HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I imagine after all these days of inactivity many of you were wondering if I had given up... well I have not!  Happy New Year!  Our year ended the same as it began.... full of fun, excitement and ponderings!  Let me start with a re-cap of my resolution success and failure from last year!  This is what I had to say January 1, 2011..... the question was....what I could do EVERY DAY for 365 days... and I honestly had to think it over...so I have thought it over...

I have a new book... When Espen was born I kept an awesome little box with these little cards that documented 'firsts'. I included photos & keepsakes. It is my answer to a scrapbook for him. And then we moved right before he turned one and I managed to finish the box. I have wanted something to keep special thoughts & comments since then... and I found it... it is the Mom's ONE LINE A DAY... it is a 5 year book... and all I have to do is ONE LINE!! I can do this every day.

 

I think I want to be heart healthy & physically healthy for me and the family so I believe I can do 1 mile or the equivilant every day.... if I walk on my treadmill at a moderate pace it takes me 17 minutes to complete a mile... so 17 minutes of some physical activity a day or at least a mile!! I started off right with a mile... and it will help with my notion that I'd like to perhaps think about a 1/2 marathon or several 5k's...

 

And lastly I think I can write a line or a paragraph or a BUNCH in my blog every day... seems simple since I sit down with a computer most nights....

 

So those are the 3 things I'm going to do every day.... write in my little book, exercise & blog...

 

Then there are the goals that are more general that I'll give myself the year to do...

a will

schedule pottery time on my mom calendar

complete a mini tour at old chicago

get a library card

get Espen in some structured activites every so often (like swimming, music or gymboree and ??)

 

So that is my list of goals for the new year... I'd love to hear some of yours... I may be over zealous but it is the first of the year & I did spend a lot of time THINKING about it! And I have started out strong!!

  

(now if I can just do something about my erratic emotions & fragile feelings & feeling of odd lack of control.... it will be a great year!)

 

And how did I do... well I blogged most every day for nearly 8 months... and then decided to blog as often as I could because I wasn't sure who even cared!  So partial fail!.... but at this moment I can honestly say that I enjoy it... the honesty, the opportunity to ramble, the creative part... I enjoy it so there will be more to come...

 

A mile a day.... FAIL!  But I did more exercise than usual.  Joined a gym, left a gym... ran 4 races.  So while it was a fail, I am moving forward with some healthy choices!

 

My little book.... SUCCESS!!  I managed to write a line a day for a year... and now I am into the new year & continue!  It is fun to look at what I had to say last year... and I imagine it will be as fun in 5 years!!  I would encourage anyone to get the little book... I found it online... http://www.amazon.com/Moms-One-Line-Day-Five-Year/dp/0811874907

 

I didn't make a will, did some pottery (never enough), didn't drink my way onto the wall, did get a library card (then an ereader), did some activities with Espen...  so not a total fail list!!  And I did do something about the feelings & lack of control....

 

And what will I do in 2012??  I've given it great thought...

 

I will continue in my ONE A DAY book....

 

I have been exercising and intend to complete some 5K's... I really want to do a warrior dash but want a partner to do it with...and am having trouble finding anyone who will do it... but I will complete some races!

 

I will sell pottery!  I will market myself, work in the studio & sell... I have a goal in mind... but no need to share that!  Just note that I will sell some pottery this year! 

 

I will keep Espen in some structured activity... he is in swim lessons now & wants to learn to skate... we will try library again and some free stuff.  We will continue to try the mom's group and the activities they organize!

 

I will get that blasted will done! 

 

And lastly, I will blog & keep up with my social sites including the photo pages....  I enjoy it! 

 

Hope each of you have some sort of goal and resolution to keep yourselves going!!  Enrich your lives!!