Things I have been thinking about………

I have been thinking about what I want to accomplish next year.

There are the usuals:  loose weight, exercise more, drink more water, read 50 books.  Blah, blah, blah…

But what I really want to do is

1.  Use my time better and accomplish more in a day.

2.  Give more to my church—not money (I wish, I had it to give).  No, I am talking about giving myself in time, efforts and talents. 

3.  Work harder for local ministries.

4.  Work harder to make “Our Town” a better place to live.

5. Get my nerve to walk into stores and really sell my crafts—my knitting or whatever.  I am such a chicken when it comes to things like that.  I come from a long line of salesmen and I guess, I just did not get that gene.

6. Be a better sister and Mother and Grandmother.

7.  Really work to master watercolors.  There is so much more to learn. 

8.  Treat my craft work as a 8-5 job. 

9.  Make new friends but really give my all to my old friends. 

10.  Always, ALWAYS LOOK for the positive in every situation.

S0, what do you think? Is it doable?  I think so.  Is it going to be easy?  Actually, I think so.  When I went back to read the list after I wrote it, I think that if I accomplish #1 and #10—all the ones in the middle will just come naturally.  We will see.  I need to make a copy of this and post it on my mirror in my bathroom, in my calendar and on the refrigerator.  I need to read this every morning. 

Good luck for your New Year.  I am so blessed and have such joy in my life---that how could 2011 not be a good year?

Happy New Year!

See you in a few (next year),

Madelyn

P. S.  I received the newest Father Tim the other day as a gift.  So, after Sunday, I will start reading.  I can’t wait.