Xena is my hero... or... Girls just wanna have fu-un

So many people use the beginning of a new year to reflect and contemplate on the following year, and plan out the next. I have been doing this same thing, and I have realized that there are several goals that I want to pursue this year. I think if I write them down in my blog and put them out for the public to see, I will be more willing to follow through on the things I want to accomplish. But I may also be setting myself up for severe disappointment if I fail. I don't think many people read this, but at least I'd like to think that there are thousands of people flocking to my blog to follow my every craft-y move.

Submitted for your approval, here are my yearly goals:
1. Learn to knit socks.
To be fair, I started on this goal before the year began. I signed up for a six week Toe-up (I laugh inside everytime I say this) sock class at The Yarn Nook. I actually went to spend my $50 gift certificate (which I did very well!!), and I overheard the owner talking to another customer about this class. With just a little push from Aaron, I signed up for it. Six weeks of pure knitting and sock yarn bliss on Wednesday nights are starting the year out just right!!

2. Get into shape.
Yeah, yeah, everyone says this. I have a plan, though. I will work out with my Wii Fit on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. I will be cooking from my Biggest Loser cookbooks (this will help both my calories and my cooking skills-- which definitely need to be honed!) Drink more water. Those kinds of things.

3. Organize my home.
I hate being disorganized. My desk is a wasteland of old receipts, pieces of scrap paper with various scripture notes, new yarns, craft ideas, and the occasional piece of cat food. I still have Christmas presents to put up, a leaky toilet (that I stubbornly won't call about until I clean up my bathroom), and boxes from when I moved in six months ago. I devised a schedule to clean up, but it got a bit disrupted when... well, when I decided that I didn't want to clean anymore, and watching Netflix and knitting sounded more pleasing. I'll be back on track next weekend, though, and I'll be able to cross a few things off my to-do list.

4. Blog more.
Yeah, this one will also be a hard one to keep up. My plan is to blog every other Sunday (which I'm actually doing now that I think about it), and to post pictures of what I've started, what I'm progressing on, and what I've finished. I'm definitely a starter and not a finisher, so my hope is that doing this will push me to actually finish some projects.

That's pretty much it. It sounds like a lot to me, but I know that if I just do a little bit at a time, I will be able to look back in 2011 and say that this has been a successful year for me.

P.S. Go out and buy yourself an inspirational calendar. You can either use it to stay motivated, or to laugh at the people who believe in that crap.