New Year's Goals

I'm writing down my goals for the year to hold myself accountable:

The first is for Paul, to relax a little.  To pull the stick out of my bum and not yell and get angry over stupid things.

The second is one that will help with the first.  To prepare in advance and to work on not being late.  Many times I yell because I hate being late and I tried to put too much stuff into too little time or I procrastinated at getting ready.  I want to prepare at night for the following day.  Prepare in the morning for all the things that will go on in the day.  Not realize at 6pm when we are all starving that I have no chicken thawed for the dish I was going to make.

The third is to do outings with the kids twice a month.  Over the summer last year we did once a week and it was super fun!  I know that with Carter in school 3 days a week that 2 times a month is a reasonable goal and hopefully it will be more in the summer.

The fourth is to do the same as last year-52 books in a year-a book a week.  I loved it, I felt  I had something to talk about with people and I'm reading so much more quickly than last year because I am practicing it more. 

The fifth is 30 minutes of exercise a day.  I'd love more, but walking Carter to school and walking a little farther, doing some situps while watching Ellen (wait, I never get to watch Ellen... but you get my drift)  just incorporating some endorphins in my day.

The sixth is to work at reconnecting with friends.  Being a stay at home mome is really lonely sometimes.  I'd like to once a week write a long e-mail or letter to someone I haven't talked to in awhile or go out to coffee with someone that I used to work with, or with a friend on Saturday morning that I only see in passing while we are wrangling kids while our husbands do the wrangling.

I think they are all doable and I look forward to seeing the greater person I can become over the next 365 days.