Friday, January 5, 2007

Goals? Hmmmm....

So many people are blogging their goals for the new year this week. I wonder if I should do that. I posted my goal for weight loss at the top of the homepage with a ticker. But there are others--so many others. I hesitate to post them, or even voice them, since I know (from past experience) that most of them won't happen. But, heck, here goes anyway. Maybe posting them will help them happen.

  1. LOSE WEIGHT and get healthier. (This one includes better diet and more exercise.)
  2. Get my entire house organized.
  3. Stop saving little scraps of cloth and bits of paper that I think I might use someday.
  4. Stop buying so much fabric and art supplies. Buy things as I need them. (Now see, I know that's not going to happen. But I'll leave it on the off chance that it might help.)
  5. Throw away or donate things that I know I'm not ever going to use.
  6. Pray daily.
  7. Spend more time in my sewing room/studio than in the kitchen.

OK, that's seven--a good number. And actually, these are all the areas that really need changing in my life. I guess everything else is oki. I think the most important ones are #1 and #2 (2 actually encompasses the next three, I think). Sorry, God, I know that #6 is actually the most important and that that practice will help me with all the other goals. So I guess they're all important, even #7, which will keep me away from food and doing stuff I love to do (which is good for the soul as well as the heath). Am I rambling? I feel like I'm rambling.

This morning, I woke to the sounds of a thunderstorm (which I love as long as it's not a dangerous one). It's still stormy here in north central Alabama. Vann has gone with his friend Jerry to Anniston, and I'm going back to the kitchen to finish what I started yesterday. It will be the first room organized in 2007. I've filled two boxes and three large bags with giveaways and throwaways just from the kitchen. Today I wash the curtains and decide whether or not to donate all those cookbooks that I never use (Southern Living Annual Recipes collection). I could put them on Ebay, I bet.


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On 01/05/2007, Debra Spincic said ...

Skip eBay. By the time you pay the listing fee and then deal with the hassle of shipping them (if you get a buyer), you are better off donating them to a local charity. Ask me how I know.
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