Goals and a working dryer!

I know...odd title line! LOL!  But today I got my dryer fixed.  It's been broken since April and while it was easy to be green and line dry the laundry all spring and summer, it's been weekly trips to the laundromat to dry since October.  I've been doing the happy dance all afternoon listening to the beautiful sound of that dryer doing it's thing!  And it only cost me half of what I thought it was going to!  Life can be good indeed.   :)

Now for the planned post...goals for 2009.  John and I wrote these down on Thursday night (without seeing what the other was writing) and we're putting them on the refrigerator as reminders to help us stay on track.

Me:

1.  Re-do the bedrooms (new wallpaper and accessories)

2.  Develop good housekeeping habits and find a schedule that works

3.  Try 20 new recipes

4.  Clean/organize front porch and shed

5.  Work on yard - plant berries, plan/plant front bed and fix front path

John:

1.  Be better with keeping the house clean 

2.  Organize and clean shed

3.  Improve gardens and yard

4.  Work on pickup truck 

5.  Do things to keep the romance alive

LOVE his #5!  I'm a lucky girl!

Tomorrow I'm off to help do inventory at Absolutely Everything in Topsfield, Mass.  This is one of my favorite scrapbook/stamp stores and I was thrilled to have an excuse to take a road trip out there (it's over an hour away) AND get paid for fondling papers (which I do for free every other visit! LOL!).  

Off to watch Peyton Manning do his thing and cuddle with the man on the couch.  

A new year...

Happy New Year!  

I've neglected this blog for so long.  But the new year brings a chance to begin again.  And so that's part of my plan.  

Tonight it's just a quick post to get me started.  Tomorrow will be a longer post with a quick 2008 review and sharing my goals, hopes and dreams for 2009.

So, to kick this year off, I'm posting my word for 2009:

Simplify

I've already started on it and it feels good.  I am grateful to http://aliedwards.typepad.com for this challenge.  This is the second year doing this for me and I like it.  I found that it becomes some kind of mantra for me and helps me get to where I want to be.  I've been repeating this word to myself for some time now and I think I'm ready to embrace "less is more" as a lifestyle.  

More to follow.  Promise.