A New Year

A new year is upon us much quicker then I had anticipated. I have spent a lot of time reflecting on 2005.

For the first time in a long time I am looking forward to the exciting things that will be happening this year. I am ready to put 2005 behind me.

So many bad things have happened this year. I lost my job of two years which caused me to miss my niece’s wedding. We ended up with mice when they cut the woods down near our apartment. I was sick several times. Chris failed on his classes. We went to war with my father in law. We were investigated by social services. I went to court for unpaid fines, driving without a license, driving without insurance, as well as driving with outdated tags. My children were exposed to, and allowed to handle firearms by adults in their lives who are not responsible enough to be teaching them that. My cousin Charlie was laid to rest.

However, despite all of the bad things that happened, there were a lot of good things that happened as well. Chris did finish the first quarter of school with a 4.0. I found a job that I like better, that pays more money, that is less stressful, that is more appreciative of the things I have to offer as an employee. At that job, I managed to get a promotion in less then a year, beating out others who have been there for nearly nine years. Our children spent the summer with my family, which gave Chris and me some much needed time. My cousin came and spent some time with us. I have blogged with more regularity then before. I did loose some weight. My youngest son started school. I started school. I met great people here in blogland and have made, what I can only hope, are life long connections. I have made huge strides in improving myself, how I look at things, controlling my emotions. I am not all the way where I want to be, but I am heading straight for it.

I like New Years because the last year I can set things that happened in the last year, on a shelf, and start over. I love having a fresh slate to work with and I am full of resolutions. I have a lot, but I also have an entire year in which to accomplish the things I want to do. So, here is my list of resolutions for the New Year.

1) Quit Smoking
2) Loose weight
3) Fix my credit
4) Get “temple ready”
5) Get Chris’ license back
6) Make it through the 1st year of school
7) Blog once a day
8) Buy a new vehicle
9) Sort through all my pictures and get them so I can make back up disks
10) Make scrap books for all my kids out of their old school work

I am going to keep coming back to these during the year, updating to see how I’m doing, but before I do that, I am going to put in a plan of action for each goal. Each thing has a detailed list of the smaller things I can do to help myself reach the big goals.

In my blogging goal, it is going to be extra hard because I am working on moving my past/present stuff over to a new blog so that this one can go back to being what it was intended for. Someday, when my ashes have been spread in the mountains, I want my kids to be able to read about my life, read about my past, their childhood, my marriage with Chris. However, I do not want them to read about the kinky sex stuff in our lives, or the fantasies that I sometimes have. I think that is a little too much information. So, for now I will keep updating here, but when I do get everything moved over, I will alternate where I post on my blogs each day. There is just no way that I can make two blog entries each day.

I hope and pray that all you have a great 2006. In my heart I long for peace in my life and that extends to those I love. I am looking forward, I hope you all are too.