Happy Birthday to me! My 29th year resolutions

I'm not making New Years resolutions this year. I'm making 29th year resolutions instead. That's right today is my 29th birthday. So I've been sitting back thinking about my life and where I wanted to be before I turned 30. A lot of it has come true. I have a great husband and wonderful little girls. I'm so lucky to have all that but of course, human nature as it is I want more. LOL. I'm just not feeling really good about myself lately. I've lost none of the weight I put on having babies. Because of that I end up walking around in over sized t-shirts half the time so I don't feel like I look cute either. I used to wear cute jewelry, rings on about three to four fingers on each hand. I wore makeup every day, not just when I had to go somewhere and I just don't do those things anymore. Part of it is getting older, be busy with kids and getting my writing career off the ground but I'm realizing it doesn't make me feel very good. Then when I don't feel good I eat, or play online when I'm not busy (LOL. Not that I shouldn't be online but I could get way more done if I weren't online as much) instead of writing or actually getting out of the house for no good reason.

I think its time for this to change. I KNOW pushing 30 doesn't make me old. I know that but I also think it is a huge milestone and one I'd like to reach feeling better about myself physically and about my position in life in regards to making my dreams come true. So starting today I'm starting my 29th year resolutions. I'm giving myself until December 26, 2009 to accomplish the things on my list.

1. Lose 35 pounds.
2. Start dressing cuter.
3. Buy myself something special from time to time. A cute ring, or bracelet. New eyeshadow. Stuff like that. Not often but every now and again.
4. Get out more with my kids. We do parks and stuff but I want to find more things we can do together to widen their experiences.
5. Get an agent. I'm 50k into my 80k book right now that I'm going to submit to agents. I need to get serious about my career and I think agents are one of the best ways to make that happen.
6. Sell to NY. Yes I LOVE my publishers now but its always been my dream to be with NY and in my 29th year I'm determined to make that happen.
7. Find a way to go out with my hubby, just the two of us, once every three months. Once a month would be better but honestly, I know that would never happen. We just done have the babysitters to help that often.
8. Do more family activities. My hubby works SO much but we have to find a way to do more fun stuff the four of us.
9. Meet more friends that I can spend time with. I have such WONDERFUL friends online which I love to pieces but I'd also like a couple that I can go have a drink with, or go hang out at Barnes and Noble with from time to time. That kind of thing.
10. Make sure my friends and my family know how much they mean to me. In some ways its been a tough year and I don't know how I'd have made it through without my family and a few friends who really stepped up to the plate to be there for me. I want them to know how much they bring to my life.

So that's my list in no particular order. What do you think? Wish me luck. I'll give an update on the 26 day of every month here on my blog letting you know what I did that month to work towards my goals.