Showing posts with label Goals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goals. Show all posts

Monday, January 2, 2017

New Years Goals 2017

Happy New Year, y'all!  It's going to take me a while to get used to typing/writing 2017, but I'm sure it will quickly become the new norm.  We had a fun weekend getaway to celebrate NYE with some friends and I will share about that later this week, but today is all about goals!

A new year means a new start and just like in years past, I wanted to share my goals for this new year. Before I do that though, I thought it might be fun to revisit the goals from last year to see how I did.

My 2016 Goals 
1.  Organize.  I am a very organized person, but at times I feel like my life is in complete disorganization. I feel like I'm going a million miles an hour and in a million different directions.  Things pile up, stuff gets tossed in closets and forgotten about and my time because used in ways that are not productive.  So my big goal for this year is to organize.

Organization at Home - We've been in our house for 18 months now and it's about this time that parts of the house are starting to get unorganized. I've learned this about myself, but if things are left out, piled on counters or not in their places, it causes me so much stress and anxiety. I plan to go room by room, closet by closet, and cabinet by cabinet.  I will clean out, donate old and unwanted things, organize the stuff that is staying and most importantly, encourage my family to put things where they belong!  This also includes organizing the garage and basement...two areas I dread doing, but I know will feel so good once it is done.


I was really good about getting parts of our home organized, but of course, this is something that is a never-ending project.  After the holidays with new things to find homes for, I especially need to clean out a bit more, but I feel like I made a great effort regarding this goal last year.  

Organizing My Time - As far as organizing my time goes, I just want to be very cognizant of how I spend my time.  I always have a long to-do list of things that are important, but somehow things don't get done when I would like for them to because I'm busy working on other things that just don't matter.  I want to make better use of my time when my kids are at school so that when they are home I am able to focus on them.  Once they are home from school I really don't have any time do the other stuff because I'm helping with homework, driving them from different practices and lessons, cooking dinner and getting everyone to bed.  I volunteer at their schools a lot, but sometimes I end up being at the school 3-4 times a week. I love being there and being able to help out, but I need to schedule the times I will be there more thoughtfully so that I have time for the other things I need to accomplish as well.

I was very successful at organizing my time better last year.  I worked hard to get things done during the day while the kids were at school so that I could spend my afternoons with them.  Really they need all of my attention when they are home (between helping with homework and driving them to practices, etc.).  I also have become more intentional about the days/times I volunteer at their school so that has been a huge help, too! 

2.  Take Care of Myself.  I am quick to do things for other people and often put myself on the back burner. This year I want to make sure I am also taking care of myself.  That includes making some doctor's appointments I have been putting off, making good food choices, taking time to exercise like I should and making sure I'm getting enough sleep!


I'm happy to say that of all the things I did last year, this was one of my priorities. I started working out regularly, eating better, sleeping more and just taking care of myself the way I should have been all along!  You might remember my Mommy Maintenance series that I began a while back and that will be continuing into the new year as I share ways I'm taking care of myself.  


My Goals for 2017

1. Complete little house projects.  There are several house projects that I want to complete that are little things hanging out on my to-do list.  A few are painting projects of some furniture I want to refinish and it is just about me finding time to squeeze it in. I'm hoping to work on those in the next couple of weeks and get them done so I can share with all of you!  

2. Complete BIG house projects.  We are planning and preparing to do some BIG house projects at home and the Mr. and I are super excited about them.  One includes finishing our basement and another will be a big yard project.  We're still in the planning stages, but hoping to get the ball rolling on these things soon so I know this will be a big focus for 2017. I can't wait to share the progress with all of you!  

3. Read more.  I love to read, but I just don't make time for it.  Even if it is just a chapter or two a day from a fun book. I want to do less social media scrolling and more real reading.  

4. Host friends/family for dinner at our house.  I love entertaining and we always talk about doing it, but we get busy with the kids sports and other family activities and don't have people over the way I would like to.  There are a lot of families that I think we could be closer with if we would just extend the invitation, so my goal this year is to invite friends over for dinner once a month.  

5. Create meaningful moments with my kids.  It absolutely blows my mind that my oldest is going to be turning 10 this year.  10 years old!  And, I can hardly believe that Boo-Boo, the baby of the bunch, will be starting Kindergarten this year. I just feel like time is flying and I am trying to dig in my heels as much as I can to make time slow down. I feel selfish and I feel like I am not ready for them to grow up. I would turn back the clock to the day Little Mama was born and do it all over again if I could.  But, I can't. So instead I'm going to really try to create meaningful moments with my kids.  Whether that is one-on-one time with them or fun family outings that we can all do together. I just want to soak up every second and not take one day for granted.

