New Year, New Beginnings

The other morning, Paul and I sat over breakfast and came up with some goals for 2014.  I don't want to say that they are resolutions, but definite goals.  It has always been important to me that we are on the same page with goals for us as a couple, and as a family, and it was nice to know that they two of us were actually on the same page.  Our goals are "simple."

The first is to read Scripture together as a family every day.  For a while we were doing really well, then life happened.  Having a small child at the table has severely impacted us reading together before going off to work.  There are some mornings that are better than others, but we are definitely going to work harder to make this happen.

The next two goals relate to our overall goal of healthy living and losing some weight.  We want to help James establish healthy habits in life, and we need to start that ourselves.  Before Little Man was even a thought, we had been walking 3-5 days a week together.  After Little Man came, we have been hit or miss with walking as a family, some months walking 3 times total.  2014 is going to change that.  Our goal is to walk together 3 days a week.  This is in addition to the jogging I will be starting in order to train for the town 5k run that is coming up.  Additionally we have been logging what we are eating, again pretty hit or miss.  Our goal is to log 6 days a week.  This gives us a "cheat" day once a week, most likely Sundays when we have NO CONTROL over what is being served.

Personally, I have decided that I want to try to document our life over the next year by taking at least one photo a day.  There is a popular website that serves as a host for this, but I have decided to keep it on a different platform.

Day 1

This is my Little Man, the reason that I get up and go to work every morning, which resumes tomorrow.  After a fairly large meltdown this morning, and some number crunching, we realized that me going to work is still a must.  There are still bills that need to be paid, debt that needs to be eliminated, and one salary is not quite enough to take care of that.  The good news is that the end is in sight.  I know that when the cards are paid off, I will be able to stay home.  In the meantime, I have to take teaching one day at a time, some days, one class at a time and one hour at a time.  It is really pushing me to find a new job, one where I don't have to worry about bringing work home (or not bringing work home), and one where I can go on vacation whenever I want, not when students are also on vacation.  This little guy keeps me going every day.  I have pictures of him all over my desk, reminding me why I am working.