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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Happy New Year!

Happy 2008!

This is gonna be a great year for our house, I can just tell. The monkey turns three in April, to be followed shortly by the birth of his little BROTHER in late April/early May. Yes, that's right, BROTHER. Two boys! Yikes! 6 weeks of maternity leave when I don't have to think about a single other person's money problems... I can't wait!

Do you make resolutions? Mine are gonna go something like:
  • Continue sewing.
  • Keep working on the Etsy Shop.
  • Try to keep the house clean on an ongoing basis as opposed to cleaning it on Sundays.
  • Continue reading and doing things for me, don't become only a mommy.
  • Less sugar.

In book news, I just finished up last years wrap up at 65 books for 2007. It easily could have been 66, but I didn't want to redo the post, so I held off. For next year, my goals are:
  • 60 books (5 a month)
  • 5 books off The Big List. The Big List is an ongoing list of books I "should" have read. These are mostly classics, and since I read 4 of them last year, I figure 5 is doable this year.
  • 1 book of short stories.
  • 1 Russian novel.
  • More by men. (only 14% in 2007)
  • More non-fiction of any type.
  • Try to read anything published in 2008 IN 2008.
  • Complete my personal TBR Challenge list. This list is made of books that were hugely popular last year and that I own, but never got around to reading. I'll post this list soon.
  • Continue blogging about what I'm reading.
And speaking of blogging- big news coming in that area soon! Stay tuned! (I'd hoped to post about it today, but ran out of time.)

What are your goals for 2008?

6 comments:

  1. Happy New Year, Lisa! I hope you have a great 2008.

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  2. Happy New Year... Wow 60 books is a great accomplishment! Hope you're proud of yourself Lisa! I sure am!
    I read a book today (Jan 1, 2008 first book read of the year) and I had to tell you about it!
    It's called Fables From The Mudd by Erik Quisling
    . At first I wasn’t sure what to expect when I read this book and was really dumbfounded by the content. It has very few words but will have you laughing out loud as you read it with his side-splittingly comical content. Every page in the book has a basic hand-drawn picture with mostly a line or two of words. I read the book pretty quick but kept returning to re-read some of the kooky antics.

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  3. I think you've set some very reasonable goals. I look forward to watching your progress over the enxt year. Have a wonderful 2008!

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  4. A second boy! They're going to keep your life so busy and fun. Congratulations.

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  5. Happy New Year! I like the sound of your goals, they seem like good ones:)

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  6. Thanks for the comment on the review I hope you and yours have a wondrous and God filled new year too!

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