2010 Commitments

I have never really been one to make any New Year's Resolutions.  Plus, I really don't like to call them resolutions.  I'm not really sure why.  Anyway, last year I commited myself to learning how to knit and I think that I can say I met that commitment and even surpassed just learning to knit.

I had not really thought about it prior to today, but then I saw several comments in various places on the internet regarding 2010 being the start of a new decade.  I started thinking, "What will I commit myself to for this year and for the future beyond that?"

These are the things I am planning to commit myself to this year:

1)  Keeping a tidier house.  (This kind-of fell by the wayside this past year when I became so engaged in knitting an I need to get back to it.)

2)  Being healthier -- exercise, fixing healthier and well rounded meals again  (of course, this also involves figuring out what is wrong with my refridgerator as it keeps freezing most of my produce -- I'm starting this afternoon by blowing out the underneath with my husband's air compressor)

3)  Crafting from my stash -- whether it is knitting, crocheting, sewing.  Part of this goes back to keeping a tidier house...if I don't have as much stuff, it will be a lot easier to keep tidy.  Plus, it will be cheaper, too.  And, I'm thinking that if there are things in my stash that I don't love I need to find a purpose for them that I can be okay with.

4)  Being more fiscally responsible -- not buying things that I really don't need and back to the crafting from my stash.  It just seems to be what I need to do for now.

I'm sure that there are more things I could commit to for this year, but I want to keep it reasonable.  What are you committing to for the new year?

I'll leave you with a photo of my last completed knitting project of 2009, a hat (ravelry link) for my nephew (which I even managed to get in the mail already, too!):  {It's made of sock yarn which is why I think it looks a little sqiggiley}