Resolutions

I guess I should make some New Year's resolutions. I avoided them for a long time because I used to set ridiculous, unrealistic ones so decided I was destined for failure so what's the use, but I actually started setting more reachable ones a couple of years ago and that went a lot better.

So, for 2009, my goals are:

*To not set unrealistic resolutions

*Exercise 3 times per week regularly

*Lose 40 more pounds (I lost 40 this past year, thank you very much)

*Take classes or do tutorials to update my computer skills so I can get back into a career when Shane goes on his mission

*Read 2 more Charles Dickens novels: Nicholas Nickelby and The Pickwick Papers, The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis and The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. I love classic literature and it's a challenge. I feel smart after I finish a classic book.

*Come up with a housework schedule (you have NO IDEA what a big deal it is for me to set that as a goal! Organization is a NIGHTMARE for me. I usually dust when I notice that something is looking kind of scary. My mother, on the other hand, cleans things that are clean.

*Write all my debit card purchases in my check register (Shut up, I don't want to hear it :))

*Quit using avoidance to think I don't need therapy anymore

*Get the rest of our camera film/disposable cameras developed

*Treat myself to one day of scrapbooking every week

*Read something in the scriptures each day

*Strive to live in a more balanced way, saying no when I need to and not overdoing things like my work schedule

*Reserve my woman's perogative to change my mind and throw this list out if it becomes evident that I have just created an unrealistic list of stupid resolutions