It has been over six weeks since my last post. Sorry, didn't mean to sound like Tom Hanks in Castaway. But the year has come to an end and rather quickly. I felt like I went from making Halloween costumes to taking down the holiday decor. It went too fast for me. I don't want that to happen again. I picked up a few more hours at Michaels so I'll blame it on 'work'. Didn't get any of the projects finished, no handmade gifts this year ... although I had visions early on they just didn't seem to work out. Even managed a real good ol fashioned cry on New Years Eve. Just me, by myself, thanks to a really stupid song I won't mention or it will start again.
The holidays weren't all bah-humbuggy. Took a day trip to NYC for my birthday which was awesome. Had all the kids spend the night Christmas which I love. Started a new holiday tradition with family friends. Joined the Pandora club thanks to Santa. Celebrated a balmy 40 degree New Year's Eve in Gettysburg.
Holiday school break was short for Ange. Just a week but we made the best of it. Went to the mall one day, to Williamsport, PA to see the in laws, she had two sleep overs (me & the hub watched three movies! Couldn't believe it! Felt good).
It's time though. Out with the old and in with the new though. I have been suffering from bloggers guilt the past few weeks. If you are an avid subscriber and receive tons of updates in your inbox daily, like me, it is easy to get caught up in what every one else is doing. What they are making and accomplishing while I sit and click. Well I came to the realization that I will never have a stack of pallets to make a table from. My husband isn't going to wake up one morning and say 'okay, let's knock down that wall'. I'm not going to have a tablescape every day, I'm lucky if we have dinner every day. And as far as scrapbooking goes, you guessed it .... my room will never be straight unless I gut it and I will probably never be caught up. I know I won't take a picture every day because (a) my camera isn't charged or (2) I don't know where it is! These are all nice thoughts and I wave my apron at all the ladies that can accomplish them. However yesterday was a de-Christmas-fy day and today I had trouble getting off my duff. Do you really want me to post a picture of that? Wasn't pretty, trust me! (having a wonderful eczema flare up so seriously, not pretty)
So, what are some expectations (not resolutions) I have more myself this year? I need to be on task to accomplish what I need to get done to feel good about myself for my family. As wives and moms, we are the foundations of our families. If we crack, the whole building is unstable. I'm tired of feeling unstable. We are going make some healthy eating choices, some fun living decisions and shape up this ship. Whew! Feels good to get it in black and white!
I hope you and your families had an enjoyable holiday! I appreciate you hanging in there! When you check out my updates, I hope you are motivated to accomplish something for yourselves, even if it's a feeling that it's okay to take the day to yourself. You may never earn any vacation leave but you can take a little personal time!
Let me know what you do keep your sanity so I can incorporate it into my plans! Send me some pix of things you accomplished. I am going to be ready this year, 2012 is going to be awesome!