2012 New Year Resolutions

Oh 2011, where have you gone? I swear, it was just yesterday when I greeted you with lofty aspirations of moving to a new state (check), getting a new job (check), losing weight (is there an opposite to a check mark?), reading the Bible all the way through (nope, didn’t do that either), graduating from school (check!!!) and others I’m sure. 

Yes, the year has gone by quickly, and now I’m left sitting here at the end of the year wondering what will come in 2012. I have to say, I have VERY lofty ambitions for this year, some I dare not say in fear that they may not come true! It’s not like a wish though, if I want my ‘resolutions’ or ‘goals’ to come true, then I have to make it happen. So here it is, some of my goals for 2012.

·         Lose 50 pounds (yes mother, I have gotten that big since you’ve last seen me)

·         Gain some of it back... when we start a family :-) (yes mother, hopefully we get to the point this year when we’re ‘ready’ so that you can ‘finally’ be a grandmother) P.S. God, if we could have twins - one boy and one girl - and just get it over with, I’d be delighted. Thanks! Oh and never mind if Marty says otherwise, he agrees. I told him so! 

·         Payoff debt (school is too darn expensive these days!)

·         Stop drinking soda (well at least stop drinking it like water) 

·         Travel with family, and to see family (I know, it’s been some time since I’ve seen some of you... the pendulum goes both ways though. I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’.)

·         Explore Minnesota, which in essence means to get away from the television and do some fun stuff outside (I would love to white water raft and snorkel, even though I have a deathly fear of cold dark water. This ought to be a riot!)

·         Organize my home (having a bigger home means that there’s more space to stash stuff. True story.)

·         Decorate my home (new home = brown and beige, where’s the color?!) and work on landscaping 

·         Read the Bible all the way through (this year it WILL happen)

·         Collect all of the genealogy that my family has completed so I can say I finished my family genealogy (okay, I may give it a once over just to validate a little) 

I just realized that I have a couple comments on my mother in there, Freudian slip! Much love to you mom, take it as a complement! 

Okay, so now that my goals are out there for all the world to see, let’s make it happen! Well, maybe next week...