I’m so happy! I finally have my laundry under control, after the chaos of the holidays! Somehow it piled up higher and was ignored longer, but today I have tamed the laundry beast. I have just a few items to fold and put away and then the only things in the hamper are a couple towels. I am totally staying on top of it this year. Doing laundry is no big deal. Folding it? That gets done too. It’s the putting away that is my problem. But I’m committing myself to doing small, manageable loads and putting everything away as soon as the clothes are folded. I really hope that my motiviation sticks throughout the year!
Month: January 2007
This Makes My Day!
I have been waiting for this since I got Season 1 for Christmas back in 2001! It’s been five long years, but Twin Peaks Season two is going to be released on April 10!!! I don’t get all “fangirl” over a lot of shows, but this is one of the select few. Oh, I’m so psyched! I watched this show religiously when I was in high school and even wrote a paper on it in college. When it arrives, I’m going to bake a cherry pie, make a damn fine cup of coffee, and have a Twin Peaks marathon!
Back to Normal!
Whew! Finally, life as we know it resumes. The holidays were great, but I’m glad everything is over. I’m glad we’re back to just the regular old pace of things, and a whole year to look forward to. I know a lot of people are recapping their 2006s, but I’m not going to. It was a hard year, but often the most difficult things have the greatest rewards. So 2007 has *got* to be better. Our house *has* to sell. That really is the only thing I’m hoping for — the our house sells and we move before Jake starts kindergarten in the fall. I want to get back to living in a neighborhood where I can go for daily walks, not have to drive miles to buy a gallon of milk, to hopefully make some “real life” friends. I also am looking forward to going to church on a regular basis once we move and getting more involved. (Unless, of course, we’re still here at this time next year in which case I might very well leave the Catholic church for good because if that happens, God really doesn’t like me much, LOL). As for my goals for the year (I don’t want to call them resolutions), they are:
- Lose 15 lbs. Currently I’m hovering around 155. Ideally, I want to get back down to 135, but I’ll take 140. Once we move, we’ll be living somewhere where I can actually go out walking at least once a day, so that will help tremendously. But until then, I just have to put down the cookies.
- Read 12 books. Some people are setting goals of 50 or 70 books, but unless you’re a single college student, I don’t know how realistic that is. If I can read one a month, I’ll be happy. I didn’t finish a single book in 2006, though I started several.
- Knit a lace shawl. My own personal knitting challenge for the year.
- Journal more (in my written journal).
- Do a better job at nurturing my friendships. I was a big slacker in 2006 and was awful about keeping in touch with people.
Our New Year started out nicely. I made waffles and raspberry topping for breakfast. We bought a new Christmas tree (it’s a 7.5 ft., pre-lit tree and was 75% off! Rock!). We took most of the Christmas decorations down. We made London Broil, scalloped potatoes, green beans, and salad for dinner. We put the boys to bed. We watched Monk. And we fell asleep. I can only hope that the rest of the year goes as well as the first day.