New Year's Resolutions

New Year Resolutions for 2013

1.       Make a granny square blanket. I have a plan already in place to make this happen I hope that you will help me finish this goal with a follow along granny square blanket blog. That should help me stay motivated, and stay accountable.  

2.       Work on paying down our debt. With a little help from Dave Ramsey's books we should be able to do this.

3.       School I am going to take one eight week class at a time. Alright this is a cheater goal because I am already enrolled for most of my classes this year. I like to make sure I have one goal that I can for sure accomplish on my list.

4.       I am going to focus on exercise this year.  Sounds familiar? I really need to exercise more. So this year I will not be dieting. No fad diets, no pressure to make the scale bend to my will. I will work on running and yoga. By 2014 I will be able to run 2 miles in 24 minutes. That is a 12 minute mile.

5.       Lose a little weight to the tune of 12 pounds or so. Again I will not focus on the scale, I will eat healthy, I will drink less wine, drink more water, and exercise. I will not be doing a diet at all this year. 12 pounds is 1 pound a month so I will only weigh myself once a month. If by the end of 2013 there is no change in my weight but I can run a twelve minute mile for two miles than this is the weight that I am. No complaints. The goal is to be healthy and fit not skinny. I am happy with how I look at a size ten.

6.       Finish the projects I start. Right now I have about 10 unfinished projects. I want to finish them and more.

7.       Make the boys each a pair of Pajamas. Another little cheater one. I have the fabric, I have the pattern, and I have one halfway done.

8.       Sew two new dresses. This one I really hope I can make more than two new dresses this year but I want to be realistic too. I have fabric for both of the dresses I want to make. So it is all about make time.

9.       Get an updated Family photo. This one is important to me as we haven't had our family picture done in two years. So we need an updated one for our wall. New pictures of the boys.

10.   Get organized and get on a cleaning schedule. I need to do this badly. Maybe this should be the number one goal instead of number 10.

 

11. Write one page a day on my book. Yes, I am writing a book. I want to be able to say that I finished writing one. So if I write one page a day that is at least 365 pages by this time next year.

 

12. Be More productive. I want to accomplish more in my day. 

 

13. Finally Can more food for my family. I love homemade food and I want to do more canning this year. Everything from jellies, soups, beans, and pickles.

 

 These are my top ten Resolutions for 2013. Notice I included more things that I can and will complete this year. I hope that when 2014 comes around I can proudly report that I finished each of these things, or at least most of these goals. As long as I continue to move forward and learn and grow than I can be successful. I am hopeful and ready for the New Year. Welcome 2013!

I hope that your day is inspired, filled with love, and laughter. Be well my friends.