New Years Resolutions 2010: THIS YEAR WILL BE GREAT!!!

I think I did really good on my New Years Resolutions for 2009.

I had a lot of fun making my Resolutions for 2010...

I used my Aunt Marti's Method. I only make Resolutions I feel I can meet. Still challenging Resolutions...but not Pipe Dreams (like lose 100 pounds) LOL. I'm a perfectionist. If I made goals that were too hard and didn't meet them I'd be upset with myself. I really feel good about last year's Goals and this Year's!!

So, Here they Are:

1. Continue to pay off CREDIT CARDS. I did good last year, I paid off my 3 baby ones. This year I hope to pay off a few more (cross your fingers for me). My Apartment is a whole lot cheaper than my House in VA...I can put a bit more money on my cards to keep out of the RED. I just need to keep my Motivation!!

2. Try hard not to put anything more on the Credit Cards; only VET BILLS and Car Stuff! (Emergencies only!) I've been really good with this. I eat out less and when I do go out I try to order cheaper items... and I never put it on the Card. Woot! Last year (2009) I had to put a little over $1000 on the Cards for the Car... the Vet was mostly out of pocket...I think Lily's Cremation was the only thing I put on my card...

3. Have More Fun!!! Enjoy Life!!!
***What is Wrong With Me!! I'm in my 20's and I act like I'm 40!!! Ick!!! More nights baking at midnight!!! More Movie Marathons! and this Year I will go to the club with Ethan and see him Pole Dance - at least once!! Heck yeah!! LOL. <3>

4. Spend more time playing with my Pups and Guinea Pigs! I love my babies and I try to give them the best money can buy. But I need to be home more...sigh...hard to do when I work 70 hours a week. But, this year I WILL find a place to take the pups to have fun! I need to find a *Brusters* hangout in Texas!!!

5. Buy A Car or find another Job I can walk to! Michelle and I have been doing awesome sharing a car. I have one job I can walk to, but the other job is too far. When Michelle graduates she will either need to find a job she can get to on the bus line or walk to... Or I will have to quit my job and find one closer I can get to... Or I can try to finance a car again...we will see how it goes...

6. Try to Stress Less; Panic Less. This I'm sure is WISHFUL THINKING...but what the Heck... I'm young, I'm not a manager anymore, My jobs are easy, I'm making ends meet... currently all the babies are healthy...I have Much to be thankful for. I will try to breath this year.

7. Continue to try to Eat at Home!!! I'm amazed at how well Michelle and I have been doing with this!!! I lost 20 pounds this year without trying!! (Of course with all those discounted cookies, cakes, and pies at HEB I'm sure I just put those pounds right back on this week...Oh Well. Like Marti says: EAT IT WHILE YOU CAN!! It's a lot easier for me to EAT AT HOME with my friend Mr. Dishwasher!!! xoxo How did I ever live without you!!!

8. Get Internet hooked up at the Apartment!?!? This One is a Fingernail Nibbler...ugh. If I get the Internet in my apartment then Hurray!!! I'll have my computer back!!! But if I continue to use the business center...I'll save $35 a month... Ick! What to do...

9. Try to go HEB Green!!! Buy Green Bags this Year!!! I am not super environment friendly. And I'm not going to try to be this year (sorry)...But I figure I can save the world from excess Plastic Bags when I go grocery shopping...I have a million Tot Bags I don't use anyway...

10. Condense Clutter at the Apartment. Throw Out what I don't Wear or Use!! I moved from a big 2 bedroom house with a walk-up attic and a shed in VA...to a 700 sq. ft. apartment in TX...I have no idea how I even got my stuff to fit in the Apartment!!! I still have 4 boxes of stuff left to unpack and Alyssa says she'll help me (hurray for friends!). But, I think there are a few things here and there around the apartment that could happily meet the garbage man...

11. Save Money by Savings Account (baby steps). I used to have a savings account in VA that took out $25 a month. I almost always put it back in my checking account. Now I have a "keep the change program" and I still use that money instead of letting it build up...sigh...SO: For the Year 2010!! My GOAL is too Leave my SAVINGS ACCOUNT ALONE!!! LOL...I'm going to Try to forget any MONEY is going in there. Then January 1, 2011...I'll see how much I saved! It'll be fun!!

So, What do you think? Can I Meet My Resolutions???

xoxo

-Sha