A new year to make...

...a new beginning.  I have a new resolve to do better, be better, accomplish something worthwhile, work harder, serve more, be kinder, forgive, learn, be more patient, stretch, be happier, become more. I'm excited about it!  I'm turning 60 this year.  I'm retiring on May 1 from work, after 20 consecutive years of working nearly every day.  I'm starting some new chapters in my life and I'm very excited about it.  What will this next decade bring?
I'm hopeful that I've mostly done with visiting Dr. offices.  I've met our out of pocket deductible for three years in a row now and I'm ready for some good health and more mobility with my new knee reaching the one year anniversary since replacement on February 6.  My oncologist and my radiation oncologist said they don't want to see me again for six months.  Hooray!  That is such good news to me.  My other "issues" are stable now, so I'm ready to be healthy, eat healthier, get moving and just feel better.
I'm excited for a new decade to begin in my life.  New challenges to move forward.  New ideas for goals I'm excited about.
Here are a my goals for this year, 15 in 2015:

• Attend all 15 temples in Utah, attend the temple twice a month
• read the Ensign every month
• dejunk, clean and organize my home
• update all my photo albums, label and date them
• start writing my personal history
• sew something for each grandchild
• sew my Christmas presents 
• spend more time in my yard gardening, etc.
• walk 10,000 steps 5 days a week (thanks to my new FitBit from Rick and Claire, this will be measurable!)
• Lose 15 pounds
• Read 15 books
• support and love my mother more in her advancing years
• strengthen the relationships with people I care about
• serve at UVU in the Women's Success Center board
• finish visiting the rest of the 50 states I haven't been to including: Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma

 I plan to report back here on my progress on my goals.  Wish me luck!

 "When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates" (see Thomas S. Monson, in Conference Report, Oct. 1970, 107).