Good Times… Good Times… Roger That!

It's always great when Family Game Night ends with laughter instead of tears, right?!?

We had a good time last night… Roger That!

Cox, we played the game… drum roll… peace sign… whisper… microphone… cheer… thumbs up… buzz… Gotcha! Roger That!

My children are so fun!!

Laughed 'till I cried -- even when it cost me points.

I thought I couldn't love them more than when they were cute snuggly babies, but I do.

More and more everyday.

Roger That!

Really? Resolutions? Again? Yep! Go!

I usually have much dislike for New Year Resolutions…… but I've been pondering…… and…… dang…… this can only help, right?!

My list is not going to be long…… though I might be long-winded -- :-)

1) I want to eat dinner at the table. This is tricky -- the kitchen table is also the desk with the 3 laptops and the homework place, the craft spot with a sewing machine or two, and the flat surface that collects EVERYTHING. Yes, sometimes it's ALL on the table.

So -- how do I solve the "can't see the table" problem so we can eat on it? Ding, Ding, Ding, -- Use the table in the formal dining room -- duh!!! We avoided that room when my kiddos were younger because it's all antique furniture that belongs to my mother-in-law, but it came with the house -- so LET'S USE IT!! I'm planning on fixing the chairs and recovering them. I'm going to get few table cloths, linen napkins, possibly even napkin rings and a set or two of dishes that aren't the Corelle Ware I got from my wedding or the plastic kid friendly stuff. Yay me!

I'm sure that this sounds more like a January Project and not a New Years Resolution, but trust me, I will have to make a gallant effort to not stand at the sink with my plate in my hand and eat dinner -- eat, chat, observe, turn around and dump dishes -- it's my thing. I'm going to create a NEW thing. Wish me luck!

2) I want to plan ahead and DO ahead. What?! You don't plan ahead? How do you get anything done? Easy answer…… at the last minute, in a panic, up all night, in a whirlwind, at the expense of my sanity. Why?! Why would I do that? Heck if I know -- it's in my blood, part of my genes -- I'm exchanging out those genes, finding some less procrastinating ones. 

It's not like I don't know WHAT I want to accomplish or I don't know WHEN it needs to be done -- I got that part. I ponder and think and plan in my mind until the time is long past nigh. I get stuck, get tired of being too busy and then take too long to "recoup", "regenerate", "relax" -- which turns into too much of nothing.

How am I going to plan + DO? Well -- starting sooner would help. Smaller goals would help. I know I have to have rehearsal CD's for the elementary choir I teach by January 13 -- do I have the minus tracks, yep! Have I learned the new songs I don't know, nope. START THERE!! Small goal #1. Have I voice recorded the songs I do know, nope. Small goal #2.

3) NOPE -- NOT GOING TO DO A #3!!! 2 is plenty for me to work on and this post is much too long already, but now I have a way to look back and check my progress.

Yay!

I do reserve the right to add to these two items, but don't hold your breath!