Happy New Year

I am not usually much for New Year's Resolutions. It seems that every year people make a list of things they want to do, make a big production of writing them down, and then most are forgotten by mid-January. Or maybe that's just me. 

But this year there are some things I want to accomplish so I am giving this another go. I also think it will be neat to review this post at the end of 2014 and see just how much I can check off this list.

1) the biggest thing I want is to pursue God on a consistent basis . . . Read His word daily, read books by authors of farther greater faith than me, and lean into Him, talk to Him, trust Him, love Him. Our church is going to read through the Bible this year as a congregation, so that will be a tremendous learning experience for me. I am also reading a book by Beth Moore called "Believing God." I really think God has something in store for me and my family and I can't wait to see what those things are.

2) I want to get out of credit card debt. I say this all the time and something always comes up that prevents us from getting this monkey off our backs. We don't have a lot but I want to have zero!

3) I want to firmly lead my family on a path to healthier living. I want us to go for walks together, hike together, camp, swim, anything but watch TV. And I want to change the way we eat 5 days of the week. I figure we can splurge on the weekends. Right now we are splurging everyday. 

Three is enough, right? I don't want to bite off more than we can chew and these three are fairly hefty already. I hope I can stay committed to each of these. We shall see . . .

Happy New Year!

Laura xoxo