2011 Goals and Resolutions

Well it's 2011 (two-thousand-&-heaven as Gala sweetly calls it) and I finally got around to making a whole new set of goals/resolutions for the year

 Lets take a look at last year's resolutions:
•Try cross country skiing  Loved it! Only went once though
•Go snowmobiling
•Start a reading log for the books I have read  I update my GoodReads page often with books I currently read, my own critiques, and can keep a sturdy to-read list all in one spot!
•Take a cooking class with the hubby. Never did this, however we do spend a lot of time working on new and interesting dishes from cookbooks my Mother-In-Law buys us every Christmas
•Get rid of old clothes and shoes I never wear and start figuring out what style I'd like: Start a scrapbook & fill it with images, words & ideas to keep inspired. Keep a list of "must haves" outside closet for easy shopping. This seems like an on-going task, but here is the before and afters:
•Create a new Budget Mint.com is incredible! Take a tour here
•Have a personal date once a week: Go to a movie, eat an amazing meal, go for a long meandering walk or have a candlelit bubble bath. Just take time out for you. Regularly.  This one was hard to track, but I worked to keep good constructive times for myself to re-group.
•Write a letter to the one person you allowed to make 2009 more difficult than it needed to be. Be as angry & vicious as you like, but when you’re done, burn it or tear it into little pieces.  This I cannot recommend enough!  A lot of times you cannot confront the ones that hurt you so you have to deal with it yourself.
•Learn to use Photoshop like an almost-pro (YouTube has cute little sessions, but I am at work so I will add the link later) Took a class here
•Get active, get physical 3 times a week. Sign up for a class! didn't do :(


I didn't complete all my goals, but was glad to have one spot I could reference to. This year I have bigger and brighter goals for 2011!

• Read double the number of books read last year (read 33 last year, 66 is the goal for this year) I will be tracking on GoodReads for this too!
• Start making my hats for Etsy
• Keep trucking through school, gotta get that degree
• Finish writing my book (I am at about 25,000 words so far)
• Publish the book?
• Try going on different dates with the hubby, try new things, enjoy new things together :)
• Blog once a week, I have plenty of posts started, ideas etc. Just haven't taken the time to work them out and post them with updated pictures.
• Remodeling monthly goals:
• January - Pantry organization
• February - Update the bathroom: biggest goals is to finish the last bits of my lower bath and update the mirror and rugs in the upper bathroom
• March - Closet trash/recycle/donate/organize: my guest closet is a blanket dump right now and I still have several mismatched sheets and pillow cases and even ones for bed sizes we do not even have anymore.
• April - Wash all the windows, panes, screens etc to let in that beautiful spring sun
• May - Prep, wash and setup the deck for Spring
• June - Plant and move the gardens to the end of the yard
• July - Organize the garage
• August - Re-paint the house
• September - December I want to work on the kitchen remodel
• A few little things that have been in the back of my mind to do
• Finish a project before you start a new one example1 example2
• Update and delete all those songs I keep skipping through on my iPod!
• WORK OUT, I like doing it once I get there!

What are your goals this year? Link em up, I'd love to check them out!

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