New Year's Resolutions

Every year I make New Year's Resolutions and I am happy to report that the last several years I have kept the majority of them. This year I have even gone so far as to name my resolutions. This is going to be my "More or Less" year. I will be writing on my blog everyday to keep the record of my resolutions and to try to make sure that I do what I claim to be doing.
My "More or Less" goes something like this:
More exercise, less junk food.
More cleaning, less stuff.
More saving, less spending.
I will add more when I think about it, but for every "more" I come up with there will be a "less" to go along with it.
Please feel free to add your resolutions to this blog and let me know how you are doing with your own struggles. It is a new year, we all can use a new beginning and I hope this will help keep all of us united.
Have a Happy New Year!

One week and counting!

Only one week until Christmas Eve! You can feel the build up coming with each passing moment. I am one of the biggest fans that there could ever be for this time of year. I decorate my house so much that my children say that it looks like Santa threw up in it.
I have a Santa room, a snowman room, and a red, white, and blue room. There is some kind of Christmas tree in every room.
But even with all of the decorations, the Christmas music, and the extra baking, I think my favorite part of the holiday season is the greetings that you collect. They can come in the form of Christmas cards, telephone calls, or just seeing someone on the street and giving them a smile. Everyone seems happier and friendlier at this time of the year.
I try to carry this feeling through the New Year! I am hoping that my smiles and well wishes will rub off onto others and we can just pass it around through 2011!

Snow

It is snowing today! It looks like a giant snowglobe outside. The snow is swirling around and never seems to touch the ground. It always amazes me how nature can take you from orange and red leaves on the trees to the dark bark and bright white of the snow mixing together to make the perfect winter scene.
I love winter and enjoy it most inside with a nice hot cup of tea watching the glow of a fireplace or the lights on a Christmas Tree and being with someone I love.
So on this first snowy day for the winter of 2010, have a cup of hot chocolate or hot tea on me and snuggle up with someone or something that you love. It is a good day for living!