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I've actually spent time thinking about goals for the new year.  Retiring from the army and moving are looming. 

Jan-May

1. Purge stuff before the move - (aka - look like I’m moving into a tiny house. 3 bedrooms, kitchen, living room, hall closet, pantry, outdoor closets - 8 “rooms” to clear)
2. Digitize all photos
3. Streamline all on-line digital storage (google pictures, one drive, icloud, flickr, photobucket)
4. Doctor’s appointment - snoring, blood sugar, IUD removal
5. Eye exam (April?)
6. Vehicle inspection (due in Feb)
7. Get rid of china Lenox - Margaret pattern

June -Dec 

1. Get a job quickly in Norman

• Update resume
• Update linkedin and other sites
• Get proof of Cherokee citizenship
• Finish CBLs and renew certification

1. Find a church home in Norman
2. Combine Metlife and Merril Lynch accounts

All Year

1. Have either the car or student loans paid off by the end of the year (extra $475 a month on car, extra $767 a month on student loans PLUS regular automatic payment)
2. Lose 30 pounds
3. Have Nathan finish his Eagle
4. Read through the bible in one year
5. Yoga or tai chi (aka work on flexibility)
6. curb my foul mouth (not sure I can curb my sarcastic ways, but at least I can avoid swearing).

I'm going to read my bible through in a year, but I also decided I'm going to mediate on a word throughout each month. Going to start with 'walk' and look up a new verse every day.

First walk verse in my concordance - Genesis 17:1 "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless." Ok, fine. Nothing earth-shattering. But when I look in the Amplified version, I see:

Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].

That's a kick in the pants to start of the new year. "Always in My presence" and "complete in obedience to Me." That's a higher standard than I can do by myself. Go big or go home, I guess. I could meditate on this one verse for the entire year and not be complete.

I've started purging flickr and photobucket. There's way more stuff there than I realized. It's going to take me a little longer than I thought. :/

My yahoo email doesn't want to work in the browser. I can still access it through the phone, but that's just not very convenient. I've had that email for decades. I set up another gmail addy for job searching. If it continues to act up, I'll just have to make the switch permanent, but I shudder to think of all the log ins and sites I've got that hooked up to.....