As the new year approaches...

The New Year is quickly approaching (like in 2 days) and I am left pondering the reality of yet another year gone by. 2011 will bring many changes to our lives- Squirt will start school in the fall, JR will be in his last year of middle school and our new little peanut will join the mix. Juggling a newborn and a nearly high school aged child should prove to be an exhausting interesting feat to be sure. But for now as 2010 closes I am pondering my goals for the coming year. Some people say you should make a list, some choose a word to live by. Me I need short and long term goals. So here they are...

Short term goals-
1) Pray more
2) Be more patient with my kids
3) Keep my GPA a 4.0
4) Clean my basement out- really you all have no idea what kind of goal this is!
5) Work out more now and after baby gets here
6) Spend more time on me- no really, selfish? maybe- but necessary in order to complete 1-4

Long term goals-
1) Pray more
2) Finish my BS Degree
3) Get a MBA
4) Raise healthy, happy, functioning members of society

One word to live my life by in the New Year- FAITH!
I need to be more faithful to God and my goals both short and long term. I need to have faith that we as a family can survive the stress and tensions that come with farming, kids, work, and life. To faithfully strive each day to live my life properly so that I am an example to my children and others.

So now the question remains- What are your goals and or life word?