The 2013 Resolutions!

For some reason I really like the idea of New Years Resolutions.  I make them every single year and usually do a great job at fulfilling them.  I don't give myself BROAD goals.  I think those are mistakes, impossible, and defeating.  I also don't do things that will completely turn my life around.  I do little things that I've wanted to take control of.  And I know that I'm OCD enough to do it if I say I'm going to.

This year I gave myself THREE specific, completely achievable goals:

(1) Go Back to Exercise Being #1: I was on bed rest with Gloria and while yes, I've lost a good amount of that baby weight, I'm not the toned person that I wish I was!  My goal isn't necessarily to look thin.  That's not at at all the only thing I care about.  I like having a toned butt b/c my husband keeps telling me his word for me is "irresistible."  As long as he keeps thinking that, we're good and I want to keep working at it! :) I didn't work out ONCE in December.  The first half of the month I was working 70/80/90 hours a week.  Then the hospital stay and no power around the city cut the last two weeks out.  Working out/ exercise is my biggest hobby.  It makes me feel great about myself, it's something Evan and I like doing together, and it's just very important to me as a person.  I have always said I would never be the wife to let my body go, that would be ok with just being thin and not fit, and didn't care as much about my appearance.  I want my husband to find me attractive forever...and I want to feel good about myself.  It's all one in the same.

(2) Spanish with the girls: My girls speaking Spanish is incredibly important to me.  I'm not nearly as strict about Spanish being spoken at the house as I should be.  I don't have the luxury of sending my children to a school where they speak Spanish like my brother and his wife do.  SO it's up to me.  And I now am ONLY speaking Spanish with Liliana and Gloria at the house.  In just ONE week, I already notice a difference.  Liliana already started using more words in Spanish and I know she's a sponge so this is the age to work on it.

(3) The Teeth:  OK so I have a huge confession. I'm horrible about taking care of my teeth.  I'm blessed.  I've never had a cavity, braces, retainer ... none of it!  So many nights when we get in to bed, I get under the covers and just get so comfy ... I can't convince myself to get back up and brush my teeth.  So ... I don't.  And yeah.  That's disgusting.  So my other resolution (pathetic and horrid I know) is to use mouth wash and brush twice a day.  I got this "Crest 3d White" toothpaste and mouthwash.  I'm pretty sure they're whiter.  Evan says they are.  He also knows what to say when I ask. ;)

So that's it ... I'm all SET ... Spanish, Exercise, Teeth.  Yeah I went there.