Ok so a few of you have commented on what all my big changes are for 2011 when I posted that on New Years Day.

Some involve James & I and the rest are for Noah. I thought I would list them out!

1.Noah now has a chores he has to wear - no more excuses on "I forgot" or "you didn't tell me!" Little tired of hearing that excuse.
2.Noah has 1 hr of Video Games & 1 hour of TV per day (yes on weekends even.
3.Noah has to read 1/2 every day no matter what.
4.We pray with him and read from the bible every night now. We are using the 1 min bible for his reading. Eventually he will do this on his own when it becomes habit.
5.(this ones a biggie) He has to say "ma'am" or "Sir" when he answers us or another adult. time to show some respect to our elders AND he's having a little trouble answering or using spoken word when asked to do something. He's gotten very good at pouting instead.
6.James & I now have to pray together every night - we should be doing this anyway, but TV and laziness has gotten in the way of that time together.
7.James Noah and I are keeping a detailed prayer journal and we are going to date/respond to each prayer that is answered. Prayers could be anything - things we need/want or people we know or family needs, etc. You can offer yourself to be put on this list too!
8.We are going on our 2 week "No Spending Fast" this Sunday. We hope to break some bad habits quickly. Fast might continue to happen monthly if need be.
9.Its time to clean out the pantry again and go thru and use all that is in there. This is a good time of year to do it especially after the holidays when we usually stock it up.
10.I will lost 10lbs hopefully by June. I realize that is a far off goal, but its so I can visit my good buddy Melissa in California. (California trip is on the prayer list by the way)
11.We are going to grow our Repurposed in Puyallup Business as much as we can with projects as quickly as we can. We are praying mighty hard about the future of that.
12.Prayers for James' schooling is So huge right now. Just needing direction on the future of if he should keep going and where.
13.I need to start riding my bike again to work. James's class schedule this quarter allows him to take Noah to school so time for me to dust off ol'trusty.
14.I need a new bike. See above. But paying for a good new bike is not in the plans. I need one that is made for my height which they DO make but I'm so short they don't come cheap. Go figure you pay extra for having less of a bike. So to the prayer list it goes...
15.We are praying for resolution about our house. Its still up in the air 2 years later and we cannot even get an offer from BofA. ITs heartbreaking and frustrating. this one is truly up to God and not really a BIG Change, but it could be.
16.Trying to come up with Money making ideas. We are considering taking on a renter in the house with us. That would be a HUGE change for us, but we need the $$ to pay our mortgage.

There is more I'm sure but I can't think of anything right now. I'll keep you posted on how it all goes. I can say Noah has sort of taken to some of the things I listed above. the chore thing he's getting better on because he can't forget anything anymore. Here's to 2011 People!!