Welcome 2013...Bring it on!

New Year...New Goals?

I always tell my kids that I don't do resolutions...that I just try to make "life changes"...sometimes that works...sometimes not!  I know I should do the normal top ten:

• Lose weight
•  Save money
• Clean house...blah blah blah

BUT...that is kind of a given isn't it...first to be added to a resolutions/life change list!  I want mine to be more fun!  How about a few like this:

•  Spend time doing something for ME
• Celebrate the ordinary with my kids
• Enjoy life
• Just have FUN

And maybe if I did a few more of those...the blah, blah, blah ones would just fall into place?

Last night was kind of a strange New Year's Eve at our house...it is odd having the kids get older.  We have always had so many "traditions" that it is hard to let the kids get older and start their own traditions.  For New Year's Eve, we ALWAYS had the "bubble wrap stomp" and the toasting of the new year with the nasty apple drink that looked like champagne.  We chased the bad luck out the back around the house and chased the good luck in the front door (easy to do in Florida and Texas...dang freaking cold in Idaho!!)  These are just a few of the many...BUT...last night my two youngest decided to go to a dance instead *sob sob*.  We still had our cheese sticks and pizza rolls, but it was two less to fight over them...we still watched the ball drop...but it was just us and Kimberly.  Still fun...but still different.  I guess that is how life is though...ever changing!  Sometimes for the good...sometimes for the bad.  I wonder how 2013 will be...hopefully all the changes will be positive!  I hope the new year brings much happiness to you and your families!