The List!

I feel like this is such a cliche but at the same time making a list of New years Resolutions is somehow cathartic. It gives me a chance to reflect over what has been going well in my life the past year and what I would like to change or improve. For better or worse (and here's hoping I can make it past the apparent 6 month average on most of these things...)

1. Be more active- and no chasing the kids around doesn't count! Workout/get out/do something physically strenuous 5 days a week. Make fitness a part of my life-for my sake and my children.
2. Eat more veggies.
3. Drink more water.
4. Drink less soda (as I sit here drinking a Coke zero...)
5. Take some time for me- realize that having time for myself will allow me to recharge and be a better mom in the long haul.
6. Take a shower by myself every day and if the kids start crying the minute the water goes on, then they will have to cry until I am done.
7. Learn how to make a Waldorf doll
8. Before going shopping make a list and then only buy what is on that list
9. Plan a menu and stick to it- eat out only when it is in the plan and the budget
10. Don't buy any more fabric until July 1st (unless I need it to make the above mentioned Waldorf Doll or a specific useful purposeful project.... not just because I like it)
11. Organize my sewing room
12. Make something with all the fabric that I already have and finish everything in the "unfinished project" box
13. Fix all the diapers that need fixing before James needs to be wearing them.
14. Clean my house top to bottom at least once a month
15. Try to convince Frank that cleaning should be somewhat of a priority in our lives
16. Plant a garden, mulch it, weed it, harvest it and then preserve that harvest
17. Somehow make sure that this years chicken survive! and ducks too...
18. Last but not least make some time for me and Frank just the two of use- in the bedroom and out.

Well I guess that is enough for now- I think I hit on all the big points. I am hoping that now both boys are going to bed about the same time and James is starting to sleep through the night more and more that I will have the time and energy to get some things done after they go to bed and therfore be able to focus on them while they are awake. That's the plan anyway.