1. Have a baby!

I’m hoping the little punkin has lots and lots of black hair. And blue eyes.

2. Finish college courses except last foreign language class.

3. Lose at least 30 of my pregnancy weight pounds

I’m currently only 10 pounds away from my lifetime heaviest weight, and since baby is currently at 2 lbs max, I know that most of that is f-a-t. I’m going to have a lot of work to do this year!

4. Book at least 10 weddings for Jenna Cole

I want more of this in my life.

5. Clean out my inbox by the end of January. Reply to Jenna Cole emails within 24 hours. Reply to personal emails within 72 hours. Reply to blog comments within one week.

6. Dream up a “concept shoot”. Find models. Find props. Make artwork I can be proud of.

I want something to hang on my wall, something that will leave me feeling inspired and proud of what I can do.

7. Attend the temple at least once/month after the baby comes.

I need the break from the craziness of life that comes when I prioritize going to the temple.

8.  Read at least one non-fiction church related book each month.

For January I’ll be reading this. I’m about halfway through already, and I want to read it all over again as soon as I finish because there is no way I can absorb enough of it!

9. After baby is born, devote an entire day to myself (as I’ll likely miss my birthday due to labor/newborn time!). Get a facial/pedicure/massage, go to a museum, take pictures of whatever inspires me, do no laundry/no dishes/cook no meals.

10. Cook/bake one dish from the Polish cookbook TH’s aunt gifted us.

Achievable? I definitely think so!

What are your goals for 2010? How are you going to make them happen?

On January 1st of this year I committed to do several things. Here is what I did and did not accomplish.

I DID:

Post every day.
Set up a custom domain for my blog.
Make a baby.

Make something adorable (adorable in a 5 year old kind of way?) from the Bakerella blog.

I DID NOT:

Never make my husband say I don’t pay enough attention to him (even with the daily posting).
Finish my classes (everything except my foreign language credit).
Firm up my oven before That Husband inserts the bun (i.e. lose the last 20 lbs before the baby puts it right back on again).
Call someone I care about on the telephone at least once a week.
Read one article from the Ensign each week.
Cook a Polish dish for That Husband (and get a rating higher than 3) from the new Polish cookbook we received from his Aunt for Christmas.

Am I failure because I didn’t achieve them all? I don’t think so! Without these goals I never would have been able to laugh at my ridiculousness with the Thanksgiving turkey pop disaster, might still be blogging from thatwife.wordpress.com, and might not be giggling every time my sweet baby kicks the top of my belly. I’m shooting for 10/10 in 2010 though!

Do you remember when I wrote about my no-so-secret goal to get on the blogs of Jessica Claire, Mark Brooke, and Michael Norwood?

First an unflattering shot of me at the Atlanta Braves stadium was posted by Jessica.

And now this one by Michael Norwood. Can you find That Wife? If you need help, just look for the only girl with sleeves on her dress and no cleavage.

2 out of 3 ain’t bad!

The goal to be blogged?

Done! And that was just in the first post…

Yes, there have been better shots of me. Here’s hoping for better things to come in future posts. I had my camera out the whole time, everywhre we went for all the vow renewal activities. I think the three photographers got a kick out of it.  Head on over to Jessica Claire’s blog to read all about the first of many amazing activities I participated in while in Atlanta!

This year I will (note I used the word “will”, not “want to” or “am thinking about” or “think I might”):

1. Post every day.
2. Never make my husband say I don’t pay enough attention to him (even with the daily posting).

How could I not want to pay enough attention to this cutie pie?



3. Finish my classes (everything except my foreign language credit).

I miss going to class with real people. Or, in the case of these girls, real really cool people. Don’t get married before you graduate. It’s not fun.



4. Make a baby.



5. Firm up my oven before That Husband inserts the bun (i.e. lose the last 20 lbs before the baby puts it right back on again).

I’m so proud of how far I have come with the weight loss. 50 lbs down in 3 years and not that much more to go!



6. Call someone I care about on the telephone at least once a week.
7. Set up a custom domain for my blog.
8. Read one article from the Ensign each week.
9. Make something adorable from the Bakerella blog.



10. Cook a Polish dish for That Husband (and get a rating higher than 3) from the new Polish cookbook we received from his Aunt for Christmas.

Krakow cake seems like a good place to start.

10 is a nice round number for now. Because you know what? You can set new goals for yourself anytime. Like tommorow. If you want to have a January 2nd goal instead of a January 1st goal, it’s okay. Or even a March 13th goal would work. But these are my official 10 for January 1st.