It's 2009, baby!

Yes! It's that time again... resolution time! And what better way to hold myself accountable than by posting my resolutions in the blogosphere. Feel free to e me any time and say "Hey, how's #4 going?!" I welcome accountability. :)

Without further delay, and in no particular order other than the order they occur to me in...

1)
Get in shape! I've still got some weight hanging around from the Mystery Man. I'm channeling Jillian Michaels. I will be strong!






2) Eat better. This has less to do with number one and more to do with feeling good and having more energy. I used to be really good at this and my discipline has, shall we say, waned. You wouldn't know I was turning over a new leaf by my breakfast of coffee and Hostess chocolate frosted donettes, but still, I'm getting busy. Quinoa will feature prominantly. I may post favorite recipes.







3) Write more, specifically, I want to finish my current project by the end of March.I have no crazy goals for writing every day - that's just crazy with little ones, but I do want to be consistent, so I'm going for 4 writing days per week. My daughter's working on her novel right now. She puts me to shame.




4) Systems, systems, and more systems. 2009 is the year of the systems! I feel on the verge of coming up with a system to keeping the house and doing food that will keep me in charge instead of at the end of a whip. I'm thhhhhiiiissss close. And, I just ordered this book - The House That Cleans Itself - from Amazon on the advice of Josephine Damien. She has a great blog on writing and book reviews, maybe she knows a thing or two about trying to clean house when your mind keeps flitting around turning points or falling down plot holes.







5) Have little angels sleeping through the night in their own beds. Mama is going a wee bit crazy since flu season. Sleep is disturbed. Es no bueno. Seriously, I'm going crazy.




6) Have more patience with the kids. This is less quantifiable than the others, and is probably closely tied to number 5.





7) Mornings - need revamping. Also tied in with number 5. I do better when I have time in the morning to reach up, look outside of my little sphere of craziness. I pray, read, get ready for the day. I haven't done this in ages and I think it's part of why I fray around the edges sometimes. I have a new book I'm using for this, by my new favorite religious author, D.A. Carson, and I'm really excited about it.





8) Blog at least 5 times a week. Gotta take care of my public. And no, I don't agree that blogging keeps me from writing. Blogging helps keep my head in the game. And it makes me happy - a win win. (graphic is from a website that sells shirts with these hilarious cartoons on them)



And that's all. I could drill down and get more specific, but then the list gets too long to keep in my head.

We'll see how I do!! Keep me honest, folks!