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Monday, February 1, 2016

Organization Update

I can hardly believe the first month of the year is already over.  I wanted to share a little update of how my New Year's Goals are going.  If you remember one of my goals was to take care of myself and I am happy to report that I have made several doctor's appointments, including my first ever dermatologist appointment.  I was having a major issue with my chapped lips and it was becoming unbearable.  It was more than chapped lips though. It was red around my mouth and so painful.  At first I thought it was just excessive chapped lips or sunburned lips this summer.  Then it continued and after about 6 months of off and on with the same issue I finally made an appointment. Can you tell I don't love going to the doctor?  Anyone else would not have allowed it go on this long, but I kept thinking it would go away on it's own. Well one week after seeing the dermatologist I can say that the issue is finally resolved.  She thinks it was a contact allergy reaction of some sort.  She instructed me to stop using all chapsticks, lip glosses and lipsticks for the time being and only use vaseline to hydrate my lips.  I LOVE chapstick. I'm addicted to it and have it all over...stashed in my car, in drawers in the house...everywhere. I also have many different varieties and brands so I have no idea which one was causing my problems. All I know is the problems are gone after I went cold turkey on everything except vaseline. Now I'll slowly reintroduce one lipstick or chapstick at time so I can figure out what was causing the allergy.  So happy to have this mostly behind me though.

I have also really gone to town on my goal of getting organized this year.  It has felt SO good.  This next month will be crazy busy for us with some travel and trips, so I wanted to work overtime in January to check some stuff off my list.  The first place I started was in our pantry. When we built our house I wanted a really large pantry, which has been great, but it also becomes a place to throw stuff and close the door, so I was excited to throw out old stuff, organize what was left, and have some order to what was in there.

Before 

Boo-boo kept asking what was in all those baskets...its all your snacks, Buddy! 

After 
 Next up was the playroom.  For the most part the playroom stays pretty organized. I make the kids clean up each evening and everything has a basket or place to stay. However, large items sometimes begin to float around and get left out. I picked up a few more basket and bins and am happy to report everything is staying in it's place now.


Another thing that had been on my to-do list for quite some time was to add to our art gallery wall. I love, love, love this wall in the playroom. I use it to display the kids' artwork and I add to it every so often. It had been a while and I had a stack of artwork collecting so I went to Wal-Mart and picked up a variety of black frames and got to work.  This is SO much better than having all of this artwork sit in a closet somewhere.


My girls' rooms were next. They love stuff.  Any kind of stuff. Things form friends, little do-dads, art work, trinkets...anything. They love it and they don't want to get rid of it. It took a major cleaning out, but their rooms are so organized now so I hope to keep it that way.

Before

After 
 Even their closets got a make-over. I already had lots of bins and baskets, so we just went through what they had and re-organized what was there to make it make more sense.



Under their sinks was a mess.  They love products and accessories (like their mama) but it was getting out of control.  By just putting things in a place and giving everything a home, it made it look so much better!

Before

After

Blondie's closet was more of the same.  She would be a total slob if I let her.  So I had her help me go through her things, clean out, organize her room and it has been great. I've also encouraged her to keep putting things away where they belong and it has really helped.

Before

After
After 

While I was working away inside, the Mr. took over the garage. My organization must have rubbed off on him because he even labeled stuff.  Yes, labeled!  I was so very happy and hope we can keep it this way!


Mostly I used bins and baskets I already owned, but I did got to HomeGoods to get a few things to help in my mission and that was the case in Boo-Boo's room. He loves playing in his room after I put him to bed, and I'm totally fine with it.  The problem comes when he doesn't put his stuff away and the next day looks like this:


Drives me crazy!!! So a few baskets later, everything has a place and I keep encouraging him to pick up his things and he has been great about it.


Lastly, my little work space got spruced up and is so much easier to work with now.

Before 

I threw out old papers, put things where they belonged, got rid of a few things and now my space is more open and manageable.  

After


I still have a long way to go. There are a lot of closets that have been collecting things and rooms that need some attention, but I got the year started off with a bang and hope we can just all keep it this way!
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Helping Kids Make (and Keep) New Year's Goals

This time of year everyone is thinking about the New Year!  New beginnings and a chance to start new with goals and aspirations.  I love hearing about other people's New Year's resolutions and reflecting upon my own.  In our house we like to focus on goals for the new year instead of resolutions and I love involving my kids in the conversation, too.  My kids are old enough to get it and I am all about helping them set goals for themselves.  As a mom, I want to do my very best to help them keep up their hard work to actually achieve their goals!

