Happy New Year!

Mabel reflecting on her first year of life...

Happy New Year!

It's that time of year to reflect on the past and set goals for the future. Nothing overwhelming, but let's try listing 5 simple things that impacted 2014 and 5 goals or things to strive for in 2015.

Go ahead - serious, whimsical, silly, life-changing, spiritual, physical, career-based, traumatic - anything at all.

Here are mine.

2014 - 5 Things that Changed My Life

~ Watching my children mature and my grandchildren grow

~ Growing closer to my honey

~ Reading my Bible every day

~ Changing my career from full-time teaching to most-of-the-time writing

~ Adopting the motley two - a matching set of gray kitties

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2015 - 5 Goals & Strivings

~ Read my Bible more

~ Pray more

~ Love more

~ Smile more

~ Write more

Actually, that was really hard. Only in the limiting of my list. There are so many more things that had an impact on me last year. And so many more things I want to work on, improve, change, explore, and enjoy. So I guess this is just the beginning. Let's agree to add as we see fit

Monet contemplating life as a recycled cat (she is in the recycling box, after all)

So let's get out of that same ole' same ole' box.

Donavyn whooping it up on the big blue dog

And get back in the saddle again, ready to ride into the new year.

How about you?

2012 for Moi

Over the last few years, I've deliberately avoided New Year's Resolutions. But I'm thinking that I may consider a few for 2012. I don't know why, but I think I'll call it turning over a new leaf.

2012 for me:
~ eat less
~ walk more
~ love more
~ read more
~ collect less
~ paint more
~ stress less
~ cook more
~ eat more veggies and fruit
~ continue eating chocolate
~ drink coffee more, with friends
~ play more
~ laugh more
~ write more
~ gripe less
~ hug more
~ sing more
~ kiss more
~ clean less
~ organize more
~ judge less
~ forgive faster
~ love my babies
~ embrace life