Can you believe it? Half of the year is GONE.
Seriously, gone. Sometimes I feel we all live in a Click-like movie,
watching it all run by too fast. Soon I will turn 31, my nephew will be one,
and at the end of the year it's Disney time! (Ok, for that alone I would be ok
with my year whizzing by).
One thing I was never good at was keeping tab
on my New Year's resolutions and self-made promises. Come April I was sure to
drop it. Not this year, no sir! That's why my 12 things in 2012 was left up as a page and every so often I like to look through
it. I am actually quite excited about it!
1-Deepen my relationship with
Christ- YES! Although this is one of those 'never will be checked out of my
list thing', I can honestly say I have been working hard, and HE has been
working hard on me. We found a Godly church, have gotten involved, and I've
learning to pass on love instead of judgment (which is HUGE for me!).
2-Lose weight- When I wrote these
12 things for the first time I was nearly ten pounds heavier. I still have a loong
way to go, but I am taking baby steps to change my relationship with food.
3-Paint and do some at
least five DYI projects around my house- Let's see, I made a knob hook project, a mural, some new shoes, my wall of inspiration, and have gone back to cross-stitching. If I learned my numbers
right, that is five right there. Of course, I came up with an obvious low
number in order to achieve it and feel good about myself. But now I can focus
on working on five MORE!
5-Learn to sew- Not yet. I would
love to get a sewing machine for my birthday, and I dream of patchwork and
crochet goodness, but I am still on my cross-stitching 101. Someday….
6-Get my Education specialist
degree (almost there!)- DONE! I turned my internship paperwork, now I just have to wait on
my diploma. I heard it takes a couple of months to push the paperwork through,
but I am officially no longer a student!
7-Submit my writing for a
blog as a guest blogger- I certainly did. I wrote to (In)Courage once, which was never
published, and that is ok. I also wrote a guest post for Yes Teacher Crafts
which will be published this summer- I’ll let you know when! AND, I wrote a
post for a Brazilian wine blog talking about veggie options in restaurants, which can be found here for all you Portuguese-speaking folks.
Yay!
8-Cut off animal products- Hum…I still love me
some ice-cream, eat eggs on almost a daily basis and can’t live without butter
or cheese. I have, however, extended my veggie way of life onto purchases,
avoiding leather and suede, and supporting green brands. Does that count?
9-Set a workout routine- and
stick to it!- This one I was afraid of. I wrote it down because I knew I had to
get it done, but I had no desire to
tackle it. Until I went into a Curves
gym one day and fell in love with the premise. It’s simple. It’s fast. It’s a
bunch of women gossiping for 30 minutes while moving around. And although it’s
not the best exercise to become a size 2, it’s a good start for me.
10-Take more pictures (of
pretty much everything)- I still procrastinate on this one. My camera is not the best, and I
tend to forget it in my drawer. Maybe when I take a week of work I’ll
permanently strap it to my wrist to make up for the six months I didn’t focus
on this.
11-Volunteer somewhere- Not only did I
volunteer at a doggie rescue NGO, I took
a doggie home! Next step is to get involved in church with the kids
ministry, so I’ll be bringing this up with my pastor soon!
12-Learn to manage save
money- My husband and I are definitely getting better at this. More
importantly, we are learning to trust God in providing for us!
Seven out of ten, not bad at all!
I also pledged for Earth Day to buy more
local produce. Yeah, totally forgot about this, as my South African fruit punch
can attest (oops!). I promise to keep it in mind when shopping for fruits and
vegetables next week! Baby steps!
How about you? Where are you in your 2012 resolutions?
