2014

A new year.  A new start.  A fresh slate.  This is usually one of my favorite times of the year.  I have survived the holidays and I am ready to start fresh.  I don't make resolutions, they are and have been always a point of failure for me.  Instead, I make goals - short term mostly because they seem a little easier.  One of these goals is to write more on my two blogs.  They aren't fancy blogs, they are probably more like journals, but I am hoping to incorporate more into this one especially.   

I was looking forward to the New Year since right before Christmas.  Ready to put 2013 behind me.  It wasn't a bad year... A LOT of really good things happened...just ready for new things.  And 2014 promises to be a grand year with a new grandbaby and a wedding.  I am so super excited about these things.  

Just as I was ready for January 1, it seems that (what I will now call) "The Monster" has taken over.  Things are changing because, well, life changes.  I am changing and although I am certain that the end result will be just fine, the process is proving to be somewhat painful.  With my ever-so-supportive husband and my family, we will get through this.  It may be a long journey, there may be some not-too-happy posts, but at the end we will be okay.  I'm sure there will be more posts about this "Monster" and maybe I will be able to explain a little more - if I can understand myself. 

Today is my Mom's birthday.  She is celebrating it in Heaven.  I am sad.  It's just part of it.  I'm trying to not dwell on the sadness but more the celebration of her.  Like I said....I'm trying.  I believe ice cream is in order.  

That's all for today.