welcome 2011

2011, you and I are going to be great friends! I took the day off today for a couple reasons.  First of all I hadn't had a day off in quite some time.  My husband, Michael, had a wreck in July and I chose to take all of my personal days off then to help him recover. When the new year rolled around, I was ready for a day off. Also, I wanted to sit down and plan exactly what it is that I want to do with 2011.
I've given a lot of thought to this years resolutions. I spent a lot of last week reflecting on 2010. It was by far the best year I've had. I achieved numerous goals and milestones, but most importanly grew in my relationship with God. I want to build upon that in 2011.
I resolve to further my walk with the Lord through daily prayer and more Bible study. I also intend to better prepare for the lessons I have to teach in both Sunday School (3rd grade) and AWANA Cubbies (3 & 4 year olds).
I will lead a consistently healthy and fit lifestyle. To clarify this one: I'm a fitness dork. I read everything related to exercise, nutrition, weightlifting, supplementation, running, etc. I know my stuff. I've successfully lost and kept off more than 100 lbs. However, I know how to eat and be lazy better than most. Its this time of year when this becomes most evident to me. The holidays and the winter months are brutal on my self discipline. I want to be comfortable, eat and sit on the couch. Yet in the summer I yearn to run and workout. This year, I intend to carry my good habits through ALL 12 months!
I am going to maintain a cleaner house. Housework is so very overwhelming to me. I let the smallest messes turn into the biggest jobs. I vow to break down these big jobs into smaller more frequent tasks which should, in turn, make housework less stressful to me.
Finally, at work I will spend less time accessing my personal email and facebook accounts. I'm as guilty as everyone else on this one. If I can quit worrying about what's going on outside of my office doors and focus on the task at hand I should improve my productivity and efficiency.
If all goes as planned, 2011 is going to knock my socks off. I'm excited to have this blog as an outlet. I look forward to sharing my feelings and experiences. I don't know who will read it, if anyone...but if someone does I hope they enjoy it and get something out of it. Who knows, it might make a difference to someone. :)