Goals

Lately Dane and I have been feeling slightly defeated.  We're ones that definitely believe you can take life into your own hands and work on things.  We don't like to play the victim role, ever, and have a hard time with people who do.  Yes, lots of bad stuff happens which you have no control over, which we deal with all the time.  Fire fighting for example - mostly out of Dane's control and is just a waiting game, that we keep waiting and waiting for :)  My car, which seems to just be a never ending problem - if anyone would like to come help me push it off a cliff let me know!  I guess it would be ok if we were alright with debt and wanted a car payment, but we're not and we don't - so we deal.  And on and on - lots of things we can't control and lately I think things just aren't going the way we hoped.  Nothing major and all important things in life are good.  Healthy family, all basic needs met, good jobs, nice house, etc.  But still, we feel like we're working and working and just keep getting pushed back.  One small thing after another starts to happen.  So we're taking action!  We've decided to put our house on the market.  Where will we go and what will we do - we don't know yet.  Surprisingly we're ok with that though.  I think we're both unsure if it will even sell and aren't getting our hopes up but we could be in for a shock if it does sell quickly - get that basement ready mom and dad! Just kidding, but seriously, maybe :)  So I guess for a morale boost more than anything else we decided we were going to come up with monthly goals.  All attainable, but some will take a little bit of work.  I figure I'll put it on here as a way to make myself more accountable to it all.  Lose 3 pounds is on there (actually Dane's idea which is no surprise to any of you who know us) and is probably what makes me the most nervous.  I've never actually tried to lose weight before.  I've made efforts to work out and be healthier which involves losing weight but I've never actually tracked my weight.  I use the method of how tight my pants are to gauge how I feel - very technical I know.  It's probably good Dane did suggest it though because my pants have been a little more tight than they probably should be and I'm well past the point where I can use "oh, I just had a baby" as an excuse.  So here we go - first set of monthly goals, hopefully it works and I'll have to let you all know how it goes!

Like my touch with the hearts at the top, you know, for Valentine's - pretty fancy I know