Happy 2014!

So, there are 13 minutes until the new year.  Count this as my first entry of many, I hope.   One of my goals for the year is to blog more, and to blog here and on the MOPS blog of which I am currently in charge, so I am going to be doing my fair share of writing this year.

My personal take on New Year's Resolutions has a lot to do with my January birthday.  When I was in high school, I started writing down "XX Things I Want To Do While I'm XX."  I like it better than a new year's resolution.  It gives me lots of things to work on, lots of smaller goals, and it gives me a month of overlap between New Year's and my birthday that count as my makeup month.  I have a month to start out on the new ones and a month to finish up old ones.  Needless to say, January gets pretty busy (and I do a lot of reading, because I'm usually behind on the number of books I wanted to read.)

But I'm also behind on the number of words I want to write, and so I'm going to do better.   But for everything else, here is my list:

29 Things I Want to Do When I’m 29

1.      Gain muscle and get healthier.

2.      Eat something green every day.

3.      Look good in my swim suit.

4.      Starbuck arms.  So Say We All!

5.      Cook at home four nights a week.

6.      Skinny pigs.  I will own one (or two).

7.      Teach at least three crochet classes.

8.      Crochet three whole blankets, Grandma Mary style.

9.      Be a better wife to my husband.

10.  Expect less and give more.

11.  Invest positive energy into my boys. 

12.  Encourage Corbin, instead of putting him down.

13.  Potty train Myles.

14.  See the ocean.

15.  Go camping for the first time.

16.  See a National monument (preferably Mount Rushmore.)

17.  Cosplay in my Pinkie Pie dress.

18.  Spend more time outside this summer, and at the pool.

19.  Grow a small garden in a few pots.

20.  Try one new food.

21.  Get Iggy’s hair cut every 6-8 weeks so he NEVER mats.

22.  Do a craft project with my kids for each month or holiday.

23.  Figure out hormones.

24.  Read 12 fiction books.

25.  Blog. Both my own and MOPS.

26.  Take two Bible studies.

27.  Read my devotional every day.

28.  Organize my yarn stash in a reasonable way.

29.  Pick up freelance work or get job using my degree.