The Year Everything Worked Out

This was the motto my husband came up with on New Year's day 2007. Boy was he right!!! 2007 was the year that everything worked out. We quit our jobs, safely moved back to MI, he was able to keep his job he had in Miami, lived with my parents rent free for 5 months and had help with Little man, R found a job that has turned out to be great so far, bought our first house, and ended the year pregnant with baby #2. What more could anyone ask for?

So this year, 2008, he has deemed the year of industry. We are going to be industrious and have a fulfilling and productive year. We are taking wonderful care of our bodies and exercising everyday. He's scheduled multiple 5K races starting in May and hopes to get his time down under 19 minutes. (which is completely possible because he had a 22 minute this year) We found an awesome weight set on Craigslist for an AWESOME price. We've been doing Namaste Yoga everyday and it's wonderful. I love FitTV! He asked me this morning (jokingly) what I was doing so far this year to be industrious and I laughed and told him that I was growing a baby inside my uterus. He definitely agreed that was industrious, lol.


I just found a crib on Craigslist that just so happens to match the the changing table we already have for a wonderful price. R is picking it up tonight. I'm finally getting the hang of the stay at home mom thing and prioritizing the tasks. I think it just took me a long time to get used to the idea of being a stay at home mom. I have a lot to do today because Little man has been with my parents all week so I could get Christmas packed away and get his room finished. We just need to sand and finish painting. The guy who we bought the house from had attempted indirect lighting with crown molding and he didn't really know what he was doing. We finally decided after R tried to fix and finish it that it would be better to just take it down. So we have like 6 inches at the top of the wall that needed to be painted and a lot of patching from all the nail holes. Little man is returning on Saturday so we hope to have it done by the time he gets home. It's going to be time to start thinking about the nursery before we know it! I'm not really looking forward to that because it means we will be losing our office :o( We eventually want to finish the basement but not sure if we'll be able to do that in the near future.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful 2008 so far and good luck to everyone with resolutions that they are going well! I'm happy with mine so far and am continuing to work towards my goals!

Happy New Year!!!!!

R and I rang in the new year by watching the ball drop and then pretty much going to bed. We did eat an early dinner out and did some shopping but nothing too exciting. I prefer nice quite new year's eves because I'm totally over partying! Not to mention I can't drink so no big partying for me anyway. Little Man is with my parents for the week so that we could continue working on his room. We finally made a decision and are taking down the lighting project the guy started but never finished. It ended up being too much work and he didn't do that great of a job so we decided it wasn't worth it. I am going to have to finish stripping wallpaper off a small chunk of wall tomorrow and washing paste off the wall. R has a lot of drywall work to do so he'll do that tomorrow night and then hopefully we'll be able to finishing painting and have it all done by the time that Little man returns home on Saturday!

On to New Year's resolutions........I'm making them this year because I need goals to work towards and I feel like now that I have the time since I'm not working I better be productive. These are going to be totally random in no specific order because I'm just going to type them as they come to mind.

1) Make a weekly list of things to do so that I stop feeling overwhelmed about what didn't get done. This will help me prioritize and give me specific tasks to do each day so that I feel as though I'm accomplishing things.

2) Pick up after myself and stop leaving clutter around the house. I'm notorious for leaving worn clothes on the floor or draped on the bed, which ultimately end up getting moved when it's time for bed. I'm going to try to just put stuff away to begin with so stuff doesn't start piling up. I suppose this just goes under "being more organized"

3) Do yoga everyday, walk 4-5 times per week and do weight training 3 times per week. I'm desperately going to try to keep my weight gain with this pregnancy around 25 pounds since I'm in a wedding at the beginning of August (I'll be 8 months preggo!)

4) Read the rest of the Harry Potter series (I'm on book 2 now)

5) Get together with my girlfriends 2-3 times per month. I need that girly interaction where I can hang out and just enjoy my friends. I think at this point I need to start scheduling it because it never just happens.

6) Lose control, a little bit. I'm a very controlling person and like to have things a certain way. It sometimes causes marital strife and I know that in the long run it doesn't matter what picture we hang where in the house etc... I need to let go and stop trying to control everything and everyone around me. This year I'm going to try being more laid back and not let every little thing get to me. Some things really don't matter and I shouldn't lose sleep over stupid things.

7) Scrapbook!!!! I'm so behind on Little man's scrapbook and now that baby #2 is on the way I really need to get caught up and stay on top of it. I'm going to plan two days per month to devote to scrapbooking.

8) Enjoy being a stay at home mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think it's just an adjustment time that I've been going through because I'm finding that I'm starting to enjoy little things here and there about staying at home. My perspective needs to change and I need to look at this as a wonderful opportunity rather than a disadvantage. Be more positive and embrace the time that I have with Little man.

I'm sure I'll be adding to this list but this is what I can think of this moment. Maybe I can organize it better in the next couple of days :o)