New Year's thoughts and ponders

Everyone is quick to set these fantastic goals to achieve.  While they are are quite valiant, they are also very audacious.  I do like to take risks and I am a firm believer that you must shoot the ball in the net if you hope to score.  Point I am making is that going for the goal is great but remember there is always a new day to try again.

With that stated.  I gave up setting crazy goals to torture myself over in case I do not accomplish them.  What I choose to do is remind myself of the things I would like or that I need to do.  So here goes a few.  Some are rather simple and rather typical but a few may surprise you.

• Simplify my life - Family is telling me over and over again that I am doing to much, commit to too much, put too much on my plate.  The problem that I have with this is that I see this SUPER heroes in my life that make me look like I am not doing enough and that I am falling short of what I should be doing.
• Ease up on me - See above.  They always say that we are our own worst enemy.  I am sure that all of you reading this can agree.  So, lets have a "amen" and relax.
• Stay on Track - See above.  I could accomplish what needs to be done if I would stay consistent and on track.  
• Get Healthy - How many times have you heard this from all your friends?  For me it is imperative that this happens.  Since the birth of my third child, I have not physically or mentally been myself.  It was a rough pregnancy.  I even missed my 20th reunion due to it.  From hip pain, lower back pain, gestational diabetes and high blood pressure it made for a rough nine months on my body.  My body has yet to get back to normal and I feel like I am 55 instead of 39.
• Marriage - my marriage is great but always has room for improvement.  I plan to do all that I can to make it a more wonderful safe haven for my husband and myself.  He has taken two children that he did not "birth" and love them better than most biological parents love their own children.  Then he helped me bring a baby to our family to complete it.  His number one priority is our family.  As his wife, I want to make sure that he knows how much that means to me, how much I appreciate him.   So, I hope to make time to let my husband know that spending time with him is valuable to me and that I adore him.
• Children.... well I hope to be a more consistent teacher and a good Mommy
• BREATHE - I do have to remind myself to breathe.  It is critical for my blood pressure and my sanity.  LOL
• Grow - No, not in size but my mind, my talents.   I want to learn more this year than I have made myself do over the last few years.  From crochet to algebra.  I think we become stagnant and stop growing over the years.  No, I DO NOT want to return to college.  However, at the end of this year, I hope to tell you of all the wonderful things that I became educated about.  Knowledge is a wonderful thing.

So, at the end of the day when I lay my head down to sleep, I hope that I gave it my best, showed kindness and love to not only others but to myself as well.

Happy New Year!  2012 is going to be a fun ride.  Bring it ON! 

This is my eight month pregnant belly.  It is hard to miss.