Another year, another set of goals

So another year has rolled around, boy last year flew by!

On New Year's Day we planted Bethany's placenta under a lemon tree we brought her. Jane, Ella and my folks came to have morning tea with us and it was just lovely.

I have been thinking of the things I would like to achieve this year and I've come up with the following so far:

• Less consumerism! Now that Dave and I will be both part time to keep Beth out of childcare we won't have the spare cash like we used to. I'm going to attempt to stick to my shopping list, no impulse buys and to save for things instead of putting it on the credit card...
• Eat better. Less packet shit and more whole foods.
• Finish the Couch to 5km run. I've finished week 1 and feeling great! I would really like to go and participate in the City to Surf again this year and get a good time : )
• Thanks to Kris for inspiration (she ran 1000kms in 2010), I'm setting myself a goal to run 750kms. Thats 14.5kms a week. I think it's achievable without making it too easy or out of my reach.
• Finish the various studies/courses I've started. My Doula course is so close to being finished, I can see it! I'll hopefully be finished by the end of next month. I have also started an Teaching Art Class with Birthing From Within, this starts at the end of the week and will be reimbursed through the CEA once I've finished as I will be running classes for them, and my final workshop I've enrolled in for the time being is Midwifery 101 with Gloria Lemay. Things it will cover are;
  
  Common Obstetric Problems
  Female Pelvis-anatomy and physiology
  Medical Terminology
  Prenatal Clinic visit
  Palpation, Blood pressure
  Rh negative blood type
  Fetal circulation
  Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
  Cervix—effacement, dilation
  Confident nutrition counseling
  Gestational diabetes prevention, screening
  Anemia and blood work
  Water birth
  Genetics for midwives
  Perineum, preventing tears
  Newborn exam
  Placenta (third stage safety, cut and clamp cord, examining)
  Twins and breech presentations
  Teaching childbirth education
  Assessing dilation by observation of the woman’s external signals. 
• I hope to have our garden a bit more sorted. More fruit and veg, and less random spikey plants that Beth could poke herself on.

At this point, I think that is it. I need to detox this week to refresh myself before returning to work. I think I might start tomorrow. 5 days of no facebook posting (except photos of Bethany), no caffine, no added sugars - natural sugars found in fruits etc ok, and I will really try to have no dairy. Will see how I go, only for 5 days...