Happy New Year, almost!

It's almost 2014! Happy New Year, a little early!

I'm a list-making, calendar-checking person. It's in my blood and probably won't ever change. Sometimes it's all worth it, but at other times...

I had a bad day last week and actually chucked my little day planner across the room and declared, "I give up!" Of course, the next day I retrieved it and started over and actually crossed something off and felt like a hero, or useful, or accomplished, or successful or whatever...

I've kept a Day-Planner long enough that I've had many times when I drop some or all of the balls I'm juggling. I've had lot's of "Oops!" along the way.
 

This was an oops on the kitchen floor this week--one of those times when nothing felt like it was happening in slow motion, except the clean up part. I had to post this photo because it made me laugh. It startled the auto-pilot mode right out of me! 

Be assured: 

CRISIS + TIME = HUMOR

Back to goals: I always start on my New Year's resolutions in the fall. By mid-December I've got perfection planned. Usually I've looked through previous yearly goals and realized they were excellent, and I decide to give them another go. I love it when I think I did them pretty well and can kick them up a notch.

With everything that happened to me and my husband in 2013 I won't be jotting "hike to the top of a mountain" on my 2014 goal list, and I know I won't choose a 5k to run. But every year I level my magnifying glass over the family budget and work to squeeze a vacation out of it. I'll exercise in 2014, but I'll be focusing on how to upgrade my fitness according to my unexpected limitations. I've already handed my hubby a list of "house plans" which are really options he can help me choose from as I "reconfigure" and decorate our house. I do this every 2-3 years, and the finished projects so far have been incredible.

I might share some of my 2014 goals later, but be assured writing will be on the list--through sharing another book and blogging. I'll also whip up a few new recipes, sew something cute or useful, and visit all of my Grands (I'm looking forward to meeting the new little one on it's way). I'll plant my little spinach patch, organize something and do a myriad of other things.

I hope you're planning a good year for yourself, too!