A New Year

The old year went out with a sigh and we rang in the new year pretty mildly.  In fact, my kids asked if we were going to do "anything exciting" for New Year's.  I laughed.  Us?  Exciting?  I'm still laughing.  The girls did stay up until midnight and watched the ball drop.  However, the late nights have now caught up to us since school has started up again.  A two week break can get out of control if you stay up late and sleep in late!

I'm afraid to say that the new year has ushered in a wave of busy-ness at our household.  AJ starts basketball next week and volleyball as soon as bball is over. T started basketball this week and rolls into baseball as soon as his bball is over. AD is done with gymnastics for awhile but is looking forward to cheer camp and tball already.  AT has speech and preschool still and I have a retreat, a daycamp, a new temporary teaching job for the next three months, and 4 more months left on my Master's as well.  Say it with me:  is it summer yet? 

Everyone talks about new year's resolutions.  I have made so many over my lifetime and they never keep.  I know, I know they say that if you do something daily for 21 or 31 days it becomes a habit.  However, it only takes one day to lost that habit:  the day you don't do it for some uncontrollable reason.  That's why I was avoiding resolutions this year until I saw in someone else's blog (might have been this one: Apron Girls) some wise words:  Slow down, Simplify, and Focus on the Essentials.  I like that; a simple theme which is easy to remember.  Possibly harder to do given the craziness I just described that takes over our house this time of year, but nonetheless . . . it's worth a try.  So, here's to a new year of trying to:

Slow Down

Simplify

Focus on the Essentials

Enjoy your day!