2011 Resolutions

Since we are headed into 2011 I thought we could choose 11 projects or goals to focus on in 2011.  Some of them are physical tasks, some are emotional/mental tasks and some are combinations.  But if we can accomplish even some of these things (or all of them :)) then 2011 has the potential to be a great year! I'm sure it will be anyways but it is always a good feeling to cross things off your list! :) So here it is:

11 Goals in 2011

1. Maintain our healthy lifestyle choices;
a. Start doing weekly meal plans
b. Join a workout class at the college
c. Make weekly schedules for working out and for walking Molly

2. Complete all necessary home renovations in order to sell our house;
a. Painting/Staining everything that needs it
b. Finish the Deck
c. Finish the Garage
d. Start and finish Basement

3. Help Jocelyn and Jared plan their wedding with as little stress as possible;

4. Better organize our time so that we have time for keeping our house the way we like it, time for family and time with friends

5. Make time for Scrapbooking – Spend at least 1 hour per week (more would be better);
a. Finish our “Vacation 2005” album
b. Start and finish my “secret project”
c. Start and finish at least half of our “Year Before Our Wedding” album
d. Start our “Wedding” album
e. Start our “Honeymoon” album
f. Start our “Vacation 2009” album
g. Do some individual ‘one off’ pages too

6. Do everything in our power to give Josh the best chance possible of getting on with the Lethbridge Regional Police;

7. Continue using the “cash only” budget and continue to reduce debt and save money;

8. 52 Photos – Take one couple photo per week (on Friday or Saturday) more photos are good but no less than 52;

9. Fix up and sell my car, find a suitable replacement;

10. Give more (financially, emotionally, physically, and time wise);
a. Give to each other
b. Give to family
c. Give to friends
d. Give to charity

11. Do a complete overhaul of our paperwork (bills, certificates, warranties, personal papers etc.)

This year I want to 'create'! I want to create a healthy life, I want to create fun things with my hands, I want to create lasting bonds between friends and family, I want to create a very useable, beautiful and comfortable house, I want to create a sense of security in our finances and I want to create many happy memories. :) 

I want to create our best life! :)

Our Christmas Celebrations 2010

First things first....we celebrated my mom's birthday on December 18 and had so much fun. Me and Josh baked a birthday cake at home

then Joceyln decorated it when we got to my parents house.

We got my mom a bracelet and ring set and a beautiful leather jacket! It looks so good on her! So happy she has something nice to wear now!

Then came Christmas. We celebrated early (on Monday Dec 20) with Josh's parents and Sarah and Mike because they were going to Vancouver for Christmas to see Mike's family. We had a wonderful supper and then we opened presents and played a very fun game of things! Love that game.

Then we had Christmas dinner with Josh's family on Christmas Eve. Such good food, almost too much haha, and we watched Josh's cousin Benjamin open his presents and just hung out and chated. It was a really nice night.

 

 

We stopped by my parents house for a few minutes and then we headed home.  When Josh went to unlock the passenger side door of my car to get in because the automatic locks weren't working he broke the key off in the lock. We ended up fiddling with the locks from the driver's side and eventually got the door open, but the key is still in there, not sure how we are getting it out yet.  We got home about 11:30 to find that someone had parked in front of our house so we had to park down the block and carry our stuff into the house.  Josh still had all of my presents to wrap so I got ready for bed and fell asleep almost right away.  He tells me he didn't get to bed until about 12:45. 

Christmas morning I was up at 6:45 letting Molly out of her kennel.  She was barking to get let out, and I'm sure she knew that it was a special day :) I wrapped two last gifts for Josh for his stocking while Molly sniffed out the treats in her stocking. Too cute :)

Once Josh was awake we opened our stockings and unwrapped all our presents.  We both did really well this year!! We went to my grandma's house for breakfast at 10:00, then we went home to feed Molly lunch and change our clothes.  We headed over to my parents house at 2:00 and stayed there for the rest of the night.  We had such a great time! We got some great family pictures! Oh and I got to finally meet my cousin's baby girl, her name is Kennedy. What a cutie!

All in all we had a great Christmas.  It went by too fast like always but that's okay, because it always seems to be a lot of work too :) haha

I went to the mall on Boxing day with Jocelyn, Justin and my mom.  We got some great deals and it wasn't even that crazy out.  I sent Josh over to Best Buy late in the morning to scope out cameras and I absolutely love our new camera.  It is a Sony Cyber Shot which is waterproof, shockproof and coldproof!!! And it is super tiny! I'm still discovering all the features, there is so much to learn!