I'm taking my New Year resolution more seriously this year. After throwing around a lot of ideas for my 2011 resolution, I finally decided upon 2 goals that I really want to reach.
1. Get back to my pre-baby weight
2. Read through the entire bible
I have a plan devised to reach each of my goals for the year. I have a copy of a one year bible that lays everything out in a reader friendly day-by-day format. Each day includes readings from the new testament, the old testament, psalms, and proverbs. So far, I have been able to read every day before I go to bed. My reading has already spawned several questions and conversations so I am excited to see what comes out of this. One of the proverbs from earlier this week was about how man will never find joy unless his hope is placed in the lord. The passage used the example of a farmer cultivating his crop and getting great joy out of the harvest one year only to find the next season's harvest to be much less. God says that we cannot trust our happiness to earning a living or how successful we are at earning a living, but rather we must place our trust in Him and then we will find peace. With all the drama surrounding me working/not working/working temp jobs, this was rather poignant for me. I also read another passage that made me wonder about the death penalty... but that's for a conversation and not a blog post!
My plan for fitting into my pre pregnancy wardrobe mostly consists of doing what I am already doing and adding some physical challenges to my workouts like trying new activities (Rollerblade stroller pushing this spring anyone?) and challenging my body to do MORE. I've got about 10 pounds to go which seems very achievable, considering that I gained 55 pounds when I was pregnant.
In other news, Tom's company finally approved a tuition reimbursement program. This untimely news was delivered to us no less than one week after we paid for his final semester of graduate school. While I feel slightly cheated, I have to laugh at the timing of it all. Really? One week after we had finished paying for the degree? Seriously?!?
In even more news, I am once again jobless. The temp job I had been working at for the last 4 weeks turned out to be quite a bit more stress and trouble than what I had bargained for and so Tom and I decided my time would be better spent searching and applying for something more fitting. I was finding it very challenging to continue my job search after working 9 hours and then coming home to a house and baby to care for. There was simply no time after all that to sit down and put genuine effort into finding a real job. My resolve to find something has become stronger, mostly out of necessity. 2011 WILL be the year in which I finally find a job/company that I can stick with!
And just a random note to moms w/ kids in diapers.... Walgreen's has a really good diaper sale this week. Huggies packs are on sale for 6.99 and I had received a 2.50 coupon in the mail (I'm told you can also get this via email by subscribing via the Huggies website and one coupon blog mentioned you could also print the coupon off the website). Diapers for $4.50! That's a pretty sweet deal when this brand is usually around 10 bucks!
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