I came up with 5 easy steps to use to help kids make and keep their New Year's goals for this year.  



1.  Help them to make attainable goals. 
Sure some kids might say it is their goal to make $1 Million dollars this year, but in most circumstances that isn't really attainable.  Our job, as parents, is to help them come up with a goal that is actually something you think they will be able to achieve.  

2.  Discuss specific ways to help them work towards their goals. 
Don't just have them set goals and then go on your way.  Discuss ways that they can work hard to reach their goals.  If they want to get a 100% on every spelling test, talk about ways you help them study more each week and take more practice tests.  Maybe they want to make a difference in their community. Talk about ways they can help other kids in their school or make cards and deliver goodies for firefighters and police officers to say thanks.  Whatever their goal may be, talk about the exact things the can do to meet their goals.  

3.  Have a weekly or monthly check-in to stay on track. 
A year seems like a long period of time to us as adults, so can you image how long that seems to a kid? I think we are better off making monthly goals or at least having weekly or monthly check-ins to discuss their progress.  Put a note on your calendar for a month from now so you won't forget to bring up the goals in conversation again.  

4.  Reevaluate or change steps to achieve their goals. 
If things aren't going quite as planned, that's OK!  Together you can reevaluate the goals or even change them up a bit.  It's all about working hard for something they really want to do and if you see that the steps you are helping them take are not working for them, change the goal a bit or alter the steps they are taking to get there to something that will work for them! 

5.  Be their biggest cheerleader. 
This world can be a tough place, but you are here to be a bright spot for your child.  Be their biggest cheerleader. Encourage them, push them, challenge them, and motivate them.  Do whatever you have to do to help them be successful so that they feel that sense of accomplishment and pride when they do achieve the goal they've been working for.  

I started off by talking to my kids about the New Year and sharing with them my own goals.  Then I asked each of them to pick a goal for themselves they would like to work on.  We did this last year and I can't remember what any of them said except for Blondie.  She told me her goal for 2015 was to not wear bows anymore.  It made me so sad and I told her she had to pick another one, but you know what???  She achieved it!
Bow :-)
No Bow :-(
With a bit of compromise we settled on something that would work for both of us.  I stopped forcing her to wear the bows I loved, but she hated.  It was a turning point for sure, but she's happier with the way she looks and I'm happier to see her becoming an individual and speaking up for the things she likes and dislikes.  

As for this year, these are their goals: 

Little Mama - I wasn't surprised when she told me her goal was to get her back handspring.  She's been working so hard in her tumbling classes and has really progressed a lot.  She has pretty much decided that she is going to focus on tumbling and cheerleading this next year and a back handspring is a major goal of hers.  I think this really is something she can achieve, but it will take a lot of work.  As for specific steps, she's going to stretch more each day, work on her arm strength by doing push-ups and conditioning at home and she has decided to take a second tumbling class each week instead of doing another sport because this is something that she really wants.


Blondie - Her goal is to try out for an academy soccer team this spring.  She loves soccer and really wants to do more of it.  Being on an academy team would allow her to get more coaching, more practicing and more skills. She's a good soccer player, but I know this would help her to become a great soccer player.  For specifics she said she would practice her dribbling and ball handling skills more on her own at home, pay extra careful attention at her practices this spring, and give her practices and games 110% so she can develop some of the skills she will need to try out.



Boo-Boo - Now he's the youngest of the bunch so I know that for him the concept is a little harder to grasp, but he loved talking about it and told me his goal for this year was to make new friends. I just loved that!  He has a lot of friends from school and friends that are siblings of the girls' friends.  I think he means being able to have more friends over to play at our house (which is something we don't do often enough for him...it's aways the girls' friends who are coming over for playdates).  To help him achieve his goal I will schedule more playdates with his friends, helping to grown their friendships and double their playtime!


I am excited to go through this year and to check in each month with them to help all three of them to stay on track and really reach their personal goals!
  
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Monday, January 4, 2016

New Year's Eve and 2016 Goals

We hope everyone has gotten off to a great start for the New Year.  We had fun celebrating New Years Eve last week.  My kids spent the night with grandparents and had lots of fun of their own.  They wen to Fernbank's Noon Year's Eve party and had so much fun!  There was a DJ, dancing, a balloon drop at noon and so much more fun!  Apparently it was really crowded, but they still loved it!


