Tomorrow is New Year's Day, so Happy New Year's Eve, oh faithful readers (what, like one of you!?)  :o)  A lot has happened this year, most notably, the birth of one very cute, very curly-headed, little boy.  A lot hasn't happened this year, too, like sleeping in and just sleep in general.

I'm not one to make New Year's resolutions, except for the resolution to not make any resolutions (I can keep that one!) but I do feel an urge to set up some goals for 2010.  Maybe if I put them out here in blog-land, I'll do pretty good at keeping them. 

So, without further ado, here are my 2010 Goals:

 Blog at least once per week.  It doesn't have to be anything fancy or long or profound, but get on here and write.  Even if it's only a recap of the week or what Henry is doing, blogging makes me sit down and get my thought processes in order.  With a baby, that's not always the easiest thing to do, so this will be good for me. 

Exercise Monday through Thursday, and try to on the weekends.  I was doing this, and then I got sick, and then John and Henry got sick, and so I haven't exercised in two weeks.  Of course, it would be during the holidays!  I was doing an exercise video--Turbo Jam--and I really like it.  It's only 20 minutes long, but right now, 20 minutes is about all I can do!  There are other videos on the DVD that are longer, so as I get better I can always change it up a bit.  I would love to be able to lose weight by doing this, but I'm not going to push it.  Henry still breastfeeds, and I don't want to sabotage that relationship by losing weight and losing my supply.

Complete Baby Step 2 of Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover.  John and I have been reading two of Dave Ramsey's books--Financial Peace Revisited and The Total Money Makeover--and we've decided, or been convicted by God really, that we need to be doing more to save and budget.  We've already done Baby Step 1, which is to save up $1000 in savings.  Baby Step 2 is to pay off all debt, excluding your mortgage.  That means John's student loans and our hospital bill from having Henry.  We've been paying on them all along (please don't think we've just not done anything about them!) but now's the time to totally pay them off.  We've redone our budget and are committing to using cash for things like groceries and clothes.  I'm actually insanely excited about this; like today, I bought the paper supplies for Henry's first birthday party, ice cream, and Cheerwines for less than $20--who knew using cash and having some left would make me so happy!?  Ideally, I would also like to complete Step 3 of the Total Money Makeover, which is to save up 3 to 6 months living expenses in savings.  But I haven't talked to John about us doing both of us yet, so I'll have to get back to you on that one!

Lean how to cope with my uber-perfectionistic tendencies.  In talking to my lovely sister-in-law yesterday, it occurred to me that my perfectionistic tendencies can tend to suck the joy out of, pretty much, everything.  I have these ideas of what I think my life should be like--how I should act, how Henry should act, how my house should look (the list could go on and on)--and when it doesn't turn out that way, I get frustrated.  And let's be totally honest, NOTHING ever turns out quite like it should.  If life were exactly what we had in our heads, no one else could live there, because they would invariable screw it up.  Heck, I couldn't live there either, because I would screw it up, too!  This will probably be the hardest goal for me because it involves being very aware of when I get in my perfectionist mood (who am I kidding, when am I not in a perfectionistic mood!)

So there you have it--my goals for 2010.  I've got all year, and with God's help, at this time next year, maybe those goals will be different!

On a lighter note, Henry's first birthday party is Saturday.  Where has this year gone!?  My baby is turning into a little boy.  I love it!