2017 Resolutions

Okay, we don't do resolutions each and every year because a lot of years we just don't complete those resolutions which just make us upset. This year we've decided to set goals for ourselves, call them resolutions, and see if we can't meet those goals.

Mom and Daddy - Our joint goals are to eat healthier, drink less soda and more water, and to get more exercise. We also plan on moving our home to another community this year and work towards buying the property that we'd like to have before the next four years are up.

Daddy - Daddy plans on getting a vehicle to work on with ECJ and buying a camper for the family.

Mom - I have HUGE plans for my crochet but as much of it has to do with gifts to make I won't list each one. I also want to blog more often, read at least three books a month (with one being just for the fun of it), and to start selling some of my crochet again.

ECJ - His major goal this year (because he's turning 15) is to get his driving lessons taken care of and get his permit. He also wants to work on a car with Daddy and practice his origami that he's just started at.

YCJ - She really just wants to find a craft that she enjoys that no one else in the family does.

Peanut - Her main goal is to join a dance class. She's decided that that's the most important thing to do in the new year ... oh yeah, and swimming lessons LOL

We have some education goals about how we want to approach schooling and when we'd like to be done with the book lessons this spring so that we can possibly take a vacation over the summer (we'd still be learning just not out of books). We'd like to take a long camping trip at least once over the summer and get all the remodeling of the house done before fall. We have a lot of things that we want to do and a goal list that's almost as long as my arm. 

Will everything get done? Maybe not ... maybe ... I don't know. Are we sure going to try to get everything on that list done? Oh Yeah! There's even things that we're already working on or towards and are feeling great about. Like Daddy and I aren't drinking near the same amount of soda that we drank this time last year ... as a matter of fact we've hardly even touched the stuff since mid November! We're looking for the right driver's education program for ECJ, looking into dance classes for Peanut (and YCJ), and bringing in all different kinds of crafts for YCJ to try out. I'm researching new techniques and books that I want to bring into our homeschool in the fall and we're working on getting the house ready for remodeling and moving. We're busy little campers but that's how we like to live ... idle hands and all that.