Hello everyone! This past year (2014) was a great year for my family and 2015 is going to be even better! I started this “blog” so I will be more accountable to my goals and resolutions for the coming 2015 year. I plan on making monthly updates to these goals and adding monthly life updates as well. Join me for the ride called my life! 

HEALTH + FITNESS

Lose 15% of my body weight

Eat breakfast every day

Take a daily multivitamin

Exercise four days a week

Walk 10,000 steps everyday

Train for first 13.1

Drink 100 ounces of water every day

Complete a juice cleanse

Complete a 30-day challenge

Complete a 90-day challenge

Eliminate something from my diet each month (i.e. sweets, fast food, caffeine, etc.)

Schedule annual doctors appointments 

PERSONAL GROWTH

Find a Bible reading plan (such as this one) that works for me … and use it regularly!

Seek opportunities to improve (i.e. parenting, cooking, organizing, wife skills, etc.)

Keep a blessings/gratitude jar

Pamper myself with a facial or mani/pedi every other month

FOR OAKLEY

Schedule one play date a month

Schedule family pictures

Make a special craft or memento

Read a book before bedtime every night

Spend more time with the immediate and extended family

HOME LIFE

Buy new comforter + bedding for guest room

Buy new comforter for master bedroom

Buy new side tables + lamps for master bedroom

Save money for hardwood (or wood-like laminate) floors on 1st floor

Save money for new carpet on 2nd floor

Make our home more energy-efficient

Have a technology-free weekend

Find a cleaning schedule…and use it!

Try a new recipe every month

Host a dinner party with other couples/families

Host a “Friendsgiving”

Host a game night

Use the Crock Pot once a month

Save loose change and cash out at the end of the year

Purge the entire house and donate or toss things we don’t use

Have my car detailed inside and out

FOR OTHERS

Surprise Husband with a meaningful gift

Attend a wedding – or a few 

Attend a baby shower

Leave a 100% tip for excellent service

Send a “just because” gift to someone

Send 12 handwritten notes (one per month)

Celebrate special milestones (i.e. birthdays, anniversaries, etc.) with snail-mail greeting cards

ADVENTURE

Have a ladies’ night once a quarter

Attend a college sporting event

Attend a professional sport event

Visit a popular landmark I’ve never seen before

Go hunting

Go to a drive-in movie

Take an unplanned day trip

Shoot a bow-and-arrow

Complete a fitness challenge

 

OVERALL

Enjoy life just a little more everyday

Be thankful for the many blessings I have in my life

Try a little harder to keep in touch with friends and family