new year, new me, new goals....same old underwear.

first blog, here goes....

I just got a divorce. Like JUST. On Monday. I think it was about as painless as they come. We've been separated since June, so I was really ready, feeling no pain about it, but when the judge swore me in, "do you swear to tell the whole truth...blah blah blah" i answered "I DO." There's some irony for ya.
So, here's the start of my new life. What to do with it? I'm covered on the "get a hobby" front. I've got too damned many of those. (and i finish almost ZERO projects i start.) I'm dating someone, so that's covered too. (not that I need to date anyone, but I'm enjoying myself, having a good time.) I'm very disorganized and have no direction, so I think what I need now are some goals. I think 100 goals should cover it. Here we go.

1. Get some new underwear. enough with the granny panties.
2. Keep up with my bill paying organizing, that's going pretty well (cept with those big gas bills lately, argh)
3. spend more homework time with the kids
4. go through their bags more regularly
5. organize and get rid of clothes. we have entirely too many.
6. wake up earlier
7. go to bed earlier
8. eat better
9. exercise more..get back to walking every night.
10. manicure and pedicure nights with k8
11. text less
12. cook more, and freeze ahead
13. learn to spin yarn better (yarn school, here i come)
14. do laundry more regularly
15. respect my bedroom....it is my oasis.
16. surf the Internet less. (no more damned perezhilton. its rotting my brain)
17. stock my etsy.com shop with more stuff!
18. sell something on etsy already!
19. organize my jewelry
20. start that journal that's been sitting by my bed for so long
21. kiss more
22. hug more
23. be cranky less
24. wear less black
25. stop forgetting birthdays
26. streamline the laundry process (big issue at my house, that laundry.)
27. pack away winter clothes,
28. make a station for swimsuit stuff and baseball stuff for the season
29. take better care of your feet
30. another play? maybe, we'll see
31. spend more time with my BFF LOLO
32. bake more cupcakes (doesn't that cancel out#8?)
33. read more.
34. take the library books back
35. be greener
36. make an electronics charging station. (phones, nintendo ds)
37. go see your grandpa more
38. build up your yarn and fiber stash
39. learn to follow a crochet pattern (you have enough scarves already)
40. try knitting again?
41. be all about whatever K8 does this summer (softball, swimteam, anything)
42. Hug N8 every chance you get
43. take N8 to the skate park when it opens as much as possible
44. clean out your van once a week (you can do this at lunch, which will help #8)
45. start christmas shopping early
46. make better use of your time at work...
47. make tutorials for payroll in case you are ever sick on a thursday.
48. quit making unnecessary "feel good" purchases (except when you REALLY need it)
49. have a checkup
50. get a for realz haircut,( by a real beautician, not yourself.)
51. organize the pantry
52. hang K8s closet rod
53. find her a toybox
54. pass your first responder class and seriously think about doing the EMT thing again
55. ask for a raise (come on, grow a pair)
56. participate once a month on swap-bot.com
57. save more money
58. re-read the tightwad gazette books
59. win something
60. drink more water
61. drink more vodka
62. drink less coffee
63. get N8's ears cleaned out once a month.
64. pay attention to the calendar
65. buy a watch
66. wear said watch
67. take a road trip
68. go to alabama to see your folks
69. swim in the ocean
70. eat some crab claws
71. take a vacation day and eat lunch with the kids at school
72. take auntie out to eat more
73. do may baskets like you did when you were a kid. the kids will like it.
74. try that chalkboard paint easter egg thing
75. learn to flip an omelet correctly
76. get grandpa's stories and make a book
77. convince dad to make a tape of him playing guitar and banjo.
78. teach N8 to juggle
79. facepaint again this year at Troy, that's always fun.
80. either decide you like your part time gig or quit. it's not that much money, but it is fun sometimes
81. let go of past pain a little, it's making you bitter sometimes
82. investigate new music.
83. volunteer with the kids
84. get a for realz wheel. the mother marion's great, but you need something faster.
85. sit down to dinner at the table, not the couch
86. have the kids help cook more
87. get the carpets cleaned
88. standby with the ambulance at a couple of football games with sdad.
89. make some cute aprons (cherries, skulls, bling, fun stuff like that) for work
90. dress better for your day job (less jeans more skirts)
91. find a flattering pair of khakis that you can wear to work
92. get a pet, other than sea monkeys. but with the same amount of required care if at all possible.
93. get some houseplants.
94. figure out what all this HDTV talk is, and does it mean you have to get a new TV? dangit.
95. cuss less, potty mouth
96. find a bathing suit that you're comfortable in, you've been wearing the same one for 5 years
97. organize the back room, and put the kid's tv and game stuff back there.
98. go on more dates
99. rollerskate more
100. find how to be happy again.

dang! that was hard. I guess as I complete some of these, I'll highlight them. and keep y'all up to date on my progress.