New Years Resolutions

Normally people think these over before the new year comes around, however I'm disorganised and have the memory even goldfish laugh at. I've been pondering this over for a long time now and it partly why I haven't blogged in so long (I have other reason too, I'll talk about those some other time) but now I have some sort of conclusion as to what my resolutions are.

Get Married
Well this is pretty much set in stone now. I've already paid the deposit to the registry office and the venue so can't really back down now. On 29th July 2012 I shall be a wife. I'm excited mostly because it makes us more of a family. I saw no reason for Petit Boy not to have his dad's surname so that just leaves me out. When I was a teenager I use to think I was abandoning my family when came to getting married and changing my surname, but now I just feel like we'll be together. Sounds daft, but it's just how I feel for some reason.

Go Abroad
Hopefully this has already been sorted as sister-in-law is getting married abroad. Our flights have been changed to an annoying time but we'll figure a way around that and somehow may out 9am flight from Manchester in time. Guess we need to get a hotel room or something, doh!

Tone Up
Okay I have to admit that my body isn't looking great as of late. My bum has grown outward and my belly is wobbly and jelly-like. It's not nice when I jump and all I feel is my butt and my belly flab in some sort of time delay wobble until gravity goes "okay I've had my bit of fun with her" and lets my jiggly bits stop jiggling. We bought Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 to help both of us get fit for our wedding day and after. I'm not really looking to lose much in the way of weight, I just need to tone myself up which is why I've picked a routine suitable for this. Let's hope I see some changes!

Be Crafty
I haven't been very artistic in a long time and lately I've felt the desire to be crafty. Perhaps I can blog about some of the crafts I do and make but we shall see. It also may be handy for our wedding as got to save money in every way possible.

Get Closer to Family
A while ago I blogged about my brother and how I really want to be more of a sister to him and him a brother to me. Well I'm making this a Resolution for 2012 to do that! It was his birthday this month so sent him a card, along with a card from Petit Boy as well. He's also gone and bought himself an iPad with his birthday money, perhaps we can now talk via iMessage and Face Time and keep in touch more? We shall see.

Become Self-Employed or Get A Job
Either really, though swaying towards self-employed. Things have been bad in the job searching department, though I have been applying when I see something that I know I can do. Today I saw loads saying you need a car, which I don't have and I do not have the money to buy one, so those sorts of jobs go in the bin. Lets just hope I get something this year.

Wish me luck!

My New Years Resolutions

Okay I know this is late but I was sick for half of the holiday period and didn't really think of any good ones until after the New Year had arrived. So here is my list of what I hope to do for 2010.

Take Baby Al Swimming - I wanted to do this early on but never did. My excuse can't really be anything to do with lack of transport or it'll take ages to walk there because our pool is literally 5 minutes walk down the bottom of our road! I want him to enjoy swimming and I want to also have fun as well.

Start work on my E-Book - I've wanted to do this many times in the past but had no idea how to make one. Now that I know I shall hopefully have my first E-Book out by September and perhaps get a second book out before the end of 2011, but let's just see how the first one goes, shall we?

Earn at Home - Hopefully the above Resolution will be helping me earn a bit of money. I love being a parent and if I can afford to stay at home with my child (or children if we ever have another!) I'd be over the moon. Sure there's moments I could scream and pull my hair out, but being here for my boy has been an amazing experience and I hope to keep being there for him as much as possible both physically as a parent and as an earner in this household.

Save Money - We're getting tighter! We got our electric bill and it's gone up AGAIN! We have loads of those awful Halogen lights around the flat so decided to swap some of them for LED energy saving ones and see what we think of them. Also trying to learn to fill the kettle to the amount needed only and turn lights off when not in a room or going back into that room. We did also go a little overboard with pizza delivery this month, but we were both sick and didn't really get to enjoy New Years or Christmas without coughs and colds all over the place. They were oh so very tasty but tad too much money!