1) Purge! I know we are getting a bigger house and with a bigger house comes more space and with more space, you can store more crap. Well, I don't want to store crap. I already have a list of things in my mind that are currently in our storage unit that will be given away/donated/sold soon after we move in. I want our house to have a fresh start and I really want to live a more minimalist type lifestyle. I don't want to hold on to things that I/we don't use. We will be going through household items, toys, clothes, knickknacks and memorabilia as we unpack. And come April I will have either a lot of boy clothes or girl clothes to purge!
2) Patience! I want to have more patience this year. I don't know if it is just my pregnancy hormones, stress from building a house or a combination of life in general, but I have felt very short fused lately. I want to focus on not stressing about things that I cannot control and focusing more on what I can control. This will be hard for me because I'm a total control freak.
3) Be a better mother. I don't think I am a bad mother by any means, but patience with the kids is something I think most parents can improve on. I am reading a parenting book and I hope to take a different approach with some of my parenting tactics. Marissa is at a very independent, defiant age. I want to be able to effectively communicate with her; rather than getting frustrated when she doesn't do what I ask the first (or fifth) time. I want to stop making idle threats of taking away tablet time, TV, etc. and find a way for us to both get what we want. I also want to be more firm when I say no to something. The book discusses standing by your decisions and not letting anyone sway you.
4) Healthy Habits. I think overall we eat fairly healthy, but I want to get back on track with cooking homemade meals. It has been hard with everything going on with the house, but chicken nuggets and PB&J for the kids, and fast food/quick meals for us is not cutting it. I can really tell when I've been eating horribly because my hands begin to swell from too much sodium. It is also my goal to ensure the kids are getting well rounded meals and to really cut back on some of their junk food intake. They are probably considered deprived compared to some kids, but their eating habits today may impact them for the rest of their lives. You don't need dessert every night and more often than not, healthy snacks are better and more filling than sweet, sugary, carb loaded ones. I don't want to deny them all sweets or do anything drastic, but I want to set them up for healthy eating habits that I hope last a lifetime.
5) Nurture. This kind of goes along with my patience goal, but I want to nurture my marriage more. I know it is hard with two kids, another on the way, building a house, work and life in general; but I want to make sure that we get date nights, one on one time together and that we communicate effectively. Danny is the whole reason I have two children, with another on the way, a new house that we will soon call home and he is the reason for my life. Corny, I know...but he really is my soul mate and without him this wouldn't be my life. I don't know where I would be, what I would be doing or who I would be with, but I know I wouldn't have these little people in my life that I call family. Not that the kids will ever take a back seat to our marriage, but I think it's important for couples to put their marriage first. I would be lost without them and Danny has forever changed my life.
So that's what I have in store for 2014. Here's to hoping it is a happy, healthy new year!
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