Your word for 2011

[jacksmomma]

Great words everyone! My word for this year was Faith. Though I have always been a religious person and have been a believer, I was baptized and joined a church. I had faith through DH's job search and my own interviews. We had such a blessed year! After two that were a bit rocky, we are finally heading to a more stable place. I am going to have to really think about my word for 2011. I will ponder and be back later...

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I think I'm going to go with Simplicity. Last year was Me, and I did pretty well. I stopped doing PTO, my last event before resigning isn't until Spring.
I stopped volunteering to bail people out of messes.
I spent more time with the kids.

this year we need to simplify. The house, the bills, the job, food, my life.
My main goal is to declutter the house, which will help keep the messes down, which will free up valuable weekend time to do fun stuff with the kids and DH. I want to find simple, free, fun things to do with the kids too.

 

[Arizona Rita]

ALOHA!
Aloha~hello to new beginnings and new way of thinking of things
Aloha~goodbye, try to let things go more and old ways of thinking
Aloha~love, be with the people I love more, do the things I love more.
DS is a junior and I need to "love" him more because I look at DIT with her DS going off to college and it really hits home.

and ALOHA to Hawaii, our trip this year, in June.
So, I know its a bit of an odd choice, but I think its very fitting.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

ALOHA!
Aloha~hello to new beginnings and new way of thinking of things
Aloha~goodbye, try to let things go more and old ways of thinking
Aloha~love, be with the people I love more, do the things I love more.
DS is a junior and I need to "love" him more because I look at DIT with her DS going off to college and it really hits home.

and ALOHA to Hawaii, our trip this year, in June.
So, I know its a bit of an odd choice, but I think its very fitting.

Awesome word!!!

We learned a lot about Aloha when we lived in Hawaii.
Which island are you going to?

 

[Arizona Rita]

We are taking a NCL cruise and it goes to most of the islands.
We got a deal when we took them to Alaska but booked early so we have a much nicer room this time.
We let the kids pick the vacation the year that they graduate from 8th grade. DS picked WDW and DD has wanted to go to Hawaii since at least 5th grade.
How long did you live in Hawaii? There must have been a climate shock when you came back to the mainland!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

We lived there for a year when DH was in the navy. Weather was crazy! We arrived in early May and we were sweating and people were walking around still wearing pants and jackets. We left in late February and froze driving through Texas even though it was in the 60's. It was funny!

We lived on Oahu. If I had the money to do it again we would go to the big island or Maui.

 

[wdwmickey]

I'm loving to read everyone's thought process about how you're picking "your word". I feel like I'm getting to know a little more about each of you. Thanks for sharing

 

[joyah]

My word is going to be family

I need to spend less time on the computer = more time with family
I need to declutter =more time with family
I need to keep on top of things = more time with the family
I need to ask for help and not kill myself over things this will give me more time with the family

My boys are growing way to fast L is going to be a teenager this year and E hit double digits in 2010. they are going to be gone sooner than later.

I think relax has served me well I've tried not to stress over every little thing. I've taken more time for myself (still need to continue this).

 

[Disneyland_emily]

Mine is a phrase this year-

Live spherically and in all directions

-em

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Love it Em! Totally you!

 

[morgansmom2000]

After a lot of thought, I've decided to go with LUCKY for my word this year. I tend to get a little (very?) blue every few months (weeks?) or so, and this will help me to remind myself of how lucky I am to have my health, my job, my supportive family and amazing friends, among other things.

 

[ddavis860]

After much thought I think my word for 2011 will be balance. It's something DH says all the time, and something I really need in my life...

I also need to simplify, and purge

 

[Ericandjenng]

Hi, I love this idea. I also love many of your choices and some of those words really could fit my goals (for lack of a better word). But I think my word will have to be INDULGENCE. I want to indulge myself, my kids and my DH. We both spend too much time getting overly involved in everything which wouldn't be such a bad thing except that we both work fulltime also. So this year, we are backing away from alot of the extras and going to INDULGE ourselves.

Happy New Years!!!

 

[mommy2mrb]

I love everyone's words....have been thinking about mine....we had such a hard year learning to live our life without Jim....so I have two words....

Hope - hope for Megan and I to stay strong
Patience - I need to learn this, be more patient with my girl

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Hi, I love this idea. I also love many of your choices and some of those words really could fit my goals (for lack of a better word). But I think my word will have to be INDULGENCE. I want to indulge myself, my kids and my DH. We both spend too much time getting overly involved in everything which wouldn't be such a bad thing except that we both work fulltime also. So this year, we are backing away from alot of the extras and going to INDULGE ourselves.

Happy New Years!!!

Good word Jenn!! It's hard as mom's to be self indulgent.

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

ALOHA!
Aloha~hello to new beginnings and new way of thinking of things
Aloha~goodbye, try to let things go more and old ways of thinking
Aloha~love, be with the people I love more, do the things I love more.
DS is a junior and I need to "love" him more because I look at DIT with her DS going off to college and it really hits home.

and ALOHA to Hawaii, our trip this year, in June.
So, I know its a bit of an odd choice, but I think its very fitting.

I need a little Aloha in my life. I too suffer from the blues. Currently I am having a very tough time getting over this case. I've been to Oahu and plan on taking my family there someday. Although they will prefer the big island and the volcanoes.

Thank you Rita. I love the word.

 

[tyniknate]

I think my word will be love. I know - it's a stupid cliche word for the year - everyone picks love. But I think I've been holding out on it far too long.

I need to learn to love who I am, to love what I have been given and to love those I have in my life. And I really need to learn to let go of everything else. Easier said than done considering the year we've had, but I'm gonna try. I realize I have a lot to love and I haven't been doing it very well lately.

 

[Tltorrez]

My word this year is Passion. The last two years my words have been all about managing the stress in my life (Simplify and Breathe). This year i'm tired of just dealing -- I want to take more active steps to get my life on track. I'm a firm believer that people don't change by making goals -- they change when pain or passion drives them to do it. So this year is all about finding what I am most passionate about in my life and making that happen.

Ok, the fact that right now i'm most "passionate" about Disney -- that was an afterthought. Really!

 

[Tltorrez]

Anyone else taking Ali Edwards One Little Word class this year?

 

[MusicalDisneyDreams]

I know I'm a few days late, but I've finally picked a word-- well, words. I'm going with No Excuses. Any and all problems I've had recently tie back to me making really stupid excuses. I need to take ownership of my actions and fix how I'm handling certain issues. From this point foreward, NO EXCUSES.

Everyone's picking such wonderful words/phrases for this year.