Officially into a new year

I don't get all excited about New Year's Eve.  I don't usually make resolutions or have goals that are specific to January 1.  I think this is because my birthday is in January, so MY new year actually begins 9 days after everyone else's!
I do have some goals for MY new year.

*to stay on top of my homework for my Bible Study
* to take my vitamins every day (I am doing very well with this one)
* to drink 8 glasses (or 4 of my bottle) of water a day. (I am getting there)
* to blog weekly (I have snuck this in - this is the last day of my new year week)
* to make at least one creative thing a week.  A card, a scrapbook page, knit something, crochet something or even a new fancy recipe.
* to get myself back to a regular routine.

I have the hardest time with the last one.  I know I have mentioned it before, but I seriously like the idea of going with the flow, and being super spontaneous.  My whole body PHYSICALLY objects to the idea of mopping every Monday, dusting every Tuesday....you get the drift.  I really don't think like that.  But the more I get to know myself, the more I realize that the Flylady is totally right.  When I keep myself on track with a loose plan, I have more time and brain space to do the fun, creative stuff!

So the Princess and I have designated Tuesday as bread-making day.  This is something I used to do.  I used to make bread, almost exclusively.  We almost never bought bread when I lived in Calgary.  But since moving back to the prairies 6 years ago I have never really gotten myself back into a rhythm where I could consistently fit making bread into our week.  So we have decided that if we just DECIDE that Tuesday is the day, we will make it!  So we have made bread two Tuesdays in a row and this week's bread turned out beautifully!

I wanted to post these pictures yesterday, but my camera battery was dead, and by the time it charged, we had put away all the lovely loaves except this one!

Anyway, I don't think my goals change much each year, but I do want to make taking care of small things that will make my life better (vitamins, water, a routine so I can be sane) .  I want to know that I do life well, that I am getting better all the time.  I like that saying, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.  I realize how true that is.  Which is why I added in the goal of making something every week.  I love to sew, make cards, bake, etc, but often because of the everyday busyness I don't get to do any of those things and I think my whole attitude suffers for it.  I can't tell you how good it feels to make something after not doing it for a while.  It is like relief!  So I want to schedule that into my time so that I have an opportunity to do it.

I guess my beautiful bread can suffice for my creative something this week.  I have been working on a bunch of cards, but they aren't done yet so I won't count those!  I will try to remember to post pictures sometimes of what I make!

Happy New Year!