But, I want to make 2011 a great year. Its going to be a busy year! This next semester in school I have 6 classes, but, I will make it work. I think that I need to learn priorities and that I need to work on disconnecting from my computer too as well! But, this year, besides school, my focus is on myself and my family. For one, I really do want to work on my anger. I am going to buy some books and such and learn to control it. I am going to work on stopping my over-reactions. Thats important to me!
Ok, so onto what I want to do this year!
- Learn to Knit - pretty self explanatory, but it is something I want to learn how to do and how to do it well!
- Take a weekend getaway with Robert - this is needed. I am going to start researching places to go. I have considered NYC, but also even a cabin somewhere, just something for him and I to reconnect and spend time focusing on each other! I firmly believe that for a family to be strong, the parents relationship must be strong too, so it is important to work on it.
- Do the absolute best that I can in all of my classes - I can't say that I will ace them. I am taking economics and math is far from something I am strong at. But, this year, I will focus more on learning than on my computer!
- Pay off all credit cards! - this is possible because of my Pell Grant that I am getting. It is a grant that we get through student loans that we do not have to pay back. I am using it to pay off my credit cards then they are done!
- Learn to cook with more fresh produce - this is an ongoing thing, but I want to learn and create more recipes that I can use fun and yummy fresh produce in, even desserts and snacks!
- Read 2 books a month - I used to read A LOT and now I don't. I do have the time but I don't use it like I should. I am going to change that.
- Spend one day a month disconnected - we spend too much time on the computer, glued to the TV, on the phone, etc. One day a month we are going to disconnect! We are going to cook as a family, play games, talk. We can listen to music. Take walks, go places, whatever. Just be a family without all of those darn distractions!
- Spend more time outside - when the weather is nice, I am going to learn to take advantage of it. I am going to learn to go outside, to garden, to let Caelyn play in the dirt! Heck, maybe this summer I will become super tan as well!
- Go on a family vacation - me and my mom are already talking about where we want to go!
- Go to an amusement park - I don't know if it will be with or without Caelyn, but I want to go ride some rides at a local amusement park!
- Take a trip to the Children's Museum in Pittsburgh!
- Buy Robert a truck - he NEEDS one, there is no getting around that it is a necessity that we get him one!
- Go ice skating - Its far away, but next winter, I want us to go ice skating in Pittsburgh!
- Take Caelyn to her first Pirates game!
- Go to my first NFL football game - Steelers Baby!
- Go on a date night with Robert once a month!
- Learn a new recipe once a month - I want to expand my recipes, experiment, and find new things that our family likes.
- Take Caelyn to see Disney on Ice
- Change my sleeping patterns and start going to bed earlier!
A lot of the things that I have named I find are things that are going to create memories. I am finding thats important to me - memories. I want to do things that create memories for our family. I want to experience life and all that it has to offer and I want my daughter and Robert right there with me!
Memories are a wonderful part of life Mummum
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