New Year's Resolutions

Just like everyone else, I have been thinking long and hard about how I want to go about my New Year's Resolutions. Do I want to create some off the wall list of things that could never possibly happen or just keep it realistic? Let's go with realistic :) Here are 10 resolutions I have come up with in no particular order:

1. Continue down my path with God. I know he is pointing me towards my destination and sometimes it is very easy to let an obstacle block my path. I want to pray more on every situation that comes about and remember that even I can't do everything without His help.

2. Read more books for pleasure. When I was a teenager, I would sit and read non-stop. Obviously, with 6 children, it is impossible to sit and consistently read, but I am going to try to fit more in (if I have a quiet moment)

3. Stick to our family fun box. Sometimes with sports and everything that comes with children, we tend to shy away from the box that keeps our family so close. We will pick from it every Sunday.

4. Do more DIY. I love to revamp things I find along curbs and such. I always have a million ideas and never make time to work with them.

5. Here is every one's resolution, lose weight. I have been shedding here and there, but would really love to totally revamp. My husband is in a bet with 4 others at work on who can lose the most % of weight. Winner gets $100. I plan on eating better along with him. He will win this bet...I am just a bonus!!

6. Visit WV more. I tend to like to hang around PA, but really need to make it a point to get down and have lunch with my mom more, do some shopping, etc....My kids love to visit and after a long week here it sometimes gets hard, but I will make it happen :)

7. Craft. I used to craft for every holiday and now I don't do anything. Fit this in...the kids love it!

8. Have a story hour. I used to attend a Story Hour at the CA library and when they went to evenings, I quit attending because, quite frankly, it stunk! I started one here every Wednesday with the kids, we would go to the Library on Tuesday, select books and then we would use Wednesday to read and plan crafts and snack around the book. Somehow we got away from this and I would really love to get back to it.

9. Find a church we like or, if need be, use Sunday to do His teachings. Being Catholic, I know how sometimes it can be hard to get your kids to go to CCD. They are at school all week and then have to do "school like work". We would really love to find a church that we like. Cameron is almost 13 and still hasn't gotten his First Holy Communion let alone Genin. Brandis has yet to be Baptised and now Matlyn needs it as well. I either need to just pick one and be done with it or at least continue to read the Bible with them at home (junior form for the little ones of course). They need to know God beyond my words so I really pray that we find a church soon!

10. Do the Serenity prayer daily.

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

I get so angry so easily with different things in life; other's situations, people. I need to remember this prayer so I don't get so upset when I cannot change life. At this point, I just sit back and watch people; people who cheat the government or rely on it and then we pay for it, people who make unbelievably stupid decisions in life, etc...No matter what it is, I have to learn that I can't change life... just let it go. Trust in God...

By 2012, I hope to say that I have been able to stick to these resolutions :)