Reflecting on 2016...

Hasn't this year just flown by?  Time to reflect...just a bit...

Listed below are my 2016 Intentions...and my thoughts on my achieving...or not...these intentions:

1. My One Word Challenge: all.  
1. This year's word spurred me during times I needed to be sure to include all, to do all, to be all...  This word became the gentle reminder that He gave all...just for me.
2. Read.  
1. I read less.  Less than I intended, probably due to my spending too much time on my cellphone!  Not sure of my final count yet...30+ books for the entire year.  I do love to read and have spent some of this Christmas break reading.  I hope to read one book a week next year...at least.
3. Become more involved in my professional memberships.  
1. Yes!  This past year I was asked to join the boards of two professional memberships!  Wow!  Truly, a highlight of my year.
4. Enjoy time with My Daughter.  
1. She obtained her driver's license, turned 17, got her first job, became a senior, had her senior pics made, while I spent time in the passenger seat, listened to her stories, paid for her senior year expenses, and designed her senior yearbook page.  Wow! 
5. Enjoy time with The Husband.  
1. I like him.  Very much! 
6. Book Clubs...
1. I love book clubs.  Very much.  I let the book clubs at school get behind...we didn't meet enough.  Hope to work on that!
7. Book Clubs, Part 2
1. I have enjoyed getting to know the people within these books clubs as we stretch our book likes and read what we might not would have.  This year, one of the ladies passed, which sure left a hole in our group.
8. Bible Study:
1. Our ladies' book study group is still meeting...and growing.  They bless me.  We ventured out and took in a study or two by various authors; then came back to Beth Moore.
9. Ladies on a Mission:  
1. Life got busy...and this group ceased to meet.  This is a good idea...but it just spread this group too thin.
10. Music...piano...songs.  
1. We learned a few...but not nearly enough.  We learned "The Birthday of a King" for Christmas.  Such a beautiful song.
11. Quilt.
1. I made six baby quilts this past year.  Love making quilts for babies...enjoy thinking about who the baby will become.  Currently, I am making a quilt for my brother.
12. Be a friend.  
1. I worked on this...I think I succeeded...some.
13. Write.
1. I did not succeed on this one.  BUT I sure hope to over this upcoming year, for I sure have a lot to write about on a lot of topics!
14. Tammy Time. 
1. I did work on this some...spent time attending Christian events...just for me.  For most of them, I took a group.  This year?  I am okay with just going by myself.  Not sure that will work out, as I tend to invite...and others tend to want to come along!
15. More organized.  
1. Nope.  Did not succeed here, at all!  Goodness!  Staying organized takes time...and I just do not have a lot of that!
16. Less teaching.  More teaching.  In some areas of my life I have resolved to commit less in some areas.  Just the way it has to be for now.  In other areas, I shall teach more.  Oh, for the wisdom to know how to handle both...and handle them well.
1. Here, I achieved...I taught less and may have to continue to do so, yet, at church, I taught more...three times a week.

One more...for the first time in a many years, I did not include "lose weight," which I never did...but I have lost a few pounds this year.  Not enough!  Just a thought, though...I am not going to include it next year, for I want to keep losing!  Yay!

When I look back over this year, I purposely stayed involved...attending conferences, book clubs, always giving myself something to which to look forward.  I enjoyed that very much.  This I want to continue.