New Year, New Goals

I am late in posting about this, but here it is anyway:

Happy 2013!

Last year January 1st was a Sunday. I remember sitting in Sacrament and listening to a bunch of people talk about their goals for the new year and thinking how I never make any new year's resolutions. Seriously, the only time I've done that is in school when it was an assignment. On that day I decided to make a goal for 2012 that I would attend the temple at least once a month.

I am so happy to report that I did it! (Okay, I missed February. But I am still counting it as a success.) 

I am grateful for the experiences I was able to have in the temple this past year. I love the feeling there is in the temple and I'm so glad for the knowledge I gained from going frequently. I also think that it helped me to be more considerate at home and a better mother--at least for the days right after attending.

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This year I made a list of goals instead of just the one. (Insert popped eyes and dropped jaws here.)

• Attend the temple at least once a month
• Go visiting teaching every month. (I have been awful at this in the past, I thought if I told myself it's just as important as getting to the temple that I will be more likely to do it.)
• Instigate some form of regular family scripture study
• Make dinner at least twice a week/Plan menus ahead of time*
• Exercise regularly to make a serious attempt to get back to pre-pregnancy shape (I'm not planning on starting this until the baby is born.)

*I know that for some people this is a silly thing to make a goal out of, but not me. I have never been good at making us meals regularly. I am AWFUL at planning ahead for meals. I frequently end up back at the grocery store 3 times in the same week.  I don't exactly hate cooking (but I'll be honest; I love baking way more than dinner any day). But I do hate trying to decide what to eat, that is the hardest part of every dinner. Seriously.

I recently discovered this website called Plan to Eat. It helps you plan your menu and puts your grocery list together. It's supposed to be very customizable and is recommended by a few mom bloggers I found. It is not free though so I haven't decided if I'm going to use it. Anyone out there have experience with them? Or another site like them? Let me know.