resolutions

i'm big on new year's resolutions.  well, big on making  new year's resolutions.  keeping them?  not so much.  in fact, i keep a list on my iphone, and every january 1 i simply rename it with the current year and just add a few more.

the consistent ones?  go to bed earlier.  read the entire bible in one year.  plan out our weekly dinners every sunday evening.  to be fair, i was successful in keeping a few in 2015, which i guess makes the practice worthwhile.  i read more books, took the pooch on a walk whenever the weather allowed, and changed up my workout routine to include much more weights.  so i'm not a total lost cause when it comes to setting goals.

but one new resolution that i've had to add for 2016 is to update this poor blog on a much more regular basis.  i'm disappointed mostly for the kids, that their entire last quarter of last year went by undocumented.  they still pore over our old blog books, and i'm sad that i haven't spent the time on here to capture the funny moments, important milestones, and just day-in and day-out activities of our family.  so starting now, i hope to get on here more often.  maybe resucitate the Wordless Wednesdays, which only require a picture and a caption -- how hard can that be?  perhaps revisit events from months ago, adopting the better-late-than-never approach (which, incidentally, reminds me of another consistent resolution: stop running late.)  but mostly, i just want to do right by the kids.  this is something they love, and it takes little effort on my part to provide it.

and maybe, just maybe, if i have it in writing (other than on my iphone), i might just stick to it.  here's hoping.