I resolve to...

Okay, so it has been brought to my attention that I am not very blog attentive lately, and it is true.  Even worse than writing, I have not read any of my friends' blogs since...I don't really know.  But, it is a new year and with a new year comes resolutions.  Usually my resolutions last until about January 15th, but since that is tomorrow I am hoping that I am turning over a new leaf.  And I figure is I don't actually write them until the 14th then they are bound to last longer than one day...I hope!  So, for your reading pleasure and my hoping that if others know them I will be more accountable to them...my new year's resolutions...

1. I resolve to be patient with my husband, children, extended family, other drivers, slow people at the grocery checkout using the self checkout but that don't really know how, the people that park their cars on the street when the road isn't wide enough to still be two lanes when they do, and those that allow their dogs to roam aimlessly and "do their duty" on my lawn so that I can't allow my one-year-old to play in his own yard without a quick "pick up" from mom--so gross!  I resolve to turn the other cheek and not focus on the stuff that I cannot do anything about or that is truly not important.  I will only be inpatient when we are truly going to be late or when I have already asked nicely 3 times or more. 

2. I resolve to finally fit into a size 10 again.  I would really like to fit into an 8 again, but I'm not pushing my luck.  That means that I resolve to workout for at least 8 hours each week, watch what I eat, and actually cook real meals with vegetables and everything.

3. I resolve to add to my blog at least once a week.  I resolve to not make my cousin, Neyney (and you know who you are even though you too get a fake name), to have to remind me how long it has been since I have last written. It is my responsibility and I resolve to resume it.

4. I resolve to have a cleaner home.  I resolve to mop my floors at least once a month (I almost wrote once a week, but I have to be realistic).  I resolve to even mop behind the toilet.  I resolve to wash the baseboards and the walls at least 3 times in the year.  I resolve to deep clean the closest and the storage room downstairs where I don't like to go...

5. I have resolved to my sister that if I do not have another baby by the end of 2009, then I will run/walk a 1/2 marathon with her by August 2010, which means I resolve to take up running in 2009 to train for it.

6. I resolve to follow the basic principles that my mom taught me from the day she brought me home: to be the best me I can be, to treat others as I would want to be treated, to be an example of my Savior and live so that He can be with me always.  I also resolve to teach my children these same principles.

Happy 2009!!!