New Years' Resolutions

Well, given that I'm not in complete control of my environment at the moment (ahhh, travel--done cheaply--puts you at everyone else's schedule's whim), I haven't really started my resolutions yet BUT, the nice thing about being here has been that I have had a lot of time to think about my goals, and a lot of time to WISH I were working on them. I figure if I start to yearn for the goal, I'm more likely to work on it when I get the chance. SO, here goes:

#1: I set up my deck of chore cards (See book: Side-tracked Home Executives) last year. I did well for a few months, and everything fell apart when Payge was born. I still kept things tidy, but I was really on a roll before. SO, my first goal is to be more diligent in following my own plans.

#2: Feeding my family (and myself) more whole foods. I know that it is not always possible to be completely locavore , but at least getting rid of foods whose ingredients I cannot pronounce should be a good start. I will still eat foreign foods whose ingredients I merely cannot pronounce due to culture differences, but, I would like to stick to as local as possible. I do this mainly because I feel so disconnected from my food sometimes, and I think it'll improve the health of our whole family if we work for and appreciate the effort that goes into the food we eat. So, once again, I believe we'll be working on the farm co-op! I'm excited.

#3: More action, less research. I've been reading a lot lately. Sometimes I think I read and read and read, to the point of inaction. The first time this was pointed out to me was when my sweet, sweet husband said, "You read Runner's World, but you don't run, why?" That's when I realized that I thought I didn't have the time, but really, the time I was spending reading about running I could have been running. So, I started. Now, I'm off to start acting on some of the things I keep reading about!