Goals for 2009 & A Big Thanks

I still haven't came up with a good "greeting" for this part. I need some creativity. If anyone has any suggestions, please comment.

As you all know, I created this blog to help with my anxiety therapy as part of my New Year's Resolution. For some reason, I have become a big supporter of New Year's Resolutions and keeping them. I don't know how they originated and I know most people don't really keep them but I like the idea. I try not to pick things I know I will never do, such as getting over my fear of needles (EKKKKK!) or getting up everyday at 6am (all I have to say is if I'm anything like my mom this will happen in time anyway). I try to pick things or one thing that I know I can do. Like the reading thing for 2008, I can read but I wasn't doing alot of it and I wanted to read more. I have read an adequate amount of books, nothing like what I used to have to read for school but a good pile of books none the less.

I also have a list of goals for 2009. To me, my goals aren't like my resolution. My goals are kind of a broad to do list that will probably take a year to accomplish. I thought I would also include this in my blog to keep me more accountable as well. However, me placing this stuff on my blog isn't so people will hound me into doing them because I want to be accountable but because I feel like if I write it down I am more dedicated to doing it. Of course you are welcome to ask how my goals are coming but just don't hound me about it. I also don't mean that anyone who knows me and reads my blog would hound me about it I'm just putting it out there just in case someone finds it amusing to like e-mail me or call me everyday and ask.

Now that thats out of the way, on with the list.

1. Clean out my storage room downstairs and donate items or have a yard sale.
2. Being a Coupon Queen (I'll explain this later, too long to write now)
3. Paint some rooms in our house (I really want to do this. Any volunteers?)
4. Repay on some outstanding debts we owe.
5. Make some headway on watching all 100 of AFI's Best movies of all time list
6. Keep growing my nails and not chewing them
   
7. Lose some weight (I need help with this)
8. Keep taking vitamins
   
9. Try new recipes and share them with my family and friends
10. Budget our money better.

A BIG THANKS to all my wonderful family and friends that are actually follwing my blog. It really makes me feel great! I love knowing that people will read what I'm writing! It makes me feel so special and keeps me writing everyday. I know this is still new and I'm probably really boring but I appreciate anyone who is reading this taking the time to. Thank you for your support and encouragement. It is deeply appreciated from the bottom of my typing fingers.

Faithfully Typing,
Larisa