Today Starts A New Year..

So, today starts a new year.. 2012... Wow!! Where have the years went? Looking back on the past years gone, I realized how quick time really does fly by.. So I decided that I wanted to try something new, and so I figured I would try a "365 day blog".. My plan is to take a photo each day, of anything - A can, a cup, a car, flower, tree, bug, my daughter, rocks or anything I happen to see while my camera is with me and then write a short blog about anything at all... 
I'm really not much of a writer, or a photographer either but I thought "what the heck".. Why, not try something new for the new year. 

So here it is, my first photo of the year.. My baby girl, giving me a new years kissy.. Wow again, I can not believe how fast time has gone by.. My once 5lb preemie baby, who couldn't gain weight and had trouble eating is now an almost 4 year old who is talking, walking and potty trained... Sigh!! How this makes me sad most times, because of how quickly my little bunny grew up and how quickly she will be growing through the rest of these years.. 
It's been so great, having the pleasure of being able to raise my little bunny. Sure there have been rough times, but so many more great/fantastic times that I would never trade that time for anything.. This little girl, seriously is my pride and joy.. 
I couldn't imagine, bringing in the new year without the mini me, right next to me to enjoy it.. 

Quote of the day .. " Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live" 

Do you have a new years resolution? COMMENT BELOW, I would love to hear them..  

I never really got the idea of even liked the idea of  New Year’s resolutions. It feels Commercial (pushed on everyone) and because it feels that way, for me atleast, they usually don’t stick. 

Will this be the year I organize all my cabinets full of family photos, keep my house consistently tidy, work out, budget money better,  get out more with my daughter, watch less TV, eat better and change in a thousand other tiny ways to make me better? Probably not. 

Will this year be just like last year, where I do a little here and little there and end up not finishing any more then 1/3 of what I set out to do.. Probably!! 

Last year I tried to be a nicer person. I tried to be a stricter mommy. I tried to be a more playful mommy. I tried to be a more mindful. In the end the change happened to everyone around me and I basically stayed the same. I put away some photos into albums, but ended up with thousands of more photos to reorganize.. I stopped saying damn so much but say "holy shit" more frequently. 

The truth is that I am who I am.  I consider myself a fairly self-aware individual and I’m forever striving to be a better version of myself (in my head) while I sit on the couch in my PJs. I will never opt for a wheat-grass protein smoothie over a cup of cocoa or glass of wine. It is not in the cards. 

The real deal resolution that I will make is that I will try to do more good than harm in 2012. I will try to have more fun times than aggravating times with my family. I will try to have more homemade meals than plates full of nugget shaped objects. I will try to make more good, healthful choices than spoonfuls of boxed meals for choices. This is the kind of resolution I can get behind because built right into it is forgiveness and leniency. I know that I’m still me and a spoonful of icecream here and there is just gonna happen. But carrots and apples will happen too and it’s all going to be OK.

Who’s with me? Let’s quit trying to make promises to ourselves that we can’t keep, only to end up feeling let down. The problem isn’t with us, it’s with the promises in the first place. Keep it small. Keep it in perspective. And before you know it, 2013 will arrive and you’ll look around and say, “Wow, that closet might be slightly cleaner than it was last year!” Then you can sit back in your PJs with your spoon of icecream and feel good about yourself. Doesn’t that sound nice?