Wow, I have not blogged in quite some time. That may have a little to do with the fact that the last 3 months of 2011 came and went in a flash. If I didn't take so many photos I wouldn't have even known what happened. Life with two "big kids," and a newborn is quite hectic, especially when your hubby's job sends him away a lot. The good news is I no longer have a newborn, according to my weekly emails from "The Bump" I now have an infant. Maybe that will lighten the load... Ha!
Regardless of the craziness life is fabulous, and our God is faithful! I wouldn't change it for all the riches in the world. Each day I am learning new lessons about organization, time-management, and humility. I have never considered myself a proud person, but when I am drowning and refuse to ask for help isn't that a good definition of proud to a fault?!?! So, that's a big lesson 2012 has already taught me. I sometimes need help, and it's ok to ask for it. I am so thankful I have friends that will sometimes insist on helping when they know I need it. Here we go then, onward and upward in 2012.
I don't have a set way I do "resolutions." This year I decided to make a list of 12 goals I would like to accomplish in 2012. Want to hear them? (Or read them, rather)
Katie's 12 for '12 (in no particular order)
1. Read 25 books (suggestions are welcome)
2. Try one brand new recipe a week (52 recipes!!!)
3. Plant an herb & vegetable garden in the backyard. (I'm thinking we'll start with tomatoes and peppers)
4. Finish Jaxon's quilt (I started a cross-stitch quilt about 6 weeks before Jax was born... needless to say not much got done on it.)
5. Write a devotional each week Zach is gone this year (there's gonna be lots of time for this at least at the beginning of 2012 ;))
6. Put in a flower bed in the front yard. (I am really going to try out this green thumb of mine, hopefully I have one!)
7. Relearn to play the guitar
8. Start my Master's degree (still debating between an English or Education Master's)
9. Pay off at least one of our major debts
10. Learn to sew
11. Run a 10K (already registered for the race, March 25!)
12. Write a poem or short story twice a month (I LOVE writing and just haven't made enough time for it.)
With these goals I am trying to go back to some things that I know are productive and make me happy, others are new and exciting, and some are continuations of things I started in 2011. I am excited for what 2012 will bring. I will be writing about some of my adventures (look for a weekly update on my recipe trying, I know I'm already a week behind), and some just ask and I'll let you know how it's going.
I have no doubt 2012 will be as busy as 2011, but my earnest prayer is for it to be filled with productivity and purpose, not just busyness.
Ready... Set... Let's Go!
