1st Quarter check on New Year's Resolutions

From my old blog in December....
I love this time of year. A time to reflect on the previous year, and start to think about the near Year. Last year was pretty good! I made a conscientious effort to garden organically. We did pretty well! We got back on track with our compost pile. I signed up for the gym and I'm seeing improvements by the mile (literally!). I would like to add that we signed a contract with an ORGANIC lawncare service! No more bags of Scott's CRAP fertilizer. They are even coming soon to re-plug our lawn and get things re-growing nicely. Now... if I could just keep Diesel on a leash for a few weeks ....

I'm looking forward to the new year. I would like to focus on the three R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. I think we can make improvements on the waste we generate. I would like to shop at consignments shops where possible for clothes in my new size. Small things like that. Well, I haven't done so well in this area. The UPS guy keeps delivering packages from GAP, LL Bean, Endless Shoes. They have such cute stuff this year! I haven't found a consignment shop in my area that sells adult clothes. And besides (just to justify my shopping) I wouldn't even consider buying used gym clothes. Ick.

I also want to spend more time with the kids on phoenemic awareness. Both of them seem to struggle with vowel sounds and it's showing in Morgan's spelling. It can only help Dylan as he progresses through Kindergarten. I'd also like them to eat more vegetables, but I'll settle for loads of ketchup now. Dylan is making great progress with his phonemic awareness! He'll say things like "bah - bah - bah. Book !". WTG Mr. Dylan. Morgan? Still needs help.

And now for me, personally. I would like to complete a triathalon this year. Not an iron man! They have "mini" triathalons where you swim 2 miles, bike for 10 and run for 3 miles. I've proven that I can do everything inside, I just need to get outside in the spring and do some trial runs so to speak. Do you think Santa could bring me a really, really nice Trekk bike from the consignment shop? :o) My bike is here! My bike is here! And the weather is actually going to be nice and sunny (vs. 10" of flooding rain) so I can ride this weekend! I have a 5k on April 28th, and my eye on a local sprint triathlon in early July.

My other thought along the line of the outdoor training is to try to include Mike & the kids. They love to ride bikes on trails, who has to tell them it's part of Mommy's training? I also wanted to start hiking the Appalachian trail this year with them, but I never got around to getting mace and the thought of hiking with just Diesel as protection from the bears stopped me. Can we add mace to my Christmas wish list? Honestly, it's for bear protection! I promised the kids the 1st nice day they can play hookey from school and we'll hike up near High Point and the A.T. I know it's coming!!!

One last wish. I wish for continued good health for my "extended" family. We beat Dad's prostate cancer, my wish is that we have a healthy year for everyone. I love and appreciate my family! Here's to some kind of trip this spring with my parents and our RV's. Well, it's not spring, but we did make a 5 night reservation on a National campground in Price Edward Island for August! Can't wait to go !!