We all know this is the time of year thousands and thousands of resolutions are made…and broken.  I include myself in those numbers.  I’ve resolved for the last two years to get my house clean and tidy.  The clean part is OK most of the time but forget about tidy.  I’ve given up on that being my resolution ever again.  I fail miserably and then feel horrible that I bombed in the cleaning department.

I got a little smarter this year and for this past Christmas I asked for no gifts except for my family to help me clean the house.  No monetary gifts, just some of their time to help me clean.  I didn’t expect it to happen overnight but we are taking moments here and there to get things straightened up.  It’s actually kind of fun gettin’ ‘er done as a family.  Although, I wouldn’t ask them how “fun” all the cleaning really is.  I keep trying to brain wash them by saying, “Isn’t this fun?” and “Doesn’t it feel great to get things straightened up?”  I’m not sure how well my brain washing is working but they (sometimes begrudgingly) oblige and help me get things clean and tidy.

So far we’ve tackled 1) the sun room, no more Legos threatening to pierce a hole in your foot.  Woohoo! 2) We cleaned out the candy cabinet.  Doesn’t everyone have a candy cabinet?  3) We’ve tackled a large part of the office but the office is more like a 5 day job!  There is junk everywhere in the office, which is really a converted garage living up to it’s former “junky garage” self.  4) The kids have made large strides in their rooms and have impressed me with the amount of stuff they are “chucking”.

So you know, I’ve just meandered so far away from the original point of this post but I’m going with it.  Trying to set a limit on how much time I can spend writing this post so whatever stream of thought runs through my head is coming out in this post!  It takes me forever to write one post and I’ve gotta get faster if I’m going to survive in the blogging world.  So here’s a post with a time limit!

Coming back around to my original idea for this post.  I am not making a resolution this year but more of a commitment to be more deliberate in my actions.  I will be deliberate about where I spend my time and how.  I’m totally giving you all permission to call me out if I fall down on this one. I’ve shared, with some of my friends, this idea of being more deliberate with my time and they are already “testing” me to see if they can get me to say “Yes” to things when I should really say “No”.  Well, she said it was more of a “pop quiz” than a test.   I have the very best friends a girl could have!

I also want to spend more time with the people I care about.  As I am getting older, I’m realizing more that we are not all immortal, like the Highlander, and I have to be more deliberate about seeing family and friends.  Those happy meetings of coincidence are really nice but they should not be a stand in for making time to spend with those people I care about!

My time is running.  This post seems kinda not finished yet…No.time.to.proofread!