The usual New Year post.... word heavy!

As you may know, I do a new year post each December, listing my Goals for the coming year, personal and craft.

These were my Goals of 2009... I will highlight them in RED if I achieved them...
2009 goals
1) loose the rest of this weight.
22Ibs down.. millions more to go!
2) To Paint the lounge
3) To get hold of the carpet cleaner from work and do the lounge floor!
4) To re-decorate Finlay's room, into a robot space ship!
5) To move house
And towns
6) To go back to work
Yuck!
7) To take Finlay to playgroup every week
or at least aim too!
8) To cook more meals for Finlay from scratch
9) To learn to Drive
10) To get my wedding photos printed and into a photo book.
11) To keep grow my hair into a lustrous mane!

2009 CRAFTY goals
1) Get really organised
As in, not shove all my stuff randomly into totes!
2) Write down my deadlines
Because I always miss them!
3) Actually complete my deadlines!
Because I always miss them!!!
4) Scrap more Memory photos
And do a Memory mini album for Lara
as well as just "moment" photos.
5 Start doing multi photo Layouts
Or at least learn how to do them!!!

6 Take inspiration from art

And print, fabric, scenery, nature......
7 To make time for Scrappy friends
8) To not loose my White Pens
7 in one year is not good!!! Why is it always my white ones!??!
9) To start painting again
Because it makes me happy!
10 To Get a new Lens for my camera

I love looking back - and realise that if I had applied myself properly I could have completed a lot more of those goals!

My word of the year2009 was :NURTURE
my word of the year 2010 is: RENEW
I feel like my soul is going to have a detox this year, go on an adventure of self discovery and realising my true worth. I really think 2010 is going to be a busy year!
I held on to a lot of negativity in 2009, but as the year developed, I felt like I was working towards gaining better self perspective, I hope I can carry that on into 2010.
I am a firm believer in numerology - and I am entering into a number 1 year (First year of a nine year cycle, which is always a good thing!)

Personal Year 1. . . .A New Beginning In Your Life

The current year is the beginning of a new nine year cycle for you. It holds the promise of being an exciting new adventure, with life taking on new challenges that pave the way for the next cycle of nine years in your life. This is a time to clarify your goals and it is a time to act on them. Hard work may be necessary to get a new venture moving. Your physical strength will be up during this year, perhaps higher than it has been for some time, as you have some special needs for this extra energy. If you are unable or unwilling to answer the call to change and make the move in your life the appears necessary now, your prospects may be delayed until the next cycle begins in nine years. Because of this, you feel like an adventure, a major change in your life, something new. New goals should be clearly set and worked toward, as this is really a new beginning of a nine year cycle and it is best not to dwell on the past at this time. This will be fairly easy for you to do because most of the problems and disappointments of the past will tend to disappear, leaving the way open for these new challenges. This is a great time; use it to its full advantage.

IF you want to work out your own year number and see its definition - look here its easy and interesting! So. onto the bit that makes me think:

What I have learned in 2009:

• That having someone I can truly consider a best friend again is awesome and something I never knew I missed so much - thank you.
  
• That getting together with scrapping friends is one of the most cathartic things you can do, and that laughter really is good for the soul
• That to appreciate something, you have to let it go and miss it for a while.
• That LOL cats are the funniest thing on the interweb
• That I love crumpets - and wish I didn't, mmmmmmm buttery goodness!
  
• That moving wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, and I don't miss the flat at all! (apart from my wall paper and new carpet )
  
• that having a garden is all I hoped it would be
• That I NEED to learn to drive
• That I am paranoid at least once a month - and I should think to myself "what date is it?" before deciding someone hates me LOL
• I learned how to make awesome cupcakes
• And that I love Snow Patrol best of all bands.
• That family is important, but sometimes you have to go with the flow.
• That I can't make everyone happy all the time.
• That faith in love is imperative when feeling fragile
• That rain on a conservatory roof is irritating, and not the wonderful sound of nature I thought it would be!
• That compost bins STINK
• That having long hair again rocks.

I think I could type forever - but I doubt half you reading have made it this far already LOL (if you have leave a me a message!!!)

My personal Goals for 2010:
1: To practice better self control financially, and to add up in my head what the total should approx be at the tills, so I don't have to que up again to get the bill rectified!
(happened to me twice this week!!!)
2: To lose weight and get healthy
I failed miserably at this after the summer this year... I think I've put a stone back on from the 22Ibs I lost!!
Gutted.
3: To get Finlay enrolled in a nursery and to join the library sing and read group. This is really important for his social development, as currently, when with friends his age, he tends to be easily picked on, due to his laid back nature.
For this to happen, I will have to work on my own self confidence and "Mummy group" loathing that I have inbuilt!
4: To decide on a hair colour and stick to it ALL year.
lol - or to try at least!
5: To become a domestic goddess
For Ben's sake!
6: To get Finlay sleeping in a "big boy bed"
Its arriving today - I am NERVOUS!
7: To make "me" time
8: To get the qualifications I so desire, and also, maybe take a class or two :-)
9: To make more mini books/albums
with the aid of Shimelle's classes! I have LOVED JYC
10: To scrap old photos that are piling up!
11: To think "What is best for me/Ben/ Finlay" before making choices in life!
12: To learn to drive
This one is the one I want most of all to complete!
Craft Goals 2010:
1: To learn all about photoshop
complicated little so and so!
2: To keep the stash SORTED
Actually - I might as well add "To sort the stash" and then keep it sorted!
3: To page kit more
Laura does this TOO well, I aim to be as 50% good as her.
4: To learn to sew properly!
I crave to be slimmer by summer and make my own pretty cotton skirts/dresses.
5: To create order in my life and not chaos.
6: To have fun with craft!
This last one is very important - I think we should all do this more!

If you have read this post - you are a trooper and obviously bored - thank you for listening to me ramble on and on!
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