2011....a year for change

I have several resolutions this year..which is funny because I've never really had one before. I guess I always thought it was just something to say and then break. :) This year there's going to be a lot of change for my family...moving to another state, Landon turns 2, Maya turns 5 and starts school...but mostly the move. No, I mean selling the house and being a single parent in the process.

I don't feel like I've had a lot of experience selling a house, I moved out of both that I've sold prior to actually selling them. But I certainly have never done it with two small children. Its going to be a miracle to keep the house in "show" state. I did manage to do several rooms with them around but then left the rest of the house unshowable. And so of course I got a call from the realtor that someone wanted to see it just days after Christmas. After a quick trip back to Ohio Tom and I had the house in good shape. Well....now we're home. And I don't think we were in the door for ten minutes before Landon threw a Christmas bulb at the fireplace. Yup, smashed glass everywhere. Stop unloading the car to clean that up, go back for another load only to discover Landon put a hand towel in the toilet. Seriously????

AND the only reason I was unloading the entire car was because I was on a mad hunt for Polly Pockets. Maya asked for them over and over and over and over and over on the way home and I couldn't find them ANYWHERE! I knew I had packed them but couldn't find them. Which threw my original plan out the window of only bringing the Christmas loot in one bag at a time so that I could put it away in an organized fashion. Clearly I couldn't search the bags in the garage because Landon was in fine form. I did find the Polly's eventually. In my computer bag...no idea what made me put them in there.

And now I sit in a quiet house pondering my resolutions. The obvious, sell the house and move to MI. The more meaningful...be a better friend. I'm HORRIBLE at keeping in touch with my closest friends. Sure there's email, facebook and an occasional IM, but I need to CALL them!! You know who you are...I'm really going to try and be better. #2 - another obvious, get an exercise routine started...lose weight. #3 - work on my patience with my children. Hopefully the bulb and towel events won't be daily to test this one out. And finally #4 - build my Homemade Gourmet business. I really do love these products and have so much fun selling them. It would be awesome to make even more money and pay off some bills. I could also add that I'll blog more too but we know how that one usually ends up! LOL

2011...please be an extra good year for me. ;)

Missing you already Franklin! XOXO