1. Time sensitive
2. Measurable
3. Attainable
Big Philip's Resolutions
- Exercise at least once a week, for the full month of January (gee, don't over do it, Philip)
- Use golf clubs given to me for my January 28, 2007 birthday
- Have more consistent quiet times
- Stop biting nails, and mean it this time
- Stop, count to ten and saying a little prayer each time anxiety and stress hits me.
- Put life priorities back in order (1) relationship with God, (2) relationship with husband, (3) relationship with children
- Send birthday card to friends and family this year
- Have baby weighing less than 9 pounds on March 31st, and deliver within three hours of labor onset with no pain and no complications (how's that for measurable, time sensitive, and attainable).
- And of course, achieve world peace
- Potty train before baby Helen's birth
- Eat one green bean before 2009 arrives without gagging or vomiting
- Regularly use please, thank you, I'm sorry, yes ma'am, no ma'am, yes sir, no sir, without prompting by Mommy or Daddy by my third birthday, July 13, 2008.
- Be the best big brother I can be to my new baby sister
- Memorize and recite Shorter Catechism by January 1, 2009 (you first, Daddy)
Riley the Dog's Resolutions
- Shed less
- Whine less
- Stink less
- Stop drinking out of toilet and dripping across the floor
- Lose fear of large purses, black plastic bags, and clothes hanging on hangers
Atticus the Cat's Resolutions
- Overcome bulimic tendency to hurl on anything upholstered immediately after every meal
- Show some respect to the dog of the house
- Shed less
Julep the Cat's Resolutions
- Shed less
- Stop walking across the heads of my masters while they sleep from 2-5 a.m. each night
- Be nice to my human grandmothers when they visit
3 comments:
Those are absolutely hysterical- the pet ones I mean...very creative! Hope y'all are doing well.
Thanks, Holly! We're doing well and hope y'all are too!
Ha! I still bite my nails... Well I get hungry.
Mona
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