My 2010 New Years Resolutions

Ok, so each year I try to do a New Years Resolution, a very pidly one, well this year I am taking a new limit and really setting goals for myself, and my family.

The following are goals I am going to try and reach by year end, here goes:

1. Menu planning. Toward the end of this past year, I tried to simplify my life by either cooking all day Sunday for the week, or making sure we had everything on hand for the weeks meals. As my husband can testify, whenever I cook something, I ALWAYS am missing 1 ingredient. So, menu planning is my first goal. I think I can tackle this one.

2. Since we have our new addition to the family, our beloved American Bulldog "Molly", we need a new fence. One side has a "chicken wire" type fence, the back side has a normal chain link fence, and the other side has a green wooden fence with pieces missing. I would love to get the new white hard plastic fencing, though it is quite expensive. I will speak with my neighbors to see if they want to go in a portion with us to buy and we will install. That is a huge goal, plus a goal of paying cash for the entire thing.

3. Kitchen cabinets. Danny & I have decided that for Christmas this year, (yes we are thinking that far already) we will not exchange gifts for each other and in turn, will purchase new kitchen cabinets with cash. This is something we have wanted to do, though now with setting my goal, it will be reachable.

4. Lose 20 pounds. This by far will be the hardest task for me to conquer as I LOVE to eat, nibble, munch, and of course, I do love to have my beer or glass of wine. All fattening, but so enjoyable. I have a treadmill in the basement collecting dust and I must become friends with it again. I feel at times it snickers at me when I walk past it!

5. Get my house in order. I am what you would call a junior pack rat. I have a very hard time throwing things away, and because of that I have "clutter". I want to "de-clutter" my home. I may possibly have a garage sale this year, but that only depends on if I have the quantity of stuff to hold one and if I really want to give up a day to sit out and sell my stuff. We will see.

I can go on and on and on about New Years Resolutions, but these are the main ones I am going to work on. What are yours???

Good luck in your Resolutions and a very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!

Tracy