Happy New Year 2010!!!!!!!!
I cannot believe a new year and a new decade have started already! Everyone has always told me that the older I get the faster the time will go by, and I believe it. I just realized that the 2000s decade was the first full decade that JC and I were married (May 2, 1998), and both of our boys and Emma joined our family in 2001, 2003 and 2009! WHAT AN AWESOME 10 YEARS WE HAVE HAD!!!
Who has been organizing already????
I meant to do this post yesterday, but I am one of those people who really does get the cleaning/organizing bug at the start of a new year. Sooooo...I made a list. It has 23 items on it to be completed by me and JC this weekend. We started it yesterday, and I am happy to say that we have crossed off all but eight of those items. The ones that are left will be real tasks though - like shampooing the carpets upstairs (we have hardwoods downstairs). I wish my entire house had hardwood floors including all the bedrooms. Carpet feels so dirty to me since I can't rip it up and throw it in the washing machine. Combine that with two little dachshunds who refuse to go outside in the rain, and we have problems.
I feel so good about crossing things off a list though!
Today is a good day to blog!!! Not only is this my first post of the New Year, but this is my 200th post!!!
My next post will be a little giveaway. I haven't quite decided what the "prize" will be, but please check back and leave a comment to enter!
RESOLUTIONS
JC and I have made resolutions in the past, but this year we did not. I always feel like such a failure when I stop doing whatever it is I said I would work on.
With that being said, we both do want to
1. eat healthier
2. make it back to the YMCA (we have not been since returning from Russia)
3. and try to cut back on our spending a little bit (again with two trips to Russia in Sept/Oct and then buying Christmas presents as soon as we returned, our spending was way more than usual).
WISH LIST 2010
Something else that we have done this year is make a "wish list" for home improvements. Mostly these are things that can be done by us as well as projects that we would need to hire out.
This list is also a little long, but some of the projects are
1. replace kitchen sink faucet
2. replace rug in family room
3. paint the two story walls in our family room
4. replace the ceiling fan and sconces in family room
5. replace soiled carpet in our Master bathroom closet
More than anything else, though, we WISH and PRAY for health and happiness in 2010. 2009 was a very blessed year for us, and we know that this new year will bring us just as much to be thankful for.
From our family to yours, we hope that you also find good fortune, great health and much happiness in 2010!
