OK, let's hav'em. What do you plan to do differently this year, or what accomplishment would you like to realize? C'mon, be truthful and real...

I'll give you mine...not in any particular order...

I'm going to

I'm going to be faithful to my daily devotions and give all the glory to the Lord. /

I'm going to get my finances in order so to increase my tithe. /

Then I'm gonna

But in all I do, first and foremost, I give Glory to the Lord.

(and if God recognizes the desires of my heart, all those kisses will be with the same person, and He will get all the Glory )

I'm gonna stop swearin'.

I'm gonna stop burpin'.

I'm gonna not make crude jokes.

I'm gonna be all lady-like.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, I'm going to go on a date worth going on. If I have to dig through thousands of raging sacks of teenaged testosterone, I'm gonna find someone I like.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">(and if God recognizes the desires of my heart, all those kisses will be with the same person, and He will get all the Glory )</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">...... and if not there are going to be several happy gentlemen at the mission...........

I'm more worried about the than I am about the .

hmmmm... I gotta think about this one... there's lots of things I'd like to accomplish, I need to narrow it down to 3 or so. 5 year plan and all that

back shortly

Thank you Steve, but for clarification's sake...

I'm ON a mission, not at a mission...

Yes I know I just figured that would be the best place to find many gentlemen to succumb to your succubus-like charms HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

ummm......shhhhhhhhhhh

ROFL @ Steve....

My goals.....

To do the little things for my wife to let her know I love her.....

To stay away from embie and her flambouyant

To not be afraid to ask for the promotion I deserve....

To be a father by the end of 2003.

To be a better Christian...

To learn how to play the piano...

To go skydiving...

To make better grades (haha! I say that at the beginning of every semester! )...

To make dean's list (see sidenote above)...

And finally- to get that Petty Officer 3rd class rank!!!!!!!!!!

Just to ease your mind Kingpin...I won't be

Had to think about this one...I actually haven't set any goals the past few years..just went with the flow and did what made everyone else happy..
So this year...umm
Do whatever it takes to make me happy
Get closer to God
Spend more quality time with my children
Concentrate more on doing what makes me happy
Get closer to God
Quit trying to please everyone
Do what makes me happy
Get closer to God
Don't let people take advantage of my good nature
Make myself happy
Get closer to God
Spend time developing friendships/not shallow relationships
Be happy
Get closer to God
Abstain from that which is sinful
Be happy and content
Get closer to God
And pray that if it be His will God will bring somebody into my life that could love me the way I deserve to be loved, the way I need to be loved and then I can

Ohhhhh real goals I was just taking an oportunity to poke fun at embie!!!


Lesseee

1. I am going to my wife so I can

4. Have a respectable savings by year end (even after next Christmas)

5. If possible love my wife and kids more than I do now.


(Got to keep it short and "remember-able")

Being a close relative of Mary Poppins, ( nearly perfect in every way) I'll just continue being my wonderful self.

hehe

This year:

- I'll have a date New Year's Eve

- I'll compete in a bodybuilding show again (yes, they have an old geyser's category )

- I'll focus more on what's really important here

- I'll plant 4 trees to replace the 3 that have died in previous plantings

- I'll someone that I truly love

- I'll clean this room up so people can visit me

- I'll make it a habit to read/study my Bible

Eck. Mine are broken already. I forfeit.

following up on this... where do I find ~8-10 shoe-box-sized boxes for paper/reciepts/etc I need to keep without buying 8-10 pairs of shoes (which would violate one of my goals ) ?

~8-10 shoeboxes is too much paper to be saving.

Chuck your receipts if they're older than 90 days. They usually don't honor them after that anyway. Get a small metal strong box for legal or important papers, warranties, etc. Get one of those cardboard underbed storage boxes that people buy for sweaters and off season clothes for the rest of the "stuff". It's big enough that you can even set up some kind of order in them...

Ever heard of shredding ?

I want to do the following, no promises here.

Make a REAL effort to do something with my hair along the lines of styling it.

Lose 30 pounds

Get my tan back

Research as much as I can about child rearing and early learning so I can be ahead of the game with my little one

Tell my husband that I love him more often

DO something for my husband that shows him I love him and appreciate him

Deal with my family in the manner God wants me to, not how I want to

Become more active in my church and not make excuses not to go to church some sundays.

Eat more of what we have here at the house and not go out to eat so much

Accept myself and what comes each day more gratiously and thank God for all my gifts

Be more open to making friends here in this "wonderful" state of California.

Not be so sarcastic

The IRS requires you to keep up to 7 years of files that pertain to taxes - deductions, etc... go through one tax audit and you'll understand.