Things husbands are good for...

1. warming up cold feet. Where are the warm legs when I'm trying to warm up my toes at night?

2. shoveling driveways. Aren't we setting some kind of record for snow in January!?

3. having someone to laugh with. Chico and Sophie playing with the laser pointer just isn't as funny when I'm the only one laughing.

4. answering the door. A single woman can't be too cautious. It might be a serial killer. Darn you Criminal Minds!

5. picking up milk on the way home. I always forget until I'm home, even with reminders.

6. carrying heavy things. I want to buy cat litter in bulk, but I can't get the bag upstairs without giving myself a hernia.

7. making things better after a bad day. Sometimes I just need to be told that it will all be OK.

8. zipping up dresses. Those back zippers are very challenging with only one pair of hands.

9. driving. I'm definitely a rider, always have been.

10. putting air in tires. Do I need new tires? I don't know. I can't even get the right oil change.

I can do these things on my own, but having to do them without Sky, endears him to me even more. Can't wait for him to come home :)

Resolutions

It seems like on most of the blogs I am following, the first post of 2011 starts out, "Sorry it has been so long. I've been so busy!" To this I reply, don't worry, I haven't opened my Google Reader account the last couple months anyway. No posts and no readers. It's OK. We'll just call it even. So, I won't apologize for not posting the last few months due to my busy schedule. You've probably not been around to read anyway ;)

A lot of bloggers have been sharing their New Year's Resolutions for 2011. I haven't been one to make resolutions in the past, but this year, after hearing the resolutions of a few people, I have decided to make my own.

It was interesting when I sat down to think about what I want to accomplish this coming year. There were so many things to consider; I felt like I needed a game plan. I could approach the process by thinking about areas of my life: food, housekeeping, sewing, exercise... This seemed logical, but then I realized that I couldn't just set a goal for the year, it had to be broken down into smaller time frames: weekly, monthly, seasonally...

If you set a weekly goal, you are meeting it, or not, 52 times a year. Monthly goals would be met, or not, 12 times per year...and seasonal items 4 times. It can be overwhelming to think that I would be assessed for success 52 times. So, I thought of approaching it as a sports team would their season. I figured, if, at the end of the year, I have a winning record, I will have successfully completed my resolutions. Seems logical that I will have some "losing" weeks, but if overall, I have more "winning" weeks than "losing" weeks, I can be proud of myself and consider my resolution accomplished.

Having chosen a strategy for making the goal (choosing an area and then a time frame) I had to decide what I really wanted to hold myself accountable for. I don't want to say that I will exercise 5 times per week, because I won't. A more interesting take on exercise would be: add a new activity to my routine. Exercising 5 times seems like a hard thing to do, but adding something new sounds like fun! It's all in the way you word it! So, one of my resolutions is to join a Pilates class once a week :) Exercise...DONE!

I completed this process with a few other areas of my life and feel like I have a plan for 2011. (I'm a planner, so this is very exciting to me!) I have a new notebook in which I have written my resolutions and plan to record my stats.

Bring it on 2011!!!