Let's Get Moving!

If you remember, I listed "keep moving in 2011 for better health" as one of my 2011 goals.  So far I haven't been doing very well on this goal.  It's been -20C or lower for the last week in Calgary which is FREAKING COLD!  It is not conducive to getting outside and doing anything (especially not for me because weather this cold is still foreign to me).

Thankfully all that will change on Monday because my favorite bootcamp is starting!  I've worked with Clary, the guy that runs it, for years and he is amazing. I really like it because if I miss he gives me a really hard time.  It's amazing how much easier it is to stick to something when you know you're going to get in crap if you don't!

I never thought I would say that I enjoyed working out but I do enjoy bootcamp.  I think it's because we change up what we do so much and I don't even have to think.....just do.  If I leave my workout up to me, I usually end up giving up early or half assing everything.  Not good.

Well, enough about me....what do you like to do to get moving?  When it's not so cold I really like to shovel the driveway (crazy, huh?).  I also like snowshoeing though I don't do it very often.  I would love to find more winter time activities!

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2010 Goals Recap & New Goals for 2011

Tonight we will usher out 2010 and get started on 2011.  2010 was a pretty normal, uneventful year for us. Last year I wrote a post saying goodbye to 2009 & put forward some goals for 2010.  Honestly I haven't looked at them too often so I thought it would be fun to see how I did.

Goals for 2009 (in no particular order)

• Potty train Evan (he currently has NO INTEREST) - DONE....even at night time!  Woot!
• Teach Evan his ABCs. - Nope, not even close. He is learning them at preschool though.
• Go visit somewhere warm preferably while it's cold here in Calgary - We went to Mexico in February! We just booked our return trip for this year.
• Become a better wife - I dunno how I did on this one. Dewey is still alive & kicking.  Also, he's still in the band & having fun with that so I guess I did ok.
• Become a better mom & stepmom. - I still need to work on this.  Evan has been driving me nuts lately.  Will & Nicole are good though there are some new issues cropping up since they are nearing teen age/puberty.  Fun times.
• Work on being less crabby (sometimes I can be a real crabapple!). Nope....still a crabapple.
• Floss more.  I floss sometimes definitely not every day. Guess I need to work on this next year too!
• Get back into shape. I don't care if I'm not skinny but I should exercise more (or...ahem...at all).  I did pretty good on this the last half of the year.  I joined a bootcamp at work & went 3 days per week.  November & December got me off track b/c of work but I'm starting back in January.  Yay!
• Keep up my blogging. I like blogging more though everyday is probably only acheivable for short periods of time.  I posted 273 blog posts this year which is 67 posts more than last year.  Definitely an improvement & I will keep this up in 2011!
• Get our basement finished (with no manual labor on my part!) - Done! We still need to do some decorating but mostly it is done & we have a functioning spare bedroom for guests.  Yay!

So what about next year?

Goals for 2010 (in no particular order)

• Participate 365 Day Photo project.  I want to take one picture per day for the whole year.  Hopefully my iPod will help with this b/c I take it everywhere with me!
• Keep Blogging (just keep blogging, just keep blogging....sung in a Dori voice)
• Attend a blogging conference - I hope to go to BlogHer 2011
• Keep moving in 2011 for better health
• Floss More
• Work on being a better mom & stepmom
• Work on being a better wife
• Read more
• Learn to knit & crochet more
• Cook more meals at home

So how about you?  Did you have goals for 2010?  Did you meet them?  How about for 2011?

Have a Happy New Year!

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Top 10 Tuesday - Things I Want to Accomplish in 2010

I don't know about you but this year is F-L-Y-I-N-G by for me!  There are a few things that I would love to get done before the end of the year.  Maybe if I write them on here I'll actually make time to do them.

1. Learn to use at least one of the manual settings on my Nikon D70.  It takes awesome pictures on Auto but just imagine what I could do if I learned how to use it properly!
2. Buy furniture for the basement.  We've been away so much that we haven't really had time to shop.  Combine that with the fact that I don't have one ounce of decorating ability & you can see why we still have no furniture.
3. Teach Evan his alphabet.  Thankfully he starts preschool in the fall so this might actually get done.
4. Meet Andrea & Diana in Edmonton for shopping.  I don't get to see my besties much any more since they moved to Ft. Mac.  We need a weekend away with lots of wine, shopping and friends.
5. Visit Austin.  I haven't been back to my favorite city in the US since Evan was 2 months old.  It's been entirely too long!
6. Figure out our time share.  We bought a time share & I'm super excited to start using it but I have to figure out what the heck I'm doing first.  It's probably really easy but it does require me to read the instructions.
7. Buy new curtains for the first floor.  They were here when we moved in....we've lived here for 3 years.  Need I say more?
8. Either bring my family here or go to Alabama.  I need to see my fam!
9. Get to a point where I can run 5k without stopping.  This is something I'm toying with.  Not sure if I'm up for it yet, though.  I've been there before, I just have to get back in shape.
10. Lose 10 pounds or heck even 5.  I am not fat (that's what I keep telling myself anyway) but I would like to slim down a bit.  I'm sure #9 would help with that too.

So that's my Top 10 list for this week.  Head over to Oh Amanda to check out more.  If you want to play along just come up with your own Top 10 list & then head over to Oh Amanda to link up.

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