As for us grownups, we had a few friends come over and we watched football and got all dressed up for an adult only night out (plus one little guy who is sweet as can be).



We ate at Paper Mill Grill and I had heard mixed reviews about this restaurant since it had recently re-opened, but we were pleasantly surprised by our meal.  Yummy appetizers, great dinners, good drinks and delicious desserts!  If you go get the "Happiness in a Jar" dessert.  Dessert in a mason jar...you can't go wrong!


Then we all came back to our house to ring in the New Year.  We watched more football, danced, laughed, toasted with champagne at midnight and watched fireworks that were happening in the neighborhood.  We all stayed up way too late, but it was so much fun!


It still feels weird for me to write 2016 when writing the date, but I just love all that comes with a New Year.  New goals, new ideas, and new hopes and wishes!  I wanted to quickly recap my goal for 2015 and set a few new ones for 2016!

Last year I was really ambitious.  I had some good goals and some of them I stuck to while others I failed miserably at.


Carrie Beth's 2015 Goals/Resolutions: 

1.  Drink more water.  I drink water, but not nearly as much as I know I should, so I want to be more conscious of it this year!  It might mean more frequent trips to the restroom, but I'm hoping the benefits will be worth it.

Well I had really good intentions with this, but it just didn't happen.  This was pretty much how it went down.


2.  Read more books.  I love to read and once I get into a book I usually can't put it down.  However, it's just making the time to get through the first few chapters to get hooked that I sometimes struggle with.  This year I'm planning to force myself to just get started on books because I know the rest will follow.

I seriously failed at this!  I read a lot of our book club books, but didn't read as many as I had hoped.  Maybe I'll do better this year...

3.  Spend more time with my kids.  This one might sound silly because as a stay-at-home mom I am with my kids all the time.  What I really mean is that I want to spend more quality time with my kids.  I'm always so busy at the house with things like laundry, cleaning, cooking and other household chores that my days don't have a lot of "extra" time for things like playing games, doing puzzles or watching movies together.  This year I want to really make an effort to put the stuff on my to-do list aside so that I can focus on quality time with them.  I love the ages they are at right now, but they are all growing up so fast so I just want to soak up as much of them at this phase as I can and really be present and involved with them.

This was probably the most important goal for me and I feel like I did really well at this one. I hate that my kids are growing up so fast and I just want to savor this phase of their lives as much as I can!

4.  Complete house decorating projects.  I have a short list of projects for the house I really want to accomplish in the near future.  I did a lot the first few months of living in our house, but now that we are settled and comfortable, I feel like decorating the house has gone to the back burner.  Now that the holidays are behind us, I hope to get the things on my list done.

I competed our living room and that was a big one for me, but there are still a few things I would like to accomplish. I feel like the house is an ongoing project!

5.  Plan and take a big family trip.  My kids have been begging to go on an airplane trip (the girls don't remember the last time they were on a plane) and since they are all at such great and pretty easy ages, I am ready to make that happen this year!  I'm banking for somewhere tropical, fun, and family friendly.

This is something that I had hoped to be able to do, but for scheduling reasons we just weren't able to make it happen. However, we have some really fun family trips planned this year so hoping we are able to double the fun for our trips this year and make up for what we didn't do last year.

Now onto thinking about this year's goals.  I have really been thinking long and hard about this and only have a 2 goals that I think will include a lot for me.

Carrie Beth's 2016 Goals 
1.  Organize.  I am a very organized person, but at times I feel like my life is in complete disorganization. I feel like I'm going a million miles an hour and in a million different directions.  Things pile up, stuff gets tossed in closets and forgotten about and my time because used in ways that are not productive.  So my big goal for this year is to organize.

Organization at Home - We've been in our house for 18 months now and it's about this time that parts of the house are starting to get unorganized. I've learned this about myself, but if things are left out, piled on counters or not in their places, it causes me so much stress and anxiety. I plan to go room by room, closet by closet, and cabinet by cabinet.  I will clean out, donate old and unwanted things, organize the stuff that is staying and most importantly, encourage my family to put things where they belong!  This also includes organizing the garage and basement...two areas I dread doing, but I know will feel so good once it is done.

