Resolutions!

I love the new year, i love making resolutions...i love anytime i can make a list of, farely, short term goals and have the chance to cross them off that list...

My resolutions for 2011:

• Write to my brother inlaw 2xmonth (leaving to serve a mission in Texas soon
• Write to my Grandma Ruth 2xmonth
• Complete part of Personal Progress for Young Women's by reading a chapter a day in the Book of Mormon (finishing it sometime by Thanksgiving)
• Keep running. Thanks in large part to my cousin and running buddy i haven't quit this winter like i usually do. Instead we brave the 40degree weather and we "just do it". I gotta take a picture, we run in head warmer things and gloves (and i still wear shorts-just cant bear to run in pants for some reason) i'm sure we look a little goofy.
• Be a better mom(i.e.have MORE patience)
• Get the top of my kitchen cupboards decorated...that dreaded space that is so hard to fill!
• Keep on with the Fisher Food Storage Plan i made up and started two months ago.

Our church talks A LOT about getting a good food storage going in your home and lately i really decided to listen to this and do something about it. There are many ways you can build a food storage and i finally found something that really works for us. I'll share it incase you want to adopt it and try it out this year!

Each month i simply write a "food storage goal" at the top of my calendar. Next to it i write "completed" and write down everything i bought. Sometimes i buy things (like an extra gallon of water) that wasn't on the list, so i write it there as well. It's something i have planned out a few months in advance so that i feel like i'm not focusing too much on one item and if a disaster stuck we'd atleast have a little of everything right off the bat.

Nov2010-50cans (i completed this by picking up whatever cans were on sale and whatever we like to eat or would use. refired beans, all dif veggies, a few fruits etc.)

Dec2010-72hour kits for each of us (josh, jessica riley and braden)-this one is tough but i feel the most important to start off. We can now survive in decent shape 3 days if we had to.

Jan2011-Baking goods (flour, sugar, salt, veg oil, powdered milk, etc.) AND 10-20 cans.

Feb2011-BIG first aid kit, 4gallons of Water, 5 boxes(crackers etc.)

March2011-canned meats(chicken, tuna, beef)

April2011-Toiletries(t.p.,baby wipes, dish soap, laundry detergent, body wash, face wash, toothpaste tampons(imagine being in a disaster w/o those!) AND 10cans

That's all i have mapped out so far. I think at that point i can re-assess and see what we need, where we need to add to etc.

Hope you all have fun making and keeping new resolutions as well!