The Christmas Tree and all the “stuff” that goes with it has been packed away and sent back to the attic where it will lie in wait until next November. It always makes me feel all revitalized and ready to clean my whole house! Now to get all the Christmas “goodies” outta here – I feel they’ve already been “packed away” -right on my rear end. But we still have the New Year’s celebrations to get through.
This week between Christmas & New Year is a weird one to me. Some of us have to work at least part of the week, but the kids are not in school and the general laziness prevails. The money is gone, but now the real sales are on. The leftovers are all here, but the sick feeling when I look at them has arrived. The Christmas movies & specials are over, but the new episodes don’t start until next week. The Christmas guests have gone home, but the New Years guests are on their way. A friend of mine called this “Limbo Week” and I think that fits pretty well.
It seems like the perfect time to reflect and make those New Year’s Resolutions. My BFF wrote today on her blog that she is usually not one to make resolutions…and I’m not either. But maybe that has been the problem!! Maybe I need to. And post some on here for all to see and hold me accountable!
Part of the reason for this line of thought is that while contemplating (yes, just contemplating…) cleaning out my closet this morning, I was thinking about how few things I have to wear that look good and fit and are still in style, etc. The thought actually popped into my head that maybe I should just wear that ugly off-brand snuggie someone gave me for Christmas every day and no one would see how my clothes looked. WHOA!!!!! STOP RIGHT THERE! I need to do something RIGHT NOW if I’m going there in my head! So, yes, I’m making some resolutions about my health and fitness and will post them as soon as I have a little more time to decide on specifics, because I do think that specific is important. I always say I want to lose weight, I want to exercise more, blah, blah, blah….but it is easy to blow off when not specific enough.
The other thing I want to do this year is blog more. I love to write and I am just not doing it. WHY? I have no idea, except I am just not. So, I will blog twice a week in 2011. I am putting it on my calendar. I will do it…even if I think I have nothing to write about. Let’s face it, there is always something to write about.
I will be posting my resolutions in my next blog…probably tomorrow….before the New Year’s guests arrive!!! (I can’t wait for that, by the way – we are going to have so much fun…maybe I’ll have something fun to write about in my first blog of the New Year! Hahaha!)
But for now I hope that you are enjoying your space between Christmas & the New Year and maybe even having a little time for reflecting on the many blessings of 2010 and the hopes & dreams you have for 2011. Enjoy!
