Usually I am a bit more up-to-the-minute on my New Years post with a review of the past and hope for the coming times. 2013 was put to rest none too quickly for my liking. It was a hard and frustrating year due to the car accident and slow healing. Glad that’s almost over!
On December 31st I pulled my journal from the bottom dresser drawer… the journal with the hot pink cloth binding and the swirly letter L with bling bling on the cover. The journal contains my bucket list. I usually don’t look at it but once or twice a year, so I’m pleasantly surprised when I get to highlight the completed items on the list! In 2013 there were 2 1/2 items completed…. 1. Go on a girls road trip! CHECK! 2. Build a chicken coop and raise chickens. CHICK! I mean CHECK! And 1/2 of 3. See the Parthenon…. well, I did see the Parthenon. The one in Nashville. I didn’t even know there WAS a Parthenon in Tennessee! It’s in far better shape than the one in Greece. When I made the list, I meant the one in Greece, but I didn’t specify Greece…. so I half-way highlighted it with hopes of Greek Islands in my future still.
On the horizon for 2014, other than we should start getting fresh eggs come May, we have a few out of town weddings, a graduation, some missions trips and lots of excitement and hope! I relish a fresh new year with no scribbles on the pages.
As far as resolutions go…. REZ#1: I’m going to lose the weight I gained while lying on the couch for months eating casserole after casserole that my homeschool peeps brought to feed our family! Believe me, I am SOOOO thankful for my community who surrounded us during that time! What’s a bigger size of jeans? Or 2? But everyone plans to lose weight, right?
REZ#2: I am reading the Bible through again. The Children’s Living Bible is the chosen translation again. The best I ever did at reading the Bible through involved a plan that took weekends off. I needed the weekends to catch up! So I divided the number of yearly weeks by five days and then divided the number of pages in the Bible by that number. Voila! Brilliance! Four and a half pages a day. And it’s already January 10th and I’m ahead of schedule! Oh Yeah!
REZ#3: Make a few more mind and life changing resolutions…. like spending time each day in silence, and spending time each day being artsily creative, and knitting (well, that is creative too), and spending time each day listening to good music. “Good” by my standards, not my children’s.
What are your resolutions? Did you make any? Will you keep them? Share the wealth!
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