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Remember those 2012 Resolutions??

Here were mine.  I was.... ambitious:

Eat
  • Exercise at least 5 days a week.  I got up to 6 days a week and ran a half marathon! 
  • Start planning meals a week at a time to help with my organization and grocery shopping. Haha
  • Eat balanced.  Forget diets, I am so over that stuff.  Just eat like I hope to teach my kidlet to eat.  Moderation, moderation, moderation! Still needs work
  • Loose 15 lbs. by the time the new house is finished. I am not sure if it was by May but I ended up losing close to 25 lbs!  (And gained a few back)
  • Redefine my definition of a glass (4 oz.) of wine per day.  Apparently a 16 oz. solo cup isn't the same.  Glass, I just drink out of the bottle now.  
Pray  This area will need to be addressed..yikes!
  • Attend church every Sunday until summer, then at-least 2 out of 4 Sundays (we often go out of town to the lake during the summer) Yikes, we need to work on this
  • Start attending Sunday school. We went ONCE all year.
  • Pray more Yup..needs work
  • Sit down and read the Bible on a regular basis (like daily!) I did some reading during the Spring, and now I am working on this again
  • Invite 1 person a month to church with me. HA maybe, ONCE this year
  • Become a Christian role model.  (Walk-the-walk and not just talk-the-talk) Clearly not
  • Give more of myself  (both in service and in a monetary sense) Failed
Love
  • Be a better wife.  Patience and kindness.  Do more things each day to make him happy he is married to me. Also needs work still.  
  • Be a better mom.  Spend more time with all my focus on her instead of cleaning, cooking, etc.  Not having the TV on when she's awake. I do think I have improved on this
  • Pick up the phone and CALL a friend once a month just to talk.  I don't have a 'best friend' to gab to, but I do have the best friends to gab to.  In every avenue in my life, I can think of at least one girl friend I could turn to.  I need to make more of an effort to keep in touch!  I struggle with maintaining relationships like I should.   Nope but I really need to learn to do this STILL. I struggle with reaching out which has the implication of not really having many close relationships.  And the friends I have, I could totally show up more in their lives by calling and checking in.
  • Talk less; listen more. Ya...I could work on this too.
  • Stop cussing, it is so damn tacky.  I cuss when I get emotional, or have been drinking.  I suppose I could work on this too.



Wow....2012 = FAIL  Regardless, we had an amazing and fulfilling year!  I will strive to grow and improve.  Baby steps.  

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