2014 is bound to be great. John will receive his first communion. Whit will start Kindergarten. I will celebrate my 20th high school reunion. Honey is taking golf back up. And we’ve got some fantastic family trips planned. We’re healthy and hope to get healthier, and we’re happy and plan to stay that way.
While I’m not one to fiddle with making resolutions, I am a seasoned and quite prolific list maker (some might call those two one and the same.) Honey and I usually start every year with little list of things we’d like to do over the course of the next twelve months. Here’s what’s on tap for 2014…
The Family
1. Have two date nights every week. That’s right ladies, we said every week. We hope to go out once a month, but twice a week we’re unplugging and going to have good old fashioned card playing, star gazing, fire sittin’ quality time together after the littles have drifted off to never never land.
2. Make time for our oldest friends. We have been so blessed to make new friends at every turn over the years since college. But, in that time, we’ve accidently let some of our closest and oldest friendships slip through the cracks. We live farther away from each other, we all have a houseful of littles, etc. etc. etc. We are going to be more deliberate and more purposeful about making time for the guys and gals that have been there for the last twenty, and in some cases thirty, years.
3. Get serious again about expectations and allowances around here.
4. Stick to our budget. This year we were purposeful and realistic and 2014 is going to be the year we nail it :-)
5. Have more manicures and fresh flowers in my life. I've already started on this one with a pink glitter DIY mani pedi and an arrangement I put together with $6 worth of stems from Trader Joes. Both have brought countless smiles to my face this week.
Around the House (in no particular order... some are weekend projects and some will take weeks)
0. Get the hole in the ceiling fixed before my new sofa arrives next week *squeal*
1. Tackle the laundry room – it’s a decent size and completely worthless in it’s current state.
2. Transition the toys to the basement and turn the play room into a family study.
3. Bomb the play set in the back yard (it’s quite hazardous in its current state) and build a walk from the yard to the golf course.
4. Hang pictures in the upstairs hallway. Oh, and paint it…flat paint + two boys + 4 years = nasty.
5. Make the coat closet work harder.
6. Clean out and organize the storage room in the basement.
7. Clean out and SELL anything we’re not using in the attic.
8. Repaint the numbered stairs. It’s just time.
I'd love to know what y'all are planning this year!!
xoxo
While I’m not one to fiddle with making resolutions, I am a seasoned and quite prolific list maker (some might call those two one and the same.) Honey and I usually start every year with little list of things we’d like to do over the course of the next twelve months. Here’s what’s on tap for 2014…
The Family
1. Have two date nights every week. That’s right ladies, we said every week. We hope to go out once a month, but twice a week we’re unplugging and going to have good old fashioned card playing, star gazing, fire sittin’ quality time together after the littles have drifted off to never never land.
2. Make time for our oldest friends. We have been so blessed to make new friends at every turn over the years since college. But, in that time, we’ve accidently let some of our closest and oldest friendships slip through the cracks. We live farther away from each other, we all have a houseful of littles, etc. etc. etc. We are going to be more deliberate and more purposeful about making time for the guys and gals that have been there for the last twenty, and in some cases thirty, years.
3. Get serious again about expectations and allowances around here.
4. Stick to our budget. This year we were purposeful and realistic and 2014 is going to be the year we nail it :-)
5. Have more manicures and fresh flowers in my life. I've already started on this one with a pink glitter DIY mani pedi and an arrangement I put together with $6 worth of stems from Trader Joes. Both have brought countless smiles to my face this week.
Around the House (in no particular order... some are weekend projects and some will take weeks)
0. Get the hole in the ceiling fixed before my new sofa arrives next week *squeal*
1. Tackle the laundry room – it’s a decent size and completely worthless in it’s current state.
2. Transition the toys to the basement and turn the play room into a family study.
3. Bomb the play set in the back yard (it’s quite hazardous in its current state) and build a walk from the yard to the golf course.
4. Hang pictures in the upstairs hallway. Oh, and paint it…flat paint + two boys + 4 years = nasty.
5. Make the coat closet work harder.
6. Clean out and organize the storage room in the basement.
7. Clean out and SELL anything we’re not using in the attic.
8. Repaint the numbered stairs. It’s just time.
I'd love to know what y'all are planning this year!!
xoxo
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