Happy New Year! It's only noon on New Year's Eve, and I've been off from work for two weeks now hanging out with the kiddos on their Christmas break. It has been lovely, but I must prepare to go back on Wednesday. As I reflect on 2012, I have to say it was a really good year for my little family. It was the year I lost 46 pounds, after all :). I also managed to get my husband to take Crown Financial with me. My son blossomed in school, and my daughter found her sport (soccer). Despite all of the economic hardships going on all over the country, our family has (by the grace of God) managed to stay afloat and Corey and I have been blessed enough to keep our jobs.
For 2013, my only resolution is to make my life more about HIM and less about me. As I began to lose weight, I grew in confidence, and I'd even go as far to say that I grew in selfishness. I became more concerned with the flesh than with the eternal. My hope is to return my focus to HIM but to maintain my physical accomplishments through working out and eating healthy. With that goal in mind, it would mean more time spent in God's word, more time passionately praying, more time spent teaching and talking to my children about God, more time at church, and less time engaging in distracting things like FACEBOOK :-P. I am considering starting a devotional and keeping a blog to keep me in check throughout the year. The other thing I'd like to work on is to explore my creative side again. I know it's in there; I used to be quite the artist, but my wonderfully chaotic life and career have smothered it into unconsciousness.
My resolutions for my children are that they will keep their rooms clean and spend more time reading. I'm allowed to set resolutions for them, too, right? Well, those would be my suggestions to them.
Anyone have fun plans for New Years? We're staying in, for the umpteenth year in a row, and my children have invited others over to spend the night and ring in the new year with us. My how times have changed since our college days :-P
