Goodbye 2005...Hello 2006!!!

Well it's new year's eve, and the night is quiet. Everyone is asleep except for me as usual. Once again, I am looking forward to spending new year's eve with Dick Clark and it's good to have him back. 2005 put our family through many changes, and I am happy to begin a new year. Since I don't normally make resolutions, I'm not gonna even begin. What I will do is just promise myself to try to do better. Whatever it is that I'm doing now, I will try to do better in the coming year. I would like to be a better mom and wife, look better, feel better....just be better. All I can do is try.....so I will!!!!

Love 'em while you have 'em...

I just heard something that really struck a chord with me. A guest on the Oprah show today was talking about coming through a rather difficult time, and his words were that you get very few opportunities to be in the same room with all the people you love and care about and who love and care about you.....mostly weddings or funerals, where of course you can't enjoy their company. I paused upon hearing this and it definately is true. When I think of gatherings of my family, it is usually at a wedding or unfortunately at a funeral. Over the past 5 years, we have begun having family reunions, and even with that we have lost loved ones and we shared warm thoughs of them at the first reunion without them. Family is important, and staying in touch is even more important. We all have family members that we take for granted. Once they are gone, there are no more words, laughter, touching, feeling, or sharing. 2005 has been a year of loss for many, and it is hard to step forward after that loss. As we enter a new year reach out to your family. Love them while you have them.

The Chronicles of Narnia...The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

We went to see it today, and everyone just loved it! I knew I wanted to see this movie from the minute I found out it was being made. I have the books, but haven't read them yet. After seeing the movie, I'm more eager to start reading them to the kids. I think they will get more out of it now that they have the imagery floating around in their heads.

Long Time......No See!

Well........it's been a long time since my last post. Life around here has been upside down! Daniel celebrated his ninth birthday. Darryl had another birthday. We celebrated Thanksgiving together. I had another surgery, and we began to prepare for the Christmas holiday season. More construction work is going on in the house. It has been a whilrwind of activity around here and in the midst of it all, I'm working on making me better. Feels like I'm taking on a mountain of responsibility, but in the end, it will have been worth it all.

This was our first Christmas in the new house, and while trying to decorate and get everyone in the holiday spirit, the construction began again. Tile workers are repairing the shower leak and we have had to share the kids' bath for over a month now. There have been cracks in the walls, and the painter and carpeter have been back to take care of those items. The garage has finally been finished. My light in the stairwell has been finally installed.....Yeah!!! Why it took the builder so long to get this done is beyond me, but it's complete and I can now stop obsessing about it. The dishwasher broke about 2 1/2 weeks ago, and I have had to spend more time hand washing dishes over the holidays. It was finally fixed, and we found that one of the attachment screws came loose and jammed up the drain valve. My dishwasher has not been attached properly to the counter, and what they did do ended up messing up my brand new dishwasher. It's working right now, but still not attached to my counter. Anyhow, life goes on......

I actually did some scrapping!!!!!!! As usual, I got the big idea to send both sets of grandparents a mini album of the kids. As usual, I started late, and only have one of the albums completed. The grandmas know it is forthcoming....but I actually put in the time and did some scrapping. My scrapspace is set up and looks organized, but the feel is not exactly right, but I can work on that! Now, I just need to stop buying so much stuff and get busy using it!