The year of 2011

So here we are again, on the Eve of Resolutions.   The eve of when we all sit down and reflect on the past year and decide how we want to better our lives and ourselves.  Here are a list of resolutions I have made for myself for the upcoming  year.  And yes, I did say resolutionS, because that way when I break one of them, which is inevitable, I still have more left on my list.

1)  To make this the year where I take my health back.  I intend on making this weight issue a non-issue for next years list. I am going to leave that quite open ended so that I can achieve success on it.  I know I have a lot of weight to lose, but if I work on 10 lbs then I am keeping my resolution alive.

2)  Make my kids #3 in my life.  Now you are all reading that saying, "How could a good mother not put her kids first, what an awful person!!", but I am looking at it like this,  if I don't put myself first and let myself not feel the enormous guilt I feel from raising my kids, how can I become a better parent.  That is not to say that I am going to ignore my kids, because for any of you that know me, you know that I am the Queen of finding the free things for the kids to do on the weekends.  It means that if I decide to take an afternoon to go shopping and NOT go tobogganing, I will, and not feel guilty about it.  (this may end up being the one I break first)

3)  Make a decision on the job situation.  I have been supply teaching with this board since 2004, I have given my heart and all I have to this job, however it is time to make a decision.  I am 35 years old and not working full time in my chosen field, not where I expected to be at this time in my life.  I need to have that career, I need to know that my family and myself will be alright if anything was to ever happen.  I don't have that with supply teaching.  So this is the year that I decide if I have to give up my dream.  A lot of soul searching will have to go on for this one. 

4)  Smile more and feel stress less.  I know that if I can work on any of the above, even just a little, that I will be able to keep this one for sure!!

So to all my friends and family, here's to a new year.....THE YEAR OF ME!!!