2010 VISION - Details

DETAILS

I vowed to myself to use my VISION to create detailed lists to accomplish any and all goals I have set for myself this year. Isn’t it about time I share some of said details?!?!?!?! Having said that, let me clarify that I do NOT have said details worked out completely just yet. This is a working plan. An evolution, if you will, of my methods. So without further delay, I present to you a preliminary listing of details (in no particular order, other than what came to mind first):

10 goals in 2010

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1. Photos – I have already addressed this, but here it is again. I will try to spend 20 minutes a week sorting through photos and saving the best ones to "Print Files". Hopefully preventing me from A) staying up until 2 am and B) spending a small fortune when I eventually order photos.

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2. Healthier eating – I am going to try 2 new recipes a week. I will browse Cooking Light and Weight Watchers (magazines and cookbooks) while watching TV at least one night a week and find tasty little gems. Which I will cook, taste and share the results with you.

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3. Moving – I am going to try to walk farther in the parking lot. Park farther from the door. Unless it is cold outside. I don’t like the cold. I am a cold weather wimp. Eventually, later in the year, I would like to get on my treadmill/clothes tree and actually use it for 20-30 minutes a day. But, I will start with the baby steps of walking a bit farther in the parking lot. (on warmer days)

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4. Organize – I really need to clean out my crap-space. It is supposed to be a craft-space. And in order to get there (again) I am going to start with a 15-30 minute session every weekend. I am going to get rid of (trash, give-away, donate) anything I don’t LOVE. I wish myself lots of luck with this one. I tend to LOVE a lot of junk. I am a pack rat. While I love this picture, it isn't my stuff. But isn't is to swoon over?

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5. Stop – Aside from the things I have already ordered this year, (disgusting, isn’t it. Only a few days into the new year and I have already placed online orders to add to the stash that I want to reduce.) I am NOT going to buy anything I don’t intend to use for a SPECIFIC project. I will evaluate the NEED and if I won’t start the project within a weeks time, I won’t buy it.

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6. Cook – I am going to cook more meals during the week than I don’t. This goes along with #2. I am going to cook lower fat, healthier meals. I will make my existing recipes healthier. It isn’t hard. Most of them are healthy. If you eat human sized portions.

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7. Less – I am going to eat less. I am going to spend less time on the computer. (don’t panic. I will still blog. I just won’t surf as much) I am going to yell less. I will hoard less. I will do less procrastinating. I will tolerate less disrespect from my family. I have many more “less”es. You’ll see. In time.

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8. Desk top – I would like to see more of my desk top. Both at work and at home. So, I am going to spend at least 30 minutes a week sorting through the stacks and piles. (what I am afraid of is finding that I really don’t need any of the “stuff” in these stacks and piles. (see #7 – I am a hoarder)

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9. Finish – I am going to finish those online classes. I am a great starter. Not such a competent finisher. I will pick one class a month. AND FINISH IT. (I am NOT going to sign up for any new ones. Just finishing the ones I have already started. Yup, there are enough to get me through the year.) There is one exception: I will take the Point and Shoot Camera class that BPS has promised to have in 2010. BUT, I will finish it during the allotted time slot.

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10. Relax – I am not going to stress or fret if any of the above don’t get done. Part of my VISION is to relax and enjoy the journey. I don’t want my life to be about destinations. Yes, there are places we have to go, things we have to do, but Life should be about enjoying getting there. So, I am going to relax and enjoy the ride.

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I’ll try to remember to give you an update to this every so often. Oh, yeah, right, I need to define the goals I make. So how about every two months, I update the status.

I am curious to see how I do.

(Pictures are all from Google Image search and Flickr)

Thirsty Thursday....

I'm going to start sharing my desires with you. (get your minds out of the gutters)

I have been drooling over this little beauty. The CANON XTi. Isn't she a beaut.

One day. Maybe even soon...

Wild Wednesday

Wild Wednesday's - I will post about whatever strikes my fancy.

FOR GOOD

I remember my Nana saving things "for good" when I was a little girl. I never got an answer when I would ask when "good" was. She never got to use some things because she was waiting. That makes me sad. I know she liked, maybe even loved, some of the things she was saving "for good", but she waited too long. So to honor her, I try not to wait "for good" to use things.

I use this glass everyday:

(no, it isn't a vase)

It looks out of place with my girls' plastic Transformer Slurpee cups at the dinner table, but I really like the glass and I really LOVED my Nana, so I use it everyday. I hope she would appreciate the gesture. I miss her very much and this is just a small way to keep her close to me.

Everyday.

2010 VISION # 312 - From Digi to Print - The Picture Project

I took Stacy's class on getting pictures organized.

I organized my scrap room.

I get my nails done.

