Happy New Year to you all! Did you stay up late and ring in the new year? We had a casual, fun evening here. We invited our friends, Tess and David and kids over for a low key party. They brought the pizzas, and we turned on the Rock Band and Wii. We had fun testing out our inner rockers, and everyone got a chance to play. The kids also enjoyed some weird bunny games playing Rabbids. We tuned in for the New York New Year’s Eve ball drop at 10, so that some of us who don’t want to stay up all night could go home and go to bed. Perfect!<\/p>\n
As we were talking about setting goals and resolutions and things, the kids asked us what we were going to be changing this year. Hubby said, “I’m just going to be doing every things 10% better. Same stuff, just 10% improvement.” How’s that for a concrete goal? <\/p>\n
My goals are:
\n1-spend less. Using coupons, sales, rebates, and will power. I need to track my spending, make a budget and stick to it. Ick, I know, but it has to be done if I’m going to really see a decrease in spending.<\/p>\n
2-play more. Spend more time with the kids and less time on the computer, and play with the kids and have fun.<\/p>\n
3-weigh less. 20 pounds is my goal for this year. When I kick that 20, then I’ll feel like playing more, right?<\/p>\n
4-exercise more. I want to be able to do a 5K this year, and actually jog it, and not just walk and jog. So, I’ve got to hit the treadmill, and go to my twice a week exercise classes and stop making excuses.<\/p>\n
5-yell less. Less yelling overall would be nice. I’m not sure how to track and monitor this one, but I’ve got to make a conscious effort to stop the yelling or it won’t go away.<\/p>\n
6-Organize more. Which really means be more organized, but I was trying to stick with the little more and less theme I had going there. I’d like to cut out the clutter, get rid of the junk, and clean up this place. I’d also like to be more organized in my meal planning, my time management and my lesson planning, but I’ll just leave it at “organize more”. <\/p>\n
So, there you have it, kids–my totally original goals for the New Year. I’ll bet you’ve never heard any of these before, have you? At least I don’t have to quit smoking. That’s one I can cross off my list without much effort. <\/p>\n
Happy New Year, and let’s have a healthy and happy 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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