Welcome 2013

Well, it's 2013 now.  And it doesn't feel much different than yesterday.  Last night I didn't even try to stay up late.  I went to be at 10.  Fell asleep soon after and then slept into today.  So if my New Year's Resolution was to sleep a lot, I would have been on top of my game!

But I don't make New Year's Resolutions only because I'm perfect just the way I am.  Hardy-har-har.

I did start thinking about my goals for 2013.  I should have them pounded out in the next couple of days.  I did this last year and I loved seeing what I was accomplishing.  Even when there were days that I felt I did nothing at all, I knew in the grand scheme of things, I was making progress.

I see some people are choosing words for 2013.  I thought that was a great idea until I couldn't come up with a word.  Gratitude?  Organize?  Wonder?  Simple?  They all sound great until I realize that I would have to actually put them to work.  Which would be like making goals.  And see the paragraph above for that.

So for me today was just another day.  I cleaned out Julie's room.  I know have a big mound of stuff to take to the thift store.  I put together Tot School work for tomorrow.  And I went to the store and bought some milk.  I lead a very exciting life. 

The highlight of my day was finding my 1000 Gift journal that I had lost a couple of weeks ago.  Which it is now obvious that I fell off the wagon on listing gifts.  So I'm starting back up.  It's so neat to see what I had written this past year.

2012

warm blankets

iced coffee

the four of us piled in bed

pre-schoolers singing to Jesus

a bunny visits every once and a while in our backyard

facetime

Jax packed a bag to entertain himself while we were running errands and even packed Julie some toys!

hugs from Julie

Julie fell-and Jax comforted her

Jax catching his first fish!

garden fresh tomatoes

None of these were earth shattering.  But it was neat to read through them.  I ended up with #293 so I didn't fail completely.  My journal is back on my kitchen counter tonight.  Ready to count more gifts.

#294 Welcome 2013.