Happy New Year

Well a new year is upon us. New Year's Eve was quiet around our house. We were going to go out and celebrate but decided to just stay home. My best friend Rhonda and her daughter Tia came over and we played on the Wii and just hung out until midnight. I let the kids stay up because there is usually some pretty nice firework displays in our neighborhood but I guess all our neighbors decided it was just too cold to be outside because there was none to be seen. I ended up heading to bed with a full tummy ,from all the food we ate, and a happy heart around 12:15am. New Year's Day was pretty quiet too. Since both Mike and I had to work the Friday my parents were going to watch the kids all weekend for us. I also had to work this weekend as did Mike. We drove out to my parents house and dropped the kids off then came home and just spent some quality time together. It was very nice.

Now that the new year is here I have decided to cut down my resolution list that I have every year and just concentrate on two major resolutions that mean a lot to me. The first is to quit smoking. I have smoked on and off for several years. I know it's a very bad and nasty habit but it is a very hard habit to break and I'm bound and determined that it stops here now today. I am on day 1 of my not smoking and I'm doing good so far. I've noticed I've been a little grouchy but that is to be expected. I've just been trying to keep myself busy. My best friend is joining my in this quest so hopefully it won't be so hard.

Second I plan on loosing weight. I was suppose to get the Wii Fit for Christmas but they were sold out of it. I have Tuesday off so I think Mike and I are going to stop by the Dimond Center and see if they have any in stock now. If they do we are going to get it. I think with that and the elliptical Mike got me last year for Christmas I should be in shape in no time. I'm not getting any younger and with two kids to chase around the house I want to be in the best shape I can get myself into so I can enjoy my time with my children and hopefully on of these days my grandchildren.

It's been really hard to get motivate to do much of anything around here lately because it's been so cold. It's been in the double digits (minus double digits) for the last few days and just plane below 0 the rest of the time. I really hope it warms up soon.