Word of the Year

I have seen this done year after year on various blogs that I follow and always thought "hey I should do that" but never carried through with the idea and there in lies my problem and the reason for MY "Word of the Year"! At first I thought my word would be finish but something about that just wasn't sitting right with me. If I am going to stick with this word the entire year I needed it to be more positive and that is how I ended up with accomplish.

If you ask my husband, I am never at a loss for great ideas but bring most of those great ideas to completion well that is a problem....just take a look around my house. I normally have the motivation and creative genius to get a project started but somewhere along the way I loose sight of my goal, I get bored, I come up with something better more creative, I get tired or I get sidetracked, and in the end I normally get frustrated and so do my loved ones. So in an early attempt to avoid marriage counseling (just kidding, it's not that bad yet) I am making this my word of the year. I am making myself accountable for the currently "un-accomplished" projects I have laying around and those things I plan on taking on this year.

I have a lot of things that I would like to accomplish this year personally, professionally, spiritually, physically, and creatively.  I am going to start my list here, for the world to see (or at least the handful of you that still read our blog, "hi mom")! As I move through this list, accomplishing things, checking them off, and adding new ones I pray that God will more clearly reveal his plan to me for my life and the life of my family. I pray that I may accomplish tasks both great and small that bring Him glory daily and that I will be a model to my children of the importance of finishing what they start.

My List

• Train for & finish a half marathon
• Finish "Liam's First Year" Album
• Start & finish "Norah Grace's First Year" Album
• Start, maintain, & finish a "Project 52" photography blog
• Finish loosing the baby weight I gained with Norah Grace
• Go on vacation with our amazing friends, the Lees!
• Read at least one book a month
• Get 8 hours of sleep at least one night a week
• Spend at least one weekend with my Ginas
• Go on a date night at least once a month with just my husband
• Teach Liam all of the letters of the alphabet

stay tuned....