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Like every year I am going to post my goals for 2009.  These are not resolutions, but rather goals.  What's the difference you may ask?  Well if it's a resolution, it is easier to fail or quit on.  For example, if the resolution is to stop drinking coke, if you have a coke, then you failed, and may think about giving up on the resolution entirely.  If it is a goal, having that coke is a "slip" and you can get back to the plan the next day. So.... I am working on Goals for 2009. 

On the way home from my parents house, I was talking with my wife, and we figured it was going to be a pretty big year for us, so my goals are going to be more modest in scope this year.  We plan on having a lot going on so...

The Goals: 

• Lose weight

This is a carry-over from last year.  I need to get down to 165-170.  I should get there, but again...who knows.  This one is starting to get important though, the longer I keep the weight on, the harder it is going to be to get rid of it.

• Stop Drinking Coke / SODA

Again a carry-over from last year.   This one is hard for me; I just need to do it.

• Add 52 posts to Itowler.com

Yeah, Yeah, how many times have we heard this one....  I did do better last year, so maybe I can get closer this year.

• Get the Family Tree up to 2200 people

Last year I set the goal really high, and wanted to more than double the size of the tree, but that was just not a good idea.  As I have been doing this longer, I really am trying to document my sources, and that makes adding new people a longer process.  This time I only need to add 418 people to reach my goal.  A little more than 1 person a day.  Much more manageable.

• Get a "logo" for itowler.com

 As I am writing this, in the upper left hand corner of the site, is just a big ugly white text blob that says "itowler.com".  I want a more graphical display there.  Not sure how I am going to accomplish this, but hey that is why it is a goal.

• Get the Blogs Sorted

I want to be able to have the blog posting be sorted by date, I know that Drupal can do this; I just have not taken the time to figure it out.

So there are my goals for 2009, let's see what I can get done!

Happy New Year!

Ian