Woot Woot 2012!!

I could not be more pumped that 2012 is here.  I thought long and hard about what I was going to put down for my 2012 Resolutions and this is what I came up with. 

• Motivation gets me started, habit keeps me going
• 2012 is the year of "me"

That's it...simply stated but it means a lot to me this year.  One of the reasons I am so bad at sticking with a resolution and completely ditched the effort by mid-March is because it becomes "work."  I am, obviously, not off'ed by work but when it becomes overwhelming with everything else going on in my life, I let the extra efforts slide by the wayside.  One of the things I really wanted to focus on early was getting super organized and making it cake to stay organized.  In the last 2 days, I have started a couple different projects (not enough time in the day to get them to completion yet, but am really close) and have wrapped up 1 minor and 1 major project.  Today at Target, I picked up some stuff to help and this is what I have come up with.

These are some of the necklaces I had bunched up in a small sterilite bin in my closet.  I would never actually wear a necklace because by the time I was trying to throw one on and get out the door, it would have taken too long to untangle the mess of chains.  This was the easiest 10-minute project I have ever done!!  It is 2 M-Hooks ($3.49) , a dowel from Michael's ($0.69), and 3 packs of S-shaped shower curtains hangers from Bed, Bath and Beyond ($2.99 each).  Piece of cake and it freed up 2 jewelry bins to rearrange some other pieces of jewelry that was overrun in other places.

My next project this morning was the pantry.  Oh my word...if you could have seen the state it was in pre-clean-up.  I wish I would have taken a picture, just for giggles at the disaster!  I had a couple different goals in mind.  I wanted things to be easy to locate so I would stop purchasing multiple packets of taco seasoning because we already had 6 packets buried in a corner and I wanted some organization in terms of snacks, both for Connor and myself.

The finished product.  All in all, it took less than 1 hour to get this whipped into shape.

The pockets on the door hanger are all neatly labeled

Connor's snack bin is green, mine is white and Alaina has a huge box on the floor of the pantry for her snack stuff.



2012 is also the year of "me."  Without being selfish and self-centered, I am committed to myself this year.  I am committed to being diligent about going to the gym and getting super healthy again with zero excuses holding me back.  I am devoted to finding time to daily pray and praise my Lord.  To re-connect through a few Bible Studies that have been sitting collecting dust in my spare room.  I am adamant about taking a little time to myself each week out of the house to get away from the responsibilities of the home and kids and re-center myself.  I want to focus on my little world (this world includes my husband and children) and be less concerned about the external stuff.  I want to try and shut off the computer after 5pm. and give my all to my family during the time when we are all together. 

This is MY year to to be the best I can be and I have never been more thrilled, excited and ready!