It’s been almost a week since I posted. I haven’t meant to be neglectful of the blog. I’ve just been spending time with family and friends and staying a bit busy. I’ve also been rather introspective lately, to say the least. But, I do hope everyone’s year is off to a nice start. As I said on FB on the first day of this year year, if I learned anything at all in 2012, it was to embrace the good times, share the burden of hard times and love all the time. May 2013 be kind to us all. I am thankful for my wonderful family and friends and pray God be near us all.
Rather than make resolutions, I’ve decided to set five goals for myself for this year. In random order, they are:
- Get better about laundry upkeep. I am seriously the world’s worst when it comes to laundry. For one, I get behind on washing and drying clothes, so then once I get started on that, at long last, I get behind on sorting/folding/ironing/putting away and, well, one set of piles leads to another. In recent weeks, I have made an effort to do better and it’s been working. So, I’d like to keep that up and keep a handle on our laundry.
- Keep a prayer journal. Admittedly, I am not super keen on sitting and writing in a journal even though it sounds like a very cool thing to do and to have for keepsakes. I know that’s not going to happen. However, I can and should write in a prayer journal regularly. I can jot down people and things I’m praying for and Scriptures to go with them when they are on my heart. That is doable.
- Take a family adventure trip. We love family vacations and enjoy traveling, so this year I’d like to see us take the girls to some place totally new, at least once.
- Get into a manageable and effective fitness routine. I was working out regularly and even enjoying it last year, but then I injured my back and was out of commission for awhile as far as any type of exercise. Now that I’m feeling better, I want to find an exercise routine that I can manage that will give me good results too.
- More date nights. Mickey and I enjoy our date nights, so I’d like to see us get more of those this year. Even carving out time once a month would be good.
I set 12 goals last year and, honestly, I didn’t meet all of them, but I’m not beating myself up about it either. Some things from last year that I’d like to see continue this year are:
- Keep nice nails. I broke a 30+ year habit and did not bite my nails all of last year. And, they are still in great shape!! YAY!!
- Family thankful time. Each evening at dinner, before Mickey says the blessing, we each talk about what we are thankful for about that day. I love that time and the reminder that even in the roughest of times, we can find something to be thankful for every day.
- Keep up this blog. This poor blog grew virtual cobwebs most of the year, but I’ve been good about posting the last couple of months. Even if I only post once a week, something is better than nothing and I’d like to keep it up better.
So, those are my goals for this year. I think they are reasonable and attainable, so hopefully when I look back on them in about a year, I’ll be happy at what has been accomplished.
Here’s to the hope of a blessed year year…
Kelly