Lighting My Fire

Despite my last post, there are a LOT of things I want to accomplish in my next year. And, I figure if I write them down then I will hold myself more accountable for them. So here goes...

In 2013 I want to WILL:

• Plant a better garden. Each year our garden grows in size, but the yield, err not so much. I take that back. Two years ago there were a lot of veggies, but I became pregnant with our third child and the morning sickness drew such a veil between me and the garden. I could see it and I wanted them so badly but the thought of picking them and preparing them and eating them made me ill. This year I will continue my studies on how to treat each seed or plant respectively and not get pregnant.
• Cook More. We started the year with very little money in our bank account. In fact, we are having to get creative on how to save enough money to pay our bills over the next two months. We have had a eating out problem pretty much since we started dating. I REALLY do love to cook. I like to experiment by coming up with my own recipes, and I find it rewarding to eat and see my family eat a great meal that I made. I would also like to invite my friends to cook with us. Seeing that our finances are low and I like to eat food that other people make as well, a Cooking with Friends club sounds like a fine idea. Each couple cooks a side or entire, one brings wine to compliment and have a party! Wee!
• Grow My Business(es). I started a home-based business at the end of last summer. Things rapidly took off for me. Many of my friends, family and acquaintances hosted presentations for me. More than not, the parties were a huge success. I think my passion for it was apparent and WHY I chose the company I did resonated with people. The last two months have been slow, as I could have guessed but I'm ready to hit the ground running for the rest of 2013. I also have a couple other home-based ideas that I'm toying with, but since they aren't an established company I will need someone to invest in me and my ideas.
• Write. I have always been a writer. Since high school, I always dreamed of being an English teacher. I no longer have those dreams. I'm home schooling our children, and so, neither myself or they will be in the public school system. My dreams have changed quite a bit. Yes, I want my home-based business to succeed, but I also want that to create the means to do the other things in life that I desire. Writing will help those dreams figure themselves out. Or help me figure them out. Whichever way that all works.
• Mother More. I would like to say that I'm a pretty good mother. Do I think I could be better? Uh, yeah. A lot better. I have read quite a few different blogs, articles, book about parenting and they all help me decide what I do or do not want to be a part of my parenting style. I plainly would just like to DO more with them. I sometimes think I may be a bit lazy. I want to actually do all the science experiments that I "pin" and teach my daughter to sew (even though I have quite a bit to learn myself).

There. That's just some of it.