This year…

In 2010 I resolve to…

1. Complete the History classes needed to get my certification and get into a certification program, or get a job at a private school.
2. Run 2 marathons, a 1/2 marathon, 10 miler, 10k , a 5 miler and 5k. I will run these. I will PR in each. (registered for VT City on 5/30/10; Fitness Magazine Women’s Half Marathon 4/25/10; Milford Winter Wonderland 5 miler on 1/24; ). Included in this, I want to log 500 miles. At least.
3. Lose 20 lbs. I will do this. I will: by eating better, running more and working out 5 days/week. Follow my adventures here! (Not to mention we have 5 weddings to attend, one of which I’m MOH for so I damn well better look good!)
4. Read 50 books this year. (Hubs and I are starting a challenge.)
5. Cut our debt in half this means cutting back on EVERYTHING.
6. Join Junior League. Filled out paperwork 1/6/10 at info session, am soon to be a provisional member of Junior League of Stamford/Norwalk
7. Start freelancing (again…hire me!). Also: blog more. I let my mood get me into bloggy ruts and well, I just don’t like that so I’m going to try to blog 5 times/week.
8. Start a chapter of this non-profit in Fairfield County. There are about 10-15 of us interested that I’ve found out about through email so after the first of the year I’m going to encourage us to take the first steps.
9. Go BlogHer 2010 in NYC. (Are YOU going?? Wanna be roommates? I know I live close to NYC but really it’s a 45 minute train ride and given my experience at BlogHer last year I’m NOT going to want to take the train back to Stamford each night)
10. Send my brother at least 6 care packages while he’s in Afghanistan. Also: This.
11. Stay in touch with friends/family: write a letter twice/month, call my grandparents every other week, have lunch with my dad at least once/month (0/24; 0/26; 0/12)
12. Complete either JaNoWriMo or NaNoWriMo.
13. Cook one new recipe/month. So that’s 12 new recipe’s for 2010. I’ll post them here to hold myself accountable! Also, I’m taking on Menu Monday’s! (0/12)

In 2009 I….

1. Run 2 marathons – I only ran 1, but I PR’ed at my hometown race! But I did run a 10k, and a 10 miler!
2. Lose 20 lbs – gained like…five. But! I’m working with a trainer so I can lose that weight
3. Find a career I love… Pursing careers in secondary education (private schools) and/or a masters in education. I’ll get there but I know what I’m after!
4. Read 52 books – I started #49 the other day! Though, there were two books I started that I just couldn’t get into. So total books read = 47
5. Pay down half of my credit cards (at least!) – omg. with all the unemployment we’ve faced this year we’re lucky we didn’t go bankrupt (and no that’s not because of my shopping.)
6. Complete NaNoWriMo – Ugh. I tried. I got to 8k words and just…lost my motivation. I’m convinced it’s because I’ve been battling the blues since we moved to CT. There is however a JaNoWriMo. I’ll try that to make up for my lack of NaNo-ing. And try NaNo again in November.
7. Attend BlogHer in Chicago – went and OMG it was AMAZING! See you all in 2010 in NYC???
8. Do a Detox at least once every other month – I should have known this was impossible and a hilarious attempt at being “trendy.” FAIL.
9. See family more than 3 times/year… I saw them in: May, July, September, November and December. In addition: I’ve seen my dad twice in NYC since moving to CT, and my sister and mother came to visit separately also. We’re also going to VT in January for some collegiate hockey.
10. Run a half marathon/10 mile/5k/10k (in addition to 2 marathons) (GW Parkway 10 miler: 4/26/09 1:58:30; Capitol Hill Classic 10k 5/17/09 59:0? (my chip was defunct – a problem many had so my time is unknown but i do know i finished in under an hour). I didn’t run the 5k or 1/2 marathon but this year I will.

In 2008…I resolved to…

2008 Resolutions
1. Lose 20lbs
2. Race again Hartford Marathon 10/11/08
3. Find a job I love and/or start worthwhile career
4. Move back north by 2009 likely 2010
5. Go on vacation with boyfriend
6. Write more
7. Stay in touch with friends and family better
8. Pay off half of credit card debt.
9. Pay bills on time. Pay more than minimum payment.
10. Complete Blog365 quit in august. whoops?
11. Read 100 50 books.