A New Year

Wow! Where did the holidays go? I can't believe its January 7th already!

So New Year's Resolutions....every year I make them and usually they don't last :( But I'm hoping this year to do better!

The first, of course, is to lose weight! As if my own wedding wasn't motivation enough last year, I was too exhausted from working and planning that I couldn't find the energy to drag my butt to the gym. But this year, we have a wedding to attend in Mexico so my goal is to drop 30-40 pounds and feel a little better about myself in a bathing suit! So far so good, I weighed myself just after the 1st and again yesterday morning and I'd lost 5 pounds. Let's hope I can keep it up!

Second, sadly, is to work more. Putting more hours in at Menards means we'll be closer to being debt free and even closer to getting a house sometime in the next two years. (The up side of this is we're closer to the gym, which means we'll go more often)

Third, is to get our Thank-You's out by the end of February (but I'm keeping my fingers crossed I can finish them by the end of January). I've got 10 done so far, and I figure if I can do a couple during my lunch hour each day I should be in good shape!

Fourth, cook more. This may be a little bit of a stretch since starting next week I'll be working 3 evenings a week at Menards, and the week after it'll be 4 nights. But on Thursdays when Dan & I are both off, it'll be nice to have a hot, home cooked meal.

Fifth, keep up w/ everyone's birthdays better. Let's start with January...please correct me if I'm wrong because I'm terrible w/ dates! We have Aunt Susie on the 9th, and Denise on the 18th. Who else!? I've got to be forgetting about someone!

Sixth, spend more time with our families. Even though we had all the wedding hooplah last year, I still feel we didn't spend very much time with family. Of course, in about 4 short months we'll be up to our ears in family :) By now I'm sure everyone knows that Dan & I will be moving to Illinois and staying with his parents until we get a house. We're also planning on going to Texas for Christmas, which I'm super excited about!

I think that's about enough resolutions. If I add any more I may not get the first six accomplished!

I hope everyone has a wonderful 2009!

This will be a very interesting year!