New Year’s Resolutions and short-term goals

Call it end-of-year itchy, maternal nesting, or psychosis, but me and goals are soul sista’s lately. To name a few… in no order of importance (and I hope to update the blog when something is accomplished throughout the year):

- Cut TV/movies to a minimum and institute a Family Night of games and creativity instead.

- Learn to knit (period) but most importantly: hats, leg warmers, and baby clothes, including cloth diaper covers

- Get a used sewing machine and finish up some drape/baby clothes/natural toys/etc dreams of mine.

- Learn to make (and commit to making!): my own bread and crackers, rice milk, kefir/yogurt and soap.

- Turn studio into place for guests and my writing, reading and craft-making adventures.

- For next 4 months, with Hubby, focus counseling and mentoring relationships on our parenting skills (and ISSUES)

- Launch new business (website) in order to attract more freelance clients (this will be realized in about a week!)

- Decide/commit on whether or not to homeschool Lil E for the next 2 years (meeting with some one about this this week! Yay!)

- Take online courses on website design and development to obtain credentials (haven’t heard back from an advisor I contacted last month, but its on the not-so-back backburner of mine – and its in good company with many other not forgotten, but not gotten around to lists.)

- Paint and photograph more artwork to beautify the home on a dime (accomplished 1 new painting and 2 new framed photographs this week, have more painting to do…)

- Continue my commitment to counseling, discover, healing and wholeness.

- Increase awareness of God in daily routines and increase involvement in church theology and service activities.

- Start seedlings of this year’s plantings indoors and successfully grow more than herbs and tomatoes this year.

- Strengthen my community/network of female/mommy friends in Portland.

- Gain less baby weight this time around, and lose it faster too! (So far so good- 24 weeks, weight gain at less than 15 pounds)

- Have a successful homebirth (the best laid plans, anyhow!)

- Learn to cut hair better since me, my son, and my Hubby all go to yours truly for their lousy haircuts (okay, they aren’t lousy, but they could be better, that’s for sure!)

- continue to make all debt payments on time, equaling over $10,000 by end of 2009 (nearly half my current income!)

- Figure out how to live the fullest life possible with the least amount of income as possible in order to achieve progress towards simplicity, enjoyment and balance.

Come on, let’s hear ‘em, what be yours?