May 2007 Weddings
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Goals for yourself:
Dh sent me an e-mail that he'd like each of us to come up with a list of goals we'd like to set for ourself (no idea where he got this from). It got me thinking about it on and off through out the day. So I thought I'd pose the question here. What are some goals you'd like to see yourself accomplish in the next year?
Re: Goals for yourself:
1) this will sound a tad bit petty but I really want to start putting more time towards my personal appreance. I have fallen into a rut and need to get out of it.
2) Loose weight. I am nearly 25 pounds over my pre-pg weight and David is now 2 years old, I no loger have an excuse except pure laziness.
3) I would love to get PG right now but I am making an effort to put it off until September (for a June baby). My reasoning: work. I screwed my career path a bit by having David during the busiest time of the year. This time, I'm trying to time it around our heavy work schedule. I really wish I didn't have to do it this way, but it'll be better for all involved in the long run.
4) Stop eating out as much. This will help with goal #2 and eventually help with my next goal.
5) Add more to the savings account. We save pretty well but there are times that I think, where the hell is all our money going.
6) Keep the house more organized and tidy. We let it go too often and end up spending more tme on the weekend cleaning it up.
7) Spend more time with the family outside of the house. Once the weather gets warmer I want to take advantage of it. Go to the zoo, mueseums, park, or just a walk around the block.
8) Practice/improve my photgraphy skills. I have no desire to be a pro, just want nice pictures of my kid.
9) I want to learn how to sew. I dappled in it when I was younger and have a machine here. Just need the patience for it.
10) Be more optimistic, less confrontational and more patient.
1. Maybe sound odd to some, but I want to put myself first more often. I feel like I've let myself get lost in being a mom, wife, and architect that I leave little for myself.
2. Pay down our debt, we're well on our way but I'd like to be closer to having everything payed down.
3. Loose weight, I want to reach my "goal" weight this year
4. Be better about saving money - I feel like with buying the house we've dipped into savings a bit too often, I'd like to rebuild our nest egg.
5. Spend more couple time with my hubs, I love "family" time, but I feel like the kids are old enough now that if we want to go out for an evening we should be able to without me feeling guilty.
6. Finish the first round of "home improvements" which would be painting the living room, our room, and kitchen and framing out the fourth bedroom.
I do this every year...
1) Be healthier, I want to lose weight but will not set a number because I don't want to set myself up for failure
2) Stop eating out! We don't do it that often but I don't even want to do it all, unless it's a special occassion.
3) Work on putting all my recipes I've collected from the web, friends/family, etc into a cookbook that is easy for me to use so I'm not looking for lost printouts or remembering what book it came out of.
4) I'd like to get pregnant, but this is going to be hard to obtain. We are at the point now where we are going to probably have to go to more expensive methods and that's not something we can afford.
5) I'd like to be a better wife, and be more patient towards MH. He likes to pick around, joke, whatever and I'm often too serious and need to lighten up.
6) I want to be a better pet parent. My dogs could use more walking/exercising. Hopefully when it warms up a bit we will go for more walks and trips to the river.
7) I'd like to continue my going to church more often. I started this end of last year and have been doing good...I don't want to slack off.
8) Most importantly I want to be happy...this past year has been very hard and had lots of ups and downs. I want to be able to take the bad with the good and still be able to function. I used to be the happy bubbly person...I want that person back.
Lower my electric bill
In all seriousness I'd like to STOP taking things so seriously. I'd also like to work less but I don't see that happening.
1. Stay healthy and relaxed during the rest of my pregnancy
2. Try not to be a neurotic mom and stress about everything.
3. Become a more relaxed, happy person in general, this may require more work on my part than just deciding to do this so if that is the case getting the help I need to obtain this goal.
4. Be nicer to my husband. I am nice to him don't get me wrong, but I take my stress and anger out on him too much and he reallly has changed and is a great guy. I also boss him around too much and sometimes treat him like a kid, which I know is awful.
5. Along those same lines try to forget the past, specifically with my husband, and move on and not resent him anymore.
6. After I have this baby I really want to get into the best shape of my life. I can't wait to go back to spin class and want to start running again and eating really healthy. I know it's months away but I am already trying to psych myself up about it. I want to go into my next pregnacy (in a few years) much thinner and healthier.
7. Save as much money as we can before the baby comes. Not eat out much (we don't too much but I would like to even less). Spend less money on junk we don't need. Try to come close to paying off my car really soon.
8. Learn to cook, I hate cooking but I feel bad that my husband does all the cooking.
9. Become a better friend. I feel like a lot of time i just forget to call people, etc I need to be better about keeping in touch with people.
10. Be a better sister and daughter, do more for my family to help them in whatever they need.
I'm sure I can come up with many more, I am a work in progress