Thread: New Year's Resolutions

I have been trying to do this for the last few months, Tothill & it feels pretty good. I hope to save some $$ to travel back to MI to visit family again. Just need to stay out of the online shops & I will be more successful.

I don't make them anymore either.

I resolve not to write 2015 for the year anymore. I usually meet this goal before the next new year.

Where are are all these years going anyway? It seems like it was just a few years ago that we were all worried about what the computers were going to do to us at the turn of the century.

Originally Posted by Onebyone

I want to choose the best piece of steak off the grill, not think well my DH or my DD will like that one. I want to drink the last of the milk and not think I better save that for someone else. If I want the last cookie, the last ice cream sandwich, the last buttered roll, I will take it with no guilt feeling at all.

That's the mom gene in us....at least older of us...I have seen " new" moms reach first and take ...heck with everyone else!

I made a New Years resolution many years ago to never make any more resolutions. It's the only one I ever kept. ;-)

I am going to live a bit healthier. We do okay now but I know we can do better. We recently joined a fitness center and bought new workout clothes and shoes. We've been going 3 or 4 times a week and can see a difference. I AM NOT buying fabric. I could make a quilt each month for years and not use up my stash. We recently replaced carpet with wood flooring which I love. However that involved emptying all the closets including the sewing room and I was horrified. No more until I use a lot of my stash!!!

I always get excited about the new year and think about what I'd like to do. I plan on having an optimistic outlook on life, to replace negative thoughts with gratitude and enjoy life. And if I can do that just part of the time, I will be happy.

Lived in Boston during the 'Big Dig' my inspiration for the year of the 'Big Quilt'. I have a tendency to over-volunteer, so much so, friends are always asking me what is your next project? Have the stash, have the time -- why not? If I stay home and quilt it should be easy to save up the money to go to "Road to California 2017' -- it's on my bucket list. You know, that list that always keeps getting longer and the amount of time to get it done gets shorter. So my goal is to quilt every day. If I quilt enough I'll fall out of contention in the she/he who dies with the biggest stash wins.
Whoo-hoo that's a three-fer.

I really had to think hard on this before replying. I am going to push myself with learning some quilting techniques that seem to hard for me and I've been reluctant to try.

Love it onebyone.

a good one from grandma.

For my New Year's Resolution I will:
-get below 150lbs this year. (Last year's resolution was to get below 160 and I did it. I started losing 4 years ago at 212lbs.)
-to learn to use all the functions on my new sewing machine, not just the few that I use all the time.
-to ride my horse more.

Those are all things I have control over, so I should be able to do them!
Watson

I have been thinking about this thread since first posted and just wanted to share some observations. In the past, I made resolutions, thinking only of the What of the thing. For example, I want to finish some UFOs. I never went on to answer the How and When questions that naturally have to arise, to accomplish anything! So, one of my resolutions is to get my UFOs under control (what) by making a prioritized list of them, (ouch!), joining the UFO Challenge group on this board, and forgiving myself for having them in the first place (how). I will commit to working on them at least 15 minutes a day, for five days in the week (when). Maybe by taking these extra steps, I will get more done. We'll see!