With a new year

 Every year, we set "resolutions" and we fail to meet them. Now, please don't take that as me being judgemental, I'm not. I'm simply stating what tends to happen. We are all excited about the new year and set all these unrealistic goals. We might be good for a few weeks, but as the year goes on, we stop doing our new habits and then we get right back in the slump of the previous year saying "I'll start on Monday" or "I'll start on such and such date" but that time never comes. 

This year, instead of setting myself up for failure, I have decided to take a different approach. I'm trying out the idea of a bullet journal. You see, I have always kept lists and lists of things and then I lose my lists. What my hope is is that I will be able to have all of my lists in one location and by keeping the journal in my purse so that wherever I go, it is with me to jot down whatever I need to jot down. Will it work, I don't know. But what I do know is that if I fail to try, I will fail anyway. 

I found the idea of the bullet journal a few years ago and have tried various types of planners, but they all failed for one reason or another. My friend, Teri, sent me one along with everything I needed to get started as a reward for a giveaway she had going on. It was the perfect excuse for spending intentional time working on getting organized going into the new year. I don't know that I'm doing it right and the next one will likely have a little different look, but the important thing is that I'm making an effort to get us on track going into 2022. 

Speaking of getting on track for the new year, here are our dinners for the next few days: 

• Tortellini Soup
• Pepperoni Pizza casserole
• Chicken pot pie bubble up bake
• Buffalo Chicken Taquitos
• Flat out pizzas
• Instant pot beef stroganoff
• Philly cheesesteak stuffed peppers

One of my goals is to transition us to more gluten free meals so while there are glutens in most of our meals, I am really limiting us to fewer glutens and introducing 1 meal a week that is gluten free. Then in February, we will be at 2 meals per week gluten free, and so on. By the time next year, I hope to have my family completely gluten free. It will be a huge step toward our health, and I can't thank my sister-in-love (Amanda) and her daughters for being the inspiration behind this step. 

If you'd like any of the recipes listed above, stay tuned. I'll post one every day this week for you! If you need the recipe quicker than that, please comment on this post and I will reach out to you to get you what you need. 

Many wishes for a blessed new year!