NEW YEARS DAY - 2013

3.9 degrees as I write this / snowy / sunshine and ice crystals gently falling.

A FRESH start - a New Year!

Take a DEEP breath!  Now, doesn't that feel good?  Yeah, it's cold outside but just wanted you to feel how good it feels to be alive and moving toward the future - new experiences, new relationships, NEW EVERYTHING!  

I've been absent for some time - I've missed writing about my (our) life, family and such.  Lost interest when a family 'loss' derailed me and I just needed time to forget.  I like to be positive in everything I think and write and didn't want that experience to change me and sour me - so decided to keep things to myself for a little while!

We're 'weird' about New Years - maybe a better word is 'simple' - we love being together, staying home (for the most part), and enjoying family, food and fireplace!  For several years we've gone to see a good movie on New Years Eve but this year we kept it really simple and watched TV and the happenings in New York.  I made a phone call to mom to make sure she was okay - she wasn't feeling that great to come out and stay up late and she seemed fine with that.  I texted all the kids to wish them a Happy New Year - things were quiet and calm all night and 2013 slipped right in at the right time.

Watched Rose Parade on TV from Pasadena, California.  Loved it - we would go every year when I was a kid living in California.  My aunt lived right off the parade route and we would stay up all night to get a good place to see the floats roll past, bands play - excitement to the max.  It's very sentimental to me!  

I asked Bob what his New Year's resolution(s) were this year - and he said, "That's a good question!"  I'm not sure if he's ever made a resolution!  It made him think - he did say he had to read some books - but actually he needed to do that for school.  The ONLY one I thought I really needed to work on was to eliminate SUGAR from my life - forever!  Well, that lasted about 4 hours!  Haha!  I am serious about that - but it's going to take one step at a time and little by little over the year.  So, I guess that's my one and only resolution - too many resolutions are a drag.  But I am going to try and IMPROVE my life - do better at many things - they don't necessarily have to be resolutions but they will be in my planner and on my mind so I can make improvements.  Specifics?  I'm still planning and deciding on some but will list them to make them a reality for 2013.