A very happy 2016 to
you all! 2015 is done and gone, which is a bit sad – I never had a
chance to write a Christmas post! But it's the dawn of 2016, which is
happy--now I can write New Years resolutions. :)
What did you do for
New Years Day? We had a quiet celebration – we walked around
historic Strasburg (despite the wind and cold) in the morning and
later had an afternoon tea together (with a gorgeous teapot my
sister-in-law bought me for Christmas).
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| I took these pictures on my phone, which lets me play around with the lighting and overall atmosphere. This one is "Vintage." Isn't it pretty?! |
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| This one is "Bleach." I love the clean, white look and the wintry light. I'll be using this one a lot. |
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| Also "bleach." |
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| Vintage. Out of curiosity - which do you like better, bleach or vintage? |
Do you write New
Years resolutions? I do. I do so enjoy writing a ridiculously long
list of self-improvements I would like to accomplish. I love lists,
you see. I struggle with writer's block, and can hardly ever finish
any of my projects, but I write splendidly long and complex
lists! As you can imagine, I'm a firm believer in daily “to-do”
lists. It gives me great satisfaction to cross out the items one by
one and be able to hold in my hand tangible proof
that I have accomplished A Great Many Tasks.
But,
as much as I enjoy writing out a grand list of New Years resolutions,
it's hard to stick with it throughout the year. I've done better
recently, I think. But I always do best at first (once I get into the
swing of things), and then crash once something happens to throw me
off track or I get bored with a list I wrote too long ago to
care about anymore.
This
time, I think I'll write my resolutions on a month-by-month basis.
This (the theory goes) will give me flexibility to account for big
changes or “life events” that come my way; also, it'll stave off
boredom by giving me the opportunity to write a NEW list at the
beginning of every month. :) Of course some of the resolutions will
be the same but I'll be able to switch up others, and that
(hopefully) will feel like a fresh start. And fresh starts are always
fun.
So,
anyway. I'm actually still working on a complete list of resolutions
for January 2016, so I can't post that for you today. But, here are
the categories:
Church
Money
Devotions
Food
Exercise
Creativity/Writing
There
may be other categories; I'm not sure yet. What about you? Do you
have any resolutions you feel like sharing?
In
other news, Dean is growing up fast. He eats his oatmeal with a spoon
now, and resents his mother trying to spoon-feed him when he's being
particularly messy (“I can do it myself,
Mommy!”). He enjoys putting on Daddy's slippers, he's figured out
how to shut doors (usually with a bang), and he locked Mommy in his
bedroom the other day (the lock is on the OUTSIDE of the door—go
figure that). Fortunately, Daddy was home and gave Mommy a lesson in
lock-picking should the incident ever recur. Mommy
is greatly relieved to have obtained this knowledge!
Dean
has also become an incurable little book-worm (which makes his
parents ridiculously proud of him – they never stop smiling at him
if he's in the room, and they never stop talking about him if someone
else is in the room). Whenever he woke up all cranky in the mornings,
I used to hold him and sing to him and he'd settle into a happier
mood. Now, if he wakes up cranky, all he wants is Mommy to take him
in her lap and read him a book!!
