Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Goodbye 2008....

Welcome 2009!

I re-read my post from January 1, 2008 and almost all of our resolutions came true! 2008 was a very eventful year in our family and we achieved even more than we thought we could or would.
Here's a recap of what happened in 2008:
* I graduated with my Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology
* I accepted a job with BA public schools & love it!
* We bought a house!
* We learned (very quickly) about home improvement and repair :)
* I improved my weekly meal planning and we slowly improved our budget by eating-in more often (although we still need to work on that)
* We purchased season football tickets and had a wonderful time
* I continued to coupon & keep our grocery bills low
* I did pretty well with the project 365 challenge. I would say I took about 325 pictures total. Still, not too bad!
* I continued to scrapbook 1x a month

So much changed in 2008, I'm looking forward to relaxing and enjoying everyday life in 2009. Some of our resolutions are as follows:
- to remain healthy and active
- continue meal planning & eating out less
- to pay off the new furnace/air conditioner
- hopefully purchase Brandon a newer vehicle
- finally paint the last 2 bedrooms and the bathroom upstairs
- find a better mail/important papers organization system
- continue to scrapbook monthly
- plant a garden in the backyard in the spring
- continue to coupon/save $ in that area
- become a more efficient SLP- keep a better handle on paperwork and become more creative in my therapy techniques

What are some of your New Year's resolutions?
May you be blessed in 2009! Happy New Year!

4 comments:

CindyDianne said...

Great resolutions for 2009 and so much to be proud of in 2008!

CC said...

Happy New Year!! Great resolutions!

Kelli said...

If you come up with a good mail/important papers organization system, please let us know! I am SO in need of that but am at a loss of how to do it.

Trina said...

I have never made resolutions before. Good job on yours!