Things to live by...

I found it very difficult to make the list above this year and decided to simply make it a list of goals rather than resolutions really. Often my resolutions can be very negative and I wanted my 2011 list to be positive, so no 'stops' and 'don'ts' here.

Goal 1) I absolutely loved this one last year, as I mentioned before, so I decided that I must continue it for another year. It doesn't matter whether it is a small jam jar of daisies from the garden or a big jug of shop bought tulips, I vow to have real flowers in this house.

Goal 2) I think I mentioned before that during and after my blogging break I very rarely picked up my camera and believe it or not, until my after Christmas post I took the grand total of three photos over Christmas itself. I hope to use Flickr more to organise my own photos and I have a couple of projects in mind to inspire me to improve my own skills. Watch this space!

Goal 3) I feel a little stupid that two of these goals are the same as last year but they are ones I begun to achieve and wanted to continue. My main aim for goal three this year is to streamline the contents of our house, to improve storage and keep clutter to a minimum.

Goal 4) Big things that happened last year made me realise that it is the little things which can hugely affect my mood no matter what is happening in the grand scheme of things. So for 2011 I vow to enjoy the little things whether they are arranging items on my hall table so they are pleasing to my eye, planting seeds and watching them bloom, visiting a favourite shop or spending a hour or so with a niece or nephew. It can be the littlest things which make the biggest memories sometimes.

There you have it, my not so grand goals for two thousand and eleven. I really am hoping/needing this year to be a good one which is happy and joyful so fingers crossed and full steam ahead! Hope your wishes for the new year are off to a good start.