Here We Go Again

Yes, it is that time of year when we are all thinking about those New Year's Resolutions that we didn't fulfill and trying to figure out what to put on our 2010 list.

Here is my New Year's Resolution blog for 2009. I started out the year with the best of intentions. I lost close to eight pounds and developed a pretty good strategy for eating healthy and exercising. However, healthy snacks only taste good for so long and I like to cook and bake too much, so I slowly fell off the wagon and gained most of the weight back. FAIL!!!

I also tried my best to get better organized, but if you were to look in my storage room, closets and cabinets today, this is what you would see:

Please excuse the poor photo quality, I had to use the old camera.)

Clutter!!!! Now, there are a few systems in place to keep things semi-organized: a shoe rack that serves as storage for miscellaneous items in the hall closet, hooks installed in our bedroom closet to hold purses and bags, and shelving and storage totes in the basement storage room, so my resolution wasn't a total fail, but I did fail to maintain the organization. After a while, things just get put on the shelves without finding a place for those items and stuff just gets shoved in a pocket in the closet without really knowing where it ended up. I also failed in the kitchen. After taking everything out of the cabinets and moving them around to places I felt were more appropriate or accessible, the cabinets ended up the same - ingredients shoved where ever they would fit, stuff stacked on top of each other just waiting to come tumbling down at any second, etc.

So, this year my resolutions will be to build on last years resolutions and try to maintain them through out the year. Since I'm off work this week, I plan to get a head start on home organization. I'm going to clean out and purge all of the closets and then I'm going to research some storage solutions and put them into practice. Hopefully, I can develop some sort of system that makes sense and is easy to maintain.

As far as the eating healthy and exercising, this HAS to start soon. I know we can do it, it is just a matter of making conscious decisions and only allowing myself to cheat every now and then and not everyday.

I also have a new resolution in 2010: Limit my caffeine!! This is something that I've needed to do for quite some time and I just figure it is better to start now rather than put it off any longer. I get pretty bad headaches and I need to try to eliminate sources for these headaches and I think caffeine could be one of them. I also know I will most likely feel better all the way around if I cut down my caffeine intake.

So, there you have it, my 2010 resolutions! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and are looking forward to the new year.