Goodbye 2010....Hello 2011!!

Ok so Happy New Years! LOL  I thought I would update on how I did on my New Year's Resolutions from last year and make a few new ones for this one.  First things first....I'll list what 2010's goals were and if they were successful or not!
1.  Read 100 books in 2010-completed!!  I actually read 111 books last year!
2.  Lose (and keep off) 10-15 lbs-completed!  I exceeded this goal for once!  Very proud of myself.  I actually lost and kept off 30 lbs this last year!  I have now lost and kept off 40 lbs over the last 2 years!!!!  I can't believe it!
3.  Pay off our furniture-completed!  Barely did it but I got it paid off in December...which was good since Jan would have been with interest!
4.  Pay extra on our Sebring loan-failed! *unless you count the 43ish cents a month I round up on our payment!  But we also used a skip a pay so I'm pretty sure that counteracted all that change! Plus, my escort died this year and I wasn't expecting that so we had to get a new car this past year.  Luckily my parents were able to sell me their Escape and so now instead of one car payment, we have 2.
5.  Have a savings (and with more than a couple of bucks in it)-failed!  I have $6.80 in our savings right now...but I have also had to go to the doctor several times in the last few months and with no insurance, it adds ups quickly....so I did have savings until recently.


Ok....so that looks like all the resolutions I made last year....not too shabby if I don't say so myself!  I did better than I thought I would have!  Ok so I've been trying to come up with a few resolutions for 2011.  Here's what I have come up with....at least so far! lol

1. Read 100 books-I'm pretty sure that I can accomplish this goal again this year....at times it does seem like it's not going to happen though
2.  Lose and keep off 15 lbs....this will put my 5 lbs under my first MAJOR weight loss goal....and put me at a total of 55 lost total.  I think this is a reasonable goal....plus look at last year....I said 10 to 15 and I lost and kept off 30....it apparently can happen!
3.  Have a savings-I would like to have more than $6.80 at this time next year put away! lol....we'll see....
(maybe i can save up to $7!)
4.  Pay at least one extra car payment on a vehicle....it doesn't matter which one....I would just like to be ahead a little bit....or maybe a lot bit.....I'll dream big
5.  Get a new laptop and pay it off this year....I know it is inevitable....we will get one this year at some point...I just hope we will have no payment for a couple of months before we start in on a new one! 
6.  Update my wardrobe.....seriously I have been lacking in clothes for years....well work clothes and jeans at least....I hope to own more than one pair of jeans that fit and have new work pants because all of my slacks are seriously falling off my butt and have been for awhile now...yes this is a good problem but not if I can't find/buy any new ones!

OK....that seems like maybe I can accomplish those goals...and I'm stopping with 6 because I'm pretty sure I won't make it any farther if I just keep coming up with stuff!  Here's some random things about what has happened the last few months since I haven't updated on here in awhile....

We are now the proud parents of a beautiful kitty named Percy Tails....mostly going by Tails or Bubba lol
The first picture is of him the first day we had him....poor thing was starving to death so Terry saved him from Chisholm Corner and brought him home.  The next one is him sitting on all my books!  lol he does love boxes and books!  And the last one is him playing in the leaves outside.  He had been digging like a dog right before that pic!

Also, as I sorta said earlier...my escort died....yes the one I had in high school when I first got my license....I had it for 9 years...But I do love the Escape I have now!  Sooo thankful mom and dad were able to help us out by selling it to us!  Terry's mom got married this year and moved!  She got married on Sept 25 to Allen Lampman and now they live in Rush Springs.  Cory and Karissa both got jobs this year!  YAY!  And they also moved out to Rush.  So weird that I lived there for so long and now all of them live there!  Craziness......hmmm what else....oh I've been with the bank for 5 years now.....oh and sadly I have to go to new accounts training next week.  I really don't want to do new accounts but hey what can you do when your new boss pretty much doesn't give you an option....you just go and at least I'm getting to go with Mandy.  That part should be fun! lol  Well I'm going to end this now because it's 3:30 in the am and I really need to be going to bed.....Terry will be home from work in less than 3 hours...I should be asleep before that happens!  Well I'll try to update more often.....good night!  Oh and on one last side note...I also won free shoes three times this year from DSW!!  Although my hubby is trying to "buy" my last gift card from me so he can get new shoes so we will see.....

Happy 2010 everyone!

So it's been a really long time since I've posted.  I'm going to try this year to blog more.  I tend to slack on this!  Well I thought I'd go ahead and write a couple of my new years resolutions.  I didn't make very many this year just because I know if I do, I don't follow through very well. My first one is to try and read 100 books this year.  I set my goal at 50 last year (in july mind you) and ended up reading 80 or so.  I feel pretty confident in this goal.  And I'm almost done with 2 books already!  Also, I always make one about dieting but this year instead of saying I want to lose 30 more pounds (which I do) I'm going to say I would like to be 10-15 lbs less than my current weight by the end of the year.  Yes that sounds like a weird goal but I know that I only diet for 1/2 a year or sometimes less so why go overboard with saying I want to stay at my goal weight even through the holidays.  This last year I lost a total of 30 lbs but I have only gained 10 back.  So being 20 lbs lighter than this time last year makes me realize I should set smaller long term goals and maybe if I slowly get used to pulling the weight off, I will keep it off easier and longer if I do it in 10-15 lbs a year.  So maybe in a couple more years...I can easily maintain my goal weight!  (still a longshot but worth a new approach!) I would also like to pay off our new furniture this year, and pay extra towards our new car and have a savings started (like a real one...not just a couple bucks like I normally have!)  So hopefully I can obtain a few of these things..(or all would be nice!)  Well hope everyone had a great holiday and I'm getting excited to get to work on these new goals this year and I'll be curious to see how well I do at them!