New Year's Resolutions

Feeling Blessed
Hearing Silence

Last year I posted my New Year's Resolutions here. I am ready to self report on how I did!

Resolution # 1 was a monthly Date Nite with my Hubba Hubby! I am proud to report that we aced this resolution with flying colors!

January: Hubby & I went out to Mark's Bistro for dinner.
February: We celebrated our anniversary at Mahogany Prime Steakhouse.
March: We went to PF Changs (KEY LIME MARTINI anyone?)
April: Mother India for dinner and we saw the movie State of Play (I loooove Ben Affleck!).
May: Brewburgers for some very delicious burgers!
June: Spezia for dinner.
July: We had dinner at Brother Sebastian's Steakhouse
August: Indian Oven for some tasty grub!
September: Amarillo BBQ and we saw The Informant!
October: Lil Burro and we watched Zombieland.
November: NEW MOON BABY!! Oh yeah...and dinner at Hector's.
December: Cheesecake Factory and truck shopping.

We also had a few bonus Date Nites as well!!! I am so glad we kept to this resolution! It was something we both looked forward to each month and it was fun just hanging out together! We plan to continue the monthly Date Nite (have already had January Date Nite...Biaggi's for dinner after a full day of shopping!!) this year but not as our resolution.

Resolution #2 was to make more time for my friends. I think I did okay with this resolution. I started out like gangbusters in January and had lunch/dinner/coffee dates with most of my friends. I intended to do the same in the last half of the year but life of course got in the way. I did see some of my friends quite a bit and Hubby and I went out with a group of friends a couple times. But I could have done better and made more of an effort here.

Resolution #3 was to read The Bible all the way through. I failed miserably on this resolution. I would get behind a few days and then I would get discouraged. I think I put to much pressure on myself to read all the way through and will change my resolution for this year.

For 2010 my resolutions are as follows...

1. Hubby & I decided our resolution together this year would be to unplug everyday from 7:00-9:00 p.m. So 7:00-9:00 no computer or cell phones or blackberries or texting. Two hours is a long time! I never fully realized how often I text or pop into the office to check my email. This has already really opened my eyes!

2. I will try and read The Bible everyday. I am going to continue to read the chronological version I have but will not get discouraged if I miss a day and instead of trying to make it up by reading more than one day, I will just pick up where I left off!

3. I am going to keep a listing of every book I read this year. I did this a few years ago and looked back on it recently and found it very interesting to see how my reading changed from month to month.

4. I am going to continue to carve out and make time for my friends (well on my way...had a coffee date with two friends this evening!!).

5. Hubby and I are also going to try to do things as a couple with our friends. We tend to do friend things separately but found that on the two occasions when we met a group of friends for dinner and drinks we had a great time! So we are gonna try to do more of that this year whether it be with a group of friends or with another couple.

There it is...my 2010 resolutions! Happy New Year!!