B+C+B+C+B+C: My 2014 Resolutions

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

My 2014 Resolutions

Ya know... some people like to hide behind their I'm-too-cool-for-resolutions facade. Like they're *above* our silly societal tradition of declaring personal improvement goals at the beginning of a calendar year.

[sigh]. Someday I hope to be as perfect as them.

Until then, I shall RESOLVE!

And I certainly have much to be resolute upon.

Let's make a few simple goals for 2014:

Floss everyday

Introduce new fruits and vegetables to my children more often

Finally finish reading the Old Testament (Meant to finish it last year)

Be in bed by 10pm

Read a book just for fun. Maybe even a *gasp* FICTION book!

Be a better LLL Leader

Make more progress towards IBCLC accreditation

Brush my teeth twice per day instead of once

Exercise first thing in the morning

Figure out how to make my eyebrows look better

Wear earrings more often

Keep the fish tank cleaner

Help my kids do as many races as they want to do

Teach Brianna to ride a bike (I know - way past due!)

Teach Brianna to tie her shoes

Stop wasting time on FB, no matter how interesting the links

Be a better +UtahRunning.com employee

Get back to regular piano practicing

Enter lots of giveaways... but not TOO many!

Do some awesome yardsaling... but not TOO much!

Don't bring anything with chemical food coloring in my kitchen

Clean the stickers off the inside of my car's windows

Read to Bennett more

Read to Courtney more

Read to Brianna more

Keep Charity alive and healthy

Remember to bring tithing in more often

Give generously

Clean the garage floor as soon as the weather's warmer

Fit back into ALL my clothes - including the boxes in the garage of small stuff

Stop late night snacking

Start meal planning for the family

Go visit Grandma more often (2x/wk minimum)

Send notes/letters/pictures to Grandpa McKell and Berrett at least bimonthly

Stop missing spots when I shave my legs

Figure out how to make healthier house cleaning products

GARDEN!

Memorize favorite scripture passages

Hold Family Night on Mondays more consistently

Get Brianna involved in planning Family Night

Organize Charity's clothes

Organize the kids' shoes

Go to Discovery Gateway Museum at least biweekly

Go on dates with B more often

Reduce my shoe collection

Reduce my clothing inventory

Have green smoothies at least 3x/week

Do art projects with my kids more often

Vacuum my car once/month min.

Be more on-the-ball with my super simple RS calling as VT Supervisor

Consolidate banking accounts

Cut my hair

Help Brianna do her workbooks everyday

Do pushups everyday. Real ones.

Get better at tricep pushups

Keep my toes trimmed and painted

Keep the girls toes trimmed and painted

Organize our CDs

Facetime with Nonny once/wk min.

Get better at kite flying

Figure out this essential oil thing

Stretch more

Be faster at everything

Be better at everything

Do everything better and faster.

And that sums it up. My 2014 will rock now that I've got serious expectations in place.

1 comment:

Sally Jackson said...: I love your list. Be faster and better at everything is my favorite; January 19, 2014 at 11:49 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

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My 2014 Resolutions

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