so like always, i write a blog for the new year goals i set for myself. while some i don't always get to accomplish or keep, i try really hard to. which is why i only set reasonable, achievable goals! so let's take a look at a few from the last 2 years and see what i've kept, what needs to be changed or added...
-- drama will NO LONGER be involved my life. if someone brings drama they will be removed promptly and never reconsidered or given a second thought.
- wow the one thing i did adhere to! i did not put up with drama this past year. i chose my battles, decided which ones were worth it, which ones weren't and which friends were worth it as well. it saved myself from a lot of unnecessary problems.
i can agree i DID keep this promise!! and boy has it made my life a lot easier
-- Matt & I will take more time for US! we may piss some people off but danggit I think we deserve some time for just us finally. We will get at least 1 date night every 2 weeks.
- haaa yea this only last all of about 2 times!! we've been allowed 3 dates since feb. and unless we pay someone to watch them we won't get to attempt this in 2011 as i'd like to. because every couple needs it, especially with smaller kids.
bahaha yeah freaking right!! this didn't even get to happen this year and with another baby it DEFINITELY won't be happening now. pretty crappy if you ask me. and we can tell our relationship has been strained because of it.
-- I have been working out once a day and steadily losing weight. But after New Year's my workouts will go to twice a day.
- while i didn't do 2 a days i have lost a lot of weight! i am within less than 8 lbs from my goal. i am freakin thrilled! as soon as my last several cakes are finished i get to spend more "me" time doing the things that mean something to me, like working out.
boy did i ever KILL this goal!! i lost 20+ lbs last year and was so proud of myself. it was the smallest i had been since high school. actually i might have been smaller than i was in high school. i was wearing a size 4 again :) and after little miss thing gets her i plan on going right back to it too!
-- foods will be changed from regular white to wheat or white wheat such as pastas and breads. but i will not give up dr pepper. that's just asking for someone to be murdered haha.
- i did really good with my breads. i prefer wheat when we're out places such as subway or ordering cornbread instead of biscuits. & of course, no i didn't give up dr pepper ;)
i definitely did this one too and pretty much even dropped sodas out too. i'm so proud!
-- my house will stay cleaner than it does now. there will be no mess, and especially NO clutter.
- wow have i EVER stayed on top of this one!! no lie! at least once a week i was cleaning out
something or getting rid of something. i HATE clutter with a passion!!! FTW haha
i am STILL cleaning out clutter constantly. just yesterday i rearranged shelves in the kitchen and got rid of stuff.
-- I will finish reading my book that I started when I was pregnant with Branson [Wicked] and read a new one [Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives]
- well i still have yet to finish "Wicked" but i did get into Nicholas Sparks. oh my goodness i was killing his books at one time, then i started cakes and lost that rhythm. but plan on getting back into it really soon. i enjoyed reading and again, thanks to cakes i missed out on everything i liked to do.
i still have yet to even finish Wicked but i did get into several other books and am looking forward to reading more.
-- I will constantly find new things to cook to expand my list of recipes.
- still working on this haha but thanks to my friends in TX & CA i get new ones every once in a while
this is also a good one i have kept up with and now thanks to pinterest i'm REALLY getting some new ideas ;)
-- my traditions will continue and we will make new traditions as well.
- i have continued all of my traditions and made so many more and memories as well :)
CHECK!
-- I will learn to weed out the "friends" that i no longer have things in common with or can not support my life's choices.
- i think i've made the right choices when it came to this. there were several friends that in a matter of a few days were no longer a part of my life. it was definitely for the better. we no longer were on the same page, had common interests because of their life and the choices they made. do i miss them? not really.
basically i don't really have anyone i can call a "friend" anymore. not someone i go out and hang out with now. i learned that there aren't any i can trust anymore. and those that do say 'we should get together sometime' and hang out really don't mean it. it's just all in conversation. so i'll just stick to being a loner, not having "girls night" anymore bc well i don't have any "girls" and just be with my husband and kids. seems safer that way.
-- I will grow closer with my true friends and they will become even more like family.
