I resolve to.....

Over the last few years I have not made any New Year Resolutions for myself. When I was younger I always made a couple of resolutions. I never ended up keeping them and they were boring. The typical "gonna exercise more", "eat healthier" resolutions.... I am sure most of you can relate.

Well, this year I have decided to make a few resolutions for myself. Maybe if I share them I will be more apt in keeping them. So, I am giving permission for you to ask me how my resolutions are going throughout the year (please!).....

For the year 2007 I plan to: (in no particular order of importance).......

• Take a "creative" class at our local community college. I received a course catalog in the mail the other day. There are SO many classes I would like to take. Why have I not been doing this all along? At this point I think the difficult choice will be which class to take. I could take a photography class, a pottery class, a knitting class, a calligraphy class, a cooking class, a spanish class....there are so many possibilities. Registration begins today, so I need to make a decision.
• No new shows in 2007. By this I mean, I will only watch the TV shows that I have been watching in the past. I will not start to watch any new shows this year. I quit watching Survivor and Amazing Race this season, so I will not pick those back up. That leaves me with "How I Met Your Mother", "What About Brian", "Lost", "Grey's Anatomy", "Desperate Housewives", "What Not to Wear".... am I forgetting any? Oh, and I will still allow myself reruns before bed. If I can hold myself to this, that means approximately 9 hours of tv a week. Not bad..... My extra time should be spent in my creative class and reading.
• Striving to be the best wife I can be. I truly want to be the best wife for Keith. He is the most amazing man and deserves the absolute best. Sometimes I think I am too "naggy" and hard on him. I put the expectations I have for myself onto him and that is not fair. We are two totally different people. He always puts me first and I want to do that in return. I want to put Keith's needs first. I want to always be supportive. I want to always appreciate him, never take him for granted. Believe it or not, sometimes I am a very hard person to live with. He deserves some kind of an award.
  
• Time with God. When I lived alone, making time for God was never a problem for me. Since we have been married, I don't make as much time for God as I used to. And, I can tell a difference in my life. I need to have that "quiet time" every day. Time to pray, read my Bible and journal. I worry more, have bad moods more, stress more, without my consistent quiet time. I talk to God every day, but it is when I devote that extra time to Him that I notice such a positive difference in my life.

So, those are a few of my resolutions for this year. Does anyone else still make resolutions or are these a thing of the past?