How about those New Year's Resolutions?

Well...since I posted about my 2014 resolutions here, 

I feel I need to be held somewhat accountable 

and wanted to fill you in on my progress...or lack of...

My first resolution was to take better care of myself.

I have made some small progress in this area...

Here I am in Interdisciplinary Rounds at work with my giant Lilly cup of water.

I am drinking more water. 

Sounds silly, but I am a sweet tea-a-holic and knew I would be better off drinking more water.

So I fill up my favorite Tervis or Lilly up every morning before work,

 and sip on it all day long and then refill it.

Once the weather is better, I plan to start walking to get a little exercise

and I am trying to eat three healthy meals a day

instead of skipping lunch because I am too busy to eat...which happens more often than not.

My second resolution was to grow my faith.

We have found a church home and plan to join

River Road Presbyterian Church 

 sometime this spring....as in when we have a free Sunday morning without a sporting tournament.
After visiting for several months, we feel River Road Presbyterian a good fit for our family, and we all feel comfortable and warmly welcomed there.

In addition, I am planning to attend a women's retreat at my BFF's church this weekend.

This kind of falls under my "growing my faith" and "taking care of myself" resolutions

and I am really looking forward to it.

The name of the retreat is called "Undefined"

The retreat is being led by Nicole Unice,

and here is a description of the event from the event website...

"Come gather with women of all ages who are seeking a better definition for their lives. Join author and Bible teacher, Nicole Unice, and take a fresh look at defining your life with passion, purpose, and freedom in Christ..."

I have Nicole's book "She's Got Issues," which was a life changing read.
Here is the full title of the book...
"She's Got Issues: Seriously Good News for Stressed-Out, Secretly Scared Control Freaks Like Us"
You can see why this book was perfect for me. 

You can visit Nicole's blog here.

My third resolution was to write more letters.

Well....I have only written two.

One to my mother-in-law to send her photos of the children from Christmas,

and another to my Great Aunt, whom I have not seen for several years.

I need to work harder on this one!

Finally, my last resolution was to start a gratitude journal.

I even dedicated this adorable Lilly Pulitzer notebook as my "gratitude journal."

This was an epic fail.

I think of things throughout the day that I SHOULD write in my gratitude journal.

But here is what I have written down...

As I said...epic fail.

Oddly, this is something that I really need to do,

since I tend to dwell on everything I don't get done,

and everything that did not work out well.

I suppose it's not too late to start...

So there you have it.....not so great but not so bad?

How about y'all?

Did you have New Year's resolutions?

Are you keeping them?

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a spectacular New Year's Eve!

Mine was exactly as I wished it to be...

quiet and low key!

Although I do love a party...

source

Our family had a wonderful holiday,

but tomorrow it is back to reality for me (work)

although my children have off of school until Monday.

I am not a big New Year's resolution maker...

mainly because I expect too much from myself which usually results in failure...lol.

This year, however, I have decided to try and make a few REALISTIC ones.

Here they are...

1. Take better care of myself.

This is all inclusive...I mean it in a physical, emotional, and spiritual way.

This will be the hardest one for me to work on.

2. Grow my faith.

I have had a very difficult time finding a church family since we moved to Richmond.

I have missed this part of my life.

After a lot of visiting, I think we have found a church that we all feel comfortable with,

and I look forward to joining this winter.

3. Write more letters.

I love writing letters.

Real letters...the ones you write on beautiful stationary and send snail mail.

Of course I am still on top of my thank you notes and other correspondence,

but at some point I stopped writing letters...

just to tell family and friends that I am thinking of them.

4. Start a gratitude journal.

I am horrible at focusing on everything I did not get done

and everything that is not going well.

I need to force myself to write down all of the things that are going RIGHT.

Well...we'll see how this works out!

Do you have any New Year's Resolutions?

Happy New Year!