- rudar became a part of our family that's for sure!
this fits in with the previous... i don't have any REAL friends anymore so kinda hard to get closer with them when there aren't any to start with.
-- I will try to be slower to speak, quicker to listen. but I won't make any promises!
- humm.... i learned when to pick my battles but i was still very quick to tell someone exactly what was on my mind especially if they asked. and sometimes if they didn't.
i think i've done pretty freaking well with this!!! i don't say anything hardly anymore. what's the point really?
-- return and complete the math course that has given me so much trouble so that i may move forward with my career path.
- this i am still up in arms about. i can't decide if i want to return to school or not. while part of me wants to so badly finally complete school and get my dream job i find it hard to with 2 small kids, one of which will be starting school himself soon too and the other requires 3 different therapies a week. i'll see how the year plays out.
this sadly will never ever get to happen now. it's like pulling teeth to get someone to watch my kids for any hour so i can go to the dr, no way in hell i'd get them to watch them so i could continue and finish school. looks like i'll just have to wait until they start school so i can. and it sucks! my 10 years of what classes i did have will soon be lost.
-- i will be growing my hair out long again and no matter what my husband thinks i won't cut it again haha. i grew it out the longest i ever have last year for our wedding then after he said "humm i think you should cut your hair short" i miss my long hair!
- not only have i been letting my hair grow i also got it colored professionally for the first time. and i loved it!
my hair is STILL growing :) and will until way after miss priss gets here!
-- i will do everything in my power to go to bed at a "normal" hour.
- haaaa! yea with all the cakes i was doing i saw 4am more nights than not. but since i have slacked off tremendously on my orders i have actually enjoyed going to bed at a "normal" hour and will continue to.
thank goodness i no longer make those dang cakes!!! i have actually got sleep. it wasn't the kids that were keeping me up but those dang cakes. wow what a relief to be done with those, FOREVER!
-- upon going to bed at a normal hour i want to be able to get up at an earlier hour so i can maybe have some "me" time before the kids get up. i will use that time to do my workouts. i miss watching Good Morning America and Regis & Kelly.
- this is one thing i realllllly want to strive for. i enjoy watching the news and the early shows. lately i've been making it a habit to watch fox news, fox news edge, channel 9 11pm news, nightline and for some strange reason, jimmy kimmel live ??? don't ask me what that's about?! but i enjoy it. but i also enjoy sleep and quiet mommy time ;)
thanks to the boys getting up earlier i also am too. they used to sleep til 9-10 but now they're up at 7-8 which i don't mind really. some mornings i'm up before them and since i get to go to bed earlier i don't mind getting up earlier too.
...so now with all of that being said i'd like to add a few new ones...
next year we will have 3 kids, boy i never saw that one coming when i wrote this blog last year. but i'm excited. i also never imagined my aunt nanny wouldn't be here either to share it with us :'( hopefully the new year will also bring new job opportunities for matt. we've both had it with his job! i just wished we could move to tn and several things would be solved but that requires attempting to sell the house again and he just doesn't want to go through that right now :(
--- all of my cleaners will now be homemade! no more store bought cleaners, washing detergents, etc. i'm truly excited to try this!! they'll be safer, less chemicals, natural and less $$
--- i'm going to try couponing. i'm going to really do some research and see if i can accomplish it. with 3 kids we just might need it! i just hope matt knows he gets to stay at home with the other 2 kids while i go if he really wants me to do it correctly ;)
--- breastfeeding... i will 100% give it a real, full, hard out try!!! i wasn't able to with branson, barely was with jaxon so this time i should be set and ready considering all of my diet changes i made prior to becoming pregnant. plus i'm going to be a selfish prude and not allow anyone to be able to keep her bc i'm breastfeeding. i REFUSE to listen to the fighting over keeping her. that drives me insane!!! nothing worse than just having a baby and people already start asking when they can keep them. WTH idiots?! and well they sorta can't if i'm breastfeeding. so HA! oh yeah, not to mention the amount of benefits to both of us.
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