New Year's Resolutions

I have never really been a person to take New Year's resolutions seriously. And I'm still not. We spent our New Year's with my family playing our new Wii and Hi Ho Cherry-O with Reagan. We watched the ball drop in New York at 9 and celebrated with Champagne and Sparkling Grape Juice (which Reagan didn't like but enjoyed clanking glasses with everyone). We almost missed the ball dropping and had to yell for people to join us with 10 seconds to spare (good thing we all made it into the room in time!). Then people slowly drifted off to bed and only Doug, Devonna and I were awake for real midnight. We did a toast again and Doug and I drove home in the dense fog (which we were happy to find out that our apartment was above it, which also led to some cool pictures).

I like the idea of New Year's Resolutions though. Doug and I were talking about it and I was explaining how I like the idea of a clean slate, a chance to really look at yourself and decide what you'd like to change (and what you really like). We don't really do that (at least I don't, maybe others do). It's easy to look at your life and say what you'd like to change: work out more, eat healthier, no soda, no sugar, more time outside, more time with God, get a new job, finish school, be happy, make more money. The list goes on about what people want to change about themselves. The problem is that it's too much at once. It's too vague of a change. A lot of that is hard to measure. So after taking a few days to think about it, these are my resolutions:

1. Go on more date nights. Doug and I agreed a date night once every 2 weeks (more tangible than "more")

2. Be debt free by 2013. We racked up a little debt with Europe, buying a fridge, and getting used to a lifestyle when we didn't have to pay rent. This one is also tangible because it just means adjusting to a more frugal lifestyle and disciplining ourselves to get the debt paid off. 

That's really all that I've made. And I won't be beating myself up over it. Yeah, I want to eat better and get rid of my muffin tops. But I like the goals that I chose better :)

I added some items to my "bucket list." (I don't really have one, besides the goal list that has 25 items on it that I had to write in Joshua. I should look at that to see how many I've completed). Buuut. If I did have a list, then I want to spend New Year's Eve in New York City. I also want to find a good list of books to read before you die and start checking off the list. I have quite a few in my library to read through still. 

I've become obsessed with this song: 053 Fun. ft. Janelle Monae - We Are Young

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It's become a bit of an anthem for me. My go to feel-good song :)

I didn't take many pictures of Devonna and Reagan's trip out for Christmas. I let my mom take care of that. We went to the beach on Saturday though and I was the only one with a camera with memory left. Pappy, Uncle Doug, and Reagan made a pretty cool castle. 

Then when we were done and were ready to leave they let him destroy it

This season has been really busy for us (in the good one). Between work and family we haven't stopped moving. Tonight I have some down time with just me and Luna (Doug's at work). She got a bath which I'm happy about (she's not), and we're enjoying the sunset . I'm excited for winter sunsets from our balcony, with chai and sweaters. Now I have to decide what to do with my free time (first world problems, I know). 

My back's really been bothering me for the past week, and I've never really had a problem with my back before. I tried to make a doctor's appointment, but they're closed today. So I'll try tomorrow. But please pray that it starts feeling better and that they find out what's wrong with it.

Happy New Year's Everyone!