Goodbye 2012!!!

Last New Years eve, I swore that this year would be better. That only good things would happen, that I would have the strength to make it through all of the bad stuff. Well, the only thing I was right about, was the strength. Although sometimes I don't think that was what it was. I simply just kept moving I dodnt havea choice. On those days where I literally felt like I was out of my mind, You cant even describe the feeling of being so incredibly overwhelmed. I have changd in so many ways. The last two years have shaped me into who I am now. 3 years ago I would have NEVER thought that I would lose my mom and dad in less than 6 months. Sometimes I just panic when I realize that its real life. Its not a bad dream. Like I said in yesterdays post, I am very excited about the year to come and I have no expectations. The only plan I have is to live life. We only get ONE go. As hard as it is sometimes, we must make it a beautiful life, try to see the beauty in everything and Thank God for what we have!

Just a few randoms from the year!

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Incredibly excited!

      So incredibly excited about all of the newness happening in my life right now! Last week, I started a new job! I was unhappy for a long time where I was, and the situation just got pretty nasty. SO, I did what I had to do and I fixed it. I started at a new place immediately and I love it. All of the girls there are so nice and went out of their way to come introduce themselves to me. It is a beautiful salon where things are kept up very nicely and everyone does their part. It feels so good to go to work now and not have to spend my day getting sucked into someone elses drama. I didn't realize until after I was gone, what a toxic environment that was there. Thank you God for giving me the guts to do what I did.
  
  Also new and exciting, is that i am starting  project this year that I am thrilled about. Its called project life. After the past two years, I realize now how incredibly important every day in our lives is. I will be documenting every week for 2013! I REALLY hope that I can find the motivation to keep this up. I think the hardest part is going to be the pictures! I am also going to have to try to not be so boring and get out more! So hard with two kids!! Anyways, that's whats new and exciting with me. Cannot wait to see what 2013bringto the table, but so far, the end of 2012 has been amazing!

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baby its cold outside!

Spent today with Nora mostly. Noah had school and went to bed as soon as he came home!

Really got nothing done today which is OK. Today was one of those days

that was best spent in bed all day. 20 degrees!!! I'm pretty sure non of us are ready

for winter. Had big plans to get up and walk/run/attempt to run this morning, but after seeing the forecast...back to bed I went. My warm husband wins over working out.

Had a bit of fun with the camera today! Enjoy!

Hope everyone stays warm tonight!

xo

 

 

 

 

 

just rambling...

 

 

 

Its been awhile....I keep saying that I am going to get better at this blog thing and post more often, but really, its not hard for my day to get a little nutty. I'm making goals though this year and this is one of them . Along with taking up running...(hmmm...), saving more money, and actually PRINTING the pictures I have of the kids. I just wish life was a little less stressful. I need to learn to slow down and stop spending my day running after my little monsters cleaning up their messes because I don't want my house to look messy. They just end up making a bigger mess behind me. I need to learn to surrender to the fact that I have kids!!! They are messy! There is a little corner in my family room that I have for them to draw and do crafts. I try to organize and clean that everyday. For what? I need to stay away from the home decorating magazines. My home is not going to look like a pottery barn magazine until the kids move out. I need to just relax and enjoy them. Spending my days off cleaning all day is not so fun. I have two adorable fun kids that are only going to be little for a little while longer. My biggest goal...is to suck up all the time I can with them and to just let them be kids! Hope everyone is having a great day! xo