new year // new goals

i don't make new year's resolutions.

i set goals.

not that resolutions are bad.  but a goal is an aim, or an achievement in a race.

i have set a few goals for myself for 2013.

* love others more; love myself less

* fall even more in love with the Word

* help my children fall more in love with the Word, memorizing a Scripture a week, nightly readings

* finish losing weight {grrrr......}

* get more organized:  finish our death file, make binders for each family member, clean out paper clutter, make recipe binder, say NO to clutter {ugh....Legos.....ugh}

* get better about nightly meals, including new meals each week

* do one household decorating project each month

* share my faith more, proclaiming "I am unashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ."

* be a better steward of our finances {i'm looking at you, grocery bill}

i have more.  perhaps i'll share them later.  and we have some others as a family as well.  

I love the start of a new year.  i love that fresh start feeling.  sickness hit us the week before and the week after Christmas, so i didn't accomplish as much at the end of the year.  but no worries.  i'll catch up this month.

and for my monthly decorating project....no it's not the boys' debacle room, like i blogged about last week.  too many decisions, too many options.  nope.  this month i'm focusing on a smaller project while i get us organized in other rooms.

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i've never decorated around our bathtub in the master bath.  this picture reminds me a little of our space.  and i love all the frames, the shapes, sizes.  i pinned this pic awhile back, but tonight while giving Doh Doh her bath in our tub I thought of this pic again.  and decided it's a good January project.  so we shall see.  i better get busy.