{Perpetually- A Day Late & A Dollar Short}

Does anyone remember this picture from last year???

Well, despite my good intentions.... we're in the same boat this year. I'm right now, as we speak, trying to pick a calendar to order. The only plus to this situation is they are now marked over 60% off!

Unfortunately, this isn't the only part of my life I've been slacking in. If it were, I'd feel like I was doing fabulously! More often than not, I feel like I'm either rushing to finish something in time, or just not doing it at all. Blogging would be the perfect example.... When I started my blog in 2008 I totaled a whopping 126 posts that year, 2009-81, 2010-54, 2011-26! What the heck??? The last 6 months I've averaged one post a month and some FANTASTIC things happened in those months. WHY MONICA, WHY? I've had no motivation to blog, and if that's the case, I've been wondering, why don't I just bag it? But then the other day, I had to look back to find a picture and as I looked, I remembered why I started this bloggy journey in the first place. First and foremost it's our families journal, the everyday little things, the ups and the downs, complete with pictures. Secondly, it's a place to connect with friends, both new and old, I love the comments of encouragement and love that I receive, from all kinds of friends. Third, it's a place for me to write and express myself, something I enjoy for the most part. I miss it, but I'm not sure how to make myself get back to it. I had the chance to stop for just a few minutes at Ann's house yesterday and she shared with me the books that Chad had printed of her blog to surprise her with for Christmas, and I realized as I flipped through them....that I need to have my blog printed, and I need to keep up my blog if only to have a record for my family! Before I can have the last year printed, I need to do some catching up..... It's going to be a pretty boring book with only 26 posts! Hopefully, this is the kick in the pants I need to get me blogging again.... I miss you all!

{Goals....Re-thought and Revised Plan}

Remember the I Confess post from a few weeks ago? If you recall I decided to set one goal this year....to simply be better. How's that working for me, you ask? Honestly, it could be better. You see, to simply be better everyday is a pretty vague goal. Must I be better in every category? Or if I just, lets say, eat better on Tuesday than I did on Monday, does that count even if, spiritually, I made no improvement? It's just too broad and vague.

Well, yesterday I was blog stalking..... I have a few blogs that I've run across at some point that have good ideas, or are interesting to me, that I collect in a little folder and check occasionally, anyhow, I found the BEST idea! Hannah at Sherbet Blossom, came up with this great plan. She's setting 5 monthly goals...... 5 measurable monthly goals, and then at the first of each month she'll set new ones. Isn't that great? More what I need, me thinks! And if that little gem of an idea wasn't enough......she made up the cutest little calendar to track your goals and she's going to post a new one at the first of each month for you to print if you'd like. See her post here. Can you tell I love this idea. I'll let you know next month how it's going, and in the end if it all works out well, I've still fulfilled my original goal, to be a better person at the end of 2010, right!

{I Confess....}

• as soon as my kids walk out the door to the bus every morning...... I climb back in bed and go back to sleep. I have this theory- if it's dark, I should still be asleep! Call me lazy, but I have a hard time getting to sleep at night, so I figure if Carlie is asleep in the morning, and I can sleep, I'm gonna!
• I spend way more time on the computer each day than I probably should.
• I am a horrible Visiting Teacher..... I have good intentions, but I never seem to follow through?!? I have a testimony of Visiting Teaching, and have had Visiting Teachers in the past who have made a huge impact on my life....still I'm horrible at it.
• I haven't had one drop of water to drink today! (unless you count the water that my Coke was made with.....there's gotta be some water in there, don't ya think?)
• I read a ridiculous amount of pages in 2009 (34,967 to be exact) but I would be embarrassed to admit how many of those pages were read from the scriptures.
• It's January 6th, my Christmas decor is still up and honestly I have no idea when I'm going to get around to taking it down......before Valentines, I hope?
• I weigh....NO, I'm not really going to share that! Let's just say, I weigh more than I would like and I'm really out of shape.

Pretty pathetic list, right? Hey....I'm just keepin' it real! So, it's the start of a new year.....I just proved that there are plenty resolutions that I could make. But let's be honest....my resolutions usually last, a few weeks, maybe a month or two if I'm lucky and then I'm back to square one. One of my friends is setting goals, goals seemed more attainable to her, and I like the sound of it better. I think I've decided to set one goal...... To simply be better...pretty all encompassing right? A better mom, better friend, better wife, better church member, better about my health decisions, just better! I figure if every day I just work at being better than I was the day before, I've accomplished something, and by the end of the year, I hope I can truly say I feel like I am a better person ending 2010 than I was beginning it!