Resolutions

So, here it is, another new year. Did everyone set their resolutions? What is up with this, don't we set the same resolutions every year? Lose some weight, exersize more, eat less, save more money. My resolutions are to keep the resolutions I set last year and never accomplished. I need to lose an incredible amount of weight, but I will be happy to just get into the habit of exercising every day. I know many people exercise and enjoy it...how the heck this happens is beyond me but I would love to unlock this ancient chinese secret.

Then, eating less. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, it is for people like my husband. If he takes one bite less per meal and walks a half mile every day he can drop 10 lbs. a month. Me? Well, to drop 10 lbs. a month I would have to run about 5 miles a day and eat like Kate Moss....taking drugs wouldn't hurt either. Have I tried the diet pills and all?? Oh yes. But, we are again at losing weight ( isnt that really the point of eating less?) Anyway, I plan to leave a little on my plate at the end of every meal, ignore my hunger pangs unless they are threatening a revolt in my head to migraine status, and make all desserts for the house using no sugar. Cut out desserts you say?? Surely you jest.

We have our plan to save more money and have been doing well at this. We have cut our credit card debt more than in half, and we are using the extra credit card payments to pay off the rest. We have also upped our transfers to savings and IRAs. We are going to be doing some upgrading to the house in the next few months as well.

An important resolution, and one that has been evading us for a long time. Get to church every Sunday. This sounds easy enough, and I dont know why this is so hard. My kids enjoy the church we go to, and my husband and I have found a nice bible study class, and we love the pastor of the church. We had been going to a very small church, but there were no kids my sons age. Now, anyone with kids knows that the kids must be happy here, so we looked around. We actually found this church through my sister, who rarely goes. We did really good last year until about July or August, then we just quit. Dont know why, no major issues, just quit going. So, now we have begun attending again, but we have missed 3 weeks. We had major holiday stuff for a couple of weeks, then illness running rampant, and next weekend hubby and I are going out, one of the once a quarter date nights we get, and we always stay out way too late to get up early. What is wrong with us?