A New Year, A New Beginning?

Okay, it's January 3rd. Three days into the New Year. Where does the time go? I have had so many things on my mind that I would like to accomplish in this year, but I am not going to obsess about making resolutions. That always seems to end up in disappointment for me and also getting frustrated with myself that I didn't do what I have promised myself  I would do. That being said, I think I am going to have to take things day by day and perhaps make myself a "wish list" of things that I would like to accomplish and review them throughout the year. I hope that doesn't sound ridiculous or wimpy.
Here is my wish list for 2011:
1. Be better at reading my Bible and praying. This is always at the top of my list every    year.And every year there is so much room for improvement. I know that if I put Christ first in everything I do, that would be a great start for having the rest of my life fall into  place.
2.  Organize my house. I had such high hopes for getting each room in my house organized and try to reduce the clutter, but that all fell apart quickly. Why does life have to get in the way?  I started out pretty good, but when I got something organized and "decluttered" , it didn't take long for things to pile back up.
3.  Spend more time one on one with my kids and husband. I love them so much, but sometimes I don't think they know that. I need to stop being so "busy" with what I want and focus on the more important.
4.  Spend more time sewing. I waste alot of time looking finding new projects to do, that the stuff I do start gets ignored and ends up as clutter.
5.  Re organize my pictures, get them printed and into scrapbooks. I am excited about this one!  I found the best scrapbook store close to me. ( I don't know how this place escaped my attention) It has great rooms filled with ideas and inspiration as well as great products. I think I will make this one of my main focuses this year. Now I have to come up with a way to easily catalog my supplies and pictures so that I can maybe even bring them with me to do in down time. This will definitely be a challenge.
6.  Be more of an encouragement to my friends. I used to be really good at this. I want to make more of an effort to send cards of encouragement to my friends like I had in the past. It is always nice to know that you are being thought of..
7.  I have always wanted to write a book. I don't know what about though. I am just throwing this one in as a wild card because I don't think this one is feasible at this time. I am putting it on my list though because I wanted an even number of ten things on my wish list. You never know, this may be the year.
8.  Stop wasting time watching TV and other such foolishness. I think I can cut down on TV time a bit, so I will make this one of my priorities.
9.  Spending time volunteering somehow. There is a program to take dogs to visit people in the nursing homes with. I am going to look into training our chocolate lab Myron to bring. He a bit mellower than most chocolate labs, so hopefully he can be trained. That remains to be seen. I sent in the registration form to take the class in June. I hope that there is still room. This is something my daughter Molly and I can do together if it works out.
10. Spend more time making entries for this blog.
Okay it's out in writing! Now I just have to attempt to do it. Time will tell.