I just read... I don't DO.

I have been busy.  OK, that might be a little lie... I have been lazy. I have been tired, depressed, angry, AND lazy.  Certainly not busy though.  I think that me having a full time job, and trying to be the best mother I can be have left me in a spot where I don't care about the most important person, me!  So, you think that's selfish, selfish of me saying I am the most important person, when you already know that I am a mother? It's not. In order for me to be the best mom I can be, I have to be the best ME  I can be.  I am not doing that.

In my spare time, I mean the time that I sit at my desk and I am not solving the bigger problems of the world, I read.  I read blogs on how to be skinny, how to be healthy, how to be a better mom, how to make a better chicken parmesean, how to knit a scarf, how to crochet an afghan, I read everything and anything I can to improve me. 

Well, here it is the end of 2013 and I haven't done a darn thing.  But all that reading made me better... all that reading made me happier, skinnier, smarter, a chef... Nope, none of it.

Because I just read... I don't do.

Well... here it comes... 2014.  It will be the year of the do-er!  I am going to challenge myself to do these 3 things:

Challenge 1.  I am going to read 52 books in 2014.  I will not buy any of them, I will borrow them from people I know, from libraries and maybe even get some free swag from authors.

Challenge 2.  I am going to work out for 313 days in 2014.  Yes that seems like a lot and it seems like a huge task. It is equivilent to 6 days a week... In my head I am thinking "WTH are you thinking??"  but I'm also thinking that maybe I can do it.  Also in those 313 days, I am going to try to eat somewhat healthy.

Challenge 3.  Here is the hardest one of all... I am going to not yell at my children. I am going to enjoy them, I am going to try to make THEM better people. Because one thing is for sure, I am lazy, but I am also super bossy.

So there they are. And here I am. I am going to do my best (in my spare time) to update you on my 3 challenges.

Stay tuned...