(Yup, you guessed it. I don't do that regularly like I should either.)

I took Stacy's class again. And yet....

I AM HORRIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING PICTURES PRINTED.

Okay, there, now it's out there. I have to do something about it.




One of my main problems is that I don't think I take good pictures. I have to get over that. A bad picture is SO much better than an invisible one. Don't cha think!




Another problem is that I have (and there are many) TOO MANY IDEAS regarding organization. I have to pick one and stick to it. I tend to try to do them all. At the same time. Doesn't work. So I have decided to give it a go....

I have to decide on a method and stick to it. So I am making this vow. Out here on the web. For all to see, if they choose to.

"I, Jana, being of mostly sound mind and a somewhat lesser sound body, do hereby declare that I WILL attempt to get pictures printed. I WILL start with the most recent. I WILL then add older ones into my mix. I will try to spend at least 20 minutes every week sorting pictures and putting them into folders to print. This way when there is a sale at one of the digital photo processing sites, I won't be up until 2:00 am."

P.S. Winkflash is having a sale right now. 4x6 photos for $0.05 and 5x7's for $0.10.
I just ordered over 500 photos from last year for just under $50.00. Code is SALE510

Happy Birthday Melissa

Melissa is now 10 years old.

Double digits. The big 1-0.

You rock baby girl.

I love you.

Menu Monday on Sunday - The world's gone crazy.

I had to post this a day early because Melissa's birthday is tomorrow and I dont' want her to have to share her day with a menu. As a result, you, my lucky reader, get treated to an EXTRA day of our eating habits. Aren't you all warm and fuzzy inside now?!?!?!?!?

This week is going to be rough. It's back to the ol' grind stone for all of us. So the menu has to be really easy.

Sunday - Chili served over Rice, Salad and Milk. (I love milk with my Chili. I think it soothes the heat.)

Monday - Sopa, grilled cheese and apple sauce. It's Melissa's birthday and she get to choose. Hmmm.

Tuesday - Pasta with jarred sauce and Salad. (I have to heat up 2 different sauces because my kookie family won't eat the same one.)

Wednesday - Tequila Lime Chicken, Rice, Asparagus and Salad

Thursday - Burritos/Soft tacos

Friday - Kielbasa, Buttered Noodles, Green Beans and Salad

Saturday - Pizza (might be home-made this time)

Sunday - Chicken Stew (Mom's recipe - Yummmmm)

If you feel so inclined, join me in this crazy quest I like to call Menu Monday. Post here with a link to yours.

2010... the year of VISION

VISION has many slightly different definitions.

According to Merriam-Webster it means:

- 1 a : something seen in a dream, trance, or ecstasy; especially : a supernatural appearance that conveys a revelation b : a thought, concept, or object formed by the imagination c : a manifestation to the senses of something immaterial

- 2 a : the act or power of imagination b (1) : mode of seeing or conceiving (2) : unusual discernment or foresight c : direct mystical awareness of the supernatural usually in visible form

-3 a : the act or power of seeing : sight b : the special sense by which the qualities of an object (as color, luminosity, shape, and size) constituting its appearance are perceived through a process in which light rays entering the eye are transformed by the retina into electrical signals that are transmitted to the brain via the optic nerve

-4 a : something seen b : a lovely or charming sight

I think that all of them are applicable to my goals. Most fitting are 1a and 4b. I want my dreams to be realized (word from 2009). In order for this to occur, I need to visualize.

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"I think VISION is my word. I can accomplish anything I set my mind to with a VISION. I need to do many things that I have been putting off. 2010 is the year." - my comment on Ali's blog regarding One Little Word for 2010

There are many, many words that would work with my goals/plans for 2010.

But I am going with VISION for many reasons.

As I said, I usually accomplish more if I can visualize "IT". I need to:

* Get healthy. Eat better. Eat less. Weigh less.
* Get moving - as in excersize.
* Organize my craft room (purge).
* Gain a better relationship with my teenage daughters. It isn't really bad, I just know it could be better.
* Attain the marriage I think I deserve. Schedule more dates.
* Appreciate my youngest more. She is growing way too quickly.
* Dress better. (see first goal.)
* Blog better. I am already off to a good start. Don't cha think?!?!
* Take better care of myself in general. I recently have been diagnosed with Acute Angle Glaucoma. Nothing I did to cause it, but it is scary. I have to have surgery on both eyes in the next few weeks. Surgery that is necessary to keep my VISION. (another reason for my word)
* Make more specific lists. Part of my dilemna is that I am too general. I need to start getting down to the nitty gritty.

I intend to use this blog to help me accomplish my VISION. You poor visitors will have to endure tedious posts until I can get the hang of it. Thanks for supporting me on this journey.