New Year's Eve 2008

I cannot believe how fast this year flew by! This will be the first New Year's Eve that Jim and I have spent alone. Well, mainly alone. I will be picking up Alyssa and FIVE friends from a dance at 12:45 a.m. for a sleepover here. I really don't mind having them here-selfish reason I guess...less worrying for me! Kylie is having a sleepover with Steffi and Jordan at Jordan's house. They were playing Wii, last I heard.

Being alone is a bittersweet feeling. The quiet, low-key evening will be nice but when did the girls, MY BABIES, grow up? I know it is cliche but it seems like just yesterday, they needed help doing everything...now they would rather do most things on their own. It is a new life for Jim and I as we will have to learn to have a conversation with each other again. So much of our lives has been ALL about the kids that we will have to learn to like each other again. Should be interesting!

I am, shall we say, attempting to cook a prime rib roast for dinner. I say 'attempting' because I have never done it before nor do I know anything about choosing one from the grocery store so this will be an experiment, to say the least. I am comfortable baking most things but as for my ability in cooking main dishes or "real" food, I am not very adventurous nor very good. But hey, that's what is great about starting a new year...time to try new and different things. I can try to be more adventurous (in the kitchen anyway) in 2009.

I am not much into making resolutions, mainly because I make the some one(s) each year. You know the ones? Vowing to lose that weight you've been trying to lose for 16+ years, eating healthier and exercising more. It's kind of like saying you'll start a diet on Monday only to screw it up by lunch and then put it off until the following Monday. Why do I do that?

Well, this year (2009), I am going to try to take it one day at a time and celebrate each day (not with food). I am NOT going to hurry through the weeks dreaming only of the weekends and dreading Mondays. After working 7 days a week for the last 2 years and 8 months, I am going to try and enjoy all the 'free' time I have with my family, friends, etc. I am going to focus more on what I have rather than what I don't have. And lastly, I am going to focus on trying to improve myself rather than focusing on the faults of others. I am not perfect as anybody who knows me will tell you. I am going to try and be more tolerant of others and try to see the best in everybody!

I guess those are resolutions in a way, but I already know that I will not succeed 100% in any area. However, I am going to try. And maybe, just maybe, 5 years from now (or hopefully less) I will be a better person. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

New Blog

I have decided to enter the world of blogging for the New Year with the hope that this will help me remember things that are important to remember and also to organize my thoughts. This will require much organization but I am going to make a great attempt. More later...