So usually I don't make a New Year's Resolution because I'm TERRIBLE at sticking to them. But this year, I decided to go "balls to the wall" and make a few!
#1: Work it Out: I'm GOING to start working out, SOMEHOW, three days a week. Whether it's a walk around the block, getting around to doing Insanity, anything...
#2: Capture the Moment: We haven't been very good at taking pictures since we lost our camera last March. We got a new one, but hate it. I want to get a new camera and start taking pictures again! Especially since Claire is so little and changing every day.
#3: Clip, Snip & Save: Coupon clipping here I come! I am determined to master this damn art.
#4: Put it Away: Money ... always trying to figure out better ways to do it, always find other things to spend it on. Ellie needs preschool tuition from September - May... why not start saving now?!!?
#5: Time for ME: I desperately need to take time for myself. I never do. Once every other week to start. I will take an evening (6-9) and get out of the house and do whatever I want ... go somewhere with friends, knit, scrapbook... hopefully moving up to once/week!
I don't feel like I'm setting myself up for failure here, these are all very reachable goals! I'm starting a little late, obviously, but really ... is it ever really too late to make a resolution? Nah!
Now to master managing my headstrong toddler .... *sigh*
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
HAPPY 2011!
Well 2010 is over and here we begin a new year! 2010 was such an emotional year for us. Our best friends in the entire world, Jake (16) and Boone (3) passed away 3weeks apart from each other in May. Jake, was old and having great difficulties getting around, so after lots of weeks tossing it around, we finally took him in and had him put down on May 5. A very emotional day for all of us. Johnny built him a box and we took him out to a hunting spot and buried him. 3 weeks later, on the 30th, Riley called us, as we were out of town, and told us that Boone had passed. After almost 3 months of weekly, bi-weekly and sometimes tri-weekly vet visits and an autopsy, the unofficial verdict was Bone Marrow Cancer. On a happier note, we then welcomed our new puppy Caly, from TN, into our home in July and then our beautiful second baby girl, Claire Marie, joined us in late September! We are very blessed and I hope 2011 is filled with nothing but great things for us all!
Ellie is amazing! When we are out and about running errands, she recognizes "red octagons," "white rectangles," and "yellow diamonds" signs! I love it! She asks a million and one questions! We are going to put her on the waiting list for preschool in March so she can start this fall! From my experience, I'm sure I could have put her in the 3y/o class when she was 2 and she would have done just fine! In the mean time, I'm trying to keep up her her little brain and trying not to bore her =) She's growing up WAAAAAAAAAY too fast.
Claire is outrageous! I can't believe she's already 3 months old =( she spends her days cooing, smiling, giggling and eating! At her her 2m. check up she was 9lbs. and 22'. She absolutely is in love with her big sister! She's starting to reach for things and when she gets pissed enough, she's able to roll over from her tummy to her back! I'm not ready for my BABY to be doing things like this yet!
Caly continues her training and is a fabulous dog! We are so lucky to have her! She is SO great with the kids. When we brought Claire home and let Cal in to check her out, she got down and army crawled from about 15 feet away until her nose was touching Claire's head. Then she just laid there with her! It was absolutely priceless! That's when I KNEW Cal was meant to be ours! Never had she even seen a baby and that was how she reacted! LOVE IT! She's an amazing bird dog! Her first wild retrieve was a nice sized pheasant and she handled it with out a problem at all!
So with our health and love, we're hoping 2011 is half as good as 2010 was! Here's to a new year! *Cheers*
Ellie is amazing! When we are out and about running errands, she recognizes "red octagons," "white rectangles," and "yellow diamonds" signs! I love it! She asks a million and one questions! We are going to put her on the waiting list for preschool in March so she can start this fall! From my experience, I'm sure I could have put her in the 3y/o class when she was 2 and she would have done just fine! In the mean time, I'm trying to keep up her her little brain and trying not to bore her =) She's growing up WAAAAAAAAAY too fast.
Claire is outrageous! I can't believe she's already 3 months old =( she spends her days cooing, smiling, giggling and eating! At her her 2m. check up she was 9lbs. and 22'. She absolutely is in love with her big sister! She's starting to reach for things and when she gets pissed enough, she's able to roll over from her tummy to her back! I'm not ready for my BABY to be doing things like this yet!
Caly continues her training and is a fabulous dog! We are so lucky to have her! She is SO great with the kids. When we brought Claire home and let Cal in to check her out, she got down and army crawled from about 15 feet away until her nose was touching Claire's head. Then she just laid there with her! It was absolutely priceless! That's when I KNEW Cal was meant to be ours! Never had she even seen a baby and that was how she reacted! LOVE IT! She's an amazing bird dog! Her first wild retrieve was a nice sized pheasant and she handled it with out a problem at all!
So with our health and love, we're hoping 2011 is half as good as 2010 was! Here's to a new year! *Cheers*
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