Wish me luck!
I am glad April is starting. I am just hoping for a few days of sun here and there. Plus it means we are closer to going to Disneyland. Yes, we are going to Disneyland in May and I am excited. Hopefully, it will be really really sunny while we are there!
But back to April. April is going to be my spring cleaning month. My house is desperate for it. My garage is desperate for it. I am ready for clutter removal and clean spaces. My life has been pretty chaotic lately and I am lucky to get my normal house cleaning stuff done let alone anything extra. I am even thinking of sending my kids to daycare one day so I have an entire day to do stuff. What a luxury that would be! And I am pretty sure it would be worth it to pay that extra money for a little bit of sanity.
There are 4 full weeks in April and I have 8 "spaces" plus the garage (that will require hubby though so maybe a weekend day). The upstairs (which contains 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms) I consider to be 4 spaces as I am linking the bathrooms together, then I have the kitchen, living room, dining room, and hallway/laundry/bathroom space. So 2 spaces per week is my goal. Starting with the kitchen (because it so desperately needs it and it's where I am a lot!) and laundry/hall/bathroom.
Goals for spring cleaning:
1) Get things really clean. I know that is kind of obvious, but my house really needs a deep cleaning and this includes things like dusting the top of my kitchen cupboards - Yuck!
2) Get things organized. Go through cupboards, shelves, filing cabinets, closets and reorder and reorganize.
3) Get rid of stuff! We have a small house and a lot of stuff. It's time to clean out the kids' drawers in preparation for warm weather (maybe this is a "if I get them summer clothes, the sun will shine kind of thing", I know I know, wishful thinking), clear space for upcoming birthday presents, get stuff ready for a garage sale.
4) Find a better system for my stockpiles. My husband is happy with my saving money but I could use a better system especially for toiletries.
5) Do some finishing touches on decorations around the house, we need curtains for our bathroom, to finish my son's bedroom redo, reorganize my girls room now that the toddler beds are gone, etc...
I guess that's it. Hopefully I can accomplish this goal! Wish me luck!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
March
Here we are on the 3rd day of March and I haven't really gotten into my goal for this month yet. I have sort of started on it but not thoroughly.
While I am still going to work on digging into the Word, and continue to be intentional about my sugar intake, I want to be intentional about my cooking.
With couponing, the idea is you stock up on stuff while it is on sale and plan meals accordingly. I have been stocking up but I still by regular groceries for some things instead of going into my "stash" to shop. Obviously, things have a limited shelf life so I need to be better about rotating it through and I need to be better about using my freezer stuff b/c come June, we will start adding berries to our freezer and it really needs to be cleaned by then. That means I need to start being better about eating the food that is in there.
Plus, my kids seem to have gotten pickier if that is even remotely possible. Making meals has become not a fun thing as my kids turn their noses up at most things. My son is pretty good about trying stuff and he will actually eat beef which is nice. My middle girl will try stuff and eat some of it but not everything. My youngest however, now has a repertoire of about 5 foods and this includes pizza, quesadillas, grilled cheese, chicken nuggets, and plain chicken. So you can see my frustration and lack of joy when it comes to cooking.
But, I my goal for this month is to meal plan. To have things ready so I am not scrambling at 5:00 to figure out what to eat. I also plan to involve my kids more in the hope that they will be more willing to try stuff. Basically I just need to get organized.
So here is my meal plan for this week (and yes I know it is thursday but thought I would put stuff out there in case anyone wants recipes or to give you ideas)
Monday: Garlic chicken with broccoli and brown rice - this is a yummy weight watchers recipe that is super easy and so good. I had forgotten about it (another reason to be organized with menu planning)
Tuesday: leftovers for hubby and I, the kids had noodles with either red sauce or Zesty Italian
Wednesday: beef tacos
Thursday: leftovers
Friday: crockpot pot roast with potatoes and carrots
I am also making sausage biscuits for a shower saturday morning
Saturday: the kids are gone so we will be eating out :-)
Sunday: the main meal will be planned for next week but I need an Irish dish for a church potluck so if anybody has any suggestions, I am open to them.
I know we have a lot of leftovers. That is something I am thinking about changing and if I can get organized I will. But on the days I work, it is really hard to come home and cook so I usually make extra when I cook on Sundays and Tuesdays (for mondays and wednesdays -friday we have people over so that varies but if I am cooking, I try to do it on thursday)
Hopefully I will post next weeks meals on Sunday. One thing my family did was sit down and make a list of foods we want for this month. Another way to get the kids involved and make them feel they have input.
Happy March everyone!
While I am still going to work on digging into the Word, and continue to be intentional about my sugar intake, I want to be intentional about my cooking.
