2010

It's upon us. Yes, I know I'm 3 days late. LOL. It was a crazy weekend trying to catch up on as much sleep as possible. I have so many hopes and dreams for this year. The difference between this year and every other year is that I'm willing to make the sacrifices necessary to get to those hopes and dreams. I have very high goals that I know I'll achieve because I'm going to make them happen.

Of course I have the goal I think 99.9% of Americans have at the beginning of a new year, to lose weight. The difference this year is that, I'm not going to go on some crazy diet or anything. I'm just going to get back into some serious workout routines, and I'm going to watch what I eat. I'm not going on a diet where I limit myself to only certain foods. Im just going to make healthier choices this year. I've learned that crazy diets just dont do it for me, and they tend to come back and bite me in the ass. If I mess up one day, I'm not going to kill myself over it, and I'll just make the right choices again the following day. It's more of a lifestyle change rather than a diet. The one thing I have given up is pop. I went about 5 years without drinking pop, and for whatever reason started picking that bad habit up again about 2 years ago. The only reason I will allow myself to indulge in a can of pepsi is if I end up pregnant again, and I'm dealing with a headache. I tend to only be able to cure them with some pop while I'm pregnant.

My next goal is to work down that debt. It's going to take a lot of sacrifices to achieve this one, but it's so doable. I'm willing to go to whatever ends I need to go to. I'm so tired of dealing with all these bills this is it. The good thing is that Beto and I are both on board with this, and we have decided together this our year to get out of this debt. I'm not saying that we are going to be completely debt free by the end of 2010, but I guarantee we will be damn close!! Dave Ramsey is my homeboy, and I'm going to take the advice from his book, and put it into full practice this year.

Finally, my last goal for this year is to just become a better person, wife, mother, sister, and daughter. I want to just be a better person to those that I love the most, and be able to give all that I have to each one of those people. I also want to have God even closer in my life. Without Him I would have never be able to survive half the things that I have encountered in my life, and I need Him now more than ever.

Lastly, I have a goal of having a baby in 2010. That was the plan since last year, and I know it's all up to God on this one, but I'm going to pray that I'm able to have another child this year. I will always have my little angel up in heaven to help me out through the rest of my life, but I long for another sibling for my little Andrea.

So this is it, I've never been so excited about a year before. My motivation to achieve all these dreams and goals will always be the bittersweet memories of 2009. All of this for Andy and Gabe.