What do I want out of life? What do I want people to remember about me when I’m gone?
For my children… I want my children to remember me as their mom. I want them to remember me as always having time for them. I want to be the mom who listened to them. The mom who was there for her child when s/he experienced heartache. I want to be my children’s biggest cheerleader. I want to be the mom who stands up and says, thats my kid! even when my little cheerleader falls down, or my football star makes a goof… I want to be the mom who is at every game, always with a bag of oranges or other treat for the whole team. I want to be the mom who is never too busy to make cookies… I want to be their confidant…. I want them to feel that they can call me anytime day or night, no matter what the situation. I want to be there for my kids through everything.
For my husband… I want to be the wife he deserves. He is such an amazing man to put up with me on a daily basis. I want to support him through anything life throws our way. I want to shower him with love and attention. I want to be that little old couple that is still so passionate, it’s nauseating.
For me… I want to be a succesful Scrapbook kit designer. I know for a fact that I will more than likely never be as big or popular as Shabby Princess or Ronna or several of the others. But I think can legitimately consider myself a success if I make a little money every payday, whether it be a large sum, or just a buck… any payday is a good payday.
I also want to read more. I have several books I want to re-read, and a few I want to read for the first time. I want to read Simple Abundance (Sarah Ban Breathnach) & Body Clutter(Marla Cilley and Leanne Ely) for the first time this year. I also want to re-read The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands (Dr. Laura), and Bring Up Boys (Dr. James Dobson). I have a long list of books I’d love to get to read, but I haven’t bought them yet because I don’t want to spend the money if I’m not going to read them.
I want to FACE our Finances this year. I want to figure out a budget that works and stick to it. We will need to replace the scanner soon. and I really want a Wacom Tablet for my computer… But I feel oh so guilty about big purchases when I haven’t FACEd the finances to know enough whether we can truly afford it.
I want to blog more consistantly. This is the one thing I do that is truly for *me* I want to do write more often to all my blogs. I used to be a darn good writer. I want to see if I can get the voice recognition software that came with the puter (something from Microsoft… not even sure what it does!) to work… I want a microphone so I can speak the thoughts that run through my head without killing my wrists.
I want to scrap more. I want to get back to what I love about scrapbooking, recording the memories. I want to use the books I have by Angie Pederson to actually complete an album this year. I want to finish the kids baby books. I want to finish my 9-11 album. I want to finish my wedding album. I want to do an album about my angels… I want to do pregnancy albums for my older kids (i finished the baby’s while I was pregnant with him… only album I’ve ever finished) before the memories of pregnancy escape me forever.
I want to work on my websites, and get them up to snuff. I want to add the fmaily geneology to the Yuriar.com site. I want to create my won graphics for decorating this blog. I want to setup a cafe press shop with some tshirts and such for sale.
I want to finish the baby’s crosstitch piece. His is the only one that I don’t have completed, and sits on the shelf mocking me.
Wow. That’s alot. But I notice some things that are absent. I think maybe it’s time to get ruthless in my life and cut out the stuff I don’t need or want, or just can’t handle.