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Well the Holidays are over (finally). We had a GREAT Christmas and New Years but man … it all just wears me out. The decorating, the shopping, the baking, the Christmas carding, the get togethers, the parties, the 15 pounds that I feel like I’ve gained. It’s all just too much sometimes. Don’t get me wrong, it’s one of my favorite times of the year … but you know what I mean. Right?

As usual, I got some amazing gifts from my family this year. My favorite being my beloved iPad2 that I’ve been wanting for forEVER! It’s amazing. I’m in love. I’m currently searching for the perfect case for her. I have one of those Smartcover things which is fine … but I don’t want the back to get all scratched up … and she does go everywhere with me. So yeah. Suggestions ???

Other than my iPad … I got TWO (count em TWO!) Molina shirts. One is a t-shirt and one is an actual jersey. I cannot WAIT for baseball season. Come April I’ll have shed all this ridiculous weight and be looking HELLA cute for my favorite Cardinal boy. Yup.

Also got the movie The Help … I love it! Loved the book. Love the movie just as much.
TONS of new pictures/art for my office walls. (Photos coming!)
Six new books to keep my reading level up to par. (Post on how I barely missed my goal for 2011 coming soon.)
A Sharper Image M&M Dispenser. (Which I will NOT be using for a while b/c I’m in full blown diet mode.)
A NEW HARD DRIVE which was desperately needed because I was completely OUT OF SPACE on every device I own. This one is a Terabyte. Let’s see how long it takes me to fill her up.
Lots of earrings and jewelry. A CUTE charm that my Sister MADE me with my kids names on it. Naked2 palette! (I kinda ordered that one for myself …whoops.) Scarves, gloves and clothes. Candles. Ornaments. Candy. Money. Etc.
Ohh and the CUTEST bookmark from my Mom with my name engraved in it.
I should have taken some pictures before I wrote this, but I’m at work, and yeah.

SO like I said. Full. Blown. Diet. Mode. I say it every year. I know. Hell, I say it multiple times a year. But I MEAN IT THIS TIME. I’m bloated and miserable and nothing fits and it’s TIME TO CHANGE. I’m down 3 pounds so far. And plan on setting myself up a “reward system” to motivate me to keep going.

Some of the rewards I’m gonna include ???
The paper lanterns I want to hang from my ceiling in my office at home.
Scrabble tiles- I can think of 200 photography ideas to use them for. (#dork)
There are several books that I want to purchase.
Need to get my nails done and KEEP them done (this one will have to be timed for AFTER I paint all 3 bedrooms in our house in the upcoming weeks.)

And then when the rewards get BIGGER closer to the end….
I want to get a chemical peal done on my face.
I want at least one new tattoo.
And one other procedure that my Husband has promised me but that I won’t go through with until I’m MUCH smaller than I am now.

So yeah. That’s where I am right now. LOTS of ideas and plans and exciting stuff bouncing around in my head.

Goals for the month of January:

Paint my Daughter’s bedroom purple. (She got her new comforter, sheets and pillows, plus 100 accessories for Christmas.)
Possibly paint my bedroom this month. Depending on how worn out I am. This one might get moved to the February goal list.
Paint my Son’s room a color yet to be determined.
Get the SonChild a new bedroom suite and mattress.
Clean out my scrapbook nook. (I tend to ignore areas that are cluttered…and I need to USE this space.)
Get all geared up for my Niece’s birthday party on the 21st. She’s turning ONE!
Take. More. Pictures.
Blog. More.

What are YOUR January goals ????