Happy New Year!!!

well, well...it has been a little while since i sat down to write. in fact; jon and i have celebrated 26 years of wedded bliss, we enjoyed christmas eve (tasty tacos and the spice girls re-visited), christmas day (eating too much and seeing national treasure II), mother's 80th birthday party, and now the new year. just to sum up the month of december...it was a blur. i met rhonda for lunch early on in the season and she asked, "are you already making plans for what you will do differently next year?" YESSSS!! she understood...she had been there before. the feeling that christmas is upon you and somehow you're still trying to put on your swimming suit and get a tan! i thought i was ok. i had made a plan. but when the plan fell through it felt like i was trying to dig out of a pit with my fingernails. needless to say, i have considered delivering chips and salsa at halloween, and sending christmas cards before thanksgiving, and simply giving my children money and no gifts! but seriously, what would be the fun in that? my plan is not set yet, but next christmas i want to have an advent list like candice and jen, and actually feel like i could do what i have planned on it. we'll see :)

for now, i have a need to clean every closet, every cupboard, every nook and cranny of my house. "DE-JUNK and RECLAIM MY SPACE" is my motto. how long will this mood last? i'm really afraid not long enough to actually achieve my goal. i have been trying to start in my closet for two days now. why is it that life has a way of crowding in and needing my attention?
the other thing i really want to be doing, is getting my mom and dad's histories, with video and pictures completed. both of these jobs could be "all consuming" if i could let go of everything else. but my personality is such that i can't start to work on my projects until a certain amount of cleanliness is complete in my house...hence, i never get anything else done. i figure though, having put these two goals on my blog for all to see, maybe things will be different this time and i will make them happen. that is what i'm hoping for (fingers crossed and eyes closed)!

the following pictures are from mom's birthday! my girls (mostly megan) were in charge of my camera that day! i love the pictures they took, but if you weren't on their radar or making some kind of sexy pose, you probably won't find yourself in any. i need someone to share with me!

i am very excited for a new start this new year! i'm not usually big on new year resolutions, but this year found me needing some changes in my life. Day 3 and i'm still going strong :)