new goals for a new year

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I think resolutions are silly. All a resolution does is make me feel guilty at the beginning of the year because within two weeks it's gone down the drain. And you all know what I'm talking about, don't you?

So instead, I prefer to make a list of goals. They may be lofty, they may be miniscule, but as long as I can accomplish a few of the things on this list- if not most... if not all- then my time will not have been in vain. So here we go, goals for 2011.

Stefanie's 2011 Goals:

• Finish 1st, current work-in-progress novel
• Create display/chalkboard in hallway
• Add landscaping in back yard
• Make progress towards BA. 
• Read at least 20 books
• See Lindsay at least twice
• Write at least 3 short stories
• Write TV tie-in novel
• Throw a barbeque
• See someone I love get married
• See Brenton & Leah
• Meet baby boy Kennedy #4

There, 12 goals for 12 months. Some are easy, some are time consuming, some take a lot of work, some take a lot of money. So maybe I'll skip the ones that will cost a lot (meaning, landscaping and flagstone in the backyard, home improvements). Maybe I'll skip the ones that are just impossible (seeing people). But if anything, I hope I can keep to the ones that will be hard and take a lot of work.

Because this time next year, I'd like to be really, really proud of what I accomplished in 2011.


(oh, PS- I say BBK #4 because it'll be the 4th baby boy born to Zach and his cousins- or the fourth boy of this new generation. Nobody's on their 4th kid. Woah!)