Happy New Year Here is to 2012

Happy New Year!!


Here is to 2102!!!

I have spent the last couple of days off from work enjoying the family, putting away holiday decorations and getting ready for back to our normal routine.......

I enjoy this time of the year- a new year, clean slate, time to think ahead and of future goals.....
I have spent the last couple of days also thinking of my 2012 goals, the books I will read, the things we will do as a family......  I have some lofty goals, but this needs to be a year of positive change, saying NO more often,  being a little more productive personally, amidst all my normal day to day activities.....


I received a couple of books this Christmas, a couple by Sark and also one by Dr Andrew Weil, both of which I have read some of their previous works and enjoy......both of these books will coincide with some of the goals I am working on this year.....  My parents gave me a frappacino maker- it is awesome- I am trying to "tweak" my drinks, so I can control what I put in them and still be tasty... but this will save me some "mucho dinero" this year alone, as I will not be making my weekly deposits into the bank of Starbucks!

Today, I sat outside and caught up on reading magazines and watching the kids play in the backyard.  I placed a couple of chairs in the grass one for me and the other for my feet and it was incredibly quiet, except for the birds.  There were birds singing, and chirping, and then I saw a hummingbird fly by me, actually heard him, when I looked up.  The sun was setting and I realized, this is what it is all about, the simple things~ watching the kids play, sitting outside enjoying the sunshine and listening to sounds of nature and I was at peace.