I'm pretty sure that is what i wished for at the beginning of 2011 and I succeeded so go me!
BUT I do have some desires, so here we go! some are material, some are physical, emotional and some are functional.
1. I really, REALLY want a fire pit for our back yard. You know the ones you can just get at Lowes or Costco. I don't think they are that expensive, I just love a good fire and I think it would be so fun for the family.
2. I really, REALLY want/need Willard to come back! My desire would be to have him come twice a year. When he came in June I can not explain to you how much LESS STRESSED I felt when I knew that under the bed was clean, that under the couch was clean, that the carpets had been cleaned (yeah he does that too). I'm hoping we have some budget room to get him in here in February.
3. BUTTTT, contrary to 1 and 2 I really want us to pay off all our debt this year. It's not a ton, just hospital bills from Jesse's birth and then his few day stay at 6 weeks when he pulled that "i have an ear infection but it might be meningitis stunt!" Then we had to basically rebuild Benji's truck from the inside out a few months ago. NOT something we were expecting to have to do. :( So for now we are putting all our "extra" (which ain't a lot people) money towards those two things. Hopefully after tax season we will be debt free again. Some say that debt due to hospital stays aren't really debt, to me they are! Especially when said hospital is charging interest! I seriously don't know how they can do that, but whatever.
I have a healthy, bouncing precious Jesse. He IS WORTH IT!
4. I would love to be able to get back into a gym soon. (umm okay, lose weight).... I know that some say you don't need to work out to lose weight but I actually enjoy the work out, aka time for myself. I really loved being able to work up a sweat and work off some stress. Hoping our budget will allow that soon as well.
5. I hope that this year I can get back into being more responsible about how I use environmental resources.... aka- You should SEE our recycle pile out in our garage. WE just can never remember to put it out every OTHER Thursday. It only comes twice a month and it just impossible for some reason for us to remember which day it comes.
I had gotten to the point where I bought no paper products at all for the home, except toilet paper, obviously. But adding another baby to the house has gotten me back into the habit of buying paper towels and those Clorox wipes. BAD ME!
I even used to recycle all our glass products. Our pick up service doesn't do glass so I was taking it to the recycle center myself. Once again, adding Jesse put a kink in my environmental enthusiasm, however, it is something I definitely care about. I just have to prioritize and recycling glass comes after changing and feeding my baby. :)
6. Before Jesse I had gotten pretty good at planning AND preparing at least 2 meals a day. Benji works close enough to come home for lunch. We have "eaten out" WAY more than I like to since Jesse. I feel though that I am slowing getting back into a "planning" routine and enjoying cooking again. I'd rather eat at home any day that out and I enjoy cooking SO MUCH! I'm really hoping the next few months I can get back into the "kitchen full time".
7. We have so many friends we want to have over for dinner. Months just fly by though! I'm going to be more intentional about planning dinner with friends at our home.
Alright, that's seven!
I think I can make it to 10......
8. I want Benji and I to be more intentional about having date nights. Ours are VERY FEW and far between these days.
9, I want to be more intentional about LAUNDRY. I am such a horrible laundry person. I can wash and dry it no problem...but getting it put up is an entirely different story. it usually just stays in our basket until we wear through it all or Benji puts it up.
10.....9 leads to ten, I need to get rid of more junk! I swear I throw stuff out every day, donate stuff at least 3 times a year but still have so many clothes and just "stuff" it drives me bananas. I think I would be better at putting up laundry if our closets and drawers weren't over flowing with clothes we don't wear.
There you have it. My OCD list of things I want to change/do/make into a reality this year. Happy 2012!
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