With couponing, the idea is you stock up on stuff while it is on sale and plan meals accordingly. I have been stocking up but I still by regular groceries for some things instead of going into my "stash" to shop. Obviously, things have a limited shelf life so I need to be better about rotating it through and I need to be better about using my freezer stuff b/c come June, we will start adding berries to our freezer and it really needs to be cleaned by then. That means I need to start being better about eating the food that is in there.
Plus, my kids seem to have gotten pickier if that is even remotely possible. Making meals has become not a fun thing as my kids turn their noses up at most things. My son is pretty good about trying stuff and he will actually eat beef which is nice. My middle girl will try stuff and eat some of it but not everything. My youngest however, now has a repertoire of about 5 foods and this includes pizza, quesadillas, grilled cheese, chicken nuggets, and plain chicken. So you can see my frustration and lack of joy when it comes to cooking.
But, I my goal for this month is to meal plan. To have things ready so I am not scrambling at 5:00 to figure out what to eat. I also plan to involve my kids more in the hope that they will be more willing to try stuff. Basically I just need to get organized.
So here is my meal plan for this week (and yes I know it is thursday but thought I would put stuff out there in case anyone wants recipes or to give you ideas)
Monday: Garlic chicken with broccoli and brown rice - this is a yummy weight watchers recipe that is super easy and so good. I had forgotten about it (another reason to be organized with menu planning)
Tuesday: leftovers for hubby and I, the kids had noodles with either red sauce or Zesty Italian
Wednesday: beef tacos
Thursday: leftovers
Friday: crockpot pot roast with potatoes and carrots
I am also making sausage biscuits for a shower saturday morning
Saturday: the kids are gone so we will be eating out :-)
Sunday: the main meal will be planned for next week but I need an Irish dish for a church potluck so if anybody has any suggestions, I am open to them.
I know we have a lot of leftovers. That is something I am thinking about changing and if I can get organized I will. But on the days I work, it is really hard to come home and cook so I usually make extra when I cook on Sundays and Tuesdays (for mondays and wednesdays -friday we have people over so that varies but if I am cooking, I try to do it on thursday)
Hopefully I will post next weeks meals on Sunday. One thing my family did was sit down and make a list of foods we want for this month. Another way to get the kids involved and make them feel they have input.
Happy March everyone!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
January goal
I can hardly believe that January is nearly over. Usually, January sort of drags for me. It is a long month with lots of rain and darkness. But we made it. I have spent the last week thinking about my goal of limiting sugar and if I was successful or not.
Last weekend was definitely not successful and I had a tummyache to prove it. But, it was a PMS week and I just didn't care what I ate. Although, I should say I still ate less junk than I normally would have.
Overall, I ended up with about 5 sweets a week. I was shooting for 4 but it seemed on Sundays I would give in with just one more. But you know what, that is okay with me. Because I did have lots of successful moments.
Like having an open box of See's chocolates sitting next to me at work all week and not having any. None. Zip. Zilch. I opened the box. I even smelled them. Boy did they look good! I don't get stuff like that b/c of my son's allergy so it would have been a real treat. But I refrained and it was hard!
And last night my husband sat next to me while we were watching a movie and opened a bag of Red Vines. The smell called my name. I love Red Vines, especially with movie watching. But I didn't eat any. And it was hard too!
Or when we went to my father in law's and where I usually indulge in lots of great things, hot chocolate topped with ice cream, M&M's, mints, and lots of pop. But I held back and I think ended up only having 1 dessert and 1 pop. Pretty good I would say.
It helps that I relost the 5 pounds I had gained over Christmas. I didn't do anything extra but eat less sweets. I honestly haven't weighed this much since way before my son was born and he is almost 8. Seeing the scale drop definitely helped me keep on task.
But the weight wasn't really what this was about. I wanted to really see what hold food had on me. I wanted to start the new year off on a semihealthy note. I wanted a break from sugar.
What I learned is how often I reach for sweets. I didn't realize how much sugar I ate. I knew I ate some but I have never been the binge kind of person. I don't eat a whole package of cookies or tub of ice cream in one sitting. So I never really thought it was an issue for me. I just reach for them when I am munchy, or stressed, or in between meals, or stressed, or to tide me over when making dinner, or when I am stressed. See the pattern? This past month, whenever I felt emotional or stressed, all I wanted was sugar. Especially at the beginning. I will say this decreased some as the month went on and reaching for sugar was more out of habit.
I am going to contine this into February. I am not sure how long I will do it. I am going on a month by month basis here and it happens to fit into my February goal. I really want to change my habits and I think it will take longer than just one month to do it. February might be hard. It is Valentine's month. We already have candy out at work, the kids will be getting lots of candy at school and their sitters, plus it is my youngests' birthday. So wish me luck or better yet, keep praying.
I will share my February goal next time.
Last weekend was definitely not successful and I had a tummyache to prove it. But, it was a PMS week and I just didn't care what I ate. Although, I should say I still ate less junk than I normally would have.
