New Years Resolution

So it has taken me a few weeks to decide what my New Years Resolution should be. I thought it through and came up with a few. Let's hope for the best this year.

1. Clean the messes I make and teach my children to do the same. This is quite different from the be a better house cleaner. This basically means if I get some thing out I should put it away. Plain and simple.
2. Be kinder and more patient with my kids. I am not the best but that is why I put more patient. I will at least try and that's what counts.
3. Set reasonable expectations for myself. For example crocheting a baby blanket in a week is not a reasonable expectation for myself anymore. If I crochet one every month that is fine. I seem to be my own worst boss, or critic how ever you choose to look at it.
4. Read 3 1/2 pages of the scriptures every day. I read a blog that stated if I read 3 1/2 pages of the bible I could read it in one year. I could also read the Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price and the Doctrine of Covenants in one year. This interested me very much and I decided to make it a goal.
5. I also feel it is important to love my kids more. By more I mean tell them I love them, hug them every night, and take them out for special treats every once in a while. After all to a kid or any one for that matter, Love is spelled T-I-M-E. So this year I plan to spend more quality time with each of my kids.

Well that about rapes it up. I don't want to make to many or I won't keep them all. I'm going to try to make and effort to keep just these 5. Not too many, Not too few. Just Right.

My New Year's Resolution

I wanted to wait to post my new Year's resolution until I knew I could keep it. I have decided to be more clean. To those of you that know me and have seen my house, you know how much of a slob I was or am. (When I say slob I mean stuff on the floor, dishes in the sink, floor not vacuumed, and the table stinky from last night's dinner.)

After hearing that my daughter will clean because I don't clean, that idea hit a strong cord of discontent in me. I thought to myself I want my daughter to clean because I am clean not because I am messy. So about three weeks ago I started to clean. I did little things like wiping off the table washing the dishes, folding the clothes before more were dry, that sort of thing. By that first Friday the entire house was clean. Yes even the bathroom. I have even kept it clean for the past 23 days. A first for even me.

I have noticed some side benefits to this cleaning thing. For one it brings with it a more grateful husband. Ken isn't as stressed when he comes home from work. I feel more comfortable with visitors just dropping in unannounced. Why even my kids have kept there room clean. I should have cleaned like this long ago. Better late then never. So the next time you come to visit me you will be reminded that yes even I can clean.