2009 Here I Come

Every new year's day I declare (insert the year), the Year of the Bibler. I'm not sure what that means, but it makes me feel good. I usually make the same resolutions (only I call them goals) and start off the year excited; then 2 weeks into January, I'm back on the couch curled up in a blanket staring at the TV. For some reason, 2009 feels different - maybe it's the fact that I just turned 40 and still want to be perceived as someone in her late 20's, early 30's, or maybe it's God telling me to get up and get moving. Maybe it's the fact that I have a sales job now and I'm more goal driven becuase of it. Whatever the case may be, I have 6 goals for this year, which I wrote in big letters in color marker and diplayed them proudly on the fridge. My 5 goals for 2009 are: Go to Church (we left our other church in February, 2008 and I really feel a void in my life), eat healthy, excercise (not more, just some at all!), save money, read more and no bad words.

Have you ever noticed that when you work with someone who says bad words, you find your self falling in that trap. We'll, I'm not going to let that happen to me. I am going to put on my ipod at work, go on sales calls and do whatever I have to do to not use those words (cuss words I'm talking about). ALso, it helps that my almost 8 year old son has seen the goals on the fridge and reminds me of them constantly!

We got a wii for christmas and I am looking for some fittness games for it that I can do in the morning. I want my husband to do this with me. He's a work in progress, but I think I can pull him over to the fitness world. I want to eventually start running, but I'm still trying to lose my baby weight (did I mention he's almost 8!), so I need to get a few pounds off becuase I confortable running.

I really want to save money this year. I know, that's something that's on everyone's mind, but I really need to focus on this one. Maybe it's growing up an only child and only grandchild and/or my lack of patience, but I have a problem spending. I'm lucky that I'm married to a saver, becuase without him we'd reallybe in deep debt. We're not as bad off as some people, but I really want to have no credit card debt, be able to save money in our savings account and put money in Phillip's college fund, as well as not be worrying about the fact that I think our garage door is on it's last leg and we still need to replace 2 closed doors lost in 2007's flood.

Anyway, this is my first of many blogs. It's a way for me to let it out in a creative positive way. I think this is the start of a lasting relationship. See you in the new year.....