Moving Forward

For the last week and a bit Frankie and I have had pneumonia. Bleh. I wouldn't recommend it. I'm a wuss when I get really sick these days, because it gives me anxiety. As soon as I start feeling feverey and weak I panic that my lupus is what's being effected and I won't get better. I hate nights when I'm sick, because I'm a ball of stress the whole night long as I toss and turn and cough.

But now we're on the up and up. Frankie's completely better and I'm 90%. We've been told the coughs may linger for weeks, though, and people look at us like lepers when we cough. It's some serious sounding coughing. But not contagious, I promise.

It's the middle of January and I'm finally getting around to thinking about my New Year's Resolutions. Before 30 Resolutions. Feels like some should be monumental, but really they are mostly same old.

1. Find recipes for and learn to cook 5 new meals that are easy for me, and my family likes to eat.
2. Start having family scripture study in the mornings, because evenings are too hit and miss.
3. Get back to eating healthy (I really let things go at the end of the year last year. Darn holiday treats.)
4. Spend more time outdoors.
5. Get my pictures organized and get discs of pictures to friends and family.
6. Take fewer pictures. Yes, I know that doesn't sound right. I still want to capture all of the things I do, but get out of the habit of taking 15 shots of the same thing. Because then I have to spend more time sorting and editing later. More isn't always better, sometimes more is just more.
7. Carve out time daily, so that I'm not just quickly praying and reading my scriptures, but also meditating and doing some yoga and pilates. I want to center some of the meditation on an act of service I can do for someone else that day. This may require waking up before Frankie. I'm still figuring it out.
8. Go on 2 date nights a month with my husband. Only plan one of them.
9. Avoid Facebook. Because it's rotten.
10. Keep up on the Blogs and write in my journal more often.

p.s. I helped Frankie set goals this year, it was encouraged at preschool. His goals are to learn to tie his shoes by himself and to be able to write his name with the lowercase letters perfectly. I'll keep you updated on his progress.