Organizing My Time - As far as organizing my time goes, I just want to be very cognizant of how I spend my time.  I always have a long to-do list of things that are important, but somehow things don't get done when I would like for them to because I'm busy working on other things that just don't matter.  I want to make better use of my time when my kids are at school so that when they are home I am able to focus on them.  Once they are home from school I really don't have any time do the other stuff because I'm helping with homework, driving them from different practices and lessons, cooking dinner and getting everyone to bed.  I volunteer at their schools a lot, but sometimes I end up being at the school 3-4 times a week. I love being there and being able to help out, but I need to schedule the times I will be there more thoughtfully so that I have time for the other things I need to accomplish as well.

2.  Take Care of Myself.  I am quick to do things for other people and often put myself on the back burner. This year I want to make sure I am also taking care of myself.  That includes making some doctor's appointments I have been putting off, making good food choices, taking time to exercise like I should and making sure I'm getting enough sleep!

That's it for me! I figure the rest are things I will just continue to do from last year, but if I can accomplish these two things I will feel great and it will make 2016 a great year!
  
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Friday, January 2, 2015

Happy New Year! {Part 2}

After a fun New Year's Eve celebration our New Year's Day was pretty low key.  We spent most of the day at home catching up around the house, watching football and enjoying the sunshine before the rain moves in this weekend.

I don't generally care for the traditional New Year's meal, but definitely wanted to make sure we got our black eyed peas for the day.  Like my little brother used to be, Little Mama is totally convinced that eating them on New Year's Day will make you rich or at least bring you lots of good luck for the year.  After eating hers she happened to win a game later in the evening and she was sure it was the black eyed peas she had eaten that gave her the good luck.

I made our favorite Cowboy Caviar as an appetizer and we snacked on that all evening.  Jen shared this recipe in her tailgating recipe post a few months ago, but it deserves to be shared again because it is so simple to throw together and it's just that good.  Not to mention, it's super healthy and when my kids gobble it up I feel really excited that they are eating things the wouldn't normally try.


Cowboy Caviar 
1 can of black eyed peas, drained
1 can of whole kernel corn, drained
2 avocado, diced
1/2 red onion, chopped
1 cup Italian dressing

Combine first 4 ingredients.  Stir in dressing and chill in the fridge for 30-45 minutes.  Serve with tortilla chips and enjoy!

I was impressed after Jen shared her New Year's goals yesterday.  She doesn't even like to run and she wants to win a 5K for her age group!?!  You go girl is all I have to say to that.  I could probably take notes from her list because although I do not have goals to become a runner, I could stand to find a regular doctor instead of the local Urgent Care.   Reading her list got me thinking about my own goals and resolutions so I thought it would be fun to share mine, too!  I wanted to choose things that would be realistic and attainable for this year and I think I've done just that.

Carrie Beth's 2015 Goals/Resolutions: 

1.  Drink more water.  I drink water, but not nearly as much as I know I should, so I want to be more conscious of it this year!  It might mean more frequent trips to the restroom, but I'm hoping the benefits will be worth it.

2.  Read more books.  I love to read and once I get into a book I usually can't put it down.  However, it's just making the time to get through the first few chapters to get hooked that I sometimes struggle with.  This year I'm planning to force myself to just get started on books because I know the rest will follow.

3.  Spend more time with my kids.  This one might sound silly because as a stay-at-home mom I am with my kids all the time.  What I really mean is that I want to spend more quality time with my kids.  I'm always so busy at the house with things like laundry, cleaning, cooking and other household chores that my days don't have a lot of "extra" time for things like playing games, doing puzzles or watching movies together.  This year I want to really make an effort to put the stuff on my to-do list aside so that I can focus on quality time with them.  I love the ages they are at right now, but they are all growing up so fast so I just want to soak up as much of them at this phase as I can and really be present and involved with them.

4.  Complete house decorating projects.  I have a short list of projects for the house I really want to accomplish in the near future.  I did a lot the first few months of living in our house, but now that we are settled and comfortable, I feel like decorating the house has gone to the back burner.  Now that the holidays are behind us, I hope to get the things on my list done.

5.  Plan and take a big family trip.  My kids have been begging to go on an airplane trip (the girls don't remember the last time they were on a plane) and since they are all at such great and pretty easy ages, I am ready to make that happen this year!  I'm banking for somewhere tropical, fun, and family friendly.

I hope all of you have some realistic and attainable goals for this year, too.  It's fun to think about all of the possibilities that a new year brings.  Cheers to the new year, new goals, and new memories that will be made!
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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Happy New Year!


Happy New Year Everyone!!

