1. Take a Self-Defense class. I've wanted to do this for a long time. I want to be equipped with some skills in the event that something does happen to me.
This resolution is on its way to being fulfilled! I signed up for a class in January at a local community center with some other women from my MOMs Club. We are learning all kinds of great self-defense moves from a trained teacher. I love it! It is such a good class and has made me feel more empowered.
2. Join the PTO at my daughter's school and get more involved in the school system/town.
I have also fulfilled this one. I joined the PTO (I've been to 2 meetings so far) and have learned a lot of interesting things about the school. I never realized how much support the PTO gives the school when it comes to fundraisers, school events, and so much more.
3. Lose a little bit of weight. Yeah, yeah...I know this is a standard resolution, but it is one I want to try to fulfill. I have done Weight Watchers before and did well with it. I just haven't gotten on the ball since having my son.
This one I have been on and off with. I start to follow the plan and then I go off. I will keep trying and hopefully be able to get into a rhythm.
4. Commit random acts of kindness. I want to randomly send cute crocheted items to friends and surprise them. Putting a smile on someone's face makes me smile.
I have already committed one random act of kindness. I made a cute little goldfish for my friend Sarah. She loves goldfishies, so I worked one up and sent it along to her. She was very surprised and very happy. Yay!
5. I want to make more couple friends. It's hard to get together with friends ever since the kids. To go out as a couple, we have get someone to watch our kids. We've only ever had my parents or my in-laws watch them. Mainly because we can't necessarily afford a sitter and to go out for the night. So by making more couple friends who also have kids, we will have people who understand our situation and we can get together with the kids.
We've done well with this so far. My cousin and his wife have 3 kids (ages 13, 10, 7). Emily loves playing with her 10 year old and 7 year old cousins. Jakob also loves to play with the big kids. So we've gotten together with them once so far this year and plan on getting together this weekend. We have dinner (at our house), the kids play, and we get to chat. It was a lot of fun and I am looking forward to hanging out with them again this weekend.
(On a crafty note, Crystal (my cousin's wife) wants to learn how to knit so I am going to teach her. We'll be sneaking out after dinner to pick up some supplies for her. She had a dishcloth her grandmother made that she wants to be able to make. I actually figured out the pattern for her just by looking at the dishcloth. I was so excited. Granted, it wasn't a hard pattern, but I was proud of myself.)
6. Lastly, I want to keep up with this blog. I want to complete bigger projects and this will be a good forum to showcase them.
Hopefully I will be able to stick to the resolutions and keep moving forward with them. It is very motivating to complete a resolution. Makes me want to make more!
