Christmas was a huge success at the Smith household. Everyone was happy and I was fortunate enough to score an Ipad from my dear hubby, :) While the holiday was perfect, I'm soooo glad its over. We spend a good solid month stressing about what to get people and how much to spend. I for one go over my "set limit" EVERY year. As much as we put into it, it is still over in a matter of 30 minutes. I know you all know what I'm talking about. How do kids tear through all that damn wrapping paper so fast? I cant wait until my kids KNOW I'm the one buying, maybe then my 7 year old will think before she gives me her Christmas list totaling items over 1000.00 bucks. Even if she doesn't, I will be allowed to rebuke "Are you out of your effing mind?" LOL.
Now its on to the New Year and I am highly enthused about that. The end of December is a time to reflect on all the things that went wrong during the year and what we want to change in the upcoming year.. Ah, resolutions. I for one LOVE resolutions.I took a look back at my 2011 resolution blog. While I didn't exactly list out my resolutions, I did state some changes I would like to make. How did I stack up you ask? Surprisingly, not too bad. Like many of you, I aimed to lose weight in 2011, and I did. That's right, I made the gym a HABIT and watched what I ate MOST of the time. The results yielded a 15 lb weight loss. HOORAY ME! I promised to make more time for me in 2011 and I also did that! I learned this year that I love to write, I love to bake, and I love feeling fit. I love the handful of close friends that I have and have tried to have more one on one time with them. I have also made date nights a priority with Jason and as a result, we have become even closer than before(yes, that's possible).
Alongside my resolution successes are my resolution failures. My biggest failure this year was career related. If you can remember my 2011 resolution blog, I went on and on about feeling so lucky to have a job, so fortunate that I bluntly stated I would no longer complain about my job. HAHAHA. Really, that resolution lasted at best, 2 months. What can I say? I have career related issues as in .... I don't know what I wanna be when I grow up. :) (This is not where you chime in to tell me that I am grown up;I'm fully aware)
So I'm thinking.... thinking of changes Id like to make in 2012. You'll just have to wait till the next blog to find out what they are. :)