We hope everyone has had a fabulous start to 2015! Yesterday we did lots of celebrating. New Year's Eve is always fun in this house.  We get to celebrate not only the beginning of a new year, but my wonderful hubby's birthday as well. 

This year the hubby wanted to keep it low key. We planned a yummy local dinner, and followed it up with a kid/adult slumber party at our house with Carrie Beth's family. 

How cute were she and her girls? I LOVED that they matched!!! 


Carrie Beth's sweet cousin, B, offered to babysit the kids for us so we could enjoy an adult only dinner. She is so much fun and the kids love her! 


They had a blast eating pizza, drinking their own "special juice", and watching movies in their pjs. Waaaaay more fun than hanging out with the mommies and daddies for sure. The boys were cracking us up as they were totally uninterested in taking pictures while they were clinking their super hero juices together and saying "cheers!". 


Dinner was delicious, and as always, filled with TONS of laughs. Love our little group! Besties B & S ended up getting sick and missing the dinner. We absolutely hated that they couldn't be there, but they were still there in spirit when they surprised us with calling the restaurant and picking up our cocktail tab. That is a brave offer considering we tend to have a thirsty group. Thank you so much B & S!!!


The night ended with more celebratory cocktails at our house and some new fun card games. We rang in the new year with a champagne toast, and laughed the rest of the night away. It was the perfect way to ring in the new year and celebrate someone super special in our lives. 

I am looking forward to 2015 and all of its potential. We already have a few fun things on the calendar and I am so excited! 

I have a few personal goals/resolutions for the year. I am usually pretty good at keeping my yearly resolutions, but this year's goals might be slightly challenging in some aspects because a few divert from my natural personality. Maybe you guys can help keep me accountable. :) 

Jen's 2015  Goals/Resolutions: 

1: Have girlfriend time at least once a month.
I am very blessed to have some wonderful ladies in my life. 
I think it is very important to spend time with your girlfriends and have their
support. Sometimes as a mommy/wife I realize I tend to put girlfriend time on
 the back burner, and my goal this year is to carve out some time with just my girls 
once a month...kid/husband free. Some crazy thing tells me my girls
will be on board for this. :)

2: Learn to say "No."
I am awful at this, and saying it goes against my natural make-up, but this
year I need to learn to say "no". I over commit myself a lot. I tend to volunteer or agree
to certain things out, and sometimes it isn't what is best for me or my family. 
Don't get me wrong...I love the fun chaos of most things I do. Just sometimes 
I realize it's too much. So more "no". (Gah, it's even hard to type!)

3: Be healthier. 
Now this isn't get skinnier. This is be healthier. I already eat well, 
and am pretty good at exercising, but at a recent dinner night, we got on the subject 
of general practitioners/doctors visits. I admitted that I don't see a doctor regularly, and if in
 the off chance I get sick, I usually visit the minute clinic. What??? How un-adult is that??
Outside of the OB for pregnancy visits (and the one random time this summer I had to visit a dermatologist for an unfortunate wrinkle cream mishap) I just determined it wasn't
important to find one. So this year my goal is to find a doctor I love, and
keep on top of all things healthy. 

4: Date night once a month.
This should be an easy one because I know the Hubs will be on board. As most
parents we tend to get caught up in the every day routine. We are a well oiled
machine over here, but sometimes we need to break out and hit the town every
once and while. And preferably at a restaurant that doesn't offer a playground at 
its facility. ;)

5: Run in a 5k. And finish first in my age group.
Now we attend several 5ks throughout the year in our house, but I usually have a
stroller and run/walk it. Stroller or not, my goal this year is to run the whole time and 
finish first in my age group. Why I want to do this is beyond me. I hate running. But
now that I have been bumped up to the next age bracket I think it would be nice
to accomplish once, and say "Old girl's still got it!"

6: Keep up with family photos.
Being a former photographer you would think I would have this one down pat.
Nope! I have tons of photos stored digitally, but I am awful about printing them, framing
 them or just plain doing anything with them. I have a few ideas, 
but something needs to be done!

7: Put my phone down!
This one will also be tough because I do enjoy being able to chat with my husband/friends 
during the day, quickly catch up on the news during lunch, or "google-ing" something
at a moments notice. But the days that I put my phone down, or go on vacation and lock my 
phone away, I LOVE! So my goal is one day a week to just shut it down
(probably on Sundays) and not even look at it until the next morning. 

So there are my goals for this year. We will see! What are some of your resolutions/goals for 2015?



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