Goals for 2011

Wow!  How weird was that to write... 2011!!  LOL  Ok, so here's the goals I have written up, I know it is quite long and understand that not all I may be able to get to, some will take a lot of consistancy to complete- and may take years to complete- but at least they will be on my mind throughout the year.....

Health and Fitness Goals:

1. I will focus on losing inches in 2011.  I will use baby steps, bands, cardio and pushing myself to get there.

2. I will walk 5 days a week for at least 15-30 minutes

3. I will eat 3 + Freggies a day and track them on the calendar

4. Start each morning with stretches.

5. I will work to banish the white and HFCS 80% of the time.

6. I will be more strict about my allergens- including gluten

7. I will take all meds daily and track it.

8. I will drink adequate water daily, and encourage my family to do so as well.

Personal growth and peaceful living:

1. I will listen to meditations every day before bed for peace of mind
2. I will continue to connect with God by reading, retreat, or classes
3. I will journal for general reasons daily
4. I will do my dieters journal/devotion daily
5. go to church consistently and raise tithe (still not where it needs to bed)
6. I will have QTWG (Quiet Time With God) sometime during the day – preferable first thing in the am

Family and House Goals

1. I will work on creating and sticking with routines for the girls to help out more around the house
2. I will teach the girls the importance of goal setting
3. I will create an oasis in our bedroom
4. I will create 2 week menus and stick to them
5. I will help facilitate at least weekly devotions for the family
6. we will eat around the table 3x’s a week
7. Finish the family room

Financial Goals:

1. Do monthly/Bi-weekly budget plan per FPU (Financial Peace University)
2. Stay in the envelopes
3. Know our debt, and snowball it
4. Start FPU at church to stay accountable
5. Teach girls about financial responsibility by giving allowance and teaching FPU to them (get kids version)
6. Have Scott and I make a Will.

Social, Fun and Recreational Goals:

1. I will take time to have lunch/dinner/coffee with friends more often
2. I will learn to Geo-cache and hike with the family or friends
3. I will go to Sips n Strokes with friends 2 times
4. Take more pictures of everyday life.  I will print and put in an album- scrapping not necessary
5. I will read more books for ENJOYMENT, not self-help
6. I will have a picnic lunch at the beach with the family
7. I will make a list of 100 things that make me laugh
8. As a family we will go to Gulf Shores for a week
9. As a family we will take a day trip to Memphis
10. 365 project- I will take a daily picture to document 2011- it will be of the kids, hubby, house, pets, outdoors, whatever is happening in our lives
11. Decide on local sites to visit in town.
12. Find more small community things to do (Watertown, etc)
13. Go to the drive in 5x’s this summer
14. Have a tea party 1 time a month
15. Wear a formal 1 time
16. Let the girls have more parties/hang outs with friends
17. Write down the funny things the kids say more often
18. Tape all movie tickets/any tickets to the calendar to keep track of all fun events we attend.

I would love to see your goal lists too!  They don't have to be so comprehensive, even just one or two goals for the year are a good thing.  I recognize I have OCD and am a Perfectionist, so I tend to put too much on my plate- I have the "reach for the stars and you will achieve great things" mentality.  I may not get it all, but at least I have a great base of ideas to do (that's my way of working on NOT being OCD and Perfectionistic!)

So, I just turned 40 December 12th, 2010.  There. I said it.  I own it!  :)  It's been a tough tough year.  I have felt more "out of control" and "reacting to life" instead of living life this year than ever before, and I want to take control of that in so many ways. 

Some background for those who will read this and don't know me.  I had been a Stay at home mom for 12+ years when we decided it was time for us to have me go back to work.  We had home schooled our 3 beautiful girls until 2007, and being in public school was absolutely a drain on our single income.  Plus, I needed to be outside the house doing things. We have been married 17 years and have 3 beautiful girls.

We live in TN and my whole road was affected by the flooding May 1, 2010.  Over 30 houses were hit, including ours.  I had my second cataract surgery the week before the flood and the week before that we had just gotten home from our first vacation in YEARS.  We didn't lose as much as others- only about 1/3 of our house was damaged, our family room, our oldest daughter's bedroom, and the laundry room-and we felt so blessed it was so "little" and have a nice shaded, kind of in the middle of the block house, so we offered to let the PTO of our youngest daughter's school set up grills to help serve our neighborhood.  That's all it took for God to show His miracles that week, to use me when I was useless (I couldn't bend, lift, pull, or get dust in my "new" eye).  We were also blessed by my husband's work and all the donated items/time that were given- we got tile for our laundry room (which we were finally able to make into a laundry/full bath finally!), hardwood for my daughter's room, furniture for her room, and we even had World Changers come and help us put up walls and drywall!  Such a blessing we have had this year!

It's been an up and down emotion year.... I have gained 15-20 lbs since the flood, and was on my way down when it hit....would use the recumbent bike and treadmill daily (those were in the flooded room).... and crappy food found it's way back into our lives.....

So, I'm ready to just be Myself....wonder if even I will recognize myself.....this year.  My friend made a goals list and so I expounded on it for me and will post in a separate post next.   I will warn you, I am "religious" so there will be posts about just that- I have a dieters devotional journal and may share sometimes from it, and share insight from things from our preacher/Sunday school class/ Sunday night class.  But I am tired of worrying about offending people- this is Myself, I love God and what He can teach me, and when I learn something from anyone I am going to share it without regret or worry of offending.

So, get ready for an interesting (I hope!) ride this year... I will share my daily struggles with diet, family schedule, house schedule, budget, God, finding myself, and work and how to balance it all.....I hope you like it!