New Year, New Goals

Is anyone else having problems believing we are in the year 2012? It just doesn't seem possible! Oh well, here we are so let's make the best of it. There are some big changes coming up for us this year. The Y Factor got a new job (PTL!) in South Carolina. I took all the kiddos (minus Soldier Boy) to visit this past week. We had such a great time exploring and making friends. The Informant was particularly excited that my friend....we'll call her Songbird....had a son her age. We went house hunting, school scoping and zoo exploring while we were there. The Deviant decided she wanted to go to a particular high school....because it looks like a castle!

Since things are a little crazy right now living in 2 states and trying to pack this house up and sell it while looking for a new home in a new town at the same time I told the Y Factor that I wanted to see the ocean for Christmas....so he took us!

Isn't it beautiful?!

Anyway, so on to new goals....I really must get this house on the market by the first of February....anyone interested in a 3 bed, 2 bath home on half an acre in a nice subdivision? Just let me know! Preparation include painting, packing, new windows and a mini kitchen remodel. I plan to be like Wonder Woman the next 4 weeks! I'm always open to volunteers to help too!

Another goal is to figure out how to help the Eccentric succeed in school. We have some testing coming up and hopefully we will get some answers and some insight. In conjunction with that is going to be a meeting with her teachers, guidance counselor and principal....that way they understand this momma means business.

Another huge goal is more family devotions. We all do our own thing and we talk about it all the time, but I just think we need to be talking to God and studying His word in a more disciplined manner. I've found a couple of good family devotions and can't wait to get started. I'm also going to start pray journals with the kids. They can write down what they want me to help them pray for and I can write my prayers for them. I think this will help them be more open and it will help me truly pray the desires of their hearts as well as mine.

I'm also on a mission to be more appreciative of the Y factor. I did a 30 day thing back in September and it made me realize that I need to tell Y Factor more often how much he means to me and to our family. I think this will strengthen our marriage during our separation and help us be closer than ever. And before you ask, no, we aren't having any problems, but there is always room for improvement.

One more thing I am going to try is turning my Scrap-A-Daisy website into a blog so that I can reach more people and get my name out into the blog world and pinterest. I think this makes the best business sense at this point. I need lots of prayers to stay on top of it though....in case you haven't noticed I'm not the best at posting in blogland! :)

That's all I can think of at the moment. I'm sure more things will come to me as the month goes on and I will try to post them as I think of them.

Happy Reading!