New Year's Resolution

When I was a kid, I used to set goals every year. I loved crossing things off a list and feeling that sense of accomplishment. But as I have gotten older, I feel less and less inclined to write things down. Too much pressure!

Remember my summer list?

My sweetie thinks the only way we get anything accomplished around here is if we write it down. We usually spend an hour or so evaluating our accomplishments for the previous year and planning things for the new year. Like last year, we only had a few things on the list (we've long since given up on the lose weight, exercise more, eat the right stuff...too hard!) we wanted to get the roof reshingled, take our dream vacation with the kids, and help Princess earn her Girl Scout Gold Award.

And we did accomplish all of those things!

Our goals for 2013 are simple. We want to help Teach get out on her mission for our church (her papers are in now, by the way, and her call should come in the next few days). We want to help the Dog Walker finish his first year of college and then get ready for a mission of his own.

For Scout goals we want to help Prima Donna earn her Gold Award and Crafty earn her Silver Award. We each have our own plans for keeping the Cub Scouts and the Girl Scouts happy, my sweetie in his Pack and me in our Troop. We plan to do all the stuff we usually do, homework, housework, church activities, sports, dance, etc. etc etc.

Activities stay the same, only the faces change.

I think it's interesting that my life seems to follow one grand pattern. Januaries have been the same for the last 10 or 15 years... basketball, Girl Scout cookies, and snow. Trying to find places for all the new Christmas loot and discarding used and broken clothes and toys. Other months are pretty much the same.


Maybe my resolution should be to break the pattern and try something new...