It's been over 6 weeks since I last posted an update. Time flies when you're having fun, I guess!
We had a wonderful Christmas with Mike's parents coming into town and we enjoyed seeing the boys unwrap their presents and get excited about the festivities. New Year's we celebrated at Mark and Stephanie's with Zeb and Nicole (who also have a 1-year-old) and we partied until the way-late hour of 10pm. I think we may have celebrated ringing in the New Year with Nova Scotia. We were happy to officially welcome 2011 much later in the morning.
Since then, we've been trying to get back into the normal routine. We've all had bad colds that have lasted since just after Christmas, it seems, but we're finally on the mend (finger's crossed). A new employee has finally begun working in Human Resources at the hospital so I am finishing out two more days of this week and then I'm home with the boys full-time again. As much as I enjoy working, it's hard to give myself to home and work so I'm glad to be truly "home" again.
Just before Christmas we sold our Pathfinder. Having an SUV was fun, convenient, and...expensive. I'm happy to say that just over a week ago, we bought a minivan. We had been making payments on our Pathfinder, but it's wonderful to owe nothing on both of your cars and we were blessed to be able to buy a new (to us) vehicle with cash. I'm still inspired by my hero Dave Ramsey, who convinced me it was not smart to make payments on a car. Thank you, Dave. It feels amazing! After driving my Honda Odyssey for one whole week I can say, I am completely in love! I much prefer the way it drives to a larger SUV like we had, and it's only about, oh, 50 times more convenient, let alone the fact that it costs less to both insure and to drive. I'm now a firm believer in the minivan.
Now it's time for the hard truth before I sign off for the night. Let's not sugar-coat it. I didn't make my weight-loss goal. I didn't even make my adjusted weight-loss goal. In fact, I didn't even step on a scale until about a week ago. Seeing what my weight is now, wasn't what I wanted to see, but it is what it is and that's okay. It's nice to be done with my year of "resolution" even though I still want to lose more weight. Now I can do it on my own and tell you in my own time when I feel like it. Ha!
I have been thinking since November, about what I wanted to do with my blog this year. I've decided that I need a bit of a break (hence my very quiet January), but that my new "blog resolution" will start in February. What I intend to do is mini-monthly resolutions, rather than one that lasts for a year. I'll give you more details later, but it's already planned out and I'm really excited about it.
I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and that you've started 2011 with as much joy as possible! Happy New Year! It's great to be back!