Overall, I ended up with about 5 sweets a week. I was shooting for 4 but it seemed on Sundays I would give in with just one more. But you know what, that is okay with me. Because I did have lots of successful moments.
Like having an open box of See's chocolates sitting next to me at work all week and not having any. None. Zip. Zilch. I opened the box. I even smelled them. Boy did they look good! I don't get stuff like that b/c of my son's allergy so it would have been a real treat. But I refrained and it was hard!
And last night my husband sat next to me while we were watching a movie and opened a bag of Red Vines. The smell called my name. I love Red Vines, especially with movie watching. But I didn't eat any. And it was hard too!
Or when we went to my father in law's and where I usually indulge in lots of great things, hot chocolate topped with ice cream, M&M's, mints, and lots of pop. But I held back and I think ended up only having 1 dessert and 1 pop. Pretty good I would say.
It helps that I relost the 5 pounds I had gained over Christmas. I didn't do anything extra but eat less sweets. I honestly haven't weighed this much since way before my son was born and he is almost 8. Seeing the scale drop definitely helped me keep on task.
But the weight wasn't really what this was about. I wanted to really see what hold food had on me. I wanted to start the new year off on a semihealthy note. I wanted a break from sugar.
What I learned is how often I reach for sweets. I didn't realize how much sugar I ate. I knew I ate some but I have never been the binge kind of person. I don't eat a whole package of cookies or tub of ice cream in one sitting. So I never really thought it was an issue for me. I just reach for them when I am munchy, or stressed, or in between meals, or stressed, or to tide me over when making dinner, or when I am stressed. See the pattern? This past month, whenever I felt emotional or stressed, all I wanted was sugar. Especially at the beginning. I will say this decreased some as the month went on and reaching for sugar was more out of habit.
I am going to contine this into February. I am not sure how long I will do it. I am going on a month by month basis here and it happens to fit into my February goal. I really want to change my habits and I think it will take longer than just one month to do it. February might be hard. It is Valentine's month. We already have candy out at work, the kids will be getting lots of candy at school and their sitters, plus it is my youngests' birthday. So wish me luck or better yet, keep praying.
I will share my February goal next time.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
New Years
Okay, here we are the third day into 2010. Hard to believe. I am seeing lots of New Year's Resolutions and goals written out for this New Year.
I am not so good at goals. I love to think of them, make a big list, and am pretty good at starting them, but not so good on the finising. In my mind I do have lots of goals for myself and I always fall short. Always. I am always failing myself. Do you feel that way? I know it's because I am trying to lean on my own strength, pick my ideas for what I think is best for me instead of leaning on my Father.
I do need to make some changes though. I do need a plan or I will drive myself crazy. My house is crazy, the clutter is killing me and the piles of stuff to go through just keep growing. I need to get my life under control!
So, here are my goals:
1) Lean on God, listen to God, pray, read my Bible more regularly, pray with my kids more regularly, read the Bible with my kids more regularly, pray with my husband more, do devotions with my husband.
2) Eat better and feed my kids better, exercise regularly (I have actually been doing the exercise part but the eating is out of control)
3) Get my house under control - I know this is very broad and I am doing that on purpose. I joined FlyLady - am not sure if I can do everything but she says start with babysteps and I am definitely doing that. Day 1, shine my sink is halfway done.
4) I would also like to continue to trim my budget and get some things paid off. This month, we will have our credit cards paid off (yahoo!!). Next I am going to work on getting rid of our car payment. We supposedly have 4 more years on that sucker and I would like to cut it to 2.
That's it. Manageable right? I hope so. I will keep things up to date hopefully.
Happy New Year!
I am not so good at goals. I love to think of them, make a big list, and am pretty good at starting them, but not so good on the finising. In my mind I do have lots of goals for myself and I always fall short. Always. I am always failing myself. Do you feel that way? I know it's because I am trying to lean on my own strength, pick my ideas for what I think is best for me instead of leaning on my Father.
I do need to make some changes though. I do need a plan or I will drive myself crazy. My house is crazy, the clutter is killing me and the piles of stuff to go through just keep growing. I need to get my life under control!
So, here are my goals:
1) Lean on God, listen to God, pray, read my Bible more regularly, pray with my kids more regularly, read the Bible with my kids more regularly, pray with my husband more, do devotions with my husband.
2) Eat better and feed my kids better, exercise regularly (I have actually been doing the exercise part but the eating is out of control)
3) Get my house under control - I know this is very broad and I am doing that on purpose. I joined FlyLady - am not sure if I can do everything but she says start with babysteps and I am definitely doing that. Day 1, shine my sink is halfway done.
4) I would also like to continue to trim my budget and get some things paid off. This month, we will have our credit cards paid off (yahoo!!). Next I am going to work on getting rid of our car payment. We supposedly have 4 more years on that sucker and I would like to cut it to 2.
That's it. Manageable right? I hope so. I will keep things up to date hopefully.
Happy New Year!
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