Goals

I have not made any resolutions for the year, but after ready about what other people have said it got me thinking. What would I like to get out of twenty ten, and what could I do to improve my life and the lives of those around me? Well my goals aren't really all that deep, but it has been interesting to see what I came up with.

*get some exercise at least 3 days a week, even it is just a family walk.

*try to do a better job grocery shopping, buy only what I need (and remember to bring my reusable bags with me). to do this I will also need to do some *meal planning and write it all down. this will help with *not letting things go bad in the fridge.

*figure out my style. Easy? No, I don't know what exactly fits my personality these days or works for my life. *buy quality clothes, not quantity.

*read more books, for ME (I read plenty of kid books). I read two books this week and it was fun (thanks Mol).

*develop a cleaning regime. I hate that all of a sudden the entire house feels dirty, and that can be overwhelming. Clean the bathrooms each week on a set day, dust on a set day, vacuum- well that is an almost everyday thing here.

*get caught up with my photos. Make scrapbooks and put all old pics into an album. For this I will need to get LOTS of pictures printed.

*be patient

*not interrupt or jump to conclussions

*get more involved with other kids, Gabby and Elliot need more friends to play with.

*have both kids sleeping through the night in their own beds!!! Gabby is good at this, but lately she has been wanting to come to our bed. Elliot, well this will be a major task!

Hope that writing this down helps inspire me to make it all happen- or at least work toward it! Yes, there are plenty of other things out there that I plan to do too but these were more of the selfish things.

click, take a pic.

Not too much going on here these days. Cold outside. Getting ready to move. Being lazy. Elliot walks all over and now has 6 teeth. Gabrielle is really into taking pictures, mostly of Elliot.

STEPS!

Here is Mr E doing some steps tonight! He took his first steps without anyone even trying to get him to, on December 22 and has been taking a few at a time daily. He is officially 8 months and 5 days old in this video of tonight! I figured I would keep up the image of my kids never wearing clothes.... we have been so bundled up the past few days this was his few nekid minutes before getting in pajamas for the night. The temperature is something like 23 in the morning and with windchill it is 6, BRRRRRR! We had ice on the INSIDE of our window yesterday, thank goodness we are moving in a few weeks to a house with better windows (I hope!) This wobbly stage is exciting, but so nerve wracking too. He bonked his head today, giving himself an ouchie on the eyebrow.