This year, our flames were a good two feet above the roof line, and as I watched it burn I decided this year I would make resolutions that would not burn me out faster than the flames burned out once the pine needles were gone. I also decided that if I shared my top five goals for the year, I would be more likely to keep them because I would have people to hold me accountable. So here we go.
2012 Goal #1:Stop Smoking.
This is so cliche I almost thought it sounded stupid. A good idea, but lame in it's boring commonness. However, after smoking on and off for about 8 years, and having quit twice while pregnant, it's about time. It smells gross, makes me cough, and oh yeah, I only smoke about three cigarettes a week if we don't go anywhere. This shouldn't be too hard as I don't smoke all that often, but I will admit to being easily stressed, and smoking socially. My husband's whole family (almost) smokes, so the weekends we spend with them will be more challenging. Bring on the Juicy Fruit and Big Red.
2012 Goal #2: Keep My House Clean.
I know I claim to be a real housewife, but honestly, I'm a real bad and lazy housewife. Most married couples fight about money; Larch and I fight about my housekeeping. So this year, in order to strengthen my marriage and convince my husband I can handle another baby, I would like my house to look lived in, but clean. In other words, I am attempting to: keep up on the laundry, do the dishes after every meal, make sure the living room is clean when I go to bed, vacuum daily (such is life with preschoolers), and to stop piling crap on the dining room table. Those who know me will tell you that this is like climbing Mt Everest for me. I am a slob, and cleaning is not something I have ever been good at. This goal scares me the most.
2012 Goal #3: Exercise More.
More means at least three days a week. On purpose. Resolving to lose weight is asinine. I like to eat sweets, I cook with butter, and anti-psychotic medicines are really better at helping you to gain weight. Exercise, however, will tone what little muscle I have, probably cause weight loss, make labor easier if I can convince Larch to have another baby, and releases feel-good-happy-anti-mean-mommy endorphin's that help me to feel really good about myself. Kinda like singing in the shower, only with a fat-shedding bonus.
2012 Goal#4: Try 52 New Recipes.
I know I have mentioned before my giant box of recipes I want to try before my kids go to college. I also learned somewhere that breaking a big goal into small steps makes it doable. So, one new recipe a week. Every Monday. This will mean that on Tuesday I will rave or rant about how it tasted, how easy it was, and if it was truly amazing and share worthy, I might even share it here. Along with this goal, I plan to eat 5 out of 7 meals at the table and not in front of the TV. My kids have way to much screen time already, cutting out 45 minutes to eat will be good for everyone.
2012 Goal #5: Read 12 New Books
That's a book a month. My mother wants to read 64 four books this year, I would love to also, but I have two small children and the daunting task of keeping my very small house with too much stuff clean. So, one book a month should be attainable. Chances are this will really mean one book between now and April; one between April and June; 3 a month over the summer while we are camping, and I can sit by the water and burn; and one more between September and November. No reading ever gets done during the holidays. Now, I need to decide if I want to read "Girl Who Played with Fire" or "Game of Thrones" first.
Those are the five big ones. I also plan to potty train Lily, convince my family to go one day a week with no Xbox, movies, or TV, and have $1000 in the savings account on December 31, 2012.
Now I better stop so that I have time to clean my house, cook a meal, go for a walk, ignore my husband's cigarettes, and read a few pages.
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