New Year

This time of year is my favorite.

We've been playing games until 3 AM every night for the last 5 nights with family.

We've eaten our weight in snacks.
London keeps calling us Blake & Bug.
Raggedy Ann's new name is "yion". (Lion)
I slammed through the Elizabeth Smart book in about 2 days.
And....I get to make new goals.

Goals are important to me.

They pretty much keep me balanced & give me some direction that I'm accountable for.

My goals for 2013 involved a lot of words like "do this everyday, do that everyday."

I learned that those goals are the ones that are broken the quickest.

So, I tried to simplify my goals this year & focus on a goal as a whole, not as an everyday thing.

As usual, I feel accountable if my goals are written down where others can see...

Here's to 2014.

I have a good feeling about you.  

2014 Goals:

“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.”

Spiritual Goal/s:

·      Read President Hinckley’s autobiography.

·      Do visiting teaching at least 9 times.

Physical Goal/s:

·      Take an aerial class.

Family Goal/s:

·      Have FHE at least twice a month & teach London about the gospel.

Parenting Goal/s:

·      Potty train London

·      Help London learn her shapes, visually recognize 0-9 numbers, & visually recognize half the alphabet.

Healthy Lifestyle Goal/s:

·      Go without sugar/desserts for 2 weeks.

·      Go without dairy for 2 weeks.

Intellectual Goal/s:

·      Read Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

·      Read the Book Thief.

Marriage Goal/s:

·      Let it go.

Fun Goal/s:

·      Paint a picture.

Work Goal/s:

·      Take steps to keep my teaching license up.

Optional/Random other goal/s

·      Get my braces off.

·      Get rid of Instagram for at least 2 months.