Hope for the New Year!!

As I begin this post, I am thinking back to my resolutions of 2007 and begin thinking of what could be in 2008. In 2006, I made three resolutions for 2007, which I plan on carrying on into 2008. (1) Write more poetry, (2) Draw more, and (3) Work out more and lose more weight. I modified my third resolution slightly because I now belong to a gym and will get in shape if I just work out more. I will continue my quest for success with my three resolutions and am sure that I will continue to see success in the New Year.

For 2008, I have quite a few "hopes" not resolutions because I already have those, but I have a few "hopes" for the New Year that I would love to see become a reality. First, I hope that we will be able to get closer to our home and family. I would love to be closer to our family so that we can hopefully make it home more than just once a year. Second, I hope that my husband sees success in business in 2008. He has had a good year this year and is turning all the right heads at the company's corporate headquarters. If he continues his success in business into the New Year, we will get to move closer to home. Third, I hope that I will see success in business. I am going to start selling Lia Sophia jewelry in January. I hope that I will be successful so that I will see a good return on my investment in this business. I am hoping that my school education will help me as I grow this business from the ground up. Fourth, I hope that I will see success in my family. I hope that we will continue to make each other happy and will continue to grow closer to one another. It is so easy to let it all slip away! I have another hope for my family that I have had for a while now that only a few people know that I have had. I am hoping that I will get to share it with everyone in 2008. Finally, I hope that my children will continue to see success in school. They both have been doing great in school and have both been getting super grades, even with missing a whole week of school to go back to Montana . I hope that they will continue their success in 2008 and will continue to make new friends and will continue to strengthen the friendships that they already have.

My hope for all of you in the New Year to to be happy and healthy in whatever you do.
Happy New Year to all of you!!!

New Year's Resolutions Revisited

As the year comes to an end, I am looking back at the resolutions I set for myself at the beginning of the year in an attempt to assess how successful, if at all, I was with them. I had three rather simple resolutions. My resolutions were: (1) Write more poetry, (2) Draw more, and (3) Join a gym, work out, lose weight, and get in shape.

This year I wrote 4 poems! I would say that even writing one poem this year would have been a success. As for my second resolution of drawing more, I would consider this a success also. I did draw more even though I was in school for half of the year. I did a lot of practicing this year and am working on an important picture for my Dad as I am writing this post. (ok, maybe not this very second, but you get the point) My last resolution, join a gym, work out, lose weight, and get in shape. This resolution was a partial success. I did join a gym, success! I have lost 8 pounds this year and kept it off too, success number two! It would have been more weight lost, but my weight was much like a roller coaster for about the first half of the year. I would lose 3 pounds then gain 2 back then lose 2 pounds and gain 1 and so on and so on. I have lost 11 pounds since moving to Oregon. I work out occasionally. I was working out consistently 3 to 4 times per week until the person that I was working out with quit and gas prices became astronomically high. I would say that this part of the resolution is a partial success. I am not in shape yet, but I am getting there and am in better shape now than I was 1 year ago. I don't think that this part of the resolution is a success, but maybe it perhaps could be considered a partial success since I am in better shape now than I was.

I am definitely proud of myself for the success I had with my resolutions this year. Overall, I successful with my resolutions. I plan on keeping the same resolutions for next year in order to see if I am more successful with them next year. How did you do with your resolutions this year? Were you successful or did you crash and burn?