i get a weird feeling right around this time of year because the holidays are over and the new year is beginning. almost like a nervous feeling with a little bit of sadness mixed in.
nervous because a new year is about to start and sad because the holidays are over. i am ready for winter to be over because there is no point in having winter past january in my opinion. it should be reserved for christmas only. that's it!
as i have said before, i don't like to make resolutions because i don't keep them. that was obvious last year when i made my "wish" list of things to accomplish. i won't even give a link back to that big list of failures.
this year, however, i have a list of things that i will accomplish in 2011. i will not move into 2012 without doing these three things. here they are in no particular order.
#1 finish school.
i have one class left this semester and then i will have my degree. hardest part is that this is my co-op semester. i have to be in a classroom nine hours a week. not too many hours but enough to send a shock to my nerves. still trying to figure out how that is going to fit into my already busy schedule of kids to drop off at school, kids to pick up from school, and kids to take to gymnastics and other after school activities. and then the big one...who will watch tyler and elijah while i am in class?
#2 weight loss.
i seriously need to stop making excuses and just do it. i know i am capable of losing the weight because i have done it several times before after my other children. i have to deal with the fact that food and i have a love hate relationship and i will have to fight this battle forever.
i miss the days before children when i could basically eat 5 days worth of carbs in one meal and actually lose weight just by breathing heavy.
family size bag of doritoes for breakfast? why yes, please!
even with a breakfast like that, there was a time when i was a tiny 90 lbs.
no not in first grade! i was 19 years old and pregnant with my first child.
not anymore! wanna know how much i weigh? i might as well tell you so i can be completely humiliated and maybe even a little more motivated to do something about it.
i weigh 160 lbs. and i am only 5 ft. even. according to charts, that is approximately 50 lbs. overweight for my height.
I WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
NOW!
#3 move!
we are too big of a family for this tiny house. we have been looking at homes in several different neighborhoods and we keep coming back to one neighborhood in a small town just 10 minutes from where we live now. it is a new neighborhood, so we would be able to pick our lot and the prices are UH-MAZING! our goal is move by november but not a guarantee that we will move there or that the house we fell in love with will still be a building option.
so there they are, my goals for 2011. I will definitely be a busy mama in the new year.
we have so many wonderful memories to cherish from 2010 and look forward to another great year.
what are your goals for the new year?
