Friday Random Ramblings – the New Year’s Edition
I don’t write resolutions. I’m a product of the 80’s — the goal-setting, overachieving, Michael J. Fox in “Family Ties” win-at-all-costs mindset. Around ten years ago, I gave up on formal goals. I still have goals; in fact, I write a business plan (sort of) for my company every year. I just don’t make it all such a big deal and resolutions feel WAY TOO FORMAL for me.
What I have done every New Year’s Eve since 2000 is write a journal entry. Once a year, I write about the preceding year (all in the same notebook). I’ll jot down who was who in pop culture that year, what happened in politics, what the big movies, music, and television shows were. I might write down the price of gas. And always, I write about what my hopes (note: NOT resolutions) are for the coming year.
Last night, I totally forgot it was New Year’s Eve. So I’m going to cheat and write in my New Year’s Eve journal tonight. If I can find it here in our little rental house.
Speaking of our rental house, we’ve affectionately dubbed it our “little lemon house.” If it can go wrong, it has. This week, we had no electricity in our den/playroom. It took the landlord five hours to fix it. (Well, five hours and one week cuz it took a week to get them out here.) We have to call them every few weeks because we keep getting ROACHES! Yeah, it’s gross and it’s not like we leave food out or anything.
On a happier note, our new house has started the framing stage. It’s starting to look like a real house! Yesterday, Chris and I went to a kitchen cabinet store and chose our cabinet style (Shaker). We’re going with white cabinets and dark granite counters. The island will be the opposite: dark wood with white counters. I’d love to have marble on the island but it nicks too easily and requires more maintenance. We’re looking at some granite that resembles marble (sort of).
We had our son’s OT appointment earlier in the week to deal with feeding issues. I’ll blog about that later for other moms who are dealing with similar problems. It deserves its own post!
For now, I want to wish you all a Happy New Year. I hope you’re having a wonderful day!
–Sherean