Another One Bites the Dust

It's that time of year when we all sit back and take stock of our lives--what we've accomplished (or failed to accomplish) in the past year. I know I had big plans for this year, but inevitably fell short of my dreams. However, I'm still healthy, my family is still intact, and I have a lot to be grateful for and to look forward to in 2010. I got an idea from Rozanne Paxman at scrapgirls.com. I receive her newsletter, and I love her most recent one where she lists what she wishes she had done this year and compares it to what she actually did. I think it's a great way to validate the little things that don't always get labeled as "accomplishments."

I would like to be able to tell you that in the past year I...

• Dropped a jeans size.
  
• Ran a half marathon.
  
• Read the entire Standard Works.
  
• Kept a journal.
  
• Finished the YW Personal Progress program.
  
• Took an exotic vacation.
  
• Successfully avoided eating sugar.
  
• Finished the quilt I've been working on.
  

Instead, I have to tell you that in the past year I...

• Am still working on the jeans issue.
  
• Am still working on finishing the Book of Mormon.
  
• Ate more than my fair share of candy and treats.
  
• Failed to get organized at work.
  
• Read many young adult and children's' novels.
  
• Spent way too much time on the computer.
  

However, in the past year I also...

• Survived Girls Camp, yet again.
  
• Did the temple work for my great-aunt.
  
• Took a family vacation to Bryce Canyon.
  
• Spent a weekend with my husband and saw Brian Regan live (woo-hoo!).
  
• Moved.
  
• Celebrated my 20^th wedding anniversary.
  
• Acquired another teenager.
  
• Created many fun craft projects with the kiddos.
  
• Joined Facebook.
  

In the next year, I am hoping to...

• Be more alert to the needs of others.
  
• Listen better.
  
• Spend more personal time with my girls.
  
• Date my husband.
  
• Continue to develop my relationship with God.
  
• Push away from the computer.
  
• Be strong and patient while Mike is in Iraq.
  
• Keep exercising, even if I don't drop a jeans size.
  
• Read more of what I want to read.
  
• Stop feeling guilty for things I can't control.
  
• Allow myself time to create, as creating makes me happy.
  
• Learn to keep my mouth shut.
  

Sadly my year didn't account to much, but here's to 2010!