Saturday, January 4, 2014

Julie Doherty, Goals & Project for 2014


I'm wife to a very patient man, Chris Doherty.
(One of my other Project(s)Connect goals is to blog about living with Chris' MS. 
 One day... when I dare to be more vulnerable. It's a process, right?)


I'm mom to two girls (12 and 10 years old) that I think are pretty cool.

January- Organize my house. Now there's a project! :-) As a kid, when it was my turn to teach FHE, every lesson I gave was “A House of Order is a House of God.” I would invent revolutionary new chore charts, brainstorm ideas on how my brothers could follow every little step I'd outlined for them, and I even graciously volunteered to be the enforcer. Oh, I'm sure I drove them all crazy! Now, I'm the mom and I'm the one in need that FHE lesson. My storage room, office, and recipe cupboard are going to get a make-over this month. And we are even going to break out the label maker. Uh-huh, oh yeah.


February- I am Going for Gold this month by creating some celebrations and traditions centered around the Winter Olympics that will take place in Sochi, Russia from Feb. 7 – 23rd. I will include the Academic Olympics that I am helping with Gracie's 5th grade class, as well as the fun projects/parties we will do at home as a family. Never mind the fact I have no television with which to watch the Olympics... :-)


March- Blessed Life PHOTO website to go live. I will have taken 2 classes (one each in January and February), and I will finally get my photography website up and going. Thank you, in advance, to the DH, who will be assisting on the programming end of things.


April- SMASHbooking. That's cool, hip, teen talk for scrapbooking. I will be doing this with the kiddos and some of their friends. I would like to make it a monthly affair. Maybe we will even dust off the old acrylic stamp sets and let them hog wild. While they are SMASHING, I will be scanning in photos for storage- old family photos, wedding and mission photos.


May- Bedroom make-overs for the darlings. Time to get rid of the cranberry red wall (that was oh-so- popular 12 years ago...) in Liza's room. Do you think I can talk them into pure white walls with just colorful bedspreads? I despise painting.


June- Family vegetable garden. Last year I didn't plant one thing-- not even a tomato plant. Shhhh. Don't tell my mother. It was so unlike us. During the prime planting months, I was busy wrapping up a year of PTA, training for a long bike ride, and planning Girls Camp. In 2014, our garden will be back with a vengeance, including the girls' little square-foot gardens!


July- Report on my MS Bike fundraising and experience. And then I will keep on biking. Every year, after the MS 150, for like.... a month at least, I don't even touch my bike. This year I will keep riding. Maybe I'll join Nora on her Midnight Antelope Island ride! I'll keep training for Wildflower Pedal-fest. I do love that bike of mine.


August- The first part of this month I will be consumed with Girls Camp. The second half I will spend recovering. Oh, how I love Girls Camp! For the first time in a long time, we are on a Ward level, which means I am responsible for planning every single last minute. I cannot wait! We are tenting-it this year rather than being in cabins, and we are going to be certifying while we are actually up at camp. It is the best time and I love the young women so very much! I will share pictures and report on the crafts, activities and highlights.


September- September is for Sewing, right? My girls and I are going to sew some projects for holiday gifts. I'd also really like to put together that t-shirt quilt I've been meaning to do for 15 years. (And yes, I have been saving up all of those sentimental t-shirts, just for this purpose!)


October- Pay it Forward Fall. As a family, we are going to do some of the ideas on my “Pay it Forward” Pinterest board. (Random Acts of Kindness). Seeing what happens to my kids as we serve outside of ourselves is priceless. We need to do it more than we do.


November- Shhhh.... don't tell. After years in the planning stages, I will finally assemble and complete a family recipe picture book to give as Christmas gifts for some un-named people in my family. I will included histories and pictures of the family's favorite heirloom recipes, including traditions and anecdotes. Shutterfly is my friend.


December- Memorize “The Living Christ.” I wonder if I can get my family to do it with me? I've been wanting to do this for many years now as part of my YW Personal Progress. I have memorized different paragraphs, but not the entire document. My hope is that by working on this during Jesus' birthday celebration month, I will draw closer to Him.


Sometime this year: (As a back-up or an additional project:)

***If I'm feeling super-ambitious, I'd also like to start a blog about sharing a life with someone who has Multiple Sclerosis. I would like to “keep it real” but I don't know if I am brave enough to be that vulnerable.... hmmmm...... 

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