A review of resolutions

At the beginning of the year, I had three main resolutions. Let's see how I'm doing!

1) Spend more time with my kids and family. I like to think that I've been doing alright with this. I kind of go back and forth between spending quality time with them and wanting just some quiet time by myself. The other night though, all four of us play a revised version of Monopoly together. It was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed the laughter we shared together. 

2) Spend more time with God. I've become a little more excited about God again while I've been preparing for my Hope Sunday presentation. I just see God at work so much and can't help, but feel close to Him. I still need to work on my goal of reading daily from the Bible. With teaching Sunday School, I for sure do this once a week, but I need consistency. 

3) Take care of myself and grow academically.  I haven't been so good about eating healthy and avoiding sweets. There were a few weeks in there where I was sick and lethargic and just didn't want to eat anything -- including chocolate. So I wasn't really working out either. Today, I finally busted out the Tae Bo YouTube video and did a short 8 minute cardio workout. It felt good. I might have to do some more after I'm done with this post. Now, I just have to start curbing my sweet tooth because with our anniversary, Sonya's birthday treats and Valentine's Day, I'm afraid I haven't had much self control. I've been trying to chew gum every time I want to snag a piece of candy, but I can only chew so much before it aggravates my TMJ. As for growing academically -- I'm still tutoring the little girl in Caleb's class so that forces me to review Spanish terms. I also found a site to do a free online Spanish class so I started that last week. Since there's no grades or anything, I have to motivate myself to just do it a few times a week.


Well, there you have it. If I could just get myself back on a schedule of sorts, I'm sure I can conquer all of these by the end of the year. The things that really throw my schedule off though are holidays and vacations. Here's to pressing on! 


How are you doing on your resolutions this year?