miffy Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Well its that time of the year for reflection....nothing to do with large glasses of red wine ....... things I wish I had done, things I wish I hadnt done so my new year resolutions have to be a) be nicer to MiL b) think before I speak (again) my plans, a) get bathrooms sorted out b) persuade OH & YS to build a permanant chicken run c) plan something special for OH 60th birthday what are your plans or resolutions? Im hoping that the fact I have put them all on here means they will all happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Sort the bedrooms out. Grow more veg. Keep on top of the ironing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 move home and buy a house with land or buy land Get a new job or start my own business (the latter especially if we move) Be more fit & active (yeah, same old same old ) To be a nicer person Maybe do some volunteer work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miffy Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 move home and buy a house with land or buy land are you planning to move very far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 move home and buy a house with land or buy land are you planning to move very far? We will move to Scotland one day (always the dream). But for now looking locally, have seen 8 acres/Alpaca farm for sale not far from us with planning for mobile home (FIL says we could erect log cabin ) - that would suit me quite happily! Would love to have my own dog boarding kennels. We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phonix Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Would love to have my own dog boarding kennels. I have wanted to do that since I was like 5 yrs old and went to visit my dads friends who ran a cattery and kennels! x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I don't do New Year's resolutions. I do - not necessarily at New Year, although it's a convenient time - set goals. Then I review them after a few months, and see if they're still what I want, or whether I'm doing what I need to do to achieve them, or whether I have some new goals. This is a sort of rolling programme throughout the year. A couple of years ago, getting an Eglu was one of my goals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I don't do New Year's resolutions. Nor do I. I don't make plans either, you know what they say happens when you make plans?.......god laughs However, I would very much like to get some more chickens when the weather stops being so Arctic Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I made some goals for 2008 that have been achieved. I became a blood donor, moved to a house in the country with a bigger garden and got more Chickens (although I seem to be losing them very quickly ) For 2009 my goals are... convert the loft into a bedroom and walk in linen/store cupboard. Knock down a wall in the kitchen and put in new cupboards and worktops. Install a wood burner in the living room. Get the veg garden up and running. Learn to make soup (this one carried over from 2008, I am rubbish at soup making ) Finally I would love to reduce my hours at work/ find other part time work. Andy has told me to go for it I really like my job but sometimes I work up to 50 hours plus a week and I have no free time for me time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fowlbird Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I've decided to take things as they come - if it happens it happens - if it doesn't, it doesn't... every time I make plans things go wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I don't make a big thing of New Year but I do like to take stock........ Next year I will be keeping on top of our own paperwork.....I started last October and will have things straight by next week. I also want to continue losing weight - I've very slowly lost a stone and a half in the last year....... and I must eat breakfast.....and it might be nice if I made an effort to eat it at the same time as Carl instead of being glued to the forum..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Is anyone going out to celebrate? I hate NYE and have memories of everyone going out, getting drunk, being very sentimental and ending up in a pile somewhere. Am quite happy to stay in....must be old age! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fowlbird Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 we're going up to Suffick where we'll be staying in with son and beloved daughter-in-law Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 As I will have been up since silly o'clock in the morning I shall skip the New Years Eve festivities and get some sleep. Mr Webmuppet is racing his boat on News Years Day so he will be having an early night too..............party poopers here in not so sunny Suffolk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Was planning to take the littlies to our local social club - I can walk there and they have a party that children are welcome at, sadly with everyone vomiting I do believe I will be spending New Years Eve with Mr BBC and Mrs ITV. Again As for resolutions, all I want is for 2009 to be a better year, this one has been awful for me and the children. Practical stuff, I would like to go some way to getting the house finished, there are holes in every room, I have had no lights in the kitchen for 3 weeks and none in half the dining room for 2 years! I also need to paint over the scribble that my son has done YET AGAIN on two more walls. But mostly I would like to try to be a bit more relaxed about things, to enjoy my children more, grow more veg (would like some sunshine to help with that please God if You're listening! ) to be less "hormonal" and high maintenance. To be happy cos there hasn't been a lot of that in this house this year Mrs B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 OH and I are getting together with a few friends at their house. Teenage son is babysitting the littlies New year: grow some veg on my lottie; get fit (son and I both need to do more exercise - I bought him a very expensive XL T shirt for christmas and it is too small!); enjoy the last few months having a littlie at home before he starts school in September; then decide how I'm going to earn money when they are all at school! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 keep on top of the ironing and housework make the chicken run a little more varied and interesting to spice up my girls life teach suzi not to wake me up at 4am each morning for a wee.... well I can hope cant I?? try to lose some weight, I had lost loads and then with losing Poppy and then FIL so close together I piled it back on again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riane Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Having lost two dear friends this year I have decided to not take my family and friends for granted and not wait till retirement to do things. I will try to enjoy my time now and not always be in a rush everywhere. Do less , enjoy more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickpea Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Am going to a house party with my OH in Surbiton, the fancy dress theme is movie characters from the 70s/80s we're going as Danny & Sandy from Grease Hopefully it should be a great laugh! Next year: Get a polytunnel up on the field, move chickens and get more for the field, get the market garden up and running, sell some produce! Pass my exams to be a fully qualified horticulturalist, spend more time with friends & family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 My plans for 2009: Lose a bit more weight (lost a stone but have put half of it back on). Following on from that - improve my fitness levels. Finish digging the second allotment and get it in full production. This may help towards the first two. Do more stained glass work. Complete half-finished projects before I start anything else new. Get the hall, stairs, landing and study stripped, replastered and decorated. Get a woodburner fitted. Visit my Mum more often - every couple of months at least. Last but not least. Persuade OH to upgrade to a cube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
