New Year's resolutions: Spill 'em

melody921 · December 2013

So I'm not always so big on resolutions bc

1) they can be boring

2) I don't really want other people hounding me about whether I stuck to them and

3) I try to incorporate changes throughout the year.

But, that said, I've decided I'm actually going to make a few this year. So what do you ladies have on your lists?

melody921 · December 2013

Mine so far include:

1) Stop wasting so much, especially food. I cleaned out our pantry yesterday, where I found doubles and triples of many uneaten, now stale items -- apparently I love to buy graham crackers, but I don't love to eat them.

2) I want to incorporate one new recipe into our meal plan rotation each week -- and it needs to be a healthy one.

3) I'm planning ahead for birthdays -- buying cards a month at a time, setting alerts on my phone. I actually neglected to call my SIL on her bday this year bc I was that preoccupied. Not cool.

fireflygirl12 · December 2013

No more candy since I have been on a sugar overload. It won't be for the whole year, but I would like to hold off until after DS2 is born. I'm also not a big resolutioner.

Hyaline · December 2013

melody921 said:

Mine so far include:
1) Stop wasting so much, especially food. I cleaned out our pantry yesterday, where I found doubles and triples of many uneaten, now stale items -- apparently I love to buy graham crackers, but I don't love to eat them.
2) I want to incorporate one new recipe into our meal plan rotation each week -- and it needs to be a healthy one.
3) I'm planning ahead for birthdays -- buying cards a month at a time, setting alerts on my phone. I actually neglected to call my SIL on her bday this year bc I was that preoccupied. Not cool.

I buy the whole year's worth of cards in January, write in and sign all of them, address all of them, and keep them in my desk with the list of birthdays. Then I mail them a week or so in advance of the birthday. I actually sent every card on time last year, lol.

Hyaline · December 2013

1) Drink more water. I was awesome when I was pregnant and early on in breastfeeding, but I've fallen totally off the water wagon.

2) Not really a resolution, but create a list of household projects and plan out when to do them with DH. I am so tired of saying "we'll paint the laundry room...sometime."

thebanich · December 2013

This year was the only resolution I have every kept. I "jokingly" told everyone I would not get pregnant in 2013. (I was in 2010,2011,2012)

This year (on a more serious note) I want to be less angry.

melody921 · December 2013

Hyaline said:

melody921 said:

Mine so far include:
1) Stop wasting so much, especially food. I cleaned out our pantry yesterday, where I found doubles and triples of many uneaten, now stale items -- apparently I love to buy graham crackers, but I don't love to eat them.
2) I want to incorporate one new recipe into our meal plan rotation each week -- and it needs to be a healthy one.
3) I'm planning ahead for birthdays -- buying cards a month at a time, setting alerts on my phone. I actually neglected to call my SIL on her bday this year bc I was that preoccupied. Not cool.

I buy the whole year's worth of cards in January, write in and sign all of them, address all of them, and keep them in my desk with the list of birthdays. Then I mail them a week or so in advance of the birthday. I actually sent every card on time last year, lol.

Seriously brilliant. I may steal this idea.

Pokedot · December 2013

I plan on cutting out all pop. When I drink it I'm more sluggish and thirstier than when I started. Not good.

Also we'll look into our budget, reevaluate and save more.

Get back into the gym and be more active.

sweetiebird726 · December 2013

I start my new job Jan 2, so we are looking at the new year as a new start. We had a rough year financially, so ours are this:

1) save more

2) be proactive about house maintenance

3) budget for things like clothes, household stuff like blinds, paint, etc.

Personally, I want to do this:

1) drink more water

2) eat less sweets - I have a MAJOR sweet tooth

3) eat out less

watercolor5 · December 2013

My New Year's resolution is to survive 2014, and keep the kids alive.

I'm still scared to be a 2u2 mom, though I've almost survived my first month, and today I had a completely successful trip to the grocery store without a single tear.

I also need to survive moving in January. I have no idea when/how packing will happen, though DH assures me it will...

I'd love to learn how to cook more from scratch and cut down the cost of my grocery bill, but I think that's too much to ask in addition to my first resolution... maybe I can do that in 2015.

Hyaline · December 2013

watercolor5 said:

My New Year's resolution is to survive 2014, and keep the kids alive.

I'm still scared to be a 2u2 mom, though I've almost survived my first month, and today I had a completely successful trip to the grocery store without a single tear.

I also need to survive moving in January. I have no idea when/how packing will happen, though DH assures me it will...

I'd love to learn how to cook more from scratch and cut down the cost of my grocery bill, but I think that's too much to ask in addition to my first resolution... maybe I can do that in 2015.

Yeah, there's some experimentation to learn what's worth DIYing and what you really are better off just buying from the store. There are a few things that you just don't save money on or gain much healthwise from making yourself, and other things that are great money-savers or you avoid a lot of processed junk by going from scratch.

BeebopandBuddy · December 2013

Mine are to drink more water and to use new recipes. I'm starting to meal plan, which I hope is successful, but if I can just change things up a bit from the rotation of the same 10 things all the time, I'll be happy.

thebanich · December 2013

cheeseandrice said:

Banich4eva said:

This year was the only resolution I have every kept. I "jokingly" told everyone I would not get pregnant in 2013. (I was in 2010,2011,2012)

This year (on a more serious note) I want to be less angry.

You still have a few days.

AF is here so I'm safe. :P

isacdimi10 · December 2013

Boring stuff
1) lose weight. This isn't really a resolution but my 6wk PP check up happened to fall on the 31st which means I'll probably be able to start exercising and for real dieting.

2) yell less. I need to do this, I have no clue how... I'm sure I should buy books and stuff.

3) have more intentional activities with the kids.

Bighair12 · December 2013

1. I really want to be able to touch my toes. Running has made me so not flexible.

2. Budget since I will be in school starting in May for 2 years and I will no longer be bringing home the bacon.

3. More sex.

4. Continue to be engaging to Elliot but do more with her.

melody921 · December 2013

isacdimi10 said:

Boring stuff
1) lose weight. This isn't really a resolution but my 6wk PP check up happened to fall on the 31st which means I'll probably be able to start exercising and for real dieting.

2) yell less. I need to do this, I have no clue how... I'm sure I should buy books and stuff.

3) have more intentional activities with the kids.

Here are a couple of good sites to get you started:

https://www.sheldougherty.com/

https://theorangerhino.com/

AKB090609 · December 2013

I'm still finalizing my list but: 1) Go on monthly dates with DH, we have yet to try and find a babysitter. 2) meal plan 3) trim the fat from our budget

ellebee2 · December 2013

Drink more water (like everyone else, apparently)
Start exercising on a regular basis (I have been pretty lazy since, oh, 3rd tri)
Do a better job at following a budget
Get pregnant (here's hoping)
Do more activities as a family

amandad715 · December 2013

These are mine and I am copying a few from last year that I need to work on more
1. Move more. Last year a bunch of us at school would run/walk on some afternoons after out contract hours. I did (most of) a C25K. Need to get back into this.
2. Read more. I love to read but find myself zoning out in front of the TV or iPad/iPhone at night.
3. Cont meal planning but need to be more aware of portion sizes.
4. Spend 15 min a day picking up the house and putting things back in their place.

cmarie520 · December 2013

I have several, but all pretty boring:
1. Drink more water
2. Exercise more regularly
3. Make a new recipe every so often
4. Clean/ de-clutter one drawer, closet, etc every week
5. Unplug from technology more

jcieply · December 2013

My major one is to eat out only 3 times a week. This includes breakfast lunch and dinner. Dh gets in habits of eating out for lunch all the time . We also live within a mile of every possible restaurant and while I've been pregnant we have ordered out dinner a lot soo fed up with it.
One breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner a week would be nice!
This goes with it Grocery shop and meal plan weekly

mrsbhk22 · December 2013

1. Less coke
2. Improve my mile time to 9min
3. Run a 10k
4. Pause for 3 seconds before scolding the kids
5. Lose 10 inches (mostly from the waist/hips, but I'll take it anywhere).

jenmbott · December 2013

hmmm

1.) budget, not a half ass one but a real budget

2.) make a plan to accomplish one semi-real task each month. January will most likely be cleaning out the office and painting it for LO#2s nursery

3.) Do more activities with DD. We do the same things every day and my solution to change it up is to bring DD shopping. Not good for my wallet.

steenbean18 · December 2013

I've never made a New Year's Resolution...I always view them as a thing you do for a few months before it gets old so I'm hesitant to call it that. My goal for myself is really just to start taking better care of myself. After 2 years of being nonstop pregnant, I've really let myself fall into frumpty-dumpty status and I just haven't been making the time for ME. Even small things like washing my face before bed haven't been getting done, and I'm tired of always feeling yucky. Included in this new plan for myself is: minimum 3 times/week in the gym, gel nails/eyebrow wax every 2 weeks, massage every 2 months, actually shaving my legs, wearing perfume, doing something with my hair other than pulling it back while wet (at least 2 days per week...gotta start somewhere), and investing in nice clothing that fits me. It's an ongoing project, but I'm determined not to "let myself go".

Hyaline · December 2013

Random aside: Whenever I see "coke" as in "less coke" I think of cocaine. And I'm like, no shit! cut that out! Hahaha!

Flamingemu · December 2013

Take better care of myself - I have had a nagging back pain for 5 months now. I went to the chiro for a while, then stopped. I need to get a full body derm scan after all the tanning and burning I did in the 90s. I need to get my thyroid under control and actually schedule an appt to figure out why my period still hasn't returned.

More time with DH. The baby can come too, occasionally, but we come home and virtually ignore each other every night. I think the only reason we talk sometimes is because we commute to work together.

Be nicer to DH. I am a type A perfectionist and get ridiculously irritated when he does something a different way then I would. His way is not wrong, just different. I need to cut him some slack.

melody921 · January 2014

steenbean18 said:

I've never made a New Year's Resolution...I always view them as a thing you do for a few months before it gets old so I'm hesitant to call it that. My goal for myself is really just to start taking better care of myself. After 2 years of being nonstop pregnant, I've really let myself fall into frumpty-dumpty status and I just haven't been making the time for ME. Even small things like washing my face before bed haven't been getting done, and I'm tired of always feeling yucky. Included in this new plan for myself is: minimum 3 times/week in the gym, gel nails/eyebrow wax every 2 weeks, massage every 2 months, actually shaving my legs, wearing perfume, doing something with my hair other than pulling it back while wet (at least 2 days per week...gotta start somewhere), and investing in nice clothing that fits me. It's an ongoing project, but I'm determined not to "let myself go".

These are resolutions I can get behind!

tinyhumantoe · January 2014

Taking care of myself and trying to live a healthy life. I suppose this encompasses everything.

And it starts tomorrow. I don't think to days of biscuits n gravy for breakfast are "taking care of myself,"

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