It's a Redux!

How did you celebrate New Years?  I've never been one to go out and party and this year was no exception.  In fact, I'm here at work, bright eyed and bushy tailed...though already my sinuses are bothering me.  Yeah I know...winter and I have allergies brewing? Go fig...  However, it was a nice evening in with E and the girls.  We snacked on appetizers and watched movies.  Come midnight, I was already in bed, feeling old...cause seriously - I'm in bed??  I was awake but still...ugh...can we blame it on the fact I get up at 5am and am at work now?  With all the fun of last night, my thoughts wandered to here.  It's been two months and I'm going to shove aside the shame I feel at neglecting my postings and move forward.

I was looking over my past entries to see if I've ever hit a New Years sort of post and found I did one two years ago.  Two weeks after the year started.  I've still maintained a belief that resolutions tend to lay to rack and ruin. With me at least. I was very vague about what the ones I kept silent on were and I have to say.  Two years later, the big one in my mind wasn't a total fail and it's one I can and do keep going to.

This year I'd like to change my stance a little - perhaps they are resolutions but I'm not going to call it that.  These are things in mind - some are things that I have been working on, albeit, sporadically and other things are ones that I have wanted or need to do.

My big resolution two years ago was in regards to using Flylady and it's been really touch and go.  Since then, I've taken some of the advice to heart and work on the habits the system tries to instill. It's really frustrating how hard it is to maintain a good habit but this year I'm really going to try to keep at it.

For quite some time I was a very steady writer and, in truth, have amassed a small stack of small notebooks with my scrawl in them.  I'd like to start devoting some time to figuring out what I've got and organizing.  This extends to here as well.  There have been times when I had things to share and didn't for one reason or another.  I'm hoping with 2012, to release some of my restraint and deluded idea of perfectionism and post here more.

Another big thing I'd like to touch on is walking my dog more.  While she has a ginormous yard to run riot in (and trust me, she does), I think that walks would do us both good.  Shes' very much a pack animal - one that's never far from my side when I'm home and as her most favourite person in the world, I should take her out more.

The last thing that's come to mind is that I really need to go through my massive recipe collection.  Ever since the early days of marriage, I've been gathering from various sources and have some that I use, some I've used that didn't turn out and some that I'd like to try and yet plenty that I think are fantasies - like when am I ever going to get to make a tiered cake?  lol  Anyhow - with the Elfling old enough to cook and the Diva getting there, I'd love to have a collection I can share with them, one that they could take with them when they're older.

So those are some things I want to keep in mind for the year 2010.  I hope that everybody has a very happy new year - good fortunes and luck for all.