Happy New Year!
I know I kind of abandoned my blogging project a little early, but truly, it has been so boring around here lately.
You know how it is at the end of Christmas vacation when all the togetherness starts to get on everyones' nerves, the holiday trappings start to feel like so much clutter, and although being able to sleep in till 10:00 is nice at first, it gets to the point that you only stay in bed because there's no reason to get up.
Yeah.
This is the part of that Christmas song that goes: "...And mom & dad can hardly wait for school to start again."
Thursday was just another work day, and another storm day.
My youngest went to Brigham City to spend New Year's with her friend - even though all of us did our best to talk her out of it.
(Hmmm - I wonder what side of the family she gets the stubbornness from? ...meh, it's a toss up.)
Friday, it was me who got bull-headed. It was my first weekend off since I can't remember when - and a holiday to boot!
So I let everyone know that I planned to spend the day locked in my craft room, and didn't want to be disturbed. Surprisingly, they left me alone.
(I think Hubby secretly likes it when I paint.)
It's been an eye-opener to me what a creature of habit I've become. I do everything so regularly, that it's almost a ritual for me;
*up at 8:30
*check the email
*eat breakfast/take pills
*errands/cleaning
*nap or work
It was also evident when I went for drives with anyone - there are certain spots on the road where I always change lanes, certain exits I always take - certain corners to turn. If my rules are not followed, I become anxious and edgy...
...Well, you get the drift.
That schedule has been turned upside down for the last 3 months, and I've been bounced around by everyone else's needs/wants. It gets jarring to my nerves, and I need quiet time to myself to pull it all together again.
I spent the day painting until the light got so bad I couldn't see anymore.
Hubby had to work until 11 Thursday night, and I was worried about him having to be on his injured knee that long, but he got along ok.
He slept most of the day on Friday, but I'm sure he needed that...
New Year's Eve was pretty dull. In fact, I got so bored that I headed upstairs to go to bed - but looked at the clock and realized, it was only 8:30!
Melissa saved the day by bringing down her stash of DVD's. We picked The Young Victoria. We're all Anglophiles and history buffs here (nerds) so that worked for us.
It ended precisely at midnight. We said Happy New Year and went to bed. (After a quick text to a couple of the kids.)
Are we exciting or what?
2010 was a beast that I'm glad to see go, hoping for a better 2011.
Happy New Year!
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"Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true."
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ring Out, Wild Bells
*Note: I always want to sing this hymn in Church, but it's too hard for my organists to play, and it's a buggar to lead too, so... Enjoy!
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