New Year resolutions??

I guess I'm being a little slow about resolutions, but thought I would throw out a couple that interest me & get ideas from others about how to accomplish them!!

1) I never have been a cook. Any cooking I do from recipes are truly a "force myself" to do it thing. I think my issue is that I don't like messes. To be a good cook, it seems you also have to be messy & okay with spending an hour or more in the kitchen preparing the meal, eating it in 5 minutes (okay, maybe 10), & then spending another hour cleaning up. Yuck. Now, do I like good food? Of course!! My grandmother was an excellent cook & I have fond memories of her food. Another reason for lack of desire to cook is my hubby works evenings, so it's just me & Mr. Eli for dinner. He's so hit or miss on eating well that I could prep a wonderfully amazing meal & could care less. We also don't own a deep freeze or have a large freezer. As much as I would like to freeze a lot of food, storage seems an issue. Regardless, I also want to overall eat healthier (I do okay, just not great), not buy pre-made meals as much, & have "favorites" our family loves. I hope that once our kids are older & Eric returns to a normal schedule I will be more inspired! Any ideas to help me get our "pantry" & meal prep in order (fiscally minded, too) this year??

2) Along with hating messes, I hate cleaning them up, too. I am a "tidier", meaning I hate things "out of place" & love to reorganize. But, cleaning the kitchen floor, bathrooms, dusting, vacuuming, windows, etc., etc. are of little interest to me. I of course do these chores, but not as often as I feel I should. Poor Eli has probably ate too much food off of our not-so-clean kitchen floor (his idea, not mine!!). I used to be good & clean weekly on the weekends...prior to Eli. Working part-time I used to schedule one chore a day during nap but that never stuck (as you can see what I am doing now while he naps :). I just plan don't like it & cleaning with Eli can be hard. I try to incorporate him in cleaning duties, but he wants it his way or no way which would include spraying the mirror with Windex 50 times instead of 2. I also want to spend time with him doing fun stuff since I only have half the day instead of a full day with him due to work. How do you get your cleaning done??

ADDITION LATER IN THE DAY:

3) I would also like to compile a list, in some organized fashion, of Eli activities. I started this already, & have it on our fridge, but it really isn't being utilized. Because Eli has time with daddy, mommy, & 3-4 partial days a week with grandma, we all need ideas that everyone understands & are easily accessible. I have printed out some simple games & put in ziploc bags which were used for awhile, but somehow got lost in the shuffle & just came back out again. My big goal for this is that we have ideas for Eli that he can do independently & ideas he needs assistance with. Eli is so quick with his attention span & need for changing activities that it would be helpful to have ideas readily at hand for all 3 of us. PLUS, Eli needs ideas for independent play ESPECIALLY with baby on the way in 4 1/2 (give or take) short months. He can play independently for awhile if he is really liking something. Otherwise, if it is not structured AND he gets bored....WATCH OUT! This is when throwing, hiding behind couches, etc. occurs. While I get that he is 2, he is just curious & ACTIVE!! Ideas?

There are my big ones...maybe some smaller ones too